Workout: Sprint Like You Mean It!

Warmup:

• 10 Squats
• 10 Push-Ups
• 10 Walking Lunges
• 10 Sit-Ups
• 10 Back Extensions

Workout:
 

1km Run (as quickly as possible)

3 minute rest

Finisher: 

• 400m Sprint
• 200m Sprint
• 50m Sprint

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Notes: 

• Take 2 minute rest between sprints
• Sprint = maximal effort.
• Run barefoot (or use minimalist training shoes e.g Vibram Five Fingers) if able to do so.

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Other Fitness Explorer workouts available here:

New Paleo Research

I personally follow a Paleo diet, but I am still open-minded about this.  So it was interesting to read a news article this morning with a UK source.  

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).  

Palaeolithic man may have died earlier than we do now, but he didn't die of bad nutrition...”

- Prof Mark Thomas, University College London

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.  Diseases which plague the modern era.

Read more about it on the BBC website here: Recreating the caveman diet

Video: Rope Play (in the park)

60 Second Interview: Liz McGurrin (StrengthBox)

Who are you? 

Liz McGurrin.  I co-run StrengthBox in Toronto.  A MovNat-inspired natural movement training facility in Toronto, Canada.

What is fitness to you? 

Fitness is having the capacity to do what you want with ease.

What are your goals? 

To jump higher onto small distant targets.

What is one of your main concerns in relation to health? 

The number of resources that are wasted on promoting incorrect nutrition information is staggering.  So many people are ill in various ways.

What is your favourite exercise/activity?

I love trail running, with frequent breaks to climb, sprint, jump and throw things.

What is your favourite meal? 

Any animal and plant combo, when I'm really, really hungry!

 

Website/Blog: 

www.strengthbox.ca