A few years ago, I was your typical office-worker: stressed out, uneven energy, overweight, and inconsistent complexion. Now I'm just your typical 28-year old urban hunter-gatherer on a quest to be healthy, and having a few adventures along the way. See my full bio.
From Jimmy Kimmel, parents told their kids that they had eaten all their Halloween candy and filmed the reaction. This one is priceless all the way through.
This was funny. When I got roped into the persistence hunt, I hadn't realized that Philip Stark (Berkeley prof) had been the guy driving the event -- it was an idea from his 50th birthday. So when I initially blogged about the hunt, I hadn't mentioned him. So we're driving around Wyoming last weekend, and he receives the following email from one of his students.
From: XXXXXXXXXX
Date: September 3, 2011 9:45:10 PM MDT
To: "Philip Stark"
Subject: persistence hunt in progress
Hey, Professor Stark.
John Durant, Barefoot Ted, and a team of ultra runners are trying their luck at persistence hunting in Wyoming at the moment. John is blogging the experience, starting at http://hunter-gatherer.com/blog/im-going-persistence-hunt and continuing to the most current post.
I'm not sure if you follow any of the paleo/primal/ancestral health bloggers, but this seemed right up your alley. Enjoy!
This Whole Foods rap video is hilarious. I was at a book release party last night and (briefly) met John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods. The guy in the rap video was there too -- I'm not sure why. Anyhow, enjoy.
It's true. If you frequently find yourself in potentially embarrassing situations, you might consider changing your diet.
At the same time, I know some of you would consider this a downside of a paleo approach. And ya know, men, I can understand that. A world with fewer farts is a world with fewer fart jokes, and I'm not sure I'd want to live in a world without fart jokes. So I'm willing to call this one a toss-up.
You'll just have to weigh the costs and benefits and decide for yourself. This Monty Python video might help with that.
This short and hilarious home video is courtesy of Jeanne at Adventures of a Barefoot Superhero. The pork chop is pastured of course, and bought through our Meatshare. The dog must know it's quality.
Forget "It's like stealing candy from a baby." We've got a new healthier way to pick on the helpless: "It's like stealing a pork chop from a baby." Hahahahaha, so funny.
Most barefoot runners have fairly similar form. Some will bend a bit more at the knees, lean forward more or less, have more of a forefoot or mid-foot strike, or hold their arms a little differently. But they won't look substantially different. Shoddies, on the other hand, have all different kinds of running form. Hobbles, shuffles, long loping strides, even longer loping stride, bouncing around, moving side to side, asymmetrical, everything.
There is less variation in the form of barefoot runners versus shod runners. Harvard professor Dan Lieberman's research shows the same thing -- there is less variation in the impact profiles of barefoot runners than among shoddies. This is because shoes block out reality. They divorce your body from the reality of the ground and the feedback from the impact. Reality is your own best coach. Taking off your shoes is a reality check.
Now when I watch shoddies running in Central Park, each with their own funny gait, it's like the classic Monty Python sketch, The Ministry of Silly Walks. Except I'm watching The Ministry of Silly Runs. Have a watch below. Thanks to Jason Robillard for the tip.
I am compiling a list of animals that do not know what a calorie is. If you know of any other animals that should be on this list, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS. I would like to make it comprehensive as possible. THANK YOU.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—The process of evolution, through which single-celled organisms slowly developed over billions of years into exponentially more sophisticated forms of life, has inexplicably culminated in local Albuquerque resident Mitch Szabo, leading evolutionary biologists reported Monday.
According to baffled sources within the scientific community, the exact same mechanisms responsible for some of nature's most spectacularly ingenious adaptations have apparently also produced a 35-year-old office assistant who has only worn pants that actually fit him a total of five times in his adult life.
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