I've been meaning to post for quite some time a list of websites that I find useful, and perhaps could benefit someone else who is attempting what I am presently undertaking. I've broken it up into two parts, first nutrition, and second physical activity.
Nutrition
Both of these websites are great resources to find locally grown pasture raised meets, dairy, and veggies. If you want grass fed grass finished beef these two websites are the places to look.
I think the Paleo Diet is one of the better methods of nutrition out there, if you are interested in the concept this a great starting point. They do refer often to Robb Wolf's book, but it is one of the few website that offer phone consultations to help a person into a Paleo lifestyle, further it lists life events that Robb Wolf teaches personally.
This is a great resource that helps identify types of fish which are either produced or caught sustainably. You can also buy a pocket guide or download the apps.
This website is a great resource to learn about sustainable farming, and gives a brief overview of their methods which can ultimately equip you with the right tools to ask the pertinent questions to those at farmers market. Be warned not all vendors at the farmers markets are true farmers.
Lance Armstrong’s foundation website which has an online food diary that you can create, and even has listings for various foods and the caloric content for those foods. I use this regularly to help make my food choices.
Physical Activity
Crossfit is not the be all end all in fitness but for overall methodology I think their system is sound. I appreciate the intensity of the workouts, and find that it's truly a new excuses attitude which is sorely missing from most exercise regimes. The best part about them if there isn't an affiliate near you, Crossfit posts a daily workout that can be done from home.
Clarence Bass at 70
This guy is a meathead with a brain. His website is highly informative in all areas of fitness, and the picture above should be a testament to his dedication to long term health. I visit this website every time I have a question about something because he normally has written about it at some point in his life.
Okay so this is a little bit of workout porn, but the woman is in ridiculous shape. What I like about her website other than the soft core pornography, is that most of her workouts are short intense and don't require much equipment. If you don't believe me try one, and then you will realize that what she's doing is actually quite functional if not entertaining.
Okay I had to leave you with one of her youtube videos:
07/19/2011 Daily Recap
Welcome back to “That Sucks Tuesday”. Ian has been texting me since Friday about working out this morning. He’s wanted me to perform a workout that he planned for me two weeks ago, so his eagerness has been apparent for quite some time.
When Ian starts a session with a dynamic warm-up it normally means dynamic motions. Turkish get-ups as part of the warm-up is a clear sign of dynamic motions during the work-out.
We started by doing 1 set of incline chest presses using 50 lbs dumbbells. This first set was called something similar to “wear out your chest before we start the work”. I did 20 reps of chest presses starting in a neutral position then rotating the dumbbell so the bottom of my fists would face each other.
Immediately following this set I did two exercises, assisted push-ups, and shoulder presses. I started by doing 10 push-ups, then 10 shoulder presses, then I did 9 push-ups and 9 shoulder presses, I did this continuously until I reached 1 rep per movement.
This was followed up by treadmill sprints. We worked for about 5 minutes on the treadmill half the time walking the other half of the time sprinting at 7.0 – 8.5 mph.
The rest of the workout proceeded in this manner, doing a power movement, followed up by dynamic actions or motions that would cause me to sweat. We finished the session with doing planks, and abdominal resistance.
It feels good getting the juices going again, and pushing me. I am happy to have that fire back. Two weeks ago it truly felt as if I wasn’t going to be able to continue my pace, so now that I have this drive back I have to develop a plan to maintain this mentality longer and more focused.
Originally I planned a cardio session in the afternoon, I didn’t’ post this Monday, yet in my mind I knew I wanted to work my stamina and endurance but after my session I decided I wouldn’t do any cardio in the evening.
After two days of being back on a solid meal plan has made me feel good about this week. I hope the scale shows the same.
Zuzana knows how to rock it. I have tried a few of her workouts…she is insane!