Bread was just discovered in an archeological site in Jordan. Why is this a big deal? Because the bread is around 14,000 years old. It’s widely accepted that humans began agriculture around 10,000 years ago. This means the discovered bread is 4,000ish years older than agriculture.
Category Archives: Articles
Why Novel Movement Is Important For Your Health
Keeping a healthy mind is more than just doing a crossword puzzle every day. There is a mind-body connection that cannot be ignored. You have to engage them both if you want to be healthy. That’s where novel movement comes into play.Continue reading
The Economy Of Buying The Best Food You Can
Big houses, fancy cars, and new toys are why we go to work right? But what about high-quality food? So often we skimp where we should be spending and spend where we should be skimping. The job of humans not that long ago was just getting food.Continue reading
Flexibility VS Mobility – What’s The Difference?
Flexibility and mobility are pretty much the same things, right? It might seem that way with a superficial glance. But really they’re different enough to warrant a discussion.Continue reading
There’s No Substitute For Barefoot
Now that summer’s in full swing I’m spending less and less time in shoes. That’s really how I like it. It’s easy to get used to wearing shoes. We tell ourselves that minimalist shoes are a good compromise. But what I notice every Monday when I have to throw my minimalist boots on again, is that there is no substitute for barefoot.
It’s the loss of sensation and the loss of use of my toes that make me feel disconnected from the ground in shoes. There are no differing textures or temperatures in shoes. And even in my beloved Five Fingers I can’t grip and balance with my toes as well as I can barefoot.
When you first start going barefoot, lots of things poke the bottom of your foot and it hurts. At least you think it hurts. In many cases, it doesn’t. Your foot just has the sensitivity turned way up because of shoe soles.
After a 2-mile barefoot hike in the woods, there was very little that caused me any problem to step on. That’s because the nerves in my feet readjusted their sensitivity. Now to be fair, I also have well-conditioned feet. And you’ll probably need some adjustment time before you try something like this hike. But my feet aren’t anything the average person couldn’t attain.
I fight wearing shoes every chance I get. Walking barefoot is one of life’s simple pleasures.
Prep It Yourself – Mortar And Pestle
I know, I know I’m really old fashioned and it seems like I’m fighting technology all the time. I just got my first mortar and pestle, a really nice granite one and I’m in love. You’re right. A spice grinder would be faster. But is it better?Continue reading
Are Natural Movement Systems A Fitness Regression?
A few weeks ago Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director, posted an article titled Is Natural Movement Primitive or Cutting-Edge? It was spawned in response to a comment someone made to him. The comment was:
“Granted any type of exercise is better than no exercise at all, yet, the whole philosophy behind this seems to be missing a crucial point: it’s in our nature to overcome nature, to rise above it. It’s the essence of what makes us human. Regression to primitivism seems to me the most un-“nat” thing imaginable.”
Danny’s response was excellent. But I decided I wanted to write my own response to this point. In a nutshell, I strongly disagree on both of this gentleman’s assertions. But he is right any exercise is better than no exercise!Continue reading
The Movement Lifestyle – It’s More Than A Workout
Fitness is a planned workout in gym or a morning run right? But the workout is a pretty modern thing for people. The movement lifestyle was just a part of human existence before civilization. Survival relied on movement.Continue reading
The Universe Gives You Subtle Hints… If You Pay Attention
The Universe gives you subtle hints that you are off your path. That’s very kind of it. But the thing that’s really kind is that if you miss the subtle hints, it gives you more obvious hints. If you’re oblivious enough it may end up giving you the proverbial, or literal, car crash to tell you that you need to sort out your shit.Continue reading
Understand System Design to Better Design Your Lifestyle
It’s gonna sound a little crazy, but there are really only three kinds of systems: extractive, sustainable, and regenerative. We hear a ton of talk about sustainable systems these days. But that’s because our society is mostly based on extractive systems, so sustainable systems are a big step up. So, what are all three system types?Continue reading
