I'm Darryl Edwards (aka The Fitness Explorer), founder of Primal Play, this website is no longer being updated - please check out www.primalplay.com for current details on my work, passion and lifestyle approach.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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Friday
Oct182013

Please vote for Paleo Fitness!

Paleo Fitness

Paleo Fitness Book has been nominated for Paleo Magazine's Best of 2013 awards for the category of Best New Paleo Book

If you believe I am deserving of this honour, please vote for me below:

https://paleomag.wufoo.com/forms/paleo-magazines-best-of-2013-part-1/

The Best New Paleo Book category is on the top of the 2nd page (the whole survey will take less than a minute to complete).

Thanks for voting!

 

 

Tuesday
Oct152013

Testimonial: Paleo Fitness and Nutrition

It's thanks to Darryl's Paleo Fitness workouts that I no longer have to live with back pain or take a cocktail of medication to manage that pain.  

I follow Darryl's bespoke virtual workout programme three times a week and I feel stronger and much happier. It's different from conventional workouts and it can be tough, but it's fun and you get results. I'm stronger and more mobile than I've been in years.

Darryl has also helped me with Nutrition. For years my weight had crept up steadily, something which Doctors attributed to my back injury. This made sense for a while; less activity + same level of food intake = weight gain. But this stopped making sense and I knew something wasn't right. Darryl ordered a comprehensive set of blood tests, which showed there was an issue with my liver, more specifically fat metabolism. I've been following Paleo nutrition for about a month now and I've lost over a stone (6.5kg/14lb)

Combining both Paleo fitness and nutrition has meant that my weight has come down, as has my blood pressure and body fat %, while my strength, mobility, fitness and metabolism have all increased.

I can highly recommend Darryl and his Paleo Fitness and nutrition programmes. They really do work!

-Nikki

Thursday
Oct032013

Workout: Tabata Thursday

 

Workout:

Tabata Intervals (A 24 minute workout - including rest periods)

  • 20sec Rabbit Walk, 10sec rest - (repeat for 8 rounds).
  • rest - 1 minute
  • 20s Backwards Bunny Hop, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)
  • rest - 1 minute
  • 20s Crocodile Walk, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)
  • rest - 1 minute
  • 20s Cat Walk, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)
  • rest - 1 minute
  • 20s Backwards Bear Crawl, 10s rest - (repeat for 8 rounds)

* Go as far as you can and as fast as you can during those 20s periods of work and play

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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

Wednesday
Sep252013

Video: Paleo Fitness Workout (Level 2, Week 2) 

 

An example workout from the book "Paleo Fitness" published by Ulysses Press available at Amazon : www.amzn.to/PaleoFitnessBook and other book stores.  

This workout is based on a Movement Monday, Level 2 difficulty for Week 2, repeat for 30 minutes.  Rest as required.