Video for Gymchat 255 - Pillars of Paleo (Adam Farrah)

What's your current diet like? What do you eat, and why?

by Scott Andrew Bird | Follow @scottbird

Filed in : Gymchats (formerly twitterchats)
Tags : gymchats, nutrition, Paleo, sleep, Social Media (Twitter Google+ and Facebook), Training Concepts & Strategies, yoga

Thanks again to everyone who watched and joined in the discussion Gymchat 255 - Pillars of Paleo [with Kettlebell and CrossFit Coach Adam Farrah and Personal Trainer and Strength Athlete Josh Hewett] - much appreciated. If you haven't seen it yet (or simply want to go over a particular point again), here's the entire video.

It was a fantastic discussion. Josh and Adam discussed :

00:42 Adam's background - how he first became interested in the Paleo approach
04:24 The bigger picture surrounding Paleo - how the nutrition side integrates with training and recovery
07:18 Foundations of the Paleo approach
12:48 The importance of sleep
17:22 Fine-tuning and individualisation of foods / changes in the way milk is treated
31:20 FODMAPs (Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols)
33:01 Cheat Days
34:56 'You don't realise how bad you feel until you feel good for a while'
36:33 Fine-tuning and individualisation of your lifestyle / CrossFit
42:29 Stress reduction
51:44 Feelings are warnings (sensitivities)
55:42 Living your best life
1:00:36 Exercise frequency and intensity / active recovery
1:05:26 Purpose/Passion/Spirituality (not necessarily in a religious sense)
1:13:39 Summary & Bonus

There were also a number of resources noted during the discussion, as well as in the slideshow itself. In particular :

• Linchpin by Seth Godin
• The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth by Chris Brogan
• The Paleo Dieter's Missing Link by Adam Farrah
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• Surviving Off Off-Grid by Michael Bunker
• What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
• Paleo Magazine
• The Four-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
• The Four-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss
• The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida

If you're ready to find out how to Explore the Paleo Approach yourself, make sure you watch this one. And to keep up with Adam and find out more about his own training & nutrition, swing by :

• Practical Paleolithic

and

• @adamfarrah

Josh Hewett.

And if you've missed any of the previous discussions, no problem. Full list here.

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reading : Ferocious Fitness (Phil Ross, Marty Gallagher)

Ferocious Fitness.

Remember this? Great book. Ferocious Fitness : A Fighter's Proven Action Plan to Develop Blazing Power, Animalistic Strength and Killer Conditioning is a distillation of Phil Ross' training wisdom, in the form of a superbly comprehensive book. We took a look at the digital version recently, and you'll be pleased to know that the paperback version is now available. Definitely worthy of a place on the fitness shelf. Phil Ross' Ferocious Fitness.

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Looks great.

The Mighty is a combination of the iPod Shuffle (remember those?) and a 'portable, streaming music player', better known as a 'phone. Should be the ideal device for a blast of music during a workout.

The video below will show you what I mean :

The Mighty.

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