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I lost count how many times their bigger bodies simply shrugged us off with ease.. We look so much smaller and skinnier that even our jumpers look like they are all XL size.

It was worth a try at the start to get more miles into the legs but our midfield is just way too small to compete against the likes of Sydney and Freo.

Its simply not working. Must find a way this pre season to get bigger without losing the speed and indurance because atm we just look way too light.

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I believe BBO and Biff are on the paleo diet.

Thier results should give us a better understanding and whether to carry on with it or not.

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I lost count how many times their bigger bodies simply shrugged us off with ease.. We look so much smaller and skinnier that even our jumpers look like they are all XL size.

It was worth a try at the start to get more miles into the legs but our midfield is just way too small to compete against the likes of Sydney and Freo.

Its simply not working. Must find a way this pre season to get bigger without losing the speed and indurance because atm we just look way too light.

I think you might be jumping the gun. For the first time I think our first/second years are actually bulking up.

Anyway I think you will find that a lot of clubs have actually now adopted the diet.

You don't need to be massive to lay a good tackle

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Just finished a 6 week paleo diet. Slightly modified to allow a protein shake with oats after the gym and low fat ricotta before bed.

Put on 5kg and lost 4% bf.

I did cardio 4 times a week plus 2 swimming sessions and a 4 weights sessions.

I obviously did nowhere near as much cardio as our guys but would have struggled on a pure paleo diet with their sort of training.

Carbs aren't the enemy, craved carbs after a workout the small amount of oats assisted with recovery and replenishing energy.

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Just finished a 6 week paleo diet. Slightly modified to allow a protein shake with oats after the gym and low fat ricotta before bed.

Put on 5kg and lost 4% bf.

I did cardio 4 times a week plus 2 swimming sessions and a 4 weights sessions.

I obviously did nowhere near as much cardio as our guys but would have struggled on a pure paleo diet with their sort of training.

Carbs aren't the enemy, craved carbs after a workout the small amount of oats assisted with recovery and replenishing energy.

They're not on a pure paleo diet, never have been.

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Just finished a 6 week paleo diet. Slightly modified to allow a protein shake with oats after the gym and low fat ricotta before bed.

Put on 5kg and lost 4% bf.

I did cardio 4 times a week plus 2 swimming sessions and a 4 weights sessions.

I obviously did nowhere near as much cardio as our guys but would have struggled on a pure paleo diet with their sort of training.

Carbs aren't the enemy, craved carbs after a workout the small amount of oats assisted with recovery and replenishing energy.

Put on 5kg and lost 4% bf in 6 weeks? Great job if you're serious but i've never heard of someone doing that before. Means you put on about 8kgs of muscle in 6 weeks

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Put on 5kg and lost 4% bf in 6 weeks? Great job if you're serious but i've never heard of someone doing that before. Means you put on about 8kgs of muscle in 6 weeks

I ate 7 smaller meals a day. Breakfast was a 6 egg omelette. Every second meal had brocolli and sweet potato and chicken breast. Obviously ate a lot and worked out heaps.

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I lost count how many times their bigger bodies simply shrugged us off with ease.. We look so much smaller and skinnier that even our jumpers look like they are all XL size.

It was worth a try at the start to get more miles into the legs but our midfield is just way too small to compete against the likes of Sydney and Freo.

Its simply not working. Must find a way this pre season to get bigger without losing the speed and indurance because atm we just look way too light.

Agree, so whatever the "Percieved" benefits of the Paleo clearly aren't working with our guys!

Would love to know what Nat Fyfe eats and his weight training regime!

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I knew we would get some ridiculous topics after a loss, congratulations, this weeks winner, every player I have spoken to has said they are fitter and stronger, maybe we could find a better diet for their minds, coz that is where the problems are at the moment

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Cause and effect!!

There is no evidence whatsoever that suggests the low carb diet is the problem for our woes. Despite all of the moaning on this forum, we are actually playing better than last season. Whilst I do not therefore claim that this a direct result of the diet, it is certainly not evidence of a problem in the diet.

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It was the gym toilet. I didn't lock the door though...

Good for you Ethan. Hard to lock the door without a hand free. Mobile phones not permitted in the toilets or change rooms of my gym. Like you I still sneak one in but!

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Love the illogic of the paelo diet being somehow the natural human diet. For the last 10,000 years most people have lived off grains which led to a massive increase in human numbers. If you didn't perform well on that dominant food source you probably didn't produce many or any 20th century descendants. Natural selection has favoured humans who thrive on grains.

That's not to say it may be the wonder diet for some rare class of current humans, eg footballers and tiddly-wink players, but the benefits of paelo are hardly established by simply appealing to our pre-Neolithic past. Unfortunately it would be hard to do a double-bind test of players' diets.

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I knew we would get some ridiculous topics after a loss, congratulations, this weeks winner, every player I have spoken to has said they are fitter and stronger, maybe we could find a better diet for their minds, coz that is where the problems are at the moment

TDI, seeing as you're the inside man could you ask the players if they are still on the version of the diet they were on late last year. I have heard from someone with supposed inside knowledge that they have gone away from the paleo diet.

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Love the illogic of the paelo diet being somehow the natural human diet. For the last 10,000 years most people have lived off grains which led to a massive increase in human numbers. If you didn't perform well on that dominant food source you probably didn't produce many or any 20th century descendants. Natural selection has favoured humans who thrive on grains.

That's not to say it may be the wonder diet for some rare class of current humans, eg footballers and tiddly-wink players, but the benefits of paelo are hardly established by simply appealing to our pre-Neolithic past. Unfortunately it would be hard to do a double-bind test of players' diets.

Neolithic diets are great at keeping you alive long enough to have lots of babies. It's not great at making you the healthiest you can be.

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The last two weeks we have been physically dominated by mature bodies in the opposition midfields. Take out Daniel Cross from our team and our average age plummets. When you have a midfield with players 25-28yo, you can overpower a young midfield regardless of your diet.

Also, the amount of blocking and shepherding work that Freo did in particular, is knocking our inexperienced players off and away from the ball as there is contact when they're not expecting it. The physical pressure that these team apply cannot be prepared for in a gym.

Our guys would have learnt a lot this week and last about how to play as a physical, high pressure and intensity team.

Until they understand this, they'll look like children vs men.

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