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The Paleo f(x) DVDs are now Available!

Posted on 12. May, 2012 by .

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Reduced-rate pre sales are now underway for this fine collection of Ancestral Wellness awesomeness; truly a study in the  Theory to Practice of living in accordance to our ancestral past.  Make sure to run over and check out the rockin’ good preview trailer and, while you’re there, make sure to place your order for the best [...]

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Paleo’s Rising Tide

Posted on 02. Apr, 2012 by .

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The truth will set you free.  But first, it will piss you off.  Gloria Steinem So how do we, as a national (world-wide?) movement position sensible Paleo more firmly into the mainstream consciousness?  This is a question that continues to vex those of us who sincerely wish to bestow the many blessings of Ancestral Wellness to [...]

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Is Obesity Unpatriotic?

Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 by .

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It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet – Margaret Mead …or, I’d add, to change his fitness habits…or lack thereof. Here’s an interesting and timely ad that I ran across, from AmmoLane: The message is simple and to-the-point.  But by “guts”, though, I’m pretty sure they weren’t meaning this [...]

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Rendering the Minutia Inconsequential

Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 by .

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“Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure.” – Jane Brody   Photo credit – Christopher Lozano photography — a high school friend whose heart is genuine, and whose talent is beyond description. Pictured, left-to-right:  Mark Alexander (President, Efficient Exercise, ARXFit), Skyler Tanner, Robb Wolf, Michelle “child bride” Norris, your’s truly, Mark Sisson. Why [...]

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Where to Start?

Posted on 05. Mar, 2012 by .

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A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.  John Steinbeck Photo credit My good friend Andrew Badenoch, of 77Zero.org can certainly attest to this notion.  To be prepared is one thing; to think that you have ultimate control?  Heh, this makes the Gods of chance and [...]

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Sean Croxton’s Paleo Summit, and More on Health vs Performance

Posted on 20. Feb, 2012 by .

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  An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly [...]

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Questions? Answers! Bloodwork Panels

Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 by .

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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. – John Muir Bloodwork, Revisited – The following is a question sent in from Blair Wilson, of  MedX Precision Fitness, in Toronto, ON.  I’ve asked my good friend and bloodwork maestro, Holly L’Itallien, of Austin’s Merritt [...]

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Mistaking a Single Piece for the Entire Puzzle

Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 by .

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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other — William Faulkner Mistaking a single piece for the whole (and its kissing-cousin, reductionism) is, I suppose, part-and-parcel to the human condition.  Why this condition is so is, on the one hand, fascinating — and, on the other, a bit disconcerting.  It’s a [...]

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Old School, New School — That’s How I Roll…

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by .

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Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware ~ Anne Lamott  How to spend a lazy Friday afternoon – (A1) clean and press: worked-up from 135 x 5, to 225 x singles.  How many singles?  I have no clue; let’s just call call it “a hellovalot”.  For me, [...]

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The Mystery of Expertise

Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by .

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The unfed mind devours itself – Gore Vidal I’ve written many times on the difficulty  (absurdity?) of attempting to distill artistic expertise into programs, templates, or step-by-step directives.  I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been asked by a client, following a workout, why I chose a certain movement, technique or modality at [...]

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