<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:22:46 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Fitness Explorer</title><link>http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/</link><description>A journey into the world of primal fitness, natural movement, holistic health and paleo nutrition.&#13;
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<p><strong><span>Warmup:</span></strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<li>5 min moderate row (substitute skipping/jump rope or run)</li>
<li>20 Push-Ups</li>
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<p>&nbsp;<strong><span>Workout:</span></strong></p>
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<li>30s full hang, 2 pull-ups - (shoulder width, overhand grip) - rest for 45s</li>
<li>30s high hang (with chin over bar), then 2 Pull-ups (wide, overhand grip) - rest for 45s</li>
<li>30s full hang with knees raised (shoulder width, overhand grip) - rest for 30s</li>
<li>5 Pull-Ups, then 30s full hang (narrow underhand grip) - 1 min rest</li>
<li>30s mid hang (bend at elbows) hang (wide underhand grip), 5 Pull-Ups - 1 min rest</li>
<li>5 pull-ups diagonal left, 5 pull-ups diagonal right - aka&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pg5GamQTJo">Mountain Climbers</a>&nbsp;(wide overhand grip) - 1 min rest</li>
<li>Bent Arm Knee to Elbow (twist) - 5 left twist, 5 right twist - 1 min rest</li>
<li>5 Pull-ups (underhand grip) - 1 min rest.</li>
<li>15s (bend at elbows) - knee raise hang, 15s full hang, 15s knee hang, rest for 30s.</li>
<li>3 Pull-ups (wide, overhand grip) - rest for 30s.</li>
<li>5 <a title="Muscle Up Demonstration" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/muscle-up.html" target="_blank">Bar Muscle-Ups</a></li>
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<p><strong><span><br />Finisher:</span></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">150 Sit-ups<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/category/workouts" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/category/workouts" target="_blank">View other Fitness Explorer workouts here:</a></p>
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<p><strong>Who are you?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">Sabina Skala. &nbsp;A strength &amp; conditioning coach, MMA coach and Level 2 Gym Jones trainer. &nbsp;Part of CJSFitness and Fighter's development programme.</div>
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<p><strong>What is fitness to you?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A lifestyle harmony of body, mind, spirit and nutrition.</p>
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<p><strong>What are your goals?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I want to continue to develop and improve my knowledge in Strength and Conditioning for combat sports. &nbsp;I want to get my level 3 Gym Jones trainer certification and open an athletic development centre here in London.</p>
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<p><strong>What is one of your main concerns in relation to health?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">Poor nutrition and a 'party' lifestyle.</div>
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<p><strong><br />What is your favourite exercise/activity?</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Overhead Squat</p>
<p><strong>What is your favourite meal?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">Blueberries and figs (of any amount!)</div>
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<p><strong>Website/Blog:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
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<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><a class="offsite-link-inline" title="www.cjsfitness.com" href="http://www.cjsfitness.com" target="_blank">www.cjsfitness.com</a></div>
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<div><strong>Warmup:</strong> 
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<li>10 Squats</li>
<li>10 Push-Ups</li>
<li>10 Walking Lunges</li>
<li>10 Sit-Ups</li>
<li>10 Back Extensions</li>
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<div><strong>Workout:<br />&nbsp;</strong></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 30px;">1km Run (as quickly as possible)</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">3 minute rest</div>
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<p><strong>Finisher:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li>400m Sprint</li>
<li>200m Sprint</li>
<li>50m Sprint</li>
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<li><span>Take 2 minute rest between sprints</span></li>
<li><strong>Sprint</strong><span> = maximal effort.</span></li>
<li><span>Run barefoot (or use minimalist training shoes e.g&nbsp;<a title="Vibram Five Fingers Review" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/2010/5/17/vibram-five-fingers-review.html" target="_blank">Vibram Five Fingers</a>) if able to do so.</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/category/workouts" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/category/workouts" target="_blank">Other Fitness Explorer workouts available here:</a></div>
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</div>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/rss-comments-entry-8937297.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>New Paleo Research</title><category>News</category><category>Nutrition</category><category>Paleo</category><category>Primal</category><category>Research</category><dc:creator>Darryl</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:28:57 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/2010/9/20/new-paleo-research.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">581858:6733206:8935496</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I personally follow a Paleo diet, but I am still open-minded about this. &nbsp;So it was interesting to read a news article this morning with a UK source. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Unilever has gathered a leading research team of scientists and experts in fields such as evolutionary genetics, food scientists and anthropologists to explore how the stone-age Paleolithic diet could benefit us in the modern era (which is based on an agricultural neolithic diet). &nbsp;</p>
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<p class="first-child"><em>Palaeolithic man may have died earlier than we do now, but  he didn't die of bad nutrition...&rdquo;</em></p>
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<p><span class="quote-credit">- Prof Mark Thomas,&nbsp;</span><span class="quote-credit-title">University College London</span></p>
<p>As further stated in the article, previous research has shown that the nutrition of the paleolithic era (as hunter-gatherers) saw lower incidences of diseases such as type 2  diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. &nbsp;Diseases which plague the modern era.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" title="Recreating the Paleo Diet" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11075437" target="_blank">Read more about it on the BBC website here: Recreating the caveman diet</a></p>
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<p><strong>Who are you?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">Liz McGurrin. &nbsp;I co-run&nbsp;<a href="http://www.strengthbox.ca/" target="_blank">StrengthBox</a>&nbsp;in Toronto. &nbsp;A MovNat-inspired natural movement training facility in Toronto, Canada.</div>
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<p><strong>What is fitness to you?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Fitness is having the capacity to do what you want with ease.</p>
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<p><strong>What are your goals?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">To jump higher onto small distant targets.</p>
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<p><strong>What is one of your main concerns in relation to health?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">The number of resources that are wasted on promoting incorrect nutrition information is staggering. &nbsp;So many people are ill in various ways.</div>
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<p><strong><br />What is your favourite exercise/activity?</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I love trail running, with frequent breaks to climb, sprint, jump and throw things.</p>
<p><strong>What is your favourite meal?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">Any animal and plant combo, when I'm really, really hungry!</div>
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<p><strong>Website/Blog:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
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<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.strengthbox.ca/" target="_blank">www.strengthbox.ca</a></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.gregcarver.com/blog" target="_blank"></a></div>
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<p><strong>Warmup:</strong></p>
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<li><span>Short Sprints, jog (active recovery)</span></li>
<li>Air Squat and&nbsp;Jump Squats drills&nbsp;</li>
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<p><strong>Workout: (c</strong><strong>ombinations of) --&gt;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/storage/breeze_block.gif?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1281790484678" alt="" /></span></span></strong></p>
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<li>60 metres&nbsp;<a title="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/farmers-walk.html" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/farmers-walk.html" target="_blank">Farmer's walk</a> carrying a&nbsp;<a class="offsite-link-inline" title="What is a Breeze Block?" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_masonry_unit" target="_blank">breeze block</a>*&nbsp;(two arms)</li>
<li><span>3 sets of 10 x&nbsp;<a title="Demonstration" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/2010/8/17/video-primal-lifts-breeze-block.html" target="_blank">Concrete block deadlift, squat clean and press</a>.</span></li>
<li>Assorted Tree Pull-Ups, Knee to Elbows, Rope Climbing</li>
<li><a title="Box Jump Description" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/box-jump.html" target="_blank">Box Jumps</a>&nbsp;- Bin Jumps</li>
<li>Balance walking on beams</li>
<li>Precision Jumps</li>
<li>30 metre&nbsp;<a title="Bear Crawl Demonstration" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/bear-crawl.html" target="_blank">Bear crawl</a></li>
<li>30 metre&nbsp;<a title="Crab Walk Demonstration" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/crab-walk.html" target="_blank">Crab walk</a><span>&nbsp;</span></li>
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<p><strong>Warmup:</strong></p>
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<li>60 seconds shadow boxing</li>
<li><a title="Fitness Explorer Warmup" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/fitness-explorer-warmup.html" target="_blank">Fitness Explorer Warmup</a></li>
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<p><strong>Workout:&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong><span><em>Tabata Intervals </em><span style="font-weight: normal;">(20 minutes including rest periods)</span></span></strong></p>
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<li>20 sec 1 arm&nbsp;<strong>KB</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Clean &amp; Press**</strong>, 10 sec Rest - (repeat for 8 rounds).</li>
<li>rest - 30 sec</li>
<li>20 sec&nbsp;<strong>Press</strong><strong>-Up</strong>, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)</li>
<li>rest - 30 sec</li>
<li>20 sec&nbsp;<strong><a title="Driver - Video Demonstration" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/faq/exercises/driver-treadmill-sprint.html" target="_blank">Drivers</a></strong>, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)</li>
<li>rest - 30 sec</li>
<li>20 sec standing start <strong>Long Jumps</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong>(max effort),10 sec rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)</li>
<li>rest - 2m 30 sec</li>
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<p><strong>* </strong>KB = 16kg Kettlebell - male, 8kg - female,<strong>&nbsp;</strong>you can&nbsp;substitute dumbbells for kettlebells (but add 2kg).&nbsp;<br /><strong>**</strong> KB should touch floor in between reps, swap arms as needed.</p>
<p><strong>Finisher:</strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>100 <span style="font-weight: normal;">Jump Pull-Ups</span><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></strong></p>
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<p>I am a big fan of the <a title="Vibram Five Fingers Review (FLOW)" href="http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/2010/5/17/vibram-five-fingers-review.html" target="_blank">Vibram Five Fingers</a>&nbsp;and wear them during my training - indoors and out. &nbsp;One thing is for sure the only complaint I have (and that I hear from Vibram users most often) is about the <strong>smell.</strong></p>
<p>There are 3 things you can do:&nbsp;</p>
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<li>wear them very infrequently;</li>
<li>wear them with <a class="offsite-link-inline" title="Injinji Toe Socks" href="http://www.injinji.com" target="_blank">toe socks</a>;</li>
<li>or wash them frequently <strong>AND</strong> use an effective cleaner.&nbsp;</li>
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<p>I wear my Five Fingers for all my regular training, driving and walking around town (where appropriate). For me the last option is the only feasible choice. &nbsp;</p>
<p>I followed the instructions on the main <a class="offsite-link-inline" title="Vibram Five Finger main site" href="http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/" target="_blank">Vibram Five Finger</a>&nbsp;site which suggests regular machine washing and detergent alone is sufficient.</p>
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<p><em>"Vibram FiveFingers are machine washable. Use gentle, warm water cycle with liquid or powdered detergent. Hang to air dry."</em></p>
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<p>This does keep them clean, however if you wear them regularly or for lengthy periods (which I do) the odour still remains even after repeated washing. If you find you have the same problem, then try the following:</p>
<p>A simple and <em>natural</em> way to&nbsp;<strong>deodorise</strong>&nbsp;the Vibrams.</p>
<p><strong>Things you'll need:</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<li>A bowl of hand hot (not boiling) water</li>
<li>1/2 tablespoon of Baking Soda</li>
<li>1/2 tablespoon of Baking Powder</li>
<li>1 tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar</li>
<li>3 drops of Lemon Oil*&nbsp;</li>
<li>5 drops of Peppermint Oil*&nbsp;</li>
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<p>*Aromatherapy oils will do.</p>
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<p><strong>Instructions:</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<li>Soak the Vibrams for an hour or two in the solution above (preferably overnight);</li>
<li>If heavily soiled use an old toothbrush to clean inside the toe pockets;</li>
<li>Fasten any loose velcro attachments;</li>
<li>Machine or hand wash in warm water;</li>
<li>Hang them up to dry (for obvious reasons do not tumble dry).</li>
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<p><strong>Additional Notes:</strong></p>
<p>The Vibrams will not lose shape after repeated washing. &nbsp;The solution is a natural disinfectant/deodoriser, cheap and safe to use (it also avoids the use of toxic chemicals/cleaners too).</p>
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