The problem with many body weight exercises like push ups is that once you get strong, low reps stop challenging the muscle. I am a firm believer in including a decent amount of high-tension lifting to maximize muscle definition. Typically, high-tension is achieved by doing heavy weights for low reps. The problem with body weight exercise is that there isn't really a practical way to add weight to your body. What if I told you there was a way to achieve super-high tension in any body weight exercise, allowing you to build muscle density and increased definition over time? Well that is exactly the tip I would like to talk about today!

[I figured a nice autumn picture with a "Human Female Chameleon" would be appropriate for this article. Better than some guy doing push ups…yawn.]
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In under two months time, it’s going to be a brand New Year – 2010.
And a lot of you are going to make that most famous of New Years Resolutions.
I am going to lose weight.
And, most of you are going to fail…miserably.
Here’s why.
There are 3 Main Types of Weight Loss Plans

Eat Less Food
Eat Less of Specific Types of Food (most commonly Carbs or Fat)
Get More Exercise

And of course, most of the so-called “diet-experts”  mix and match these three main plans to come up with their proprietary “miracle” weight loss program.
So, how come, year after year, millions of people:

Start a new diet
Quit that diet
Try another diet
Quit that diet
etc, etc, etc…

Don’t they have any will power?
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Of course, they have will power. Just as much as anybody else. Just as much as that skinny guy or gal that can’t quit smoking or gambling or watching too much reality tv.
Problem is, will power isn’t […]

Original post by healthhabits

I mention the distinction between thriving and surviving quite often on this blog, but I’m not sure I make it often enough, or explicitly. So, here it is: surviving is not thriving. There’s a massive difference, and though the two states of being ideally concur, we too often conflate the two as a rule, to our ultimate detriment. In my opinion, life’s true barometer is experience gained, rather than raw time accrued. What’s the point of living to a ripe old age if you never taste the fruit? Longevity coupled with happiness and experience, good. Sheer longevity for longevity’s sake, miserable, diseased, and decrepit? Bad.

And then there’s the other mantra: live fast, die young. This one hits us harder; it’s more romantic, and it triggers that innate, perhaps even Primal, urge to experience what life offers. We are sensory beings who literally exist to take in, process, and transmit information […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

In the quiet deliberation after a serious diagnosis, in the summoning of fortitude to face difficult treatments, in the watershed moment that induces genuine life change, health takes on a deeper association. Throughout the course of daily wellness choices, we look to information, logic and routine. But when we find ourselves in ominous physical territory, we’re often moved to look up from the books and probe beyond their reason. It’s a motivation deeper than fear, more complex than desolation. Whatever our spiritual leanings, illness – like all crisis – leads us to inhabit more profound dimensions of ourselves. We become seekers journeying toward a new or reaffirmed center of meaning and connectedness.

What we mean here, of course, isn’t necessarily religious doctrine but the broad sphere experts characterize as spiritual wellness. In part practice (perhaps), in part principle, it’s mostly a self-concept, an outlook from which we view and feel connected […]

Original post by Worker Bee

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this news flash…
Before I publish today’s regularly scheduled article (stay tuned!) I thought I’d throw up a few new television appearances I’ve done recently to get the word out about The Primal Blueprint.
It all started with the blog as a grassroots effort; readers (you!) telling their friends and family about the site and the PB. Now, in the last three days I’ve done as many radio interviews and have more TV spots lined up. Watch out Good Morning America, The View and Oprah – The Primal Blueprint is coming your way!
Let me know what you think. I’m constantly working on refining the sound bites (such is the way of most media these days) and delivery. Any feedback is welcome and appreciated. Tremendous thanks for your ongoing support and help spreading the message. Grok on!

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Original post by Mark Sisson

Part of KnuckleUp Team @ The Outer Banks Marathon – Only Winners!

This past Sunday, November 9th, the Outer Banks hosted their famous Marathon – and of course, the KnuckleUp Team was there to completely dominate the event! (just like they did at the Kitty Hawk Heritage Day 5k race)
According to Matt Costa, our fitness bootcamp instructor, who ran the 1/2 marathon well under 2 hours, bootcamp students were able to finish the Marathon with ease… So much so that they were all back in the gym on Monday morning!
In this group of super-fit students were Shelley Tolbert, Courtney Wisecarver, Karly Wood, Kathy Farmer, and Franco Mineo, just to name a few. These winners all finished the 13 1/2 miles in the 2 hour mark – Congratulations everybody!
But we can not forget one of the super stars on the team: the fittest minister on the East Coast, Jay Bowman. Jay ran […]

Original post by knuckleup

The Ultimate Mma Strength And Conditioning Program 
Combat Core Strength: Advanced Torso Training for Explosive Strength and Power

I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.
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Original post by dominic Paris

This workout is designed for all of those people who say they would like to exercise, but they don’t have enough money for a gym membership or they can’t run because they have bad knees or their 1 bedroom apartment is too small to workout at home.
It’s my No Excuses Workout.
Program Goals:

Improved Aerobic & Anaerobic Fitness
Accelerated Fat Loss
Increased Muscular Strength
Correction of Typical Muscular Imbalances

The workout consists of 2 workouts that can be performed twice per week for a total of 4 workouts
The remaining 3 days of the week can be devoted to the walking program outlined in Boomer Bodyweight Workout #1
WORKOUT #1
Superset #1
Perform the following two exercises back to back for 5 minutes with no rest between sets

Chair Squats – Maximum 20 reps per set
Push-Ups – Maximum 10 reps per set – choose a push-up version that matches your level of fitness

Superset #2
Perform the following two exercises back to back […]

Original post by healthhabits

A comment on my recent Coca-Cola post mentioned something I’d never previously considered: what if there were legitimate uses for un-Primal “food” items, things like bread, rice, peanut butter, or corn, that didn’t involve putting them in our mouths, chewing, and swallowing? In a previous post on pantry Primalizing, I suggested newcomers donate their off-limits food to those in need. That remains a viable option, but maybe, just maybe, it makes sense to keep a few select items on hand – not to eat, though.
The commenter suggested using cola to clean rust off weights, which I loved for its utter practicality and for being a direct refutation of what soda stands for. Here was a reader co-opting an egregious, offensive, fructosey dietary force to enable a healthy lifestyle, literally using soda to combat soda-induced health problems. Just as the fructose in cola accumulates in the liver and triggers insulin resistance, […]

Original post by Mark Sisson