by Mark Sisson
If you're new to the blog or just haven't caught on to this yet, I've been turned on to a new "diet" and "exercise" plan that should really be called a lifestyle plan titled The Primal Blueprint. The creator of this almost-grassroots phenomenon is Mark Sisson.
Mark is a highly respected fitness and health author and blogger. He is also a former distance runner, triathlete and Ironman competitor. Sission finished 4th in the February 1982 Ironman World Championship. Since mostly retiring from competitive sports, Mark has went on to change lives through his books and his website Marksdailyapple.com.
Sisson's most popular book, The Primal Blueprint, has changed many people's thinking (including my own) about their approach to fitness. He proposes that we model our lives, in terms of diet and exercise, after our primal ancestors. He often references one he affectionately calls "Grok".
Grok doesn't eat bread. He doesn't drink soda. He doesn't replace meals with Slimfast. He doesn't use caffeine as a crutch. Grok also doesn't take spinning classes. He doesn't lift weights five days a week.
Grok survives.
In the book, The Primal Blueprint, you will learn Sisson's 10 Primal Laws that we can all live by:
- Eat lots of plants and animals
- Avoid poisonous things
- Move frequently at a slow pace
- Lift heavy things
- Sprint once in a while
- Get adequate sleep
- Play
- Get adequate sunlight
- Avoid stupid mistakes
- Use your brain
In each chapter, Mark discusses each one of these laws and how we can apply them to our daily lives. He goes into detail about the benefits of eating mostly plants and animals and avoiding what he calls "Chronic Cardio." Sisson also gives examples of how to enact these laws into daily life and gives pretty easy examples of each one.
I have to say that if there was ever a book I wanted to recommend to somebody wanting to get their health in check, this would be it. The knowledge passed down by Sisson in this book is as valuable as gold to me as I have already started to apply it to my life. I already feel better, and have more natural energy than I ever thought that I could possess.
If you would like to purchase The Primal Blueprint, you can buy it online at PrimalBlueprint.com ($26.99 USD), Amazon.com ($15.94 USD), or BarnesandNoble.com ($15.94 USD). You can also buy it in eBook format for the Kindle ($8.79 USD) and Nook ($9.99 USD).
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