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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

Entries in Pull-Ups (17)

Tuesday
Jan112011

Workout: 3 Pull-Ups Are Easy

Warmup: 

  • 10 Push-Ups
  • 10 Air Squats
  • 10 Sit-Ups
  • 10 Pull-Ups
  • 10 Tricep Dips
  • 10 Back Extensions
  • 10 Forward Walking Lunges
  • 10 Backward Walking Lunges
  • 10 Overhand Inverted Rows 

Workout:* 

  • 25 Jump Pull-Ups
  • 3 sets of 15 @ 50% of BW deadlifts (rest as required)
  • 2 sets of 12 @ 75% of BW deadlifts (rest as required)
  • 2 sets of 10 @ 1 x BW deadlifts (rest as required)

Finisher:

  • "3 Pull-Ups Are Easy":  
    • Dead hang for 10 seconds (any grip)
    • then pull and hang at half-way point for 10 seconds
    • then pull and hold at top for 10 seconds
    • then lower to half-way point for 10 seconds
    • then dead hang for 10 seconds
    • that's one pull-up
  • Then
    • repeat above but hold for 5 second periods
  • Then
    • repeat above and hold for 2 seconds
Monday
Nov222010

Workout: Pull-Up Matrix III (Advanced)

 Warmup: 

  • 10 min moderate row (substitute skipping/jump rope or run)

 Workout:

  • 15s full hang then 3 pull-ups - (shoulder width, overhand grip) - rest for 45s
  • 30s high hang (with chin over bar), then 2 Pull-ups (wide, overhand grip) - rest for 45s
  • 30s full hang with knees raised (shoulder width, overhand grip) - rest for 30s
  • 10 Pull-Ups, then 30s full hang (narrow underhand grip) - 2 min rest
  • 30s mid hang (bend at elbows) hang (wide underhand grip), 5 Pull-Ups - 1 min rest
  • 5 pull-ups diagonal left, 5 pull-ups diagonal right - aka Mountain Climbers (wide overhand grip) - 2 min rest
  • Bent Arm Knee to Elbow (twist) - 5 left twist, 5 right twist - 1 min rest
  • 5 Pull-ups (underhand grip) - 1 min rest.
  • 15s (bend at elbows) - knee raise hang, 15s full hang, 15s knee hang, rest for 30s.
  • 3 Pull-ups (wide, overhand grip) - rest for 30s.
  • Bar Muscle-Ups
Tuesday
Sep212010

Workout: Pull-Up Matrix II (Advanced)

 

Warmup: 

  • 5 min moderate row (substitute skipping/jump rope or run)
  • 20 Push-Ups

 Workout:

  • 30s full hang, 2 pull-ups - (shoulder width, overhand grip) - rest for 45s
  • 30s high hang (with chin over bar), then 2 Pull-ups (wide, overhand grip) - rest for 45s
  • 30s full hang with knees raised (shoulder width, overhand grip) - rest for 30s
  • 5 Pull-Ups, then 30s full hang (narrow underhand grip) - 1 min rest
  • 30s mid hang (bend at elbows) hang (wide underhand grip), 5 Pull-Ups - 1 min rest
  • 5 pull-ups diagonal left, 5 pull-ups diagonal right - aka Mountain Climbers (wide overhand grip) - 1 min rest
  • Bent Arm Knee to Elbow (twist) - 5 left twist, 5 right twist - 1 min rest
  • 5 Pull-ups (underhand grip) - 1 min rest.
  • 15s (bend at elbows) - knee raise hang, 15s full hang, 15s knee hang, rest for 30s.
  • 3 Pull-ups (wide, overhand grip) - rest for 30s.
  • 5 Bar Muscle-Ups


Finisher:

150 Sit-ups

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Tuesday
Aug312010

Video: Cliff Hanger (Pull-Ups)