pimg class=”alignright” title=”Candlelight” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/candlelight.jpg” alt=”candlelight” width=”320″ height=”212″ /A few months back, I linked to an a title=”How a Power Outage Made Me Healthier ” href=”http://www.livescience.com/15893-power-outage-created-sleep-cycle.html” target=”_blank”article/a about a guy who experienced an unexpected benefit after Hurricane Irene knocked out his power for several days: he started sleeping much, much better. Instead of staying up late on the computer or with the TV blaring and going to bed at the usual 11:30 or midnight, he found himself yawning around 9 PM and getting to bed at 10. It was the best sleep of his life, and even better #8211; the effects persisted even after the power returned. He had effectively a title=”Circadian Rhythms: Zeitgebers, Entrainment, and Non-Photic Stimuli ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/circadian-rhythms-zeitgebers-entrainment-and-non-photic-stimuli/” target=”_self”entrained his circadian rhythm/a to the natural cycle of light and dark. This is basic stuff to you guys, but bear with me./p
pJust last week, a reader named Melissa emailed […]

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It’s time for another crazy Pilon Analogy.
Picture in your mind a 6 foot tall piece of marble – it is 3 feet in diameter…the closest thing to a perfect cylinder you will ever see. It’s a beautiful piece of rock, polished to perfection – not a single dent, crack or crevice.

 
Now wrap your piece of marble in a giant blanket – and what do you get? (Other than a giant piece of marble wrapped in a blanket)
Well, you get the dents, crevices and bulges that come from the blanket…not the marble.
(try as a might, I can not find a Google image of a giant piece of marble wrapped in a blanket)
Now, take away the blanket and wrap the marble slab in plastic wrap.

No matter how thin the plastic wrap is, no matter how tight, what you get is…still smooth.
Because the slab of marble underneath is smooth.(Obviously)
Ok..so where am I […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Dog Pack” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/dogpack.jpg” alt=”dogpack” width=”320″ height=”160″ /I both love and hate the a title=”Dear Mark: Time Change” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/daylight-savings-time-health/” target=”_self”time change/a that just happened. Those first few days are magical. You wake up on Sunday at around 5:30, and you#8217;re raring to go. Full of energy with a whole day ahead of you, plus an hour. It#8217;s like time slows down and you#8217;re ahead of schedule on everything. It#8217;s always an hour before you thought it was, no matter what time it is. But then you get used to the time change, and you notice it#8217;s getting dark out at like four in the afternoon. The afternoon ceases to feel like the afternoon. You get sleepy earlier, which is a good thing in some ways, but I also like to get in something outdoorsy later in the day. Maybe a hike, maybe some paddling. I can#8217;t do that anymore./p
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Cardio Before or After Weights? Training Q&A – BuiltLean

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Braised Wild Boar with Sauerkraut and Bacon” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/braisedboar1.jpg” alt=”braisedboar1″ width=”320″ height=”223″ /With all the pork products that are readily available at the market, is it really necessary to seek out wild boar? a title=”Hunting Ethics” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/hunting-ethics/” target=”_self”Hunters/a who kill and butcher wild boar with their own hands so they can smoke, slow-roast or pan-fry the meat for its intensely satisfying pork flavor would say yes. So would chefs who prize boar for adding variety to the menu and for elevating dishes like cassoulet and Bolognese sauce with its rich flavor. With a taste that is similar to regular pork but more intense and a texture that is richer, wild boar is something that all meat lovers should try at least once./p
pBoars are ancestors of the domesticated pig and have existed since before the Ice Age. In many parts of the world, boar has been part of a […]

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pIt’s Friday, everyone! And that means another a title=”Success Stories” href=”../../category/success-stories/?submit=view” target=”_self”Primal Blueprint Real Life Story/a from a Mark#8217;s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me a title=”Contact Me!” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-book/share-success-story/” target=”_self”here/a. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!/p
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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Primal Blueprint Real Life Story” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2009/real_life_stories_stories-1-2.jpg” alt=”real life stories stories 1 2″ width=”320″ height=”240″ /I have been on some kind of diet since 1988 #8211; over ½ of my life. NutriSystems, Optifast, Weight Watchers and all kinds of fad quick weight loss diets in between. Obvious now but not then #8211; none of them worked permanently. The sad thing is when you actually look at the numbers #8211; the weight I was at in […]

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When I was first training back in the late 80's I assumed that to build bigger muscles I would have to constantly lift heavier and heavier weights. To a certain extent that is true, but there are ways to make a lighter weight "work" your muscles much harder than normal. The guy with the most impressive chest I have ever seen in person never benched more than 205 pounds. He told me that anything heavier "made his joints hurt"…so he used lighter weight to get the job done. This past summer I got stronger than ever at chin ups and shoulder pressing, but my elbows began to hurt and I decided to mix in a 3-4 month period of light lifting to give my joints a much-needed break. I'll outline what I'm doing.
Read more on How to Build Muscle If Your Joints Hurt…

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pa title=”Amazon: The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982207778/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=217145amp;creative=399373amp;creativeASIN=0982207778″img class=”alignright” title=”The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/21Day_3D_Food_Pyramid.jpg” alt=”21Day 3D Food Pyramid” width=”336″ height=”312″ //aWhen I got involved with this blogging thing, I figured I#8217;d stick with it for a year or so and then run out of things to say. 365 posts in 365 days seemed like a tall order by itself, let alone maintaining such a schedule into perpetuity. I felt I had something to offer people, and I knew what I was talking about, but that there were limits. Yeah, 365 posts would do nicely. I could get some stuff off my chest and maybe help some folks in the process. Why not?/p
pSo much for that./p
pA year passed and I just kept writing without even noticing. Yeah, I had exhausted all the topics for which I#8217;d originally planned, but new ones kept popping up and grabbing […]

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Stay-at-home parents, people without active gym memberships, and anyone squeezed for extra time can really take advantage of home fitness routines in order to stay active and healthy.  Though most houses and apartments aren’t outfitted with all of the fitness equipment commonly available at local gyms, there are a number of exercises you can do to keep yourself in shape without all the pricey extras.  Even though many exercises can be performed and mastered without the use of fitness equipment, an avid home exerciser will still need a few supplemental aids to help with his or her routine.  Below, we’ll go over a few pieces of fitness equipment one should keep at home for those small periods when exercise is possible between work, meals, school, and sleep.
Jump Rope
If you don’t have a treadmill, stationary bike, or elliptical machine at home, it can be hard to keep up with your personal […]

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