Workout: Tabata Thursday

Workout: Tabata Thursday

Tabata Intervals (20 minute workout - including rest periods)

• 20 sec Crab Walk (randomly change direction), 10 sec Rest - (repeat for 8 rounds).
• rest - 1 minute
• 20 sec Double Unders*, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)
• rest - 1 minute
• 20 sec Pull-Ups **, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)
• rest - 1 minute
• 20 sec Burpee Push-Up (w/ 2 push-ups), 10 sec rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)
• rest - 1 minute

Notes:

• Perform flat out maximum effort for the 20 seconds of work
• * - if you can't do double unders, do tuck jumps
• ** - if you don't have access or unable to do pull-ups, then perform push-ups.

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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

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Darryl Edwards, featured on Keep Health Alive Podcast

A recent podcast with Justin Manning from the Keep Health Alive Podcast:

Timeline:

**6:32 How Darryl and I met in a public bathroom at PaleoFX
9:35 Darryl's journey working in investment banking with grim health - to his newfound life and lifestyle
17:01 How traditional workouts are lacking enjoyability
21:21 The concepts behind Primal Play
**25:36 **Rediscovering play in life**
30:32 Redefining what's important: Simplifying and downsizing life for more happiness
**34:18 Travel hacking! And how Darryl got held up at gunpoint in Poland 
**42:46 **The key to opening up opportunities for travel, and opportunities for the rest of life**
44:15 Darryl's musical career as Glideascope (www.youtube.com/glideascope)
54:11 Lightning round, including Coffee vs Green Tea, best and worst foods, and Darryl's biggest takeaway from his journey so far

This was easily 1 of my favorite episodes yet, and I'm so excited for you guys to hear it!

iTunes: http://t.co/tKAXLXh3eE
Direct Play: http://t.co/fIVl8PaI9h

Coffee - Green Tea?

Excerpt from Paleo Fitness p.163

Coffee:

• pro-inflammatory (elevated cytokines in the blood as well as links to gut irritation);
• blocks absorption of micronutrients;
• promotes elevated cortisol secretion; 
• cross-reactivity for those who are gluten sensitive; 
• elevates heart rate;
• affects both deep and REM sleep by reducing quality by 25% with just 1 cup of coffee before 7am;
• and for many people it masks the reason you don't naturally feel energetic and exuberant in the morning without this effective pick-me-up.

Try green tea instead :-)

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