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By: Trinkwasser

Trinkwasser — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:23:31 +0000

oop, wrong thread, that referred to the primal cats.

By: Trinkwasser

Trinkwasser — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:18:27 +0000

One place I used to live was sold, and me with it. The new owners were retired farmers and brought two farm cats with them. Those guys adopted me and used to bring me little primal presents, mice, voles, and once one went out onto the roof and hooked a bat out of the air. The downside was when their gifts were only partly dead.

By: Completed First Bodyweight Circuit 22min. 10sec. « nocko.net

Completed First Bodyweight Circuit 22min. 10sec. « nocko.net — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:43:53 +0000

[...] circuit here. I completed this straight through, three rep for the fist time today. 22min. 10sec. may not sound [...]

By: Mark K.

Mark K. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:26:56 +0000

Primal = functional! Great post. These weight bearing exercises are fantastic functional exercises that can help one get fit, perform their daily activities with greater efficiency and decrease the chances of getting injured.

By: former back patient

former back patient — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:03:17 +0000

new_me, I found that deadlifts are AMAZING to repair a damaged spine (along with supermans). Just don’t overtrain. Changed my life, srsly!

By: nocko.net › More asthema, I really need to quit smoking.

nocko.net › More asthema, I really need to quit smoking. — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:38:13 +0000

[...] did a wonderful bodyweight circuit I found at Mark’s Daily Apple. I feel great… but then I started the wheezing and coughing. I downed a cup of tea (caffeine [...]

By: new_me

new_me — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:36:35 +0000

Wonderful timing! I am recovering from a herniated disc and am just beginning to get back into exercising. I can not add any weights to my workouts but body-weight stuff is great. I was looking for some suggestions like this. Another great thing about this kind of workout is that it uses natural movements and does not overload any part of the body with weight that it is not meant to bear. This leaves me longing to get going and I can’t wait to get back up to my pre-injury fitness level.

ps: If anyone out there is still doing ‘crunches’….STOP NOW! The spine is not intended to repeatedly bend forward. Exercises like planks and supermans will work your abs without stressing your spine. Don’t do anything that straightens the lumbar spine(lower back).
*My most recent ‘life lesson’.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:00:19 +0000

I got a Seiko S052 Stopwatch & Interval Timer.

http://www.bodytronics.com/page/bodytronics/PROD/SEIKO_STOPWATCHES/SE52

You can easily set it to run a 20 second interval followed by a 10 second interval repeating as many times as you like (If I’m doing a 3 exercise tabata workout that would be 28 ‘laps’ including a 2 lap or 1 minute break between each exercise). You can of course change the numbers on the 20 and 10 second intervals to whatever you want. It makes different sounding beeps depending on which interval is ending. Its a great stopwatch, about 60 bucks.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:20:41 +0000

Thanks Clint, Pete, and Mike . I saved those links on my computer and I’ll try downloading tonight. I shouldnt even be here on my lunch break!

I’ll check out the gymboss as well for summer. Pretty soon my basement workouts will be outside and lugging my comptuer around as a timer just doesn’t sound fun!

Thanks again!

By: Huw

Huw — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:22:09 +0000

1 – a nice way to add oomph to press-ups is to run a resistance band over your shoulders and hold it down with each hand. Very simple, much easier than balancing a weight on your back, and adjustable – pull it tighter to add resistance. And harder than you might think!
2 – totally endorse the timing of key bodyweight workouts, and trying to set faster times. it is a great motivator, and also lets you know/confirms if you are not quite 100%, if your time slips back.
Great post, great comments everyone (not Jane, sorry that one was way off beam and not helpful to any readers of this blog).