The Prize:
Tanka Bars. Snack food made of buffalo. That’s pretty much all that needs saying. In the pursuit of quick-fix meat-chunk eats, Tanka is offering up a handful of Tanka Bars, Tanka Bites, and Tanka Wild Sticks to the winner of today’s post. BONUS: Enter “MARKSDAILYAPPLE” when ordering from TankaBar.com for a 15% discount off of regularly priced items.
YouBars. Energy bars can be nasty business. 95% of the energy bars on the market are simply candy bars re-branded for the cardio crowd. Heck, even Snickers has its own brand of energy bar which – big surprise – contains almost the exact same nutritional breakdown as a plain, old Snickers. What’s a Grok to do with so few Primal options?
Enter YouBar. Don’t like the options at your health food store? Why not make your own! YouBar is a family owned company that lets you design your own […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack time. Hard boiled, scrambled, poached, fried. We’ll take eggs any time of day, any way you want to cook ‘em. But if we had our choice, the omelet just might be our favorite. Like an edible envelope that can be stuffed with anything you desire, an omelet is a quick and healthy way to satisfy hunger.  You really can’t go wrong when eating a meal based around such an excellent source of protein, choline, selenium and vitamin D.
Unless, of course, the thought of cooking an omelet makes you break into a cold sweat.

At one time or another, almost every cook has been defeated by an omelet that refused to un-stick from the pan or cook all the way through or stay snugly wrapped around its fillings. Like most things, practice makes perfect when it comes to omelets, which gives you another incentive to make them a […]

Original post by Worker Bee

Two weeks ago, the J.J. Experiment began (week 2). J.J. Valdivia, a personal trainer in Miami, is guiding ten people as they take a 30-Day Leap into a healthy lifestyle. Let’s find out how they’re doing…
My fellow Grok and Grokettes,
It was a busy week for myself and the Leapers. Last Friday, I was joined by Mike and Georgina for a quick bodyweight session at Body Waves. They performed two sets of maximum repetitions of each of the Primal movements, and they were back at their desk before you could say “Power Bar.”

I then joined Elaine, Thor, and my boss Kim for a “Primal Feast” lunch outside of our offices in beautiful downtown Miami. Elaine munched on left over rib eye and salmon with veggies from the night before. Thor and I packed our “Big Ass Salads” and Kim foraged the cafeteria […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

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 […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

A shocking claim has been made that 75% of Americans will be overweight by 2020 causing concerns about the general level of health in the U.S. in the not so distant future.
Obesity in the U.S. has been a problem for years, and despite the fitness revolution and tons great weight loss programs it doesn’t seem to be getting any better, and in fact – seems to be getting worse. The problem is especially hard to solve because as many people reading Passionate Fitness can attest to, simple lifestyle changes like dieting and exercise solve the problem.
So the question becomes – if the “cure” to obesity is known, and people still for whatever reason, refuse to make changes to their life whether because of lack of awareness or lack of ability…
Then what more can be done to help people learn about healthy living and to prevent obesity in the U.S. and the […]

Original post by rafael@thefitnessadviser.com (Rafi Bar-Lev)

Losing weight doesn’t have to be hard, and as long as you have a good, practical program on how to lose the weight – chances are that if you stick to it, you’ll meet your goal. In fact, it really doesn’t matter whether you want to lose 10 pounds or 100 pounds! As long as you find the program that is right for you, you’ll be amazed at how quickly your body will respond once you find the right weight loss program!
The problem though is that with so many weight loss programs on the market, finding the best weight loss program for you can be overwhelming.
That’s why we went through the effort of finding 3 different weight loss programs – all the best at what they offer and each one geared towards a different kind of person. Here they are:
 

#1: Truth About Abs: Truth About Abs is the “bread and butter” […]

Original post by rafael@thefitnessadviser.com (Rafi Bar-Lev)

The Prize:
This one is just too cool. A fitting prize for today’s brain challenge, it’s called an Isis Puzzle. ThinkGeek, the folks behind the miracle fruit and homo sapiens kitchen tool prizes of yore are now offering up this beautiful, elegant, difficult, titanium, hand-made puzzle sphere to the winner of today’s contest. As a decorative piece, it can smarten up even the pulpiest of bookshelves. As a brain teaser, it will dazzle the minds of everyone in your Sunday afternoon Mensa papercraft parties. But this little ball is also a gateway to adventures most grand. Solving the Isis unlocks a code which leads to more puzzles, keys, and eventually real world treasure. A puzzler’s Everest. Learn a little bit more at Isis Adventures.

The Contest:
Time to Use Your Brain. I’ve devised a series of riddles and puzzles to be solved for today’s contest. The first riddle is below. Generally puzzles become […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

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Original post by Brad Pilon

Eat Stop Eat Expanded Edition is the newly released update of Brad Pilon’s three year old book about intermittent fasting. This is the first and only review you’ll need to read on it.
Right of the bat, let me say that this is a tremendous improvement over the original Eat Stop Eat.
Brad has given me an OK to quote some passages that I found particularly interesting and enlightening for my readers. I’ve also linked to the references provided in the book. These are just snippets. There’s plenty more good stuff in the book.

Fasting and testosterone“After thoroughly reviewing the available research, I found that short term fasting does not negatively affect testosterone levels. More prolonged fasts seem to be associated with slight decreases in Testosterone levels. A 58-hour fast has been noted to cause reduced morning serum Testosterone measurements by the third straight morning of fasting; however, these measurements were still well […]

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Martin Berkhan)