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Is Strong the New Skinny?
I have to thank my friend Marsha (and her boobs) for posting a pic of her new shirt on Facebook and inspiring this post. It got me thinking. Have body images changed that much for women recently? And does it have anything to do with the CrossFit movement and the changes that are going on [...]
Kettlebell Training and The Paleo Diet
I’ve been working with some form of a Paleo or Paleolithic diet for over 6 years now. I’ve written a lot about the diet and I’ve even summed up the basics in a Paleo Primer and my Free eBook download. I’ve also been part of the Kettlebell community since 2007 and the CrossFit community since [...]
Welcome to My Gym…
What do you REALLY need to get in a good workout? My life is a bit disorganized and crazy at the moment. Let’s call it “fluid” or “in flux” instead I’m living in my family’s little summer cottage in Old Saybrook and I have a “limited” amount of stuff to train with. I have: An [...]
Kettlebell Push Press – Refining the Details…
I want to give a HUGE thank you to Valery Fedorenko for the videos he’s been posting on YouTube. There is so much to learn in each of them. For me, this what really makes Kettlebell lifting so interesting – the constant refinement and nuances you can find when someone like Fedorenko shows you where [...]
Is Bodybuilding Relevant Anymore?
What’s this dude’s Fran time? I’m not sure what got me thinking about this topic. It might have been seeing old Bill “feels like Deca” Phillips on an early morning infomercial promoting his new book. Or, it might just be that I think too much… This was originally going to be a somewhat humorous post. [...]
Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors: Kettlebells and Paleolithic Diet
This blog was originally posted on my former site: http://adamfarrah.net/muscle-smoke-mirrors-book I just started reading – for the SECOND time – one of the best books I’ve ever come across. The book is Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors, Volume 1 by Randy Roach. Volume 1 starts off in the late 1800′s and leaves off right around the [...]
‘Tis the season to focus on your diet and training
‘Tis the season alright. It’s the season when most people start to really mess up on their diet and fitness. There’s a lot of peer pressure and parties and bad food going around. Office parties were always my favorite. I remember how there would always be some high sugar, high fat something or other sitting [...]
Why we do what we do…
Every once in a while I have a perfect moment where I realize why I do what I do. I had one of those tonight. I think for all of us it’s very easy to get wrapped up in the day to day grind and the millions of little tasks we have to do that [...]
One more reason CrossFit and Kettlebells will rule the world…
I had a really interesting experience today. I vaguely know someone who’s in the mainstream fitness and bodybuilding industry and I contacted this person about possibly talking to a friend of mine who is considering fitness modeling as a career choice. Now, my friend is still in High School and is looking into careers for [...]
Becoming Outstanding, Part 1
There’s a question I ask myself over and over again: “How do you become outstanding?” I ask myself that question about a lot of different topics. For the most part though, I ask myself that question with respect to physical training – martial arts, CrossFit and Kettlebells. I firmly believe that the right behaviors repeated [...]
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