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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
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    by Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie, Sarah Dopp
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    by Terry Wahls, Eve Adamson
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    by Christopher McDougall
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    In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating: An Eater's Manifesto
    by Michael Pollan
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    Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
    by Michael Pollan
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    The Paleo Diet for Athletes
    by L. Cordain
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    Vegetarian Myth, The
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    The Second Brain
    by Michael D. Gershon
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    The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat
    by Loren Cordain
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    by Jimmy Moore, Eric C. Westman
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Aug122010

Workout: Crossfit Cindy

DateThursday, August 12, 2010 at 16:22 | by AuthorDarryl Edwards

Warmup:

  • 5 min moderate effort - Row, Run or Bike.
  • 10 Push-Ups
  • 10 Air Squats
  • 10 Sit-Ups

Workout: --> "Crossfit Cindy"

Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:

  • 5 Pull-ups
  • 10 Push-ups
  • 15 Air Squats

Finisher:

Treadmill Drivers (3 x 20 second rounds)

 

I completed 11 rounds the last time I did Crossfit Cindy (May), today I completed 15 rounds.  Which is significant progress.  This equates to: 75 Pull-Ups, 150 Push-Ups and 225 Air Squats in 20 minutes which is a personal best.  I had to start brief periods of rest after the 7th round. 

My training partner Chris completed 12 rounds.

My goal is to get to 18-20 rounds, when I attempt this again in a couple of months.

 

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I manage to do 16 rounds but only just as my watch went off straight after my last air squat.

The push ups and air squats were not that challenging but the pulls were a killer as I struggled greatly as the rounds went on. I started with a normal grip then had to move to inside grip.

I was exploding on the push ups and air squats.

August 12, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMitch

I managed to get out 15, was really pleased with this though I notice I managed to do the first 7 sets by the 5-6 minute mark and the remaining 8 took another 14-15 minutes. My 15th set took me 2 minutes!

August 12, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKeshani

Amazing effort guys!!

PS. Were those squats below parallel and the pull-ups dead hang boys? ;-)

August 13, 2010 | Registered CommenterDarryl Edwards

Managed 11 rounds. had the same experience as Mitch. exploded through the squats and push up, but pull ups let me down.

yes Darryl, dead hang and below parallel. lol..

August 13, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterThe Almanac

Gosh - I can't do that many unassisted pull ups - but I used a band and got in 18 rounds (up from 13 a month ago). That counts right?
Great site!
Kris

October 5, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKris

Hi Guys,

do you do the pull ups straight or strict ? Imanaged 15 rounds strict first time I did Cindy.
Let me know your thoughts.

April 18, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterPascal Landshöft

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