Contest: Name a Blog, Win a Bag
Stay tuned for the third installment of the J.J. Experiment.
The Prize:
A Sandbag. The unwieldy lump of heavy. I’ve been using one of these sandbags since I featured them a year ago. Mine has taken some real abuse and has yet to show a tear. Courtesy of Henkin Fitness, the winner of today’s contest will receive his or her choice of the Burly, Strength, Challenge, or Power packages which includes the heavy duty sandbag plus ebooks, training videos, a fundamentals DVD, and a poster. As for the hardcore Primal Groks, sure you could use an actual carcass for your strength training, but sandbags smell better and keep longer.
The Contest:
Mark’s Daily Apple isn’t the only source of information when it comes to Primal health and fitness. There’s a growing community of like-minded folks blogging their experiences, recipes, information, and advice. Today, I want you to share what you read. In the comments section below, leave the name of a good Primal (or semi-Primal) blog, along with it’s URL and a short description of what it is or why you like it.
Example:
Mark’s Daily Apple
www.marksdailyapple.com
Primal Living in the Modern World
Not every blog has to be directly Primal. If it’s good and in someway can better the minds, bodies, or lives of Primal folk, feel free to share. For instance, I’ve got Free Range Kids on my list; it’s not a health blog but does fit in with the spirit of Primal living. Hopefully this contest will give you some great options for filling up your RSS feed (if you don’t know what an RSS feed is, it’s a great way to browse through dozens of blogs in just a few minutes).
A winner will be chosen at random among all eligible entrants.
NOTE: All comments which include links must be approved by a moderator, thus you may not see your comment right after you post.
The Deadline:
September 25, 9:00 a.m. PST. 24 Hours.
Who is Eligible:
You, him, that guy, her, all those people, and anyone else not mentioned.
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Robb Wolf – Revolutionary Solutions to Modern Life
http://robbwolf.com/blog/
Paleo Living, Health and Fitness
http://mobilitywod.blogspot.com/
The Mobility Wod should take you four to 10 minutes to complete. Do it everyday. Remember the areas that feel like a Shaman’s Blow
quick workout, for helping to keep your joints happy
The Paleo Solution
http://robbwolf.com/
Comprehensive info from both a scientific and functional perspective.
NightLife! This is BarbeyGirl’s blog about primal living (fitness, nutrition, play, etc) on her horse farm in Idaho. http://inthenightlife.wordpress.com/
http://www.stumptuous.com/
i started reading her site years ago and loved the way she focused on eating healthy (and sharing recipes) and offering good advice/techniques/pictures for working out.
perkinskit’s posterous
perkinskit.posterous.com
A stats-based approach at the first six-weeks of primal living.
Natural health info articles and source for wellness products.
Hunt.Gather.Love
http://www.huntgatherlove.com
Melissa McEwen’s Paleo Blog
While the NYTimes article on John Durant first informed me about paleo at all, I prefer his friend, Melissa’s blog to his. very informative on a number of issues.
What’s in What You Eat?
http://whatsinwhatyoueat.org/
My favorite feature of this blog is the “Paleo in Seattle” which detail Paleo-friendly local restaurants. It has definitely made the occasional meal out easier!
Cosmopolitan Primal Girl
http://cosmopolitanprimalgirl.wordpress.com/
Primal Nutrition & Fitness Advice for the Sophisticated Urban Dweller
The Wilderness Childe
http://wildernesschilde.blogspot.com/
I love this blog because it highlights some wayyy different recipies (like mealworms for a snack, roasted wild boar) and I like hearing about the pagan religion. Im not familiar with all the holidays and rituals and its neat to learn about it. Also the fact that Diana has had amazing progress, its an inspiration!
Purely Primal!
Blog: http://purelyprimal.wordpress.com/
I just discovered this blog a few weeks ago, and I really like it. It’s great to read about other people cooking primal in the modern kitchen. I’ve already tried several of the recipes and they are great! (Esp. the Coconut Curry)
Wow Claire – I don’t know how you stumbled upon our little site (we’ve only been around a couple of weeks), but thanks for the kind words!
As for me – a quick scan down this list shows that someone has already hit on everything I’ve got bookmarked, and shows there are a LOT more I need to check out…
Lately I’ve come to appreciate Melissa McEwen’s Hunt-Gather-Love http://huntgatherlove.com/
Sure I follow all the Drs. and fitness professionals that blog too, but I like her perspective as a more “real-life” or genuine person, not only concerned with health but that unattained and always just-out-of-reach wisdom.
She posts frequently here successes and also her failures, what is or isn’t working for her and always with an analytical mind. She shares, and does so intelligently.
It was this site that first turned me on to living a primal lifestyle. Shortly after I was following this site, I found marks daily apple and have been living primal for about 6 months now and have lost 25 lbs.
The website is http://www.paleonu.com/. sry…
HuntGatherLove
http://www.huntgatherlove.com
This site features great commentary on different aspects of living paleo and eating responsibly and various traditional diets and lifestyles. Much of the commentary is personal as she has and continues to have health problems which have mostly been healed by living and eating paleo/primal. I love reading about her continued insights and journey along the paleo/primal path.
This Primal Life
http://thisprimallife.com
Interesting recipes & great photos.
The Sam Effect
http://thesameffect.com
Personal Development blog that also promotes principle based diet around Paleo
Gym Jones has inspired me so much in the departments of motivation and functional strength. I also like the attitude and honesty. Someone on the MDA forum turned me onto this site.
http://www.gymjones.com/
Urgeschmack
http://www.urgeschmack.de
It’s the only German paleo blog I know of. Sligtly too zone-ish, but nice recipes.
Steve’s Original is an incredible partner in the help for a more primal and hence more cooeperative world. Steve uses the primal food and snacks he sells to benefit inner city youth. He employs many of the youth to help with the operations of his Paleo food kits. A huge component of our evolutionary genetics is the social aspect of primal living. Grok would have had a close knit community that he supported and that helped to support him in various capacities throughout his life. This is what Steve is all about…fostering that community through good clean food, activity, and community. It doesn’t get any more primal than that!
Robb Wolf
robbwolf.com
Paleo nutrition and health info, plus strength and conditioning to boot
Whole Health Source
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/
Great blog with lots of scientific analysis of human health and nutrition studies.
I also love Kurt Harris’ blog (http://www.paleonu.com/) for his well-researched articles!
Paleo Hacks
paleohacks.com
Paleo Q&A in a wiki format
Ooooh, it’s hard to choose. I read a LOT of primal/paleo blogs. Small Footprint Family at http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/ is not purely primal, but a lot of its philosophy (particularly natural/green living and the promotion of real food) overlaps and it has given me some good ideas.
Thanks for the mention! We eat Primal style with a lot of raw omnivory, so I’m glad you see that reflected in my blog!
Everyday Paleo
http://everydaypaleo.com/
Amazing recipes, workouts that don’t require gimmicky new trends, and all from a woman who is as busy as I am. It shows you that this type of lifestyle is suitable for anyone, no matter age or schedule!
The Heart Scan Blog
http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com
Not exactly primal per se, but I have learned a lot from Dr. William Davis. Topics include the “right information on diet, nutritional supplements, and hopefully the avoidance of medication”.
Girl Gone Primal
http://girlgoneprimal.blogspot.com
Recipes, health info
youarenotsosmart.com
Helps me with #10- use your brain.
Nightlife
http://inthenightlife.wordpress.com/
Chronicles of Less Urban Living, Fresh from In the Night Farm
The person who writes this blog is one of my best friends in the whole world. She’s the one who taught me about being primal, and showed me how it was done. She directed me to MDA and I’ve been here since. She’s a wonderful writer with amazing insights.