Hey, folks – Quick dispatch from the road — Lafayette, Louisiana, to be exact — where the Physical Culture “dog and pony show” is making slow but steady progress down ATX way, and where, by the way, the culmination of my studies have indicated that Starbucks is the only entity (along with good company, that [...]
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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 [...]
I suppose it could be said that serendipity has been the theme for the last couple of days. I rather enjoy it when findings and properly conducted science validate those things I believe in my gut to be true; and now, if I were a bit more smug, I’d pump my fist and proclaim vindication!, [...]
A couple of things to ponder over the long weekend – One topic that is central to any discussion of High Intensity Training is the understanding of what, exactly, constitutes “muscular failure”. The point of muscular failure is, in fact, one of the key tenants (or gauges, or yardstick measures) of HIT-like protocols. The thing [...]
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 [...]
…or, the Advantageous Coupling of Select Epigenetics with a Favorable Genetic Predisposition What happens when a kid of obvious genetic predisposition is placed in an environment richly advantageous to the expression of that genetic potential? The right coaches, the right atmosphere, the right competitive environment — the perfect nurturing cradle just waiting for the arrival [...]
Saturday, 5/15/10 So the local farmers’ market is located about a hard 15-minute fixie burst from my house. Soon after rolling out of bed on Saturday, splashing some water on my face and, after savoring a few cups of joe, I saddled-up and headed out for some provisions. 15-minutes later and without a hitch, I’m [...]
Just a quickie post from the road today. A friend of mine posted this “TED Talks” segment to Facebook, recently; her intent was to remind her more intellectual-leaning peeps (is “intellectual peep” and oxymoron?) of the underlying simplicity in even the seemingly most complex of systems. It’s my nature, of course, to sully these high-falutin’, [...]
Nothing at all fancy today, just a lot of work jam-packed into a mere 30-minute time frame. Russian lunge jumps for height: 3 each leg, each round single-leg high box (approx. 18″) step-ups: 135 x 5, 5; 155 x 4; 165 x 4; 4 (each leg) ab wheel roll-outs: bodyweight x 10, each round glute/ham [...]
“Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” – Ralph Waldo Emerson If you’ve hung around the ol’ TTP blog for long, you’ve inevitably heard me drone-on (and on and on…) about my beloved fixie. What’s the allure, you ask — I mean, Chrissakes, it’s just a friggin’ bicycle, right? Au contraire, my good [...]
I found myself with a bit of spare time yesterday after work, so what better option than to saddle up the ol’ fixie and head for a spin? I stopped off by the library and returned The 10,000 Year Explosion (a good read, but not quite the ground-breaker I was expecting). Quick interlude — it [...]
Can you really get a decent workout in 20 minutes? Hell, yeah — but you have to be willing to be pretty creative. Of course, I much prefer the “luxury” of having a full hour or so to go from sluggish blood and tight limbs to grinding out that very last rep; [...]
I certainly don’t mean this in a derogatory sense — far from it — this is simply the makings of a well-rounded athlete.
There is, of course, a wide range of phenotypical expression among athletes (and weekend warriors), along the explosive-elastic continuum. Swedish sprinter/weightlifter Lena Berntsson is a fine example of a [...]
First off, let me bore you with today’s workout. Again, we here in eastern NC were blessed with a beautiful spring day, and again I took advantage of it with a good bit of fixie huckin’ about town, and the following workout. Come Monday, I’ll be back to being sequestered within [...]
135 lbs hasn’t felt this heavy in quite some time. I cut down the rest time between exercises here to next to nothing — just long enough to catch a gasp of air — before hitting the next movement. If you look at the time-under-tension of each movement you’ll see that each [...]
