Is it just me, or is there something missing in the whole “humans evolved as endurance athletes” story? To wit, here’s an interesting story from the folks at NPR. Interesting, no doubt – however, there’s an obvious (and, in my mind, at least) whole other half of the story that’s continually left unexplored. And not [...]
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Calorie intake as it relates to phenotypical expression; to cop a phrase from Robb Wolf: “Holy Cats!” I really have nothing but the deepest of sympathies for people who do not happen to make Paleo/Primal, Physical Culture their geek-out hobby – I can only imagine what it’s like to stumble into this arena trying to [...]
So here are the greens from the beets that I made on Wednesday night, making an appearance alongside Thursday night’s totally awesome, locally/pasture-raised cut of smoked pork. Damn fine eats, I gotta say. The greens were sautéed with onions in a liberal amount of coconut oil, then splashed with a bit of coconut vinegar, salt [...]
Dave Durrell, of High Intensity Nation, recently posted on a very effective, isolation + compound movement shoulder training technique, utilizing a good ol’ weightlifting standby — the pre-exhaust method. This is a fine example, in my opinion, of employing the right tool for the job. Let’s take a step back and consider the various ways [...]
Lots and lots of fixie riding over the weekend, with a couple of iron sessions tossed in for good measure. I have no idea how many miles in total I put on the ol’ fix over Friday, Saturday and Sunday; let’s just say it was a sh*t ton Friday Night Iron Works – Another “unusual” [...]
No Dip Session is the Same… …Or, for that matter, is any selected movement within an exercise session ever the same; there are just way too many variables at play — and that, in and of itself, is a good thing, serving to keep the trainee from becoming both mentally and physically stagnant. It does, [...]
After an extended warm-up this morning, I performed a round of 8 x 70 yard sprints at approximately 90% effort, approximately 1 minute rest between sprints. It’s been a couple of months since I’ve done any significant sprinting, and that, coupled with the fact that I’ve been hitting the single-leg work pretty hard, prompted my [...]
