I'm Darryl Edwards (aka The Fitness Explorer), founder of Primal Play, this website is no longer being updated - please check out www.primalplay.com for current details on my work, passion and lifestyle approach.

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  • Animal Moves: How to move like an animal to get you leaner, fitter, stronger and healthier for life
    Animal Moves: How to move like an animal to get you leaner, fitter, stronger and healthier for life
    by Darryl Edwards

    Animal Moves

    • improve strength, speed and stamina
    • increase mobility, flexibility and stability
    • look, feel and perform better

    Find out more and details on how to purchase at www.animalmovesbook.com

  • Paleo from A to Z: A reference guide to better health through nutrition and lifestyle. How to eat, live and thrive as nature intended!
    Paleo from A to Z: A reference guide to better health through nutrition and lifestyle. How to eat, live and thrive as nature intended!
    by Darryl Edwards

    "If you are looking for a simple way to better understand Paleo concepts, Darryl's Paleo from A to Z guide is the go-to resource.
    -Mark Sisson, best-selling author of The Primal Blueprint and publisher of Mark's Daily Apple

  • Paleo Fitness - A Primal Training and Nutrition Program to Get Lean, Strong and Healthy
    Paleo Fitness - A Primal Training and Nutrition Program to Get Lean, Strong and Healthy
    by Darryl Edwards, Brett Stewart, Jason Warner

    "This book is a useful reference to enable individuals just starting out on the Paleo path as well as those who want to explore more challenging, playful and interesting ways to move."

    -Robb Wolf, New York Times best-selling author of The Paleo Solution

     

  • 7 Day Introduction to Paleo Fitness: Get Fitter, Get Stronger, Get Healthier in Seven Days. Move as Nature Intended.
    7 Day Introduction to Paleo Fitness: Get Fitter, Get Stronger, Get Healthier in Seven Days. Move as Nature Intended.
    by Darryl Edwards
  • The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
    The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
    by Robb Wolf
  • Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
    Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
    by Robert M. Sapolsky
  • Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health & Boundless Energy (Primal Blueprint Series)
    Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health & Boundless Energy (Primal Blueprint Series)
    by Mark Sisson
  • Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
    Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
    by Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie, Sarah Dopp
  • Wahls Protocol, The : A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles
    Wahls Protocol, The : A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles
    by Terry Wahls, Eve Adamson
  • Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
    Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
    by Christopher McDougall
  • In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating: An Eater's Manifesto
    In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating: An Eater's Manifesto
    by Michael Pollan
  • Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
    Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
    by Michael Pollan
  • The Paleo Diet for Athletes
    The Paleo Diet for Athletes
    by L. Cordain
  • Vegetarian Myth, The
    Vegetarian Myth, The
    by Lierre Keith
  • The Second Brain
    The Second Brain
    by Michael D. Gershon
  • The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat
    The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat
    by Loren Cordain
  • Eat Drink Paleo
    Eat Drink Paleo
    by Irena Macri
  • Cholesterol Clarity: What the HDL is Wrong with My Numbers?
    Cholesterol Clarity: What the HDL is Wrong with My Numbers?
    by Jimmy Moore, Eric C. Westman

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Wednesday
Sep262012

Workout: Wednesday 100s

 

Workout:

Complete all reps of one exercise before moving onto the next, rest as required

  • 100 Jump Pull-Ups
  • 100 Kettlebell Swings (American Swing)
  • 100 sec (1 min 40) - Plank
  • 100kg Deadlift (10 single reps)
  • 100 Tricep Dips

Repeat once

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Recommended Weight:

Men: 24kg Kettlebell

Women: 12kg Kettlebell, 50kg Deadlift

Note:

Please scale all Fitness Explorer workouts and playouts to your current ability.  This may mean increasing or decreasing the weights prescribed, modifying distances and times, or changing number of sets and reps to complete.  Get adequate rest and sufficient nutrition to fuel the activity and to aid in recovery.  Work hard and play hard but never sacrifice correct form.

Please visit the exercise FAQ for details on individual exercises or consult the advice of a registered exercise professional to ensure safe execution of the above movements.

If you are new to this mode of exercise, try one of the beginner's circuits

Perform a warmup prior to activity, here's an example Fitness Explorer warmup

Watch    Fitness Explorer video's here on YouTube

 

Tuesday
Sep252012

Testimonial: PRIMALity 1 Day Workshop

 

Some feedback from a recent workshop



"Darryl

Thanks for a great day. It was very inspiring and motivating and I learned a lot. And I'm plenty sore today!

The most valuable section of the workshop was being out in the park. The gym was a good intro and helped to be more precise in terms of technique, but the park was FUN and helped me really envisage how I can incorporate more PRIMALity into my life.

I appreciate a lot more what sprinting can do for me and stuff like climbing/balancing and the animal crawls really showed me FUN, which happens also to strengthen. For me, this is really important because I'm wanting to add a lot more fun to my life these days. The workshop is about living more naturally, primarily how to eat in a more traditional way and how to move more fully, using your whole body and all your capacities in practical and fun ways out in the real world. And it's really fun!

And -- I seriously want that t-shirt you were wearing. It was cool and spreads the message! I'd even be willing to pay for a one-off"

T. Longacre.

 

Monday
Sep242012

Paleo: Dinner

Seasoned trout, broccoli and cauliflower #Paleo

 

Monday
Sep242012

Thought Of The Day: For The Long-Haul?

 

To whom it may concern:

I spent many years following what I call the “Chicken Flight” approach to fitness and health. In reference to enjoying short and high bursts of achievement which is then inevitably followed by crashing into the ground. 

Even fitness experts are changing their diet and workout program every few weeks or months - telling you they now have the answer. They achieve quick aesthetic wins for a six-pack no doubt - but with a lack of consistency. They'll be right next time of course. A little stricter, a few more tweaks, presenting a photo of how good they used to look on that one particular day?


I prefer a focus on health, consistency and life-long maintenance and this is what I would advocate to anyone.

I also have no need to change my mind...