Part two of my interview with nordic body fitness champ and intermittent fasting user Kristine Weber.

Me: Could you describe your training routine – for example, do you have a preference for lower or higher volume, or lower or higher rep ranges? Do you stick with the basics or do you include a lot of assistance movements to target smaller muscle groups?
Kristine: I like to variate my training when it comes to volume and rep ranges. I have stuck with a 2-split since I started and it works good for me. I prefer lower reps with higher volume, so I often train a 5×5 program. Then I usually go over to high reps with lower volume, I try to have a period of 3-4 weeks before I change it around again. I have since the summer trained after something called “myo-reps” and it has worked very well. It emphasizes the importance […]

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Martin Berkhan)

From time to time I’ll get an email from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader that just throws me for a loop. It might be esoteric, simply outside of my core knowledge, or just downright strange. Still other questions are best answered by consensus.
When enough of these spill into my inbox I’ll crowdsource the questions, opening them up to the infinite wisdom of the MDA community. This has resulted in some great discussions in the past (Dear Readers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Well, it’s that time again. Help out a fellow MDAer with a response in the comment board. Thanks, everyone!

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Question 1
I’ve been reading your blog for some time, but looked at it in a new light after hearing you on The Art of Manliness podcast.
I have to say, the Primal Blueprint is basically a very exact way to spell out how I’ve thought about food for a while – what […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

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“If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution”
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Original post by healthhabits

Aarmono

Researchers at Princeton University made quite a fascinating discovery. They found that when they compared rats that exercise to rats that don’t, certain neurons responded differently among the rats that exercised.
Here’s what they did.
They put the rats into two groups. One group that was running and exercising, and another one that remained sedentary. After 6 weeks, they made them all swim in cold water, which rats don’t like (who does?).
After the rats swam, they tested their brains, and found that while all of their neurons were activated from stress, the NEW neurons, supposedly the ones created recently after the running began, did not get activated in the rats that exercised.
What does this mean? According to the scientists, the new neurons were the ones created during the period of exercise, and didn’t get activated because they were molded into becoming “stress resistant.” The point being that yes, if humans respond in […]

Original post by rafael@thefitnessadviser.com (Rafi Bar-Lev)

When you’re looking for a protein-packed breakfast, eggs and meat seem like the most obvious choice. But if you go for the most obvious choice every single morning, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. So on those mornings when meat and eggs aren’t what you’re craving and you wake up feeling less like a hunter and more like a gatherer, try Mark’s Daily Apple reader Doug Descant’s ingenious recipe for No-atmeal.
Pronounced “note-meal” (as in, no oatmeal) Doug’s recipe, that he submitted for the Primal Cookbook Challenge, is for all you ex-cereal lovers out there and for anyone who needs a warm bowl of comforting goodness on a cold winter morning. As Doug says, “it’s a hot meal full of essential proteins and fats, not to mention the necessary vitamins and minerals, in order to stay energized for the cold weeks ahead.”

In Doug’s recipe a blend of pecans, walnuts […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Ah, another Thanksgiving has come and gone. By now you’re all probably completely and utterly over turkey. I wouldn’t blame you. With the size of turkeys nowadays there’s enough meat on there to feed a whole African village! We began our gorging with the actual turkey which lead into turkey sandwiches the next day and the next. Finally taking off whatever meat is left in order to make stock with the bones, the next obvious step is to make a delicious easy soup with the stock (and if you have turkey still left over–good luck!!)
Here’s how it’s done:
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Original post by thehealthyirishman

Some bad news today.
If you want to look better than most people, you have to do things differently than most people.
You are going to have to eat a little less and exercise a little more than most people.
Because, what most people are doing simply isn’t getting the job done.
And here is a very startling visual example from recent research:

This graph is telling you three interesting things:
1) Body fat % seems to be pretty normally distributed across the North American population (the woman’s numbers look a little skew right to me, but in general, it’s pretty even).
2) For a man, the average body fat percentage is around 25-ish%, while for a woman it’s around 40-ish%.
3) If you want to be under 12% bodyfat (men) or under 22% bodyfat (women) then you are going to have to be an outlier.
out·li·er – A value that is far from the average or mean.

Now this […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

As part of our ongoing Primal Blueprint Fitness Video Contest Mark’s Daily Apple reader and competitive CrossFitter Blair Morrison submitted his interpretation of a Primal Blueprint Bodyweight Routine (the new contest theme is Creative Sprint Routines). He’s in the running for a cash and Primal prize package and has a one in four shot of winning.
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and you could probably use a little activity, so try out this Primal routine to get your heart pumping.
5 rounds for time:

Sprint to the top of stairs
5 burpees
Bear crawl down stairs
5 burpees

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Original post by Mark Sisson

Earlier this month, Health Habits went undercover.
I approached 10 of the biggest, most powerful names in the fitness/weight loss business, and I tried to get the answer to one simple but powerful question.
But, before I get to the question, let me explain my motivation behind this little adventure.

Obviously, I am obsessed with health/fitness/weight loss
I am always searching for easier & more effective ways to help people transform their bodies from flab to fab, from fat to fit, etc…
While I think that certain ways of eating and exercising are superior to other methods, I believe that the key to improved health & fitness is consistency. The best training or diet plan is useless if you don’t follow it consistently.

So, being a wee minnow in the ocean of health & fitness, I decided to pick the brains of the giant whales of the industry.
Here’s what I did:
I emailed these fitness gurus and […]

Original post by healthhabits