…I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth… That’s William Faulkner, whose birthday was Sunday. And who, together with Cormac McCarthy, have produced all the literature I’ll ever really need. All else, while nice enough, is simply superfluous. And speaking of “a hot wild seed in the blind earth”, check out this picture [...]
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Pushing physiological limits, and the study thereof, is indeed an exciting aspect of exercise science. And, as ABC’s Hungry Beast points out, “…few of us have any idea about what it takes to produce a world-beating result… “. To that end, check out this fascinating clip, wherein Kirk Docker deconstructs the machine that is Shane Perkins, [...]
“We do not rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” – Archilochus A spot-on observation of human nature, I think. Even so, within those of us who think more highly of ourselves, that it should be otherwise. So much so a true observation, in fact, that I [...]
I LOVE push-ups! They are one of the best total body exercises you can do and it doesn’t take on single piece of equipment. As great as they are though, the problem is that most women don’t know how to do a single push-up or possibly can’t do a push-up. To be honest before I [...]
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. H. L. Mencken A slight bit of a departure here for me today, as this post is not about striving for that n=1-defined pinnacle of expressed Physical Culture. No, this is simply about grasping hold of, and maintaining, a decent (deckplate level?) quality of [...]
Super Human Radio‘s Carl Lanore devoted a show recently to the training and philosophy of Bruce Lee. What can Bruce Lee teach us about striving for phenotypical expression excellence? Everything, my friend; everything. Maybe not by way of training specifics (unless, of course, you happen to be a martial artist), but certainly by way of [...]
A client asked me recently how she would know that she’s making adequate “progress”, with the context, of course, being fitness-related, and more specifically, strength biased. And I wish I had a ready answer for her; the truth of the matter though, is that “progress” is a tough thing to define, and even tougher to [...]
Really, is it all that complicated? Yeah, all of us in the Paleo/Evolutionary Fitness community like to geek-out on the minutia of this stuff (and with the workout specifics as well), but when we get down to brass tacks — or (and especially so!) when dealing with the “mainstream”, or potential converts — it’s helpful [...]
No more than a single iron skillet and a few minutes of prep time for these two. Grass-fed eye of chuck, butternut squash and cauliflower mix, free-range pork sausage, roasted free-range chicken quarters and a little sweet potato. Good meals, and plenty of leftovers to boot. By the way, you’ll notice that there’s very little [...]
It’s creeping up on us… you can start to feel it in the air. Summer is on it’s way! I was so excited when the temperature came close to 80 degrees the other day, I am not cut out for the cold crap that has hit the U.S. this year!
Even Florida got snow… ridiculous. Guess [...]
“Beware the Ides of March”, huh? — hey, who says? Meh, maybe for Caesar, but not for me. I tested out my newly-purchased (yea Craig’s List!) weight vest today, and it worked swimmingly; a great addition to the ol’ weightlifting toolbox! Sorry to disappoint, Caesar.
I began today’s workout with an extended leg-centric [...]
