Berkhan article on breakfast...

http://www.leangains.com/2012/06/why-does-breakfast-make-me-hungry.html

Grass-fed vs grain-fed...(long read)

http://www.christhekiwi.com/grass-fed-vs-grain-fed-an-interview-with-vet-rain-crow-ranch-co-founder-and-president-of-the-american-grassfed-association-dr-patricia-whisnant/

Too many carbs?

Great bench press workout. Keep moving up ! Think I'm adding chest size since I started using this thing (Slingshot). Humid as Hades this morning.

Since doing cold therapy for the last 4 months or so, the body's ability to regulate temperature is amazing. Been outside the last 2 hours and barely breaking a sweat. Other people getting gassed just retrieving the mail or carrying groceries inside...

Just made a tuna sandwich with the pepper bun, delicious.

I LOL'd....

NOT Paleo but a somewhat local bakery is selling these today (bacon cupcakes...lol)

Azubuike24;1215858 wrote:Since doing cold therapy for the last 4 months or so, the body's ability to regulate temperature is amazing. Been outside the last 2 hours and barely breaking a sweat. Other people getting gassed just retrieving the mail or carrying groceries inside...

What's this cold therapy you speak of?

I'm afraid to try the cold therapy. I take an ice cold shower and I think I'm going into cardiac arrest. Shit shocks your system. I've wanted to try it but....

What the hell is it?

like_that;1217695 wrote:What the hell is it?

He explained it a few pages back.

like_that;1217695 wrote:What the hell is it?

I've seen fighters get into ice baths for 20 minutes after work outs, i assume thats what it is.

It helps with recovery, but it's basically a way to become cold adapted to activate brown adipose tissue. I;ve found strength gains, better regulation of body temperature and some definite metabolic advantages by doing it. It can really help someone burn extra body fat, but in my case it's really helped get even lower (was around 12% BF before, under 10%).

Check this site out if you want more information - http://jackkruse.com/

We had a college baseball player staying with us this summer, he has since went home do ot what I expect will be a TJ surgery, and he mentioned it the other day.

He said the trainer at their college, and apparently many other that were on this summer team, do this sort of therapy.

He said ever 5months they do it. Shower COLD as you can stand for 3 minutes, HOT as you can stand for 3 minutes, and then cold again for 3 minutes. Says it does wonders to the body.

Azubuike24;1217828 wrote:It helps with recovery, but it's basically a way to become cold adapted to activate brown adipose tissue. I;ve found strength gains, better regulation of body temperature and some definite metabolic advantages by doing it. It can really help someone burn extra body fat, but in my case it's really helped get even lower (was around 12% BF before, under 10%).

Check this site out if you want more information - http://jackkruse.com/

So AZ how do you go about doing it? How often and how long?

I'd recommend starting slow. Dunking your face, using cold packs on bare skin, etc...you QUICKLY build up tolerance. Like within a week or two. You can then go with submersion into a tub with cold tap water (tap water in the USA averages 60-65 degrees depending on location). It can start with just your lower half and you can move into the whole body.

I'm to a point now where I'll get anywhere from 30-60 lbs of ice, fill my tub up with water, put in the ice and fully submerge myself for anywhere from 20-60 minutes. The key is to get the skin very cold, which activates the BAT. The energy expended to warm the body up afterward is intense and burns a ton. The first few times, you will shiver like mad but anymore, I can go 45 minutes in sub 50 degree water and barely am cold afterward.

The idea behind it is humans were exposed to cold for a lot of the year and are actually genetically made to be cold. Kruse recommends to taper it off in the summer (I only do baths once a week and ice packs every few days while it's summer) but get back into it as the temperature gets colder. Some other resources to look into would be a guy named Wim Hof, known as the Ice Man. Ray Cronise is another well-known figure who has worked with Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps. Both of them are known for cold training (Phelps with his 4-6 hours a day training in a pool of 55-60 degree water and Armstrong doing cycling intervals and distance racers in a freezer that's almost below freezing).

It seems so crazy at first but I was shocked how quickly you become regulated to temperature and barely get phased by the cold. On the contrary, like I posted, I hardly get shaken by extreme heat as well which is one of the benefits people have had as the body becomes very in-tune with adapting to any temperature and quickly being able to regulate.

Good info. How long do you suggest? I got the shower pretty cold but didnt go for long.

Did feel pretty invigorating but dont know if it was "real" or just the fact that I had ran 3.5 miles in 95 degree heat about a half hour before.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-protein-meal-brain-full.html

thavoice;1219031 wrote:Good info. How long do you suggest? I got the shower pretty cold but didnt go for long.

Did feel pretty invigorating but dont know if it was "real" or just the fact that I had ran 3.5 miles in 95 degree heat about a half hour before.

I'd just ease into it. My typical shower is probably 70 degrees or so. Most would get in and be instantly cold. It now feels warm to me. I promise you, anyone who sticks with it for 2 weeks or so, consistently exposing yourself to colder and longer each day, you will notice a very quick adaptation.

When you're lean, you die of "natural causes." For the most part at least. That has been all but lost anymore.

Good image.

Azubuike24;1219350 wrote:I'd just ease into it. My typical shower is probably 70 degrees or so. Most would get in and be instantly cold. It now feels warm to me. I promise you, anyone who sticks with it for 2 weeks or so, consistently exposing yourself to colder and longer each day, you will notice a very quick adaptation.

I did the ice cold shower this morning and, as thavoice said, it was quite invigorating. Will ease into this and see how it goes. If anything, it should help with some aches & pains when I graduate to the ice baths.