The first time I had Miso was in soup at a sushi bar, which I’m sure is the case for a bunch of you guys. Then a few months later I ordered the miso-marinated cod, which is usually an appetizer at most sushi restaurants and I was blown away by how good it tasted. I knew I wanted to recreate the dish but in more healthy way because typically this marinade is made with sugar and several ounces of mirin, which has a high sugar content. So I hit up the kitchen to make a better alternative without using Mirin or granulated sugar. I’m delighted with the outcome.
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Original post by thehealthyirishman

It’s been a while now, so here’s a few recent ones. This is more or less the condition I maintain at all times of the year. Weight is approximately 195-200 lbs. I’m not sure of the exact number, since my scale is broke.

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

Perhaps there is a more eloquent way to say it, but Shalon perfectly describes the flavor of the meatballs she entered in the Primal Blueprint Cookbook Contest with this quote: “They satisfy my mmm, goodness requirement.”
It’s true. “Mmm” is likely to be the first thing out of your mouth when you take a bite, thanks to a flavorful combination of ground beef (or bison) and sweet Italian sausage. Italian sausage is traditionally made from pork but chicken and turkey varieties are also out there. Fennel seed, which has a slightly sweet and very faint licorice-like flavor is the distinguishing characteristics of sweet Italian sausage. The Italian sausage perfectly matches other ingredients in the meatballs like fresh herbs, garlic and red pepper flakes. You can dip the meatballs in ketchup or mustard if you want, but with so much satisfying flavor packed into them you’ll be completely satisfied eating the meatballs [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

The Ultimate Mma Strength And Conditioning Program 
Combat Core Strength: Advanced Torso Training for Explosive Strength and Power

Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…
Star Boxing Brings Out The Military Guns For Rye Town Fight Card
… rifle in for a pair of boxing gloves," says Schneider. "I love waking up in the morning and putting in the training and all the hard work," says Kedem. …  Read More…
Sugar Ray Sizes up Calzaghe Counter-Punch Equipment
The Counter-Punch has already been [...]

Original post by dominic Paris

I'm sure you have all heard of the term skinny fat. This when someone is chubby but doesn't take up much space. A person who is close to their target weight, but is soft all over. To be honest, this is a super easy thing to fix, but a lot of people go about it the wrong way. Someone who is skinny fat is just 3 months away from transforming their body, they just need to attack this problem the right way.

[This isn't an example of skinny fat people. I just wanted to include a Halloween themed picture, since this holiday is approaching for a lot of us. I think it looks psychotic when people wear animal heads without the rest of the costume.]
Still Skinny Fat Even After Training for Some Time?
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Original post by admin

(This video can’t be embedded, so when you click the screen you’ll be directed to a new site – kcra.com – that hosts the video.)
An update on last week’s event announcement:
Early this week I hit the road for a mini book tour in Northern California. I started off shooting a spot on NBC’s local news affiliate (KCRA) in Sacramento (video above). Between this and a stop at another local news station (this time in Reno, NV) I had the pleasure of giving my first official Primal Blueprint PowerPoint presentation to CrossFit Genesis and other Primal enthusiasts in Roseville, CA. The response was overwhelming. It was unbelievably inspiring to meet people one-on-one that are turning their lives around with the PB lifestyle behaviors. You see, I get emails every day from readers with success stories; we have dozens of them showcased here, and many others have been featured on MDA. I [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

All across the globe, personal trainers push their clients up onto BOSU balls with claims that it increases core muscle activity.
And while I personally think that the only reason trainers’ use the BOSU is to make their clients look silly…

…I always wondered what would happen if the BOSU got dragged into a university lab and put through it’s paces.
Well, back in March of this year, researchers from Eastern Illinois University did just that.
The Study
PURPOSE: To compare core muscle activity during resistance exercises performed on stable ground vs. the BOSU Balance Trainer.
METHODS: Twelve trained men performed the back squat, dead lift, overhead press, and bicep curl lifts. Each lift was performed under three separate conditions:

50% of 1 RM (rep max or max possible lift) while standing on solid ground,
50% of 1 RM while standing on a BOSU and
75% of 1RM while standing on solid ground.

For each lift, the activity of [...]

Original post by DR

Even if you’re going to be away from your workout equipment with limited time this weekend (hopefully because you’re out having a nice weekend), you can still get in a quick bodyweight workout. Here are a few quick and easy bodyweight workouts you can do, interval training style, to quickly get in some exercise:

[With this picture, you can now be confident that you have the proper form when doing "fence pull ups"!]
Beginner Body Weight 6 Minute Training:
Push Ups / Planks / Body Weight Squats
If you’re not able to do full push up and body weight squats yet, you can do kneeling push ups and squats without going all the way down. Anyway, here’s the workout:
Three Sets of (no breaks in between the 3 exercises, one minute in between each set):
5-40 Push Ups(depending on level)
15 second – 2 and a half minute plank (depending on level)
5-30 body weight squats (depending [...]

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

I spend a lot of my time reviewing research. Enough time that I can tell you that there are definitely GREAT research papers, and then there are HORRIBLE ones that make you scratch your head trying to figure out how they ever were published in the first place.
Truthfully there are many more papers that seem to fall in the horrible category the truth is, even the worst paper ever published still has some value.
There is no such thing as research with absolutely no value.
While these seems like a typical ‘Pilon ramble’ let me assure you…we’re talking about bodybuilding.
You see for some reason, over the last decade we decided that bodybuilding is dumb, useless, and a complete waste of time.
We junked bodybuilding and replaced it with functional training, sports specific training and the like.
We threw out bodybuilding before we completely understood it.
And just like research papers, there is no such thing [...]

Original post by Brad Pilon

Despite our recent spate of posts extolling the many and varied benefits of heavy resistance training, I’ve actually been moving away from the weight room for a couple reasons. Foremost is my desire to stay active and as injury-free as possible. While I still wholeheartedly endorse and believe in lifting hard and lifting heavy, at my age I’m starting to realize that the potential for injury – at least for me, personally – is too great to risk spending three days lifting heavy things on a weekly basis. At this point in my life, my motivation is simply different. I’m not really interested in pushing myself to the limit, let alone past the limit (realistically, those days are behind me); I’m instead focusing on maintaining my current performance. It’s almost a Buddhist thing where I’m content with my strength and my body (and have been for a long time now), [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson