Eat paleo and don't exercise at all > Eat crap and don't exercise at all.....does that answer the questions?

Eat Paleo and exercise however you wish.

No. No. No.

It depends.

If your version of Paleo is low carb, low tubers (starch) high meat and fat - Crossfit does not marry well with that. Glycolytic exercise demands glucose! The more you do the more you need.

If you walk and weight train, that's a lot of fat burning exercise. A fat burning (lowish carb) type Paleo gig likes to hang out with that kind of regimen.

I have no biases here - except that I think Crossfit is ass.

I just helped someone lose 55 lbs and improve their blood work in two months on paleo alone. No added exercise of any sort.

Hell no. It's for everyone. Increase just about every aspect of your health. Even proven studies where just the diet alone has eliminated some diseases

It's a nutrition and lifestyle framework that is about stripping away what is generally unhealthy and thriving on what is. In that sense, it is for everyone.

I don't do Crossfit, and don't want to. Paleo has given me back my health. I weight train 3x's a week for about 45 minutes each time. I also do yoga occasionally and walk a lot. Different fitness programs work for different people.

Also, there are more paleo diet types than just low-carb/high fat. I eat a moderate carb, moderate protein, higher fat diet and do great. Paleo is more about the avoidance of "foods" that will make you sick in the long-term and focus on healthful foods, not a specific macronutrient ratio.

Where did you get this silly idea from? Paleo is great for everyone. For women, for pregnant women, for nursing women, for old women. It's great for men, young, middle-aged or old. It's great for little children, teenagers, and young adults. Whether they are crossfitters or not!

Each of these will have particular needs: more carbs less carbs, more of x less of y... so it's a personal journey, you could say. But the basic idea is to eat how nature intended it.

No. Actually I think it may be best for lazy slackers. I used to be that but lost almost 70lbs with just some very basic exercise. As I shrunk the more I actually wanted to do more exercise.

FYI I am 5'11 206 and was 272. I am still not an exercise nut but I love what I do and I move alot.

Absolutely not. Paleo is a diet for health, which improves fitness, indirectly by improving quality of life.

When I was at the apex of my very short bout of athletic success, my diet was horrible. Everyone of my peers had a similar awful diet... and we all spent 4 hours in the gym, 4-6 days a week.

The principles of a paleo/primal diet and lifestyle is for everyone. I feel it to be an inclusive, community-based way to eat and live happily.

My girlfriend, a runner, and occasional triathlon gal, was skeptical of the diet and way of exercising until she saw Dr. Terry Wahls' Ted Talk. We now eat together more, and she is as committed as I am. Many skeptical friends, coworkers, and even family are baffled that you can basically eat a lot of awesome food and take walks and be in the best shape of your life. The pain I see great people in my life put themselves thru with lowfat, low-meat, calorie-counting diets and insane cardio workouts is a bummer.

I used to do the somewhat conventional lift heavy weights and cardio sorta thing, while eating a "paleo-lite" diet.
As I adopted a paleo/primal diet, my lifestyle changed as well. I walk/hike all the time with my dogs, started training in mma and combat sports (tactical guard defense, muy thai, brazilian jui jitsu, conditioning, krav maga, etc), love being outside, sleeping, etc. I rarely lift weights anymore, but do lots of body-weight and "primal" movements. I like to play, I like to eat, and I am strong, slim, energized, and balanced. And I also like a beer here and there, and enjoy a good "cheat" here and there. I don't beat myself up because that is just another stress. I think a huge part of this is about happiness, and when we express our bio-evolution and genes the way it was intended, all falls into place.

before paleo: around 6ft, 255lbs today: 215lbs