Warrior Fit Boot Camp Fitness Fun!

Thursday I wrote about our experience with the CSA box delivery service, which I am defo enjoying. In box 2 we received more delicious grapes, apples, sweet peppers (I just made more hummus with these because the first batch was so good!), red chard, lettuce, yellow onions and some beautiful end-of-season tomatoes. The chard went straight into two soups: black eyed pea & squash (I decided to sub chard for the spinach) and a new lentil soup (soon to be posted). For the tomatoes, I decided to make a big batch of Provençal sauce. Considering I eat pasta for lunch most days it made sense, but I also wanted to take this batch and make it last throughout the week in three different recipes. It’s a simple yet great way to use up your excess tomatoes that may be losing their summer sweet flavor. Slow cooking these bad boys […]

Original post by thehealthyirishman

Continuing on from Part 2…
Upper Back
Horizontal Pull

Heavy Partial: I don’t like partial reps for any rowing exercises
Isos: Isometric Row – Grab hold of an immovable object (ie. heavy barbell, cable stack, piece of equipment, flagpole, etc and try to pull it towards you using a rowing motion. Neither you nor the object should move. Hold for 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps
Plyos: N/A
Vibrations: Using a light weight (dumbbells, barbell, bands, etc..), perform 1 or 2 handed speed rows as fast as possible. I prefer the bands for this…less chance of injury Remember, think hummingbird wings –  3-8 reps

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy Barbell/Dumbbell/Cable Rows – 3-8 reps
Upper Back
Vertical Pull

Heavy Partial: Partial Chin-Ups with added weight, Partial Pull-downs – 3-8 reps
Isos: Attempt to Chin-Up or Pulldown a weight that is too heavy to be moved – Hold for 2-5 seconds for 3-8 […]

Original post by DR

As part of our ongoing Primal Blueprint Fitness Video Contest reader Albrecht submitted his interpretation of Primal Blueprint bodyweight exercises (the current theme). He is in the running for a cash and prize package worth $400 and has a one in four shot of winning. If you’d like to be featured on Mark’s Daily Apple for a chance to win Primal gear read the Primal Blueprint contest details and submit your video (fitness or recipe), real life Primal story or Primal recipe soon!
I’d add a cautionary note to this video. Before you start doing backflips and throwing bodies around please make sure you know what you’re doing. It sure looks like fun but I’d hate for anyone to get injured in the process.
If you liked Albrecht’s Grok On! workout shirt you can get your own here!
Check back tomorrow for a Worker Bee culinary creation of a reader’s Primal recipe submitted […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Original post by Brad Pilon

Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were…
Boxing's villain plays his role well again
Marquez did everything he could — including drinking his own urine in training — to beat a bigger man at his own game, but this was always going to be a …  Read More…
Roach to take over Pacquiao's training camp
Under US tax law, an alien like the boxing star is only allowed to stay in the US for 180 days for three years. Roach initially had been opposed to training …  Read More…
By: Coach “K”
(SEPT 20) First, lets make this clear I love the game of boxing. The problem I ask is where are we going? Do we want it to become wrestling? …  Read More…That’s all the news for today guys, so […]

Original post by dominic Paris

I don’t know about you, but my time is valuable. I don’t have the luxury of experimenting with strength exercises that might work, might be safe, from celebrity trainers who might know what the hell they are doing! All the big forums are filled with ‘experts’ who repackage old knowledge and then act like they just invented the wheel. You have to sift through the BS and find drills that make sense and build strength… for you.
I use four criteria when selecting bodyweight strength exercises:
It has to be simple to learn. Not necessarily easy to master, mind you, but simple to acquire. If I can’t get the basic technique down in 5 minutes, I’ll pass. I’m looking for strength and strength-endurance. If I want to learn technique, I’ll sign up for ballet.
It has to be safe to perform, repeatedly. Look, there are no guarantees you won’t get injured bending over to tie your shoes. […]

Original post by diamdave@sbcglobal.net (LazyDave)

Eric Wong's MMA Strength & Conditioning Program

Incorporating boxing, wrestling, muay thai, and jiu jitsu into a comprehensive MMA training that doesnt require daily 3-hour workout sessions is a work of art. But it still isnt enough.
Fighting will shape your body to become flexible, explosive, and lean – but it does so in a natural, slow pace. Yeah, we love natural, but we dont like slow.
We’re fighters, and being slow means we lose! So how can you pick up the pace in your training, gain strength, power, and improve your conditioning for MMA?
Well, you must’ve noticed that fighters have other, more experienced fighters, coach them – and they get paid very well for it.
But of course, not many folks can afford a full-time MMA personal trainer.
Luckily, one of the top MMA trainers in the country thought about this and released the Ultimate MMA Strength & Conditioning program – a complete personal […]

Original post by knuckleup

About 20% of adults have flat feet. A small subset of the population suffers from hereditary flat foot, but most of it is developed. Very few of us are actually born with flat foot. In this post I’ll explore what you can do to avoid flat feet in the first place, and if you already have them whether it is possible to reverse the damage.
Since publishing blog posts on ditching shoes, alternatives to going barefoot, and others I now receive regular reader emails like this one:

Dear Mark,
I’ve had flat foot all my life (18 years so far) and always wondered about the cause from an evolutionary stand point, and any negatives that might come from it. I vaguely remember the doctors subscribing foot supports and a lot of unnecessary products which I haven’t used in a decade. I don’t have any problems that I know of, but just wondering if […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Not everyone is happy with the anti-obesity/anti-soda ad produced by the NYC Dept of Health.

And it isn’t just the people who lost their lunches after seeing that globby/fatty/veiny cup of goo.
It’s groups like the Center for Consumer Freedom.
In fact, the CCF was so upset, that they produced their own rebuttal ad and had it printed in the New York Times

BTW, a full page ad in the Times costs upwards of $158,004.
$158,004
And we’re not even including the costs associated with creating the ad.
We’re talking big money.
BIG MONEY
And thinking about that big money awakened the skeptic in me. And that inner skeptic started thinking…who is the Center for Consumer Freedom and why are they spending a ton of money defending our freedoms against anti-cola advertisements?
So, I did a little research into the CCF.
My findings?
Apparently, there are a lot of people who don’t like the CCF.
To them, the CCF is nothing but a […]

Original post by DR