I'm Darryl Edwards (aka The Fitness Explorer), founder of Primal Play, this website is no longer being updated - please check out www.primalplay.com for current details on my work, passion and lifestyle approach.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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Monday
May122014

Health Unplugged Event (This Thursday!)

Only 3 tickets remaining for Health Unplugged this Thursday at 18:00 in South Kensington, London - a big shout out to our partners for this event with free giveaways including Paleo snacks by Naked Ape, Paleo bars by The Primal Kitchen and Perfectly Paleo providing a Paleo starter kit for one lucky guest!

Ticket Info: --> http://healthunplugged.eventbrite.co.uk/

With speaker book purchase/signing, presentations, open Q&A/panel discussions and networking with like-minded individuals.

Irena Macri : Demystifying Paleo (Eat Drink Paleo)
Keris Marsden : Digestive Wellness (Fitter Food)
Darryl Edwards : Power of Primal Play (The Fitness Explorer)

 

Thursday
May082014

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 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

Monday
May052014

Hypertension - Lifestyle can make all the difference!

Did you know that high blood pressure is the single most important risk factor for death and disability?

However my experience is that most in the health sector focus on the small insignificant and reductionist principles that make little difference to improving health - usually because we can charge clients/patients more, increase client dependency based on our mode of treatment or dispense a pill to mask the underlying issue.

I used to suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) with the prospect of needing medication. Thank goodness I tried a change of lifestyle instead. Now my blood pressure is normal along with a healthy resting heart rate of 39 bpm. Read more about hypertension here...

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday
Apr302014

Podcast: Finding Our Hunger (Guest Appearance)

Today’s guest is Darryl Edwards, aka “The Fitness Explorer,”  

In today’s episode we discuss:

  • How to stop doing the “fast food” of fitness and start nourishing yourself with movement
  • How to remove the anxiety of exercise with play and fun
  • What functional movement has to do with…function
  • Why movement shouldn’t become either a hobby or an obsession

Plus we discuss a life-changing moment in Darryl’s past that partially led to his transformation into the Fitness Explorer - listen to the podcast here --> http://findingourhunger.com/2014/04/30/unexplored/