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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527047601102166361noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374743959827390401.post-72493286429642517032013-02-22T13:29:00.000-08:002013-02-22T13:29:18.047-08:00desertSorry everyone for the lack of posts, i've been busy with work, school and my own training so for the mean time i will be producing more videos than written articles and i will just insert the videos into the articles but what YOU can really do to help me out is go like my page on facebook, subscribe on youtube, and follow this blog with your email address, all the links and things needed to do these actions are on the right hand side of this article! thank you very much!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527047601102166361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374743959827390401.post-76180247126593711852013-02-06T09:16:00.001-08:002013-02-22T13:37:43.215-08:00"Nice Guy" syndromeEnough pussyfooting, gonna be frank here, you're not a "nice guy" who finishes last, you're a little wuss that whines first.<br />
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Women dont date those "douschebags" because they like douschebags, they date them because they express qualities that YOU dont. and the only reason you label them "douschebags" is because you're too much of a wussy to be a man and do something about the situation.<br />
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you see modern day society has lost the emphasis on manliness, true femininity, and strength. women should be strong too. opening your pickle jars? OPEN THEM YOURSELF WOMAN. The fact of the matter is women are attracted to strong, assertive, dominant, alpha male types. as with any generalization there are exceptions many people are wired differently but the majority leans thus. Men are attracted to strong women with a nice ass if not your perception is skewed by the media and you need to read <a href="http://www.liftbigeatbig.com/2012/02/evolution-of-big-booty.html">THIS ARTICLE</a> and reevaluate your views. The media has conditioned us to be these look good, 3% bodyfat skinny twig motherfuckers. no one cares about being strong and capable anymore just looking good. makes me sick.</div>
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ladies, why look like a twig and depend on a man for everything that requires even an ounce of strength? you can and should be strong and capable too, not to mention <a href="http://www.liftbigeatbig.com/2012/02/evolution-of-big-booty.html">DAT BOOTY</a>. get off your damn cardio machines and go squat and deadlift. bare minimum go lift heavy. and trust me you'll get amazing results.</div>
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now boys its time to stop being little pansies and time to start being men. quit focusing on those perfectly defined abs and start focusing on being strong and capable in as many capacities as you can, be able to defend your woman should a threat confront you, lest she do it for you and embarrass you. (though props to the girl for handling herself and not depending on the man).</div>
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so back to the main point, the media has skewed our perception on what is attractive and what is desirable the fact of the matter is all we see are looks we want those looks and work for those looks and yes, some achieve them. but would you rather look good, or be super humanly strong and look good at the same time? Women dig MEN not these little pansy boys, and men dig WOMEN not these little stick figure girls who do anything to be paper thin. Women should and CAN be strong, but <a href="http://www.liftbigeatbig.com/2013/01/keeping-women-down.html">"weak men demand that women be weak as well"</a>. and just like White supremacy its becomes so ingrained in women that they need to be weaker than men or thin, or small. there is not much of anything attractive about a tiny little human being all defenseless and needing help to do anything. the exception is an infant.... who probably has a better squat form than you.</div>
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So just to beat the dead horse into a puddle of jello. BE STRONG, your gender is irrelevant, there is no conceivable reason you cannot be strong and the best part? IT MAKES YOU HEALTHIER. don't have time? MAKE TIME. reevaluate your priorities. stop watching your damn soap operas, get off facebook for a while, go to your fucking local gym, AND LIFT.</div>
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So fucking tired of people being sensitive little shits about everything, treating everyone with soft padded gloves, and tip toeing around things. you're not fat because of genetics, you're fat because you eat your problems, you developed bad habits or simply, you eat too fucking much shit food.. quite blaming others for the faults in yourself.</div>
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Take some fucking responsibility, take some initiative, get strong, become capable, quit letting gender roles define you (ladies), go out and be the best you can be, or at least quit whining about how no one likes you, no one likes a little wuss anyways.</div>
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*EDIT also this: <a href="http://superhighschoollevelmantis.tumblr.com/post/37818539849/please-do-not-remove-artists-comments-or-repost">great comic</a> </div>
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<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">After 40 minutes of swimming, people in a </span><a href="http://news.discovery.com/human/health/chlorinated-pools-swimming-cancer.htm#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_rurl="http://i.trkjmp.com/click?v=VVM6MjUzMzg6MTAzMzpzdHVkeToxMzE5OTA5YzhhMTAyYmFjOTRkODNmNzU2NTI1ZGFjMTp6LTEwNjMtMTIwNzUxOm5ld3MuZGlzY292ZXJ5LmNvbToxNDczODoyMTI0MDYyOGI2ZTk5NGFkZGVkNDRiY2Y4NTVlZGU3Yg" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;" title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save">study</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> showed a rise in markers of DNA damage that can lead to cancer."<a href="http://news.discovery.com/human/health/chlorinated-pools-swimming-cancer.htm">[1]</a> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Chlorine in swimming pools can strip the coating off titanium dioxide nanoparticles in sunscreens that protect against UV radiation, leaving them able to react with water and form compounds that can contribute to skin damage and cancer. The nanoparticles, which protect against harmful UV rays, are coated so they remain stable in sunlight. But a new </span><a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2012/06/2012-1004-chlorine-degrades-nanoparticle-coating#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_hdr="" in_rurl="http://i.trkjmp.com/click?v=VVM6MjUzMzg6MTAzMzpzdHVkeTo0Y2QyYjMyY2UxZjA3ODg3OGU3Zjk0OWU5NTAwNjQwNzp6LTEwNjMtMTIwNzUxOnd3dy5lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFsaGVhbHRobmV3cy5vcmc6MTQ3Mzg6MjEyNDA2MjhiNmU5OTRhZGRlZDQ0YmNmODU1ZWRlN2I" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;" title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save">study</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> for the first time shows that the protective coating can degrade to form free radicals. Free radicals are known to damage DNA, causing aging and potentially leading to cancer. Whether there is a human health effect from exposure to these compounds is unknown. But the study raises the question of whether sunscreens meant to protect people from sunlight are creating another risk that also can harm skin. <a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2012/06/2012-1004-chlorine-degrades-nanoparticle-coating/">[2]</a></span></i></div>
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Lovely huh? the sun has been there throughout all human history and what do you know people weren't dropping like flies from cancer like they are now a days. i mean if you stand out in the sun ALL DAY EVERYDAY yeah you're asking for it and you're the exception. but people don't get enough sun, and if they do they burn its because of their lack of sun exposure, or they use sunscreen and see above direct quote.<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Although vitamin D is commonly called a vitamin, it is not actually an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Vitamin">essential dietary vitamin</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> in the strict sense, as it can be synthesized in adequate amounts by most mammals exposed to sunlight (cats and dogs cannot synthesize vitamin D and must receive it in their diet). An organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is only scientifically called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from their diet. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D">[3]</a></span></i></div>
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From the perspective of someone who does parkour, shoes are a VERY important part of my..... im going to refrain from calling it a sport and just call it an activity. Shoes in parkour have to serve many purposes, grip the walls and rails, be thin to help us learn proper landing techniques, not be bulky enough to raise risk of rolling an ankle, and then you get the minor things like breathe-ability and toe box room.</div>
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Now my personal take on the matter is, i HATE wearing shoes. EVER. its winter here in cali (no snow just wind, rain, and cold) and im still walking around college barefoot, flat sandals at work, and only some thin onitsuka tigers (ultimate 81's recommend them highly) for parkour on the weekends. Here's my reasoning on WHY i dont like wearing shoes; i like feeling the ground beneath my feet, it grounds you from static electricity, you forefoot strike instead of heel striking and save yourself a lot of joint damage, it improves your movement mechanics, landing hurts so you learn to do it right, rolling your ankle becomes very difficult if you maintain levels of natural mobility. When i DO wear shoes the reasons would be things like: i know the terrain will be VERY unfavorable to barefooting (i.e. long hike and sharp things like thorns) though i do hike barefoot. temperature sometimes, parkour for grippy-ness and aid in landings (even though i tore the insoles out of my tigers and they're even thinner), and thats about it.</div>
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<li>arch support causes flat footed-ness by allowing the muscles of the arch to relax because if they're cushioned, they dont have to work to hard to maintain the shape now do they? then they give you orthotics... idiots...</li>
<li>shoes (even tigers) cause a natural inclination to heel strike sending a shock wave of force up through the calcaneus (heel) to the knee and distributing the force on the way up but mostly seriously damaging the cartilage in the knee, runners in tennis shoes just ask them about their injuries if they have none, check back REAL soon.</li>
<li>because of all the padding on conventional shoes your foot is raised up higher than it normally is and standing on something like, say, a rail road track if you lose your balance (because hey, its hard to balance with a cast like shoe on) you could roll your ankle a lot easier than if you were barefoot or wearing minimalist shoes.</li>
<li>not really a terrible thing for most people, but you lose feeling with the ground and the earth and it can cause a level of spiritual disconnect, take your damn shoes off once in a while and feel the damn grass and dirt between your toes.</li>
<li>raised heel or high heels causes a tightening in the inner and outer calf muscles that reduces squat mobility and essentially ruins your ability to sit like humans were meant to (for deification AND relaxation:</li>
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<i>but one question i have is, strength training, can you do it without cardio if you are still dieting?</i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">So at this point the major problem is prolonged raised heart rate around the 80% level but that doesn't include walking so for people in bad neighborhoods, in cities in apartments treadmills and stationary cycles could be good, for low heart rate fat burning exercise, fat burning being the point at which you're moving but can hold an easy conversation without getting short of breath, unless you're super excited about what you're discussing like me, luckily all i have to do is type. </span></span><br />
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The whole reason why training and exercise works is because we're eliciting a growth response to handle abnormal loads under the weight of gravity, no gravity, no load, no muscle. this is why astronauts muscles and bone atrophy and waste away in space after long periods, we THRIVE on gravity and the "good stress" it provides.</div>
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Humans are naturally lazy, im not insulting the human race, its just that we're hard wired to take the path of least resistance (all you parkour people see what i did there?) the only reason why we're all so much fatter, sicker, and deconditioned while still taking the path of least resistance is..... drum roll please.... LIFE IS EASIER, you dont have to sprint to get away from a tiger, you dont have to lift a heavy rock out of a cave entrance to acquire shelter, climb trees for your food, or in most cases plant your own freakin crops. life is easier therefor the "stress" is lighter and the growth and strength response is less.</div>
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If you cant do a pushup on your toes, you probably dont have a high bench press, if you can do a lot of pushups you can probably bust out a lot of reps with the bench press at a certain weight, if you can do a few pushups with a heavy person laying on your back you probably have a decent 1 rep max on bench press. now, not all things correlate this easily but for the demonstrative purposes im using the bench press. The fact of the matter is, resistance is resistance, and causes a growth and strength response (if training methodologies are correct) which makes your body stronger and because of this gravity is your best friend, because thanks to gravity you can do progressive calisthenics, you can do weight lifting, kettlebells, gymnastics, parkour, what ever you want, and you can receive benefits from these activities because they provide a "good stress" response on your body because, repeat it after me, RESISTANCE IS RESISTANCE. so stop focusing on one discipline and cross train, quit sacrificing your form to put up more weight on say.... THE BENCH PRESS and try other modalities, try pushups, try ring pushups, try planche pushups, try weighted ring dips with a resistance band pulling you down too, get creative and quit focusing on weights and even exercises, if you receive a gain in strength, size, what ever your goal is, DO IT (as long as it doesn't harm you). The whole point is, do what serves your ends to make you reach your goals in a safe manner.</div>
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Its time for that talk, you know what it is, read the damn title. Now i will be speaking from personal experience, i did 1 year of body building as my entry to exercise and fitness (HAHAHAHA i know, i know), then i went and did 2-2.5 years of strictly body weight exercise and gained back the weight, mass, size, and strength that i lost after all my body building gains melted off and now recently (recently being within the last 8 months) i've taken up weight training, not a body building style but true weight lifting, with most of the emphasis on squats and deadlifts, and a few other things but mostly an emphasis on the main big lifts.</div>
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<i>"</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Thanks for being so open about answering my questions!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span></div>
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How do you stay to a constant workout regime? (Do you go at the same time everyday? Do the same stuff everyday? Go by yourself?)</div>
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Would it be better spent time for me to do cardio or lift weights? Or whats the proper ratio of each?</div>
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Just because testosterone implies masculinity in the minds of all who hear it, doesn't make it a hormone specifically reserved for men. both genders have amounts of both hormones, but women can make damn good use of increased testosterone through NATURAL methods, i.e. lifting heavy and eating testosterone boosting foods. NO you wont get bulky, NO you wont look like a man, and i swear if i hear you say the word toned i'll throw some 45 plates at you. Another thing you can do to maximize natural testosterone secretion is to eat lots of animal food products and eggs (cholesterol helps boost testosterone production)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testosterone#Biosynthesis">[1]</a> and avoid soy like the plague because soy in its non fermented forms (including tofu in this instance because american tofu is still terrible) is highly estrogenic and YES that's a bad thing. higher than necessary levels of estrogen in females causes higher levels of fat accumulation in the obvious areas, potential increase in breast cancer and a whole slew of bad things<a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/164740-what-are-the-side-effects-of-high-estrogen-levels/">[2]</a> so now that we're established that through natural methods and means Estrogen < testosterone is preferred for health, vitality, strength, and longevity. NOW ONWARD!</div>
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So now that you know the different types of stretches, its time to learn WHEN to stretch. Stretching releases muscle tension because when you stretch a muscle you pull the actin and myosin filiments apart, those filiments pulling together is what causes you to be able to flex, your muscle, lift something, MOVE, all muscle action is controlled by those filaments pulling together to cause tension, tension = strength. so its not a smart idea to lessen your output of tension right BEFORE a workout. make sense? some people like stretching in the morning, but being "cold" i never got a good stretch in the morning and some articles i've read suggest that in the P.M. is when we're at our most flexible, and my own experience agrees with this, so post workout, pre-sleep i would reccomend as the best times to initiate a flexibility routine.</div>
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A recent shooting in my town and the crazy actions that occur all throughout the world led me to another string of interesting thoughts, we humans ARE animals. that's not a negative thing or accusation its a simple statement of fact, we are animals. and just like any other animal we fight, have urges, and natural biological functions. we fight and kill but society makes this out to be the mother of all sins (sin is a human concept too), and why? because we believe our intelligence, our consciousness our individuality is more valuable than any shape or form of it we see in any other animal, and yet we brazenly kill animals for food (dont start praising me yet vegans, i have eggs and bacon erry day) the fact of the matter is, life is pain, suffering and death, and we're all here to fuck, that's the gist of it, now that's not all life is, is it? and that's not all we are is it? sex drives everything in our world, either through the flaunting of it, the repression of it or the drive FOR it. but in society its shoved in our faces, DO IT DO IT, but the actual practice takes such an undertone, its hidden, put away into our little box houses where no one should see or hear lest we feel ashamed for our natural urges, instincts and practices. dogs just go at it where ever, they dont give a shit, cause if they did they'd just stop and smell it. We flaunt sexuality like leaves on trees but all the acts and dysfunction occur in the roots where people cant see.</div>
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And where does this desire to not give in to instinct and impulse lead us? to civilization where everything is pure, clean, white, sterile, and wrapped in plastic. And here's the kicker, we are biological beings, a shocker i know, but the facts are here, we are biological beings, we're masses of ooey gooey sticky and wet parts held together in a skin sack with bones and muscles to move us around, WE ARE FLESH. but what we delude ourselves into thinking is that the mind is more important than the flesh but what we also forget is that the mind is a slave to the flesh for the mind IS flesh as well. scientifically the soul is just the mass of connections of your neurons and their electrical impulses i wont get into the nature v.s. nurture or evolution v.s. creationism crap because frankly i don't care and i have my own beliefs. but what im getting at is, you need to realize that things don't have to be clean, white, and sterile, in fact its bad for you, fresh air with the smell of trees in a forest has more fresh air than urban environments and is better for your health than the shit being sprayed on you by planes sent by our government. wild food in all of its "dangerous" qualities are healthier for you than the cleaned, packaged, sterilized, pasteurized homogenized, hydrogenated food our government feeds us, in fact when was the last time you gazed up at the stars in wonder, in fact when was the last time you saw the stars, kinda hard to see with all the light pollution. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">One of the most useful things a human can master is to move naturally, like an animal. gibbons in trees, cheetahs on the plains, goats on the mountains, fish in the sea, run, climb, jump, swim, moving in these fashions builds skills that have real world application coupled with the fight or flight response or in other words as the Parkour community and i refer to it: "Zombie Apocalypse training". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The sad reality we live in in America is that most Americans are sedentary, work out very little, rarely enough and of those usually wrong and or with terrible form. Natural movement has an easier level of entry, and in just about all cases, it's free. reliant on body weight exercise that provides mastery over ones body weight through progressive calisthenics that are also relatively free to perform especially if ingenuity is present. Natural movement is also fun, making you feel like a kid again, playful i mean, how can you NOT smile as you climb to the top of a tree?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I have been involved in the parkour community for nearly 2 years now and found it filled with many wonderful, supportive, encouraging as well as talented people and would reccomend anyone looking for a fun way back into fitness that is also free (relatively, gas might be required). Once you get involved in Parkour and natural movement not all the flipping in stuff, remember i said Zombie Apocalypse Training? you dont back flip to get away from zombies unless you're Milla Jovovich:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">So as i was saying, once you get involved and you grow to love the supportive aspect of the community it will become easier to keep coming and and soon your life starts centering around the natural movements. As you start taking an active interest in a physical discipline you will start (if you're smart) doing more conditioning and training on the side to support your passion for natural movement. Now all that i just said is a generalization, it doesn't apply to everyone just the majority that i've witnessed in and entering the Parkour community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Now to my main point, my personal goal is to maintain my skills in natural movement and continueing to progress further whilest getting stronger in my ability to lift massive ammounts of weight namely deadlifting and squats to further strengthen my ability to jump for Parkour and natural movement. but i also desire more size, not THIS:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">but a larger and very cut physique so as im finding out at 6'6" and 210lbs is that im not hindered in the least in fact its actually made my movement skills better, sure i have to work harder to deal with impacts and landings because of my weight but with more leg muscle and strength, the better my ability for my leg muscles to contract and absorb the force of my impact and save my knees as well as my whole kinetic chain from injury and damage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Quinoa a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the true grass family. As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beets, spinach and tumbleweeds.<a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice">[1]</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Because Quinoa is not a grain and is more like a seed people like me who loosely follow the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-book/the-primal-blueprint/#axzz2HRqGIIcp">primal blue print diet</a> (although i am bulking loosely along PB guidlines) can feel free to enjoy it instead of oatmeal because Quinoa is also a complete protein of all essential amino acids</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The nutrient composition is very good compared with common cereals. Quinoa grains contain essential amino acids like lysine and good quantities of calcium, phosphorus, and iron. <a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice">[1]</a></span></span></div>
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The Primal blueprint is a life style but on the dietary aspect is a low carb (at least no BAD carbs from not fruit or vegetable sources) and high fat diet, the only thing similar is Paleo. The only difference between Paleo and Primal is that primal allows the consumption of dairy if you are not lactose intolerant because primal is more based on evolution (so if you evolved to continue lactose consumption past infancy, then by all means do it.) where as Paleo is still based strictly in the past.</div>
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In part to a video i watched seeing someone i admire adding brewers yeast to a.... VERY, interesting smoothie, having never seen or heard of the substance before i decided to look at it in my local raleys and i was in luck they had plenty in stock, the following is also the exact jar i purchased:</div>
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<i>Upper body strength, DO YOU HAVE IT?</i></div>
You might recognize the Gymnastic rings if you've set foot in a Gymnastics facility or at least watched the Gymnastics portion of the Olympics at least once in your life, typically its a male Gymnast apparatus and they have been around since the 1800's<a href="http://www.gymmedia.com/anaheim03/appa/rings/history_ri.htm">[1]</a>.<br />
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Rings are extremely useful for increasing strength in a multitude of ways, for those new to rings pull ups and dips are some of the easier exercises to perform. For those with advanced body weight strength capabilities or previous Gymnastics training such exercises as planche holds, front and back levers, handstand holds, iron cross and muscle ups are possible.<br />
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<i>No excuses ladies</i></div>
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My first experience with rings occurred after Christmas 2012, now i am 6'6", around 200-210lbs and with body weight dips i could start with a set of 14 and i could do sets of 5 with 35lbs in a weight vest on.When i first tried dips with the rings, i struggled with 1 rep and barely managed 2, the stabilization required to keep the rings dug into your sides to prevent them from thrusting out laterally and dropping you to the floor requires a lot of strength from your shoulders and stabilizers. That added stabilization element made the dips shine with a whole new spectrum of fun because at body weight dips were once again difficult due to the required stabilization. After attempting to do 50 ring dips as fast as possible the next day i hit absolute failure at 37 but after i recovered my strength within the next week, i was able to do sets of 5 and 6 with only moderate difficulty and from that point on you could so such things as add weight through the use of a weight vest or dip belt, slow the reps down, or go for endurance and do as many reps as you possibly can, or something simpler like doing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9mKyrPmmPt0">bulgarian dips</a>.<br />
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Some great sources to check out for all sort of good Gymastics knowledge are Coach Sommer's<a href="https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/"> gymnasticbodies</a>, as well as the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Gravity-Systematic-Gymnastics-Bodyweight/dp/1467933120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357327875&sr=8-1&keywords=overcoming+gravity">Overcoming gravity</a> by Steven Low<br />
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I bought my pair of rings<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031QCS8C/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00"> here</a>, that particular pair of rings is cheap as far as rings go, the set up is very easy, and can be set up most anywhere; a basket ball hoop, a tree, a pull up bar etc. As far as quality goes i have had zero problems with it so far.<br />
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[1] <a href="http://www.gymmedia.com/anaheim03/appa/rings/history_ri.htm">http://www.gymmedia.com/anaheim03/appa/rings/history_ri.htm</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527047601102166361noreply@blogger.com1