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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 Sprinting (18)

Monday
Sep202010

Workout: Sprint Like You Mean It!

Warmup:
  • 10 Squats
  • 10 Push-Ups
  • 10 Walking Lunges
  • 10 Sit-Ups
  • 10 Back Extensions
Workout:
 
1km Run (as quickly as possible)
3 minute rest

Finisher: 

  • 400m Sprint
  • 200m Sprint
  • 50m Sprint

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Notes: 
  • Take 2 minute rest between sprints
  • Sprint = maximal effort.
  • Run barefoot (or use minimalist training shoes e.g Vibram Five Fingers) if able to do so.
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Friday
Aug202010

Workout: Run (Sprint Finisher)

Warmup:
  • 10 Squats
  • 10 Push-Ups
  • 10 Walking Lunges
  • 10 Sit-Ups
  • 10 Back Extensions
Workout:
 
2km Run

Time:

  • Darryl : 6 minutes 08 seconds

Finisher: 

  • 400m Sprint
  • 200m Sprint
  • 50m Sprint

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Notes: 
  • Take 1-2 minute rest between sprints.
  • Run barefoot (or use minimalist training shoes such as Vibram Five Fingers) if conditioned to do so.  

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Wednesday
Aug182010

Workout: Insane Bolt 

Warmup:

  • 10 Squats
  • 10 Pull-Ups
  • 10 Push-Ups
  • 10 Sit-Ups
  • 10 Lunges

Workout:  (perform all sprints at 100% effort)

  • 40m sprint (maximum effort) - 40m slow walk recovery
  • 60m sprint - 60m slow walk recovery
  • 100m sprint - 100m slow walk recovery
  • 4 x 200m sprints (200m jog recovery between reps)

Finisher:

50 Push-Ups

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Tuesday
Aug102010

Workout: Compound Lifts (Strength)

Warmup:

  • 10 min moderate of Row, Run or Bike.
  • 10 Lunges
  • 10 Sit-Ups
  • 10 Back Extensions
  • 10 Squats (Sumo Stance)
  • 10 Bodyweight Rows (overhand grip) 

Workout: 

Big Lifts (3 sets of 5 reps)*

  • Back Squats 
  • Bench Press (using dumbbells)
  • Deadlifts
  • Pull-Ups (weighted using vest, or clasp dumbbell between feet)
  • Lunges (dumbbell)
  • Bent-Over Row (wide grip)

Finisher:

5 x 20 second Drivers (substitute 5 x 20 second sprints, carrying a heavy object)

Tips:

* This is to develop strength, so go as heavy as you can for 5 reps.

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