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I Feel Healthier, Stronger, and More Energetic It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’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 here. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!I’d like to start by saying that I’ve always been a “skinny” kid

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Engineering a Better Life: A Reader Case Study This is a guest post from Mark’s Daily Apple reader Jack Oughton. This article and last week’s article from Primal enthusiast Jack Yee go to show that there are many different approaches to living a healthy Primal lifestyle. Maybe some of the strategies that have worked for others in the community will work for you as well. Enter Jack…“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease

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Raising Your Kids on Primal Foods (plus Mealtime Strategies for Picky Eaters) The fact is, feeding children is never for the faint of heart or stomach. It’s an entirely different solar system when it comes to dining experience – the noise, the spills, the frantic pattern of go-get-this, can-you-help-me, cut everyone’s food until your own is stone cold, precise timing of chewing to complement your expected participation in knock-knock jokes – you get it. In the years my children were small, Carrie and I would relish the times when we were able to go out to dinner alone or when family members took the kids and we had a solo meal at home. The silence and ability to eat – uninterrupted – at a normal pace were enough to make us ecstatic. I think most of the time we didn’t even talk – not a word, and we each understood exactly why.I think it’s safe to say this mismatch in preferred ambience often coincides with a mismatch in tastes.

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Mental Toughness Training in the Primal World This is a guest post from Jack Yee. Jack’s Primal Blueprint Real Life Story “Free at 50” was published a few weeks ago here on Mark’s Daily Apple. In this article, Jack shares his four strategies for conquering intense workouts, and becoming both physically and mentally stronger as a result. Enter Jack…When I first made the transition from conventional bodybuilding training to full body primal workouts, I quickly realized it was one of the best things I ever did. I used to look forward to doing the primal workout of the week or the contest WODs that were sent in by some of you

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Whether you’re heading home for the holidays or hosting guests at your place, it can be a challenge to get out to the gym for your regular workout. Since we’ll be a whole lot merrier if we fit in a good sweat, I’ve put together the HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HIIT— a fast and effective 30-minute calorie-blaster that we can do anywhere!Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday! HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HIITQuick Warm-up: 2 minutesRunning butt kick: 1 minuteAlternating lunges: 1 minuteCircuit 1: 9 minutes totalRepeat the following 3 times, minimizing rest between exercises.High knee runs: 1 minuteSquat jumps: 30 secondsAbdominal crunches: 30 secondsRest/walk around/jog in place: 1 minuteCircuit 2: 9 minutes totalRepeat the following 3 times, minimizing rest between exercises.Crab kicks: 1 minuteKnee-up Jump Lunge, right leg: 30 secondsKnee-up Jump Lunge, left leg: 30 secondsRest/walk around/jog in place: 1 minuteCircuit 3: 8 minutes totalRepeat the following 2 times, minimizing rest between exercises.Quick squats: 1 minuteSki jumps: 1 minutePush-ups: 30 secondsMountain climbers: 30 secondsRest/walk around/jog in place: 1 minuteStretch & Cool-Down: 2+ minutesEXERCISE DESCRIPTIONSRunning Butt Kick – Run in place, kicking your legs back so that your heel strikes your glute with each kick.Quick Squats – Perform full-range, un-weighted squats as quickly as you can.Crab Kicks – (See demonstration picture.) Sit on the floor with your hands palms-down resting on the ground by your glutes. Feet should be flat on the floor with knees drawn toward your chest. Push your hips up

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