Darryl Edwards - Paleo Fitness: A Primal Training and Nutrition Program to Get Lean, Strong and Healthy

PALEO

FITNESS

PRIMAL TRAINING AND

NUTRITION TO GET LEAN,

STRONG AND HEALTHY

DARRYL EDWARDS

WITH BRETT STEWART

AND JASON WARNER

Ulysses Press

This book is dedicated to all those who have influenced, inspired and supported me on my journey to better health.

Darryl Edwards

Text Copyright 2013 Darryl Edwards, Brett Stewart and Jason Warner. Design and concept Copyright 2013 Ulysses Press and its licensors. Photographs Copyright 2013 Rapt Productions except as noted below. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

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Ulysses Press

P.O. Box 3440

Berkeley, CA 94703

www.ulyssespress.com

ISBN13: 978-1-61243-207-6

Library of Congress Control Number 2013931800

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Recipe Contributor: Corey Irwin

Acquisitions Editor: Keith Riegert

Managing Editor: Claire Chun

Editors: Lauren Harrison, Lily Chou

Proofreader: Elyce Berrigan-Dunlop

Index: Sayre Van Young

Design and layout: what!design @ whatweb.com

Production: Jake Flaherty

Cover photographs: Rapt Productions

Interior photographs: Darryl Edwards pushing car Phillip Waterman

Models: Darryl Edwards, Sabrina Rose Lau, Chad Taylor

Please Note

This book conveys the authors opinions and ideas based on their research and training, as well as each of their experiences with their clients. This book has been written and published strictly for informational and educational purposes only, and in no way should be used as a substitute for consultation with health care professionals. You should not consider educational material herein to be the practice of medicine or to replace consultation with a physician or other medical practitioner. You should always consult with your physician before altering or changing any aspect of your medical treatment and/or undertaking a diet regimen, including the guidelines as described in this book. The authors and publisher are providing you with information in this work so that you can have the knowledge and can choose, at your own risk, to act on that knowledge. The author and publisher also urge all readers to be aware of their health status and to consult health care professionals before beginning any health or diet program.

Everyone is on a diet. Everything you see on TV, read online, browse in the latest magazines, or even spot on a subway advertisement contains the latest and greatest secret tip or magic pill or cant-lose celebrity diet. Not only is it impossible to avoid the deluge of carefully crafted marketing messages and big-time star endorsements, its even more difficult to make sense of it all and figure out whats right for younot just for the next few weeks while youre on a diet, but for the rest of your life. On a diet is a ludicrous phrase that refers to a finite amount of time where you diverge from consistent eating patterns and essentially make yourself miserable in order to attempt to quickly lose weight, only to put all that weight (and more) back on when you end the insanity. Lose-gain-lose-gain, yo-yo dieting isnt only unhealthy physically, its a mental mind-scramble that leads to a distorted body image, even more confusion about how to use nutrition properly, and eventually a total disregard for healthy food choicesessentially giving up.

Nutrition and fitness combined are the most important investments that we can ever make during our lifetime, as the benefits are immediately apparent: a healthier, happier, and longer life filled with activities and adventures. The virtues of a sound mind and body have been etched in our collective consciousness since the dawn of man; even in the earliest cave drawings, humans were crudely depicted as fit and strong when they hunted mighty beasts. There wasnt a spare tire of bulging gut to be found. With all the advances humans have made in the ten thousand years since the Paleolithic era, it appears that modern mans waistline has expanded significantly as well.

Over the past decade during my journey of knowledge in nutrition, activity, adventure, functional training, fitness and endurance races, Ive studied, experimented with, and written about vegetarianism, veganism, no-carb, carbohydrate manipulation, high-protein and nutrition for ultra-endurance athletes. Now, with the knowledge and guidance from one of the premiere spokespeople for Paleo fitness and nutrition, Darryl Edwards, and the tireless research and testing of my right-hand man, Jason Warner, Im pleased to present Paleo Fitness: A Nutrition and Training Program for Athletes on the Caveman Diet.

This books roots are based in sound nutritional advice and science, not a diet craze or fitness fad. The nutritional lessons we explore have existed for millennia. The functional movements are inspired by and crafted for the actions you perform every day. Using these functional movements, well open up an entirely new world of possibilities for your own exercise. What youll find on these pages is more than a diet or a fitness regimenits a sustainable lifestyle change that can yield extremely positive results for your body and mind!

I hope you enjoy reading this book and following along with the exercises, recipes, and tips. It has been an eye-opening and exciting journey for me, and I trust it will be for you as well.

Brett Stewart

coauthor of The Vegan Athlete

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health. A. J. Reb Materi

Thanks to medical advances and improvements in hygiene, were all living longer lives but are sicker than ever before. An ever-increasing majority are burdened with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (heart attacks and strokes), cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, all inextricably linked to the lifestyle choices we make.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that most of these noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have a strong correlation and causation with four risk factors: tobacco use, lack of physical activity, alcohol abuse and poor nutrition. These lifestyle decisions lead to detectable physiological changes with high risk of death. Elevated blood pressure is the leading risk factor attributed to 13% of deaths globally, followed by tobacco use (9%), elevated blood glucose (6%), physical inactivity (6%) and being overweight or obese (5%). In 2008, NCDs contributed to 63% of all deaths globally. By 2030, NCDs are anticipated to cause 75% of global deaths.