Read this. Then Read it Again, and Again...and Again

"No one does anything they don't want to do, EVER." -My Dad

It sounds crazy but it makes sense eventually. Even the most selfless person on earth behaves that way because they WANT good for others more than for themselves.

This article was brought to my attention today. It was written by Charles Poliquin, one of the most original and successful strength and conditioning coaches in the world.

Read it

then re-read it daily, until you can recite it word for word.
I've never found a better or simpler paradigm for living a healthy, vibrant and active life.


The Myth of Self Discipline

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Going Barefoot Pt. 2: Run (in the) Forest, Run!

Now is time for the fun part. After working your way through Barefoot pt 1, we get to start the sexy stuff!

You've been walking, working out, and doing some sprints either barefoot or in minimalist footwear. But the goal (for me anyway) was running through the wilderness barefoot, taking advantage of the improved balance, economy, and sensation of being shoeless. Not to mention the crazy looks on peoples faces when you run by "unprotected" from natures dangers.

Baby Steps: Going barefoot Pt. 1

I have been a fan of going barefoot for a long time.

The argument presented by shoe manufacturers, that evolution somehow overlooked adapting our feet to a lifestyle of walking and running upright across rough terrain, leaving us in dire need of "corrective" shoes and orthotics. All while equipping us with large brains, efficient hearts, and incredibly complex nervous systems, is totally absurd.

Making the transition from a life trapped in shoes to stomping around unshod can be daunting though. Your feet are NOT worthy. Not right away at least.
 

Art DeVany Speaks

For those of you unfamiliar with him, a quick bio from his website arthurdevany.com

"Called "Superman's slightly fitter grandad" by the London Times and a "patriarch of the Paleo Movement" in the New York Times, 73 year old Arthur De Vany is a scientist/athlete and the creator of Evolutionary Fitness, the first integrated model of Paleo diet, intermittent fasting, and exercise. A former professional athlete and life-long student of exercise and metabolism, he is a living example of what he teaches: at the age of 72 he is 6'1", 205 pounds and has less than 8% body fat. He has lived as a Paleo/Athlete for more than 25 years." (emphasis mine)

I Found and very much enjoyed this clip of his  lecture on ZURICH.MINDS. Its science-y but really cool.

Check it out.

http://zurichminds.com/videos/adv_unic_2010.html

 

5 Rules for Living in the StoneAge

What follows are the basics. A cave painting of how to re-discover your inner neanderthal. Set forth as simply as possible, and in no strict order, this is how to achieve, health, fitness and extreme animal magnetism (That's right, you know you want it!)

Get STRONG

Strength is the basis for all other kinds of physical activity. PERIOD. It is the bedrock your fitness, and health, is built on.

You want more pull-ups? Get stronger...

A higher vertical leap? Get stronger...

Whats that? your a marathoner? Not even elite runners can cover 26.2 at their Vo2 max. The limit of speed in marathon is primarily strength endurance in muscles. Not cardiovascular conditioning, and guess what the best way to improve strength endurance is, that's right, Get stronger...

Shout Outs

We added some new links for those of you who want to dig deeper into all this Stoneage lifestyle stuff.

Marks Daily Apple, Robb Wolf, Loren Cordain's Paleo Diet, and The Eades Protein Power are great resources for nutrition.

Crossfit Football, Gymnastics Bodies, and Ido Portal are more exercise oriented.

We have learned tons from all these people so check'em out!

Oh and post your thoughs to comments!

The Theory of Relativity

How fit are you?

its an easy question right?

The Art of Doing

We define fitness as the art of DOING...Whatever you want to do. In this case hiking Mount San Jacinto!

Mount San Jacinto is 10,800 feet high and its north face features the largest most abrupt elevation change in the United States. Sadly we were not going that way...yet

We to arrived to find 4 feet of snow at the top of the tram. Ckecked in at the ranger station and started up the hill at 11:00 am.

It was a GREAT day to be in the mountains...

Chris started to suffer at about 9,800 feet. The first time moving around above 10,000 is never a pleasant experience.

I spy...a lovely corniced summit!

It was a hell of a view.

I think its fair to say that Chris was glad to be done with the uphill travel!

Gotta have a summit self portrait!

These trees have it rough up here.

The trip down is always much more fun.

All in all it took 5 hours for 6 miles round trip and 5,500 feet gain/loss. With 1 of those hours fooling around on the summit it worked out to be 2:50 up and 1:10 back down.

Paleo Round Up!

Lets hear it people! we are 6 to 8 weeks into the Paleo Diet. How are we doing? Body comp, performance, cheats, questions or paleo poops! anythings fair game...