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I'm Darryl Edwards (aka The Fitness Explorer), founder of Primal Play, this website is no longer being updated - please check out www.primalplay.com for current details on my work, passion and lifestyle approach.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
Sep192011

Merlene Ottey: No Retirement Even at 50!

DateMonday, September 19, 2011 at 23:05 | by AuthorDarryl Edwards

What a great advocate for the benefits of sprinting versus endurance running.  She has no plans to retire either.  A great inspiration.

"There is no retirement age, there are no limitations.  I am going to stay running and see what I can do" - Merlene Ottey

 

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Wednesday
May182011

Video: Fitness Explorer Training (Olympic Torch)

DateWednesday, May 18, 2011 at 0:32 | by AuthorDarryl Edwards

This was a finisher with Kirk performing a few rounds of this exercise, it soon became known as the Olympic Torch.  

In one way an early tongue-in-cheek celebration of London hosting the 2012 Olympic games, the other just a lot of fun Kirk trying to avoid the 50m crocodile walk penalty if he dropped those cones. :-)

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Saturday
Feb262011

Workout: Saturday Primal Camp

DateSaturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:50 | by AuthorDarryl Edwards

Weather Conditions:  Wet, windy and cold i.e. London in February.  Today's workout in fasted state, very small group but we played hard!

Warmup: 

  • Sprints/active recovery with skipping, bounding & hops.

Workout: (combinations of) --> 

  • 2 x 100m sprint & 100m walk recovery
  • Air Squat and Jump Squats drills
  • Pistol Progressions
  • Lazy Vault & Speed Vault Progressions
  • Park assault course running on boulders, rope climb.
  • Dead-Hang Tree Pull-Ups using underhand and overhand (4 finger grips)
  • Walking on low rails

 Finisher:

  • 250m Walking Lunges
  • 250m Walk recovery
  • 250m Bounding - very fast pace
  • Multi-grip push-up variations

 

We have to lunge as far as the eye can see!

Park Bench Pistol Practice: --> http://www.thefitnessexplorer.com/home/2011/2/21/video-park-bench-balance-pistol.html

 

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Saturday
Nov202010

Workout: Stairs on Saturday

DateSaturday, November 20, 2010 at 11:08 | by AuthorDarryl Edwards

Stairs on Saturday

Guest Star: Cyrille

Warmup:

  • 1 km run (carrying a 12kg kettlebell)

 Workout:   Using 8 flights of steps, 80 steps in all.

  • Sprint stair ascent *
  • 10 Press-Ups
  • Sprint stair descent
  • Sprint stair ascent 
  • Deep Squat hold bottom position - 60 sec
  • Rest - 60 sec
  • -
  • 5 Press-Ups (very slow, very controlled)
  • Sprint Stair descent 
  • Sprint Stair ascent
  • Plank - 1 minute
  • Rest - 30 sec
  • -
  • Stair Climber - ascent 
  • Stair Climber - descent
  • Rest - 30 sec
  • -
  • Stair ascent - Crab Walk
  • Stair descent - Crab Walk
  • Rest - 30 sec
  • -
  • Piggy-Back Ride w/ partner on back - stair ascent
  • Piggy-Back Ride w/ partner on back - stair ascent

Notes:

  • * When sprinting do not use handrails.
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