Archive for January, 2010

What's The Most Important Way To Stay In Shape?

What’s The Most Important Way To Stay In Shape?

I want to pass along a quick tip to you about the most effective way to get in shape, and stay in shape.
You might be thinking that I’m going to tell you about the best types of exercise, or the importance of eating with the Primal Blueprint. Proper exercise and good eating are necessary, but [...]

Primal Fajita Steak Salad

Primal Fajita Steak Salad

Guest RecipeĀ  From Jake Weiskoff. Thanks so much and please check out his blog.
Primal Fajita salad (serves 2):
1 lb Grass-fed organic Cube steak sliced into strips
1 medium onion sliced length-wise
1 green pepper sliced length-wise
1 head of Boston Lettuce (I get mine from a hydroponic greenhouse up the road)
1 avocado – sliced
Salsa to taste
Local, organic sour [...]

Pan Seared Chicken

Pan Seared Chicken

Last night I threw together some pastured chicken thighs and some other good stuff and came up with quite a concoction. It wasn’t a recipe per se as I just threw what I had in the pot.
Please share some of your ideas here too. We’d all love to hear from you.
I preheated my oven to [...]

How Do you Feel Today?

How Do you Feel Today?

So many of us go through our daily lives feeling pretty “blah.” Are you one of these folks?
I know how you feel. I was living day to day and accomplishing a fair amount but doing so without huge amounts of energy in reserve. My workouts, both kettlebell and otherwise were fairly solid but I seemed [...]

Kettlebell Swing Workout

Kettlebell Swing Workout

Starting a new feature here today. If you sign up for my newsletter you can count on getting a good, simple and solid kettlebell (and maybe some bodyweight) exercises delivered each day to your inbox.
Today’s session couldn’t be simpler. Do some joint mobility work to get your body ready for some real work. I recommend [...]

Kettlebells At MAC Timomium

Kettlebells At MAC Timomium

Starting now, I am offering group training and private training at the MAC Timonium.
Each time we meet we will focus on safety, performance, instruction and a workout.
Why Kettlebells?
KETTLEBELLS!
It can not only make you powerful, strong, and resilient, but also lean, flexible and graceful. It gets your heart pumping, boosts your energy levels, and melts fat [...]

Kettlebell Workout For Today

Kettlebell Workout For Today

If you are looking for a effective and full body workout today you may want to give this a shot.
Do each exercise and it’s full rep scheme before moving to the next movement.

Two handed swings 20-15-10-5 Hard Style
Goblet Squat 3-4-5-5-4-3
Plank 15 sec-30 sec-1 minute
Clean and Press 3-4-5-5-4-3 alternate sides
Two handed swings 5-10-15-20

Rest as needed between [...]

Smothered Primal Pork Chops with Mushrooms

Smothered Primal Pork Chops with Mushrooms

Preaheat Oven to 350°
Ingredients:

Pork Chops for Four
3 tbs real farm fresh butter
salt and pepper
1 lb of real raw sour cream
a lot of mushrooms (can’t have enough

Melt butter in frying pan and season pork chops with salt and pepper to taste. Pan sear the chops until well browned in your butter. Remove pork from pan and [...]

Is Pastured Food Worth It?

Is Pastured Food Worth It?

Only you can know for sure. For me it surely is worth the additional investment. I care about how I eat and where it comes from. I highly suggest you may want to check out Food Inc. and that way you can come to your own conclusion.
Once I educated myself, then it became a “no [...]

Kettlebell Variety Day

Kettlebell Variety Day

Yesterday I kept my kettlebell workout as simple as possible but not simpler.
I started off with 10 minutes of Turkish Get Ups with the 20 KG kettlebell. I spent a good 15-20 seconds on each of the fractions of the movement. Each Get Up required 2 minutes of long chest, long spine and packed shoulder. [...]