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Keith Norris
No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. – Edmund Burke Not a bad way to spend a Friday afternoon… So this bad-boy is the so-called “three bars of death” — a three-ring-circus of bodyweight bench presses, .75 bodyweight power cleans, and 1.5 bodyweight [...]
The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. – Horace Walpole Wow, has Dr. Jack Kruse ever kicked-up a firestorm with his Cold Thermogenesis hypothesis, and the associated claims. Even to the point that I’m beginning to field questions about it from clients who are well outside of the Paleo “inside”, [...]
”The quality if your being expresses the correctness of your understanding.” - Thomas Campbell A question from reader Eli Bailey: I was wondering if you may be able to clarify and expand on your listing on the website that says ” the individual components of the workout – as well as the workout itself, when [...]
The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem So how do we, as a national (world-wide?) movement position sensible Paleo more firmly into the mainstream consciousness? This is a question that continues to vex those of us who sincerely wish to bestow the many blessings of Ancestral Wellness to [...]
It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet – Margaret Mead …or, I’d add, to change his fitness habits…or lack thereof. Here’s an interesting and timely ad that I ran across, from AmmoLane: The message is simple and to-the-point. But by “guts”, though, I’m pretty sure they weren’t meaning this [...]
“Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure.” – Jane Brody Photo credit – Christopher Lozano photography — a high school friend whose heart is genuine, and whose talent is beyond description. Pictured, left-to-right: Mark Alexander (President, Efficient Exercise, ARXFit), Skyler Tanner, Robb Wolf, Michelle “child bride” Norris, your’s truly, Mark Sisson. Why [...]
May all your waves be righteous, and all your rides bring you Peace. - ceholli The break — Cape Hatteras Lighthouse; Buxton, North Carolina. I’m a Texas native through-and-through, and love the ATX for sure. But sometimes, though, I really do miss this place… I’ll continue with the surfing metaphor in a bit, but first [...]
An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly [...]
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. – John Muir Bloodwork, Revisited – The following is a question sent in from Blair Wilson, of MedX Precision Fitness, in Toronto, ON. I’ve asked my good friend and bloodwork maestro, Holly L’Itallien, of Austin’s Merritt [...]
Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other — William Faulkner Mistaking a single piece for the whole (and its kissing-cousin, reductionism) is, I suppose, part-and-parcel to the human condition. Why this condition is so is, on the one hand, fascinating — and, on the other, a bit disconcerting. It’s a [...]
Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware ~ Anne Lamott How to spend a lazy Friday afternoon – (A1) clean and press: worked-up from 135 x 5, to 225 x singles. How many singles? I have no clue; let’s just call call it “a hellovalot”. For me, [...]
The unfed mind devours itself – Gore Vidal I’ve written many times on the difficulty (absurdity?) of attempting to distill artistic expertise into programs, templates, or step-by-step directives. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been asked by a client, following a workout, why I chose a certain movement, technique or modality at [...]
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Paul Jaminet, in his recent post My Theory of Obesity I: “The Fat Trap”, inches ever closer to uncovering the scientific whys behind what Physical Culturalists have long known as truth — that lean tissue acquisition/optimization via smartly programmed resistance training is absolutely essential for optimum and [...]
