Macleans Magazine article: Cavemen who walk among us

publication date: Feb 26, 2010
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author/source: Art
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The Macleans article is out. Most of the people you have learned to know are mentioned, with a nice coverage of Loren Cordain. They snuck a picture of me into it and got it mostly right. I do think I was the first in a lot of these innovations, particularly in intermittent fasting. I have been doing this since 1984.

As to a certain kind of wildness in exercise, I was alone in this for a long time. For years the owners of gyms where I worked out questioned the drop jumps, leaps, and the sort of wildness with which I worked out. They asked me to stop leaping down from the high platform of the Hammer Strength squat station (about 4 feet down) after an intense set of leg presses. Later, the lawyers told them to take the machine out. I used to take a short sprint and leap onto a bench and then as far out as I could onto the floor. Boy, those work outs were fun. I miss that industrial strength gym. 

I convinced my current gym to put a high bar in the basketball gym so I could take a few steps and leap up to grab it. If I miss some day, I will land in a heap, but so far, so good. But, for the most part, gyms are pretty tame. I may head over to the new CrossFit gym here and have some fun again. For now, the leaping on the rocks and pulling Range Rovers works pretty well.

Here is the LINK to the Macleans article.




6 Comments Posted Leave a comment

Brent Pottenger (Fair Oaks)
I think the article is nicely done. It shows the healthy individualization that this health perspective permits.
Guest
i want paleo to become mainstream- it'll relieve a lot of suffering. i am thankful for the pioneers, of which professor de vany is one.
Guest
Art, I think the main reason you don't get as much credit as others, although you do get alot, is simply the inaccesibility of your blog compared to others such as Mark Sisson. But you do get much more money as a result! Also where are all the posts from your old sight there was some real gold in those. I am also intereseted in what kind of workout you would advise for a baseball player who needs more speed. I have been doing a few downhill sprints a week and 3 EF workouts a week. I am young and have had better results with 3 EF workouts than 2, although sometimes I do 4 and sometimes none.
Arthur De Vany (Washington, UT)
I am slowly putting the old posts up. It is a bit tedious, but we want them all up there.

I think I get plenty of credit and did not intend to sound like I care one way or the other. My only, mild, objection to the Macleans article is where it said I was boastful when I said I am never sick and can do anything I want to do. That is merely a fact. Neither WW nor I take any medications and we are in excellent health.

Down hill running is great and, like Bobby and others, I find that 3 to 4 quick work outs a week give me the best results. I would add some drop jumps to your speed work out. Careful here, but you can drop 4 to 6 feet from a platform (I do it on my rocks onto soft sand) and absorb the shock through leg flexion. That will hit your FT fibers like nothing else.
Guest
did ww have any serious health problems before ef? was she on any medications?
Guest
I have a few benchmark routines like your leap for a high bar. I'm using them as markers for my ageing. They include a few that are not exertions, like always putting my socks on in a standing position without support. Ten years ago, when I was rowing competitively and stretching, a stiff back frequently constrained me in this; now it's easy.
 

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