[I don’t get why people say that Taylor Lautner from Twilight has good abs. I mean, even if he did, how would you be able to see them under all of that fur?]
 
Attaining 6 pack abs is probably easier than you might think. It essentially comes down to two things, proper nutrition (and having very low body fat) and a strong abdomen. This post is going to focus on four great exercises that I’ve recently added to my routine that will help you get a strong abdomen and if you desire, 6 pack abs. (Note: The video below shows how to do all of the exercises.)  Here are the exercises:
1. Hanging Leg Ups. There are essentially 3 different groups of ab muscles as far as exercising goes. Top abs, lower abs, and side abs. To get the top abs going, you bring your hips to your legs (like a sit […]

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

Whether you live in an area being hit by a winter cold snap or you’re lucky enough to be basking in a balmy climate, there is comfort to be found in a bowl of soup. A sip of steaming soup will warm and nourish you to your core, but there’s also great comfort found in the fact that you can’t screw up soup too badly. Gather ingredients in one pot, simmer, and voila, you’ve got soup.
There is however, a bit of an art to selecting just the right ingredients and we think Danielle Thalman has done just that with her Watercress Bacon Soup. Our first soup entry for the Primal Blueprint Cookbook Contest strikes just the right balance of home cooked comfort food (there’s bacon in it!) and intriguing, complex flavor from a green called watercress.

Watercress is one of those unassuming, weed-like greens that lets others, like spinach and arugula, […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Winter is arriving if not already here for a lot of you (apparently there’s snow in Houston?) so this is defo soup season. You all know there’s nothing better than a delicious bowl of homemade soup with a nice sangwich. I remember growing up in the tropical Isle of Ireland and the odd day it might be cold and wet my Mum would always make us soup for lunch. It’s always been one of those things that was a staple in our house as any leftover veg from dinner would be made into a delicious soup the next day. Those were the days.
This soup recipe is one of my faves and you’ll definitely love the fresh pea flavour and earthy texture. Off you pop and get the pot out.
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Original post by thehealthyirishman

It’s that time of year again.
It’s time for the fine folks at the American Council on Exercise (ACE) to peer into their crystal Bosu balls and predict the Fitness Trends for 2010.
So, without any further ado, here are your…
Fitness Trends for 2010
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The clairvoyants at ACE have predicted that fiscal restraint will be the biggest influencer on the fitness trends of 2010.
Quel surprise
Here’s their top 10:

Cost-Conscious Workouts at Fitness Clubs and at Home: The impact of the economy continues to affect the choices of fitness enthusiasts and health clubs alike.  Gyms will alter programming and training to better serve the needs of the cost-conscious member, while in-home workouts utilizing small, portable fitness equipment will be popular among individuals watching their budgets. health fitness exercise Honestly, I can’t say enough about the Iron Woody bands – great workout tool, portable, inexpensive and pretty much indestructible. For the time being, you can buy […]

Original post by healthhabits

Thanks to Mark’s Daily Apple reader Jerry Borrero for sending in this fantastic video of his Primal Blueprint park workout. For more of Jerry check out his kettlebell routine. And click here to view all MDA video posts. Grok on!
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Original post by Mark Sisson

A recent study shows fasted training affects the post-workout anabolic response to weight training more favorably than fed state training. This study is very interesting to say the least, since it lends scientific support to explain the beneficial effects from both fasted training and Leangains style intermittent fasting. Let me give you the lowdown on this study in laymen’s terms.
Weight training activates enzymes and switch on genes which upregulates protein synthesis in muscles. Out of these signal mechanisms, mTOR is the boss man that activates p70s6 kinase. And the phosphorylation, “activity” plainly speaing, of p70s6 kinase may serve as an indicator of muscle growth, along with other myogenic transcription factors. Myogenic basically means “from/in muscle”. Nutrition no dubts affects the myogenic signaling mechanisms, but it’s still not fully understood to what degree.
In this study, subjects were split in two groups that were trained on two occasions separated by three weeks. […]

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

Life in the Paleolithic wasn’t a pristine, sterile existence. There were no fun-sized hand sanitizers or pasteurized eggs. Meat didn’t come shrink-wrapped, and it wasn’t stored in sub-40 degree temperature to prevent spoilage. I’ve never seen evidence of vegetable cleaning liquid containers at prehistoric dig sites, nor have any tiny tubes of antibiotic ointment been discovered among the arrowheads, flint shards, and stone spears. In fact, for the better part of human history, man was entirely ignorant of the existence of microorganisms, let alone the crucial role they played in our everyday lives. The Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro, in his 1st century BC book “On Agriculture,” wrote of “certain creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases,” but he was just guessing (the Romans used a pseudo-soap to occasionally remove […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Here’s another classic tune for your HIIT/HIRT workouts.

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