Get out into the mountains this fall! This photo is of the S. Fork of Salmon River, about 12 miles north of Warm Lake.
Don’t forget about the special class at 7p.m. next Monday from Jenn’s Primal Health. The class will focus on how to make new habits stick: Read about it and sign up here. Cost: $10
Looks like what we do with the rower is catching on. I am toying with the idea of offering some class times that heavily emphasize the rower as a conditioning tool:
Strength training improves mood. I’ve found this to be the case even more when it involves movements that use your whole body through a full range-of-motion. One of the guidelines I use when programming at IKSC is that the movements we use for training should use everything from your fingertips to toes, while incorporating the breath and always leading with the eyes. https://www.ergo-log.com/stop-worrying-go-and-start-strength-training.html
This next link has a good section on the new scare about chicken and cancer. Mark makes a good point (one I often make about beef), is that they aren’t factoring in what people are eating with the chicken.
This is one of the reasons it is important to know the mechanisms and the physiology of what’s going on, not just look at stats. Case in point: Ever go to a BBQ restaurant and see an obese and unhealthy person just eating a pound of brisket or smoked turkey? No, it is usually slathered in sugary sauce, and by caloric content, the carb-load side dishes vastly outweigh the meat. https://www.marksdailyapple.com/does-chicken-cause-cancer-should-you-neuter-dog-collagen-and-skipping-dinner/
Video of The Week:
One comment on the video: Note that she makes reference to Mediterranean Diet. The issue I have with that particular popular diet is that it does not limit palette options, and really, turns into the same old “everything in moderation” thing that has been proven over and over to be a failure for a nutritional strategy. What it ends up being is whatever people want it to be.
Also note, that at about 11:50 she makes a note that any variation of the Mediterranean Diet that failed to include red meat DID NOT improve symptoms of depression.
Thought for the week:
“No correlation has been established between getting sore and getting
stronger. Some comrades are hurting units for five days following their leg workout
yet lift the same weights for years. Others never ache…but keep getting stronger from workout to workout…Never interpret soreness or stiffness as signs of progress.” – Pavel Tsatsouline.
I refer to fascial slings now and then with the way your body is connected. Here’s a decent article explaining it. Too bad there isn’t a chart showing them. I’ll have to look harder for one. https://www.t-nation.com/training/fascia-and-muscle-link
No one reading this is afraid of saturated fat, I hope. But, here is a good article written by one of the top minds in nutritional science. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/15/1111
Here’s the guy I learned to properly do a getup from at the first kettlebell instructor course I attended. His account of his rehab using this exercise is pretty amazing. https://tacticalathlete.com/turkish-get-up-functional-fun/
Video of The Week:
Old article, but well worth the read. It pre-dates any kind of popular “diet-culture” interpretation of what a “paleo diet” is, or what has been pretty much bastardized by different cookbooks, etc.
The thing to realize is that the nutrition information presented comes straight from the physical sciences, not from nutritionists that are held to maintain the party lines of what the AHA and ADA claim is healthy.
It is amazing how years ago so many mainstream nutrition types blew off a primal diet as a fad, and now how almost all their recommendations look about 95% paleo.
Bone density. We talk now and then about this in class, and this is a specific reason many begin strength training. Things like squats, deadlifts, kettlebell swings, pushups, farmer’s carries, etc. put stress on the system enough to benefit. Additionally, make sure you are getting your magnesium, zinc, and vitamin D, in addition to calcium. http://main.poliquingroup.com/Tips/tabid/130/EntryId/2467/How-Does-Strength-Training-Increase-Bone-Density.aspx
A topic or question that comes up frequently is bodyfat percentage and if I test it or not. Here is something I wrote up on it a while back. The pictures shown are really not that far off, either. http://idahokettlebells.com/blog/?p=728
This illustration is true for most people. I’ve given this out many times.
This has been in the works for a few years now. I think I first heard of the different military units working on it in about 2014. Of course, lots of individual Navy SEALS were some of the first ones to jump on the paleo bandwagon. Robb Wolf actually did a bunch of nutrition consulting for them, and one of the big names in sleep research is Dr. Kirk Parsely and his work came directly from him working as doctor working directly with SEALS.
As an interesting side note, way back in the 1950s and 1960s fighter pilots used a ketogenic diet to drop weight fast if they had put on a few pounds (and were at risk of being grounded due to being to big) and there were Air Force directions on how to do it.
Our training – that emphasizes work capacity – is different than “cardio.” There are many forms of endurance training: There is strength-endurance, power-endurance, and then cardiorespiratory endurance. It is important to have a mix of all of those in your training for a variety of reasons. http://www.ergo-log.com/endurance-capacity-protects-against-headache.html
This week’s video. Short and sweet. Here’s the best example of how to crawl. I do encourage you to buy his book.
