Playing in Prospect–MovNat in Brooklyn
Date
Sunday, 18 Mar 2012 10:00 AM
Travel took me away last weekend. Missed you guys. But looking forward to enjoying this awesome weather this upcoming Sunday. Who's in?
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BK Special Ops – MovNat in Prospect Park
Date
Sunday, 04 Mar 2012 10:00 AM
We're getting some regulars out there–the BK squad is becoming a force to be reckoned with. Inasmuch, this Sunday, we'll spend some time working on low to ground movements, such as might be used by an assault squad or a reconnaissance unit. We'll also work on techniques for rescuing and carrying injured comrades. 10am this Sunday. Prospect Park entrance at 15th St. and PPW. Same time, same place. Let's get some!
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Wildin’ Out in BK–MovNat in Prospect Park
Date
Sunday, 26 Feb 2012 10:00 AM
We're back in BK for more MovNat. Last week's inaugural meetup was a blast. We had 7 folks–mix of newbies and vets–running, climbing, crawling, throwing, catching, balancing, and just having fun. And for this week, I've found the pullup bars! Yes, more fun climbing actual trees, but easier to learn technique on the bars. So, this week, we'll spend some quality time on the bars before we hit the trees. Again, no tree cops in BK!
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Brooklyn MovNat workout
Date
Sunday, 19 Feb 2012 10:00 AM
Brooklyn, baby! Let's put our movement skills to use in exploring NYC's “other” park. In fact, Frederick Law Olmstead, Central Park's architect, is also Prospect Park's designer. However, these woods have their own flavor and compared to Central Park–way less tree cops!
All are welcome–Saturday morning MovNat vets who want use their movement skills and creativity to tackle new terrain, primal enthusiasts from BK who've been unable to make the weekend trek to Manhattan, or complete newbies who want to explore natural movement for the first time.
Meet at park entrance at Prospect Park West & 15th St. (F, G trains). We'll start off working on basic skills and then set off on our mini-adventure.
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Coney Island Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day
Date
Sunday, 01 Jan 2012 10:45 AM
The Coney Island Polar Bear Swim is a great way to bring in the New Year. Join thousands of other crazy revelers as we run into the Atlantic Ocean. Brief, acute cold exposure is one of those positive stressors that will help you stay warm through the winter — plus, it's a miracle hang-over cure.
– Here is the official site, no sign-up required: http://www.polarbearclub.org. The swim starts promptly at 1pm. There is no cost, but you have to sign a waiver, and you're encouraged to make a donation of any size to a charity called Camp Sunshine. (I think I gave $10 last year.)
– Meet at 10:45am at the Au Bon Pain on the east side of Union Square. We will leave promptly at 11:00am.
– If you would like to meet us out at Coney Island, then we will shoot for 12pm on the boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue, near the tables with the waivers. Call me [masked]). Expect a little mayhem.
– The subway stop is “Coney Island / Stillwell Ave” on the D, F, N, or Q. Watch for delays on New Year's. We will be taking the Q from Union Square.
– BRING WARM CLOTHES, SURF BOOTS OR OLD SNEAKERS,TOWELS AND DEFINITELY BRING YOUR CAMERA. The NYC Parks Department provides changing facilities on the Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue. We will take turns watching our possessions on the beach as people go in.
– AFTER: If there's interest, I may get a group together to visit one the Russian Baths afterwards near Brighton Beach. Admission is usually around $30 and they have a number of saunas, steam rooms, cold pools, and an authentic Russian Banya experience. People usually to want to buy some food or a drink inside, so budget ~$50 for the full experience.
– Here are pictures. People often wear costumes and hats and things — feel free to do so.
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MovNat NYC is back in CP 17 December!
Date
Saturday, 17 Dec 2011 9:30 AM
Go to the MovNat NYC Meetup page to RSVP.
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MovNat in CP!!!
Date
Saturday, 26 Nov 2011 10:00 AM
Just in case you missed, the MovNat NYC group is meeting again tomorrow at 10am, same place. Was a great session last weekend. Tomorrow, expecting more of the same.
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Paul Jaminet, author of The Perfect Health Diet
Date
Saturday, 19 Nov 2011 12:00 PM
http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/5/9/6/event_71270582.jpegPaleo NYC and CrossFit NYC are proud to host Paul Jaminet, Ph.D., co-author (with his wife, Shou-Ching Jaminet, Ph.D.) of Perfect Health Diet: Four Steps to Renewed Health, Youthful Vitality, and Long Life, for a two and a half hour lecture/workshop on Saturday November 19th at noon in our 4th-floor annex (regular class schedule will not be affected).
Paul was an astrophysicist at MIT, UC Berkeley and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Shou-Ching is a vascular biologist and cancer researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School and Director of the Multi-Gene Transcription Profiling Core at BIDMC’s Center for Vascular Biology Research. Both had health issues from chronic conditions due to systemic infections and autoimmune issues resulting from the poor eating of the Standard American Diet (SAD). When they began experimenting with a low-carb paleo style approach, both experienced an immediate improvement in many of their conditions (leaner, stronger, disappearance of allergies) but also found some of their conditions actually worsened with this diet change, so the low-carb approach had its pitfalls as well. After a couple of years of self-experimentation and digging into the current medical research, they were able to resolve their remaining issues and now have a renewed vitality.
Since two of the owners at CFNYC heard of Perfect Health Diet (described as a paleo-variant with better results) from different sources inside as well as outside the CF community, we decided to take a look. Both of us have had friends and family members benefit from their recommendations as well. The book is impressively researched, is very well cited (often multiple citations per page) and has a compelling theory about what an effective diet should produce in terms of health and performance.
Paul will focus on common bottlenecks to health and performance in implementing paleo-style eating and where making some subtle (hello white rice!) and not so subtle (hello dairy?) modification to standard paleo can confer some serious benefits, as well as how to assess what is right for you and your family. Q&A to follow.
Who: Paul Jaminet, author of The Perfect Health Diet
When: 12pm, lasing ~2.5 hours w/Q&A
What: This talk will be geared toward bottlenecks in implementing paleo style dieting in regards to health and athletic performance.
Cost: $15
Attendee limit: 200 max attendees (including sign-ups through CrossFit)
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MovNat Central Park
Date
Saturday, 19 Nov 2011 10:00 AM
Hey guys, just learned that there is a MovNat inspired group that gets together to train together on a weekly basis. For those of you who've been fortunate to attend a MovNat workshop, here's a great opportunity to show off! And for those of you haven't, this is a great opportunity to explore a beautiful, natural, and effective fitness system. MovNat is a prominent member of the Ancestral health community and the perfect complement for all you barefooters and Paleo folk. To attend, join the MovNat NYC meetup group and signup here: http://www.meetup.com/MovNat-NYC/
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Get Meat from a Paleo Farmer
Date
Sunday, 18 Sep 2011 9:30 AM
Note from Judy: The butcher froze the meat, so it will, in face be frozen.
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Greetings Valued NYC Meatshare and NYC Paleo Customers!!! Due to B&Y’s increasingly popularity in the artisanal pork, lamb and pastured poultry arena, we have been able to extend our reach to the NYC Greenmarket at the E. 14th St. Loop and Ave A at “ Stuy Town” in the East Village – which has been greatly lacking in artfully & philosophically raised pork & lamb.
So, we are excited to beable to offer you a fixed and steady location where you will now beable to pick up this season’s products on Sundays between now and November 20th!!!
Please visit our website: www.byfarms.com to see all our cuts & prices. B&Y currently sells at the Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket (E.14th St & Avenue A) on Sundays from 9:30-4pm. This location is actually more accessible to most of our meatshare members who occupy all the outer boroughs. In order to meet our customer demands (market, meatshare, and restaurant); we are staggering our pig and lamb harvests. Additonally, we have added fresh whole Cornish Hens which will be offered along side our Poulet Rouge frozen halves and quarters.
Judy is working towards obtaining a market permit to sell her famous unpasteurized sauerkraut in the fall. Fresh flower bouquets are also new to the B & Y table as the season permits. Looney Tunis fine crafted yarn is always on display.
To simplify our meatshare offerings, B & Y Farms has put together two pork sample packs. You are not limited to these options, and are welcomed to put together your own array of goodies to your liking. However, the sample packs are a convenient and time saving way to begin.
Fresh and Frozen Artisanal Pork will be available starting Sunday, September 18th.and should be ongoing until the end of the market season. Lamb will be offered as well, but will become more prolific as we enter mid October.
Please review the 3 options to the meatshare: FAMILY PACK, SAMPLER PACK, and A LA CARTE. All organs/bones, heads, and tails are only offered a la carte and can not be substituted into a sample pack.
Please refer to the B & Y website (www.byfarms.com) for a la carte pricing on all cuts. If you have questions, or want a special cut you don’t see offered, don’t hesitate to e-mail Judy at [masked] Pick-ups for meatshare orders can start as early as September 18th at the Stuy Town Market at 9:30am.
In order to keep your meat frozen, it is recommended to get there as early as possible in the day. There are a limited number of spots for package pick up each Sunday – so please request your time in advance from the farmer. All e- mail requests should go to [masked]. Please pay for your package through paypal to [masked].
If you are ordering a la carte, you can make specific requests in advance and the farmer will weigh and price your pack in advance and send you an invoice. In order to secure your pick up slot, you must pay in advance.
Everyone is invited to come to the market and browse and pick out new cuts and to sample their delicious sausagues. However, in order to ensure your specific requests can be honored, please contact farmer Judy directly.
Judy will be able to sell about 1 whole pig to the first bidder. This will be all cuts, processed, & smoked to your preferences for $10/lb. Pig are estimated to be ~100 pounds finished. Please contact Judy for interest.
You can also purchase Poulet Rouge Chickens for $5.50/lb whole (4-7lbs) or $6/lb for quarters and halves ([masked]lbs). Please request whole chickens directly from farmer – as they will only be bringing whole chickens upon request.
Cornish Hens are available for $7.50/lb — and are 1.5-2lbs each
SAMPLER PACK – APPROX. 12 POUNDS OF ASSORTED PORK CUTS QUANTITY CUT PRICE
1 HICKORY SMOKED SLAB BACON 12.00
1 HICKORY SMOKED IRISH BACON 12.00
2 PORK CHOPS WITH FULL FAT RIND 20.00
1 SMOKED HAM STEAK 15.00
1 FRESH BUTT STEAK/SMALL ROAST 15.00
2 SAUSAGE ROPES 28.00
1 KETTLE BOILED SCRAPPLE 10.00
1 GROUND PORK 6.00
1 KETTLE BOILED LARD 6.00
TOTAL COST: $[masked]
Family Pack – Approximately 26 pounds of assorted pork cuts Quantity CUT Price
2 Hickory Smoked Slab Bacon 24.00
1 Hickory Smoked Irish Bacon (shoulder) 12.00
1 Pork Belly – uncured sliced like bacon 12.00
4 Pork Chops – with full rind of fat 40.00
2 Ribs – 1 lb packages, about 3 per bag 16.00
1 Hickory Smoked Ham Steak 15.00
1 Fresh Ham Roast – uncured 26.00
1 Picnic Shoulder Roast 24.00
5 Assorted Sausage Ropes/Links 70.00
1 Scrapple[masked] Kettle Boiled Lard 6.00
1 Ground Pork – in 1 pound freezer bag 6.00
TOTAL COST: $261.00