Conditioning Research

Thanks to Colin for pointing this out to me

Autophagy (surely pronounced Auto[space]Phagy) is usually characterised as cells eating themselves.  I think I've posted stuff before about  autophagy being turned on by fasting.   This guy (Ron Mignery) also explains how fasting from protein alone can also turn on autophagy.   Matt Lalonde also mentioned this idea in Robb Wolf's podcast last week - he occasionally has a low protein dinner to promote autophagy. Anyway, here is something else interesting - another reason to fast occasionally or at least have low protein days - autophagy represents an important natural safeguard against cancer development: Scientists discover that self-eating cells safeguard against cancer Normally, the process of autophagy is switched on when cells experience periods of starvation and in this context is beneficial by helping to keep the 'wolf from the door' until food reappears on the menu. However, the Martin laboratory has discovered that mutations in a gene ca...

Well they got this right!  Barefoot means....well barefoot.  But there is no money in that is there!

Here is some of my current thinking: A template – the Hillfit Paradigm There is science behind what I will recommend, but science is fickle – the same data can often be read differently depending on the presumptions of the scientist. You need a paradigm under which to view the data, a lens to give some sense to what you see. I’ll be discussing through my own template. “Hillfit” is essential, foundational and functional . Essential – we are looking at efficiency and economy. Getting the most effect from a minimum investment of time and effort. It is Lighten up all over again! Foundational – coming back to basics about what is natural? What are we built for? How were we designed to move? There is a lot to learn here and modern fitness prescriptions - uniform and regimented - are often “unnatural” from the perspective of our ancestors who randomly would walk or run but not jog. Functional – Training is not an end in itself. It should facilitate FUN! My ideas might m...

Any site that has me in a list of experts is surely worth linking to!  Common Strength is a blog I've come across from a guy in Dundee.  Here is how Sean describes it: Commonstrength is a straight-forward project created to answer a simple question: “What can I do to get stronger?” The name is a play on the term “common sense”. Our strength training beliefs are really quite simple…like everything in life, if you want to get better at something, you have to do that thing more often. In our case, we want to get better at lifting stupidly heavy things…as such, it’s just common sense to get lifting heavy things, frequently, with enough rest to give it your absolute best with each session. “Perfect practice makes perfect”.

More good stuff from Ross . I have also just bought his Missing Links DVD but haven't had the chance to watch it yet.

I think I've had Danny's video on here before...but if not: Anyway, here is an interview with him: