“Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.” – Henry David Thoreau As a frequent Forum, with Michael Krasny listener, I was pleasantly surprised by the exceptional Ancestral Wellness literacy expressed in this recent show (Are Humans Meant for Monogamy?) by guest Christopher Ryan, psychologist and co-author of “Sex at Dawn: The [...]
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I write this as I’m taking a break from putting the finishing touches on my upcoming 21 Convention presentation and, concurrently, reading Rebecca Costa’s The Watchman’s Rattle (heh, who says old-schoolers can’t multitask, huh?). The Watchman’s Rattle is just a fantastic read; really tough to put down. Just as Peter McAllister’s Manthropology reaffirmed my contention [...]
“The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another” – Richard Feynman So when we put all of our eggs in one basket — say, judging a particular question solely [...]
Kevin Koskella, of the blog and companion podcast Healthy Mind, Fit Body and I recently met in Austin, Texas (the epicenter of Physical Culture) over an awesome cup of joe at my “office”, the fantastic (and thankfully, just down the street from my studio) Thunderbird Coffee. It’s funny — I’m really a rather reserved, quiet, [...]
“Basic, brutal, and brief…” And if I may, to that I’d add intermittent to that as well. Ok, so I’ve racked my brain and consulted my thesaurus to no avail — anyone know a synonym for “intermittent” that starts with a “b”? Anyway, the “basic, brutal and brief” statement is just a snippet of the [...]
So here’s the thing: it’s not that there is any single workout methodology that is the “best” (or “worst”, for that matter), but that there are aspects of many various methodologies that, when combined in an intelligent, systematic way according to each individual’s n=1 goals and needs, provides for the most advantageous workout stimulus; “advantageous”, [...]
Look at the contrast between these (my latest) two workouts; this is what I consider to be “Conjugate for the masses”. I do think it’s possible to blend power emphasis work with HIT/strength work and the more MetCon-ish/HIIT sessions as well — all within the same overall plan. Add a dash of some bodybuilding-like volume [...]
Since Monday was a holiday (here in the US, at least), I figured it would be a great time to ease into the Austin fixie scene, get a feel for traffic patterns and, well, just the overall vibe and such. And what I found was this: Austin is definitely a bike-friendly town; courteous drivers, plentiful bike lanes, [...]
Many of those in what I would call the HIT-purist camp, most notably Dr. Doug McGuff (Body by Science), recommend a full recovery between workouts; that is to say, they don’t favor the performance of “active recovery” as it tends to alter/delay super-compensation following the inroad made during preceding workout. And, to a certain extent [...]
The idea that strength and conditioning programming — and, in fact, any pursuit related to the optimal expression of one’s phenotype — is a purely unique-to-the-trainee, n=1 experiment is the underlying theory behind my own day-to-day practice of Physical Culture. In fact, the TTP blog itself is an on-going ode to the notion that training [...]
Sometimes it’s good to take a step back, check our logic and assumptions on a topic, and make sure our basic understanding still holds water. Kinda like checking for that weak link in your strength chain. A sanity check every now and then can save us from wandering lemming-like over the cliff of smug confidence. [...]
OK, so I’m much more creative in the gym than in the kitchen, but I don’t exactly starve, either. Most times I don’t plan my meals so much as I throw them together at the last minute; maintaining a strict Paleo household saves me from doing something (eating something) stupid. I guess my point with [...]
“Not to invent yourself is to be false. To follow preordained rules is a profound betrayal of what it means to be human.” – David Starkey In a recent episode of the Kathleen Show, host Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau interviewed T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study. I know what you’re thinking: WTF?? Why would I [...]
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” – Socrates Crock pot meals may, to the culinary artist, boarder on the unimaginative, but they sure are easy as all hell to throw together — and they’re not too bad in the taste department, either. And hey, for those of us who’d rather [...]
NPR covered an interesting story yesterday in relation to the Institute of Medicine‘s recommendation that the FDA seek some form of governmental regulation in regard to the salt content of processed foods. From the NPR site: “The Institute of Medicine issued a report Tuesday on reducing salt intake. They are recommending that Americans reduce their [...]
