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The Seven Primal Movements

The Seven Primal Movements

This is a Whole9 guest post by Peter Hirsh, a nationally certified personal trainer and kettlebell instructor who has been teaching and training with kettlebells for over ten years. The Paleo diet follows the premise that doing what is most in sync with your unique biology will keep you the healthiest. It isn't difficult to see that the standard western diet is completely alien to anyone's biology and health is sacrificed greatly as a result. This philosophy can also be applied to exercise. … [Read more...]

The Daily Workout…You’re Doing It Wrong

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Whole9 guest post by Coach Rut, who participates in the sport of weightlifting and is the current Kansas State Champion and the 2006, 2013 and 2014 National Master Champion at 94kg. Daily Workout Structure for Optimal Results Having spent half my life in the health, fitness and performance industry,  I have observed a number of consistencies. One that constantly stands out is the lack of program structure that exists with the daily workout routine. I’m not talking about long term training … [Read more...]

6 Reasons To Start Using Kettlebells

6 reasons to start using kettlebells

This is a Whole9 guest post by Peter Hirsh, a nationally certified personal trainer and kettlebell instructor who has been teaching and training with kettlebells for over ten years. I don't know of any experienced kettlebell practitioner that doesn't utilize other tools and gain from their various benefits as well. However, kettlebells can provide certain benefits that nothing else can and are a great tool to include in your regular workout routines. It is my goal to help continue the … [Read more...]

Ask Whole9 Canada: The Importance Of Defining Health vs. Performance Goals

health vs performance goals

Welcome to Ask Whole9 Canada, where Summer Innanen and Sarah Ramsden answer all of your health and nutrition questions. In this week’s episode, Summer and Sarah discuss the importance of defining health versus performance goals. Having clearly defined goals is important to achieving the success you desire. When there are multiple goals, you risk having to sacrifice one area to achieve the greatest potential in the other. We can bucket the most common goals into three categories: health, … [Read more...]

5 Considerations When Selecting a Gym

selecting a gym

Whole9 guest post by Coach Rut, who participates in the sport of weightlifting and is the current Kansas State Champion and the 2006, 2013 and 2014 National Master Champion at 94kg. Locating a professional gym is a difficult task for today’s consumer. There is far too much information dispensed on a daily basis that truth and quality are difficult to determine. Put up a nice website with some fit bodies and at least on the surface it can look appealing and credible. But wait-a-minute! Is … [Read more...]

The Skinny on Pre-workout Supplements

pre-workout supplements

Do you need a pre-workout supplement? Not surprisingly, the real answer is, “It depends.” Let’s talk about why you do—or do not—need a pre-workout supplement. Pre-Workout Fueling: The Basics We’ve discussed our pre-workout food recommendations in detail in It Starts With Food, but those recommendations come with a caveat. While these recommendations apply to the majority of our readers, there are contexts in which our generalized pre-workout (pre-WO) recommendations are not ideal, or simply … [Read more...]

Tips for Keeping Exercise Short, Simple & Effective

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Note: Today we're featuring a guest post by Eva T., a two time Olympian in Alpine Skiing and a 12 year veteran of the U.S. Ski Team. Hundreds of people from all walks of life have benefited from her popular, personal and online coaching and health orientated recommendations.  Intention, Missed Workouts & Support With our busy lifestyles and the abundance of incoming stimuli, it often seems that our intention to workout is there, but suddenly the day is over and we are left with regret that … [Read more...]

Sleep: An Undervalued Ergogenic Aid

sleep

Note: The following is a repost from the Whole9 Archives. Enjoy! In February 2011, Dallas wrote an article for Performance Menu, the “journal of nutrition and athletic excellence” published each month by Greg Everett of Catalyst Athletics.  The article focused on the impact of sleep (or lack thereof) on your health and athletic performance. Thanks to the generosity of Catalyst Athletics, today we are offering Dallas' article for free - available to those without a subscription to … [Read more...]

Introducing The Paleo Athlete

Athlete

Today, we are thrilled to introduce our healthy-eating, performance-driven readers a brilliant new resource--one that dovetails beautifully with our new Whole Athlete seminar series. And it's brought to you by one half of the Whole Athlete team: Stephanie Gaudreau, of Stupid Easy Paleo. Even better? The other half of the Whole Athlete team, Dallas Hartwig of Whole9, wrote the foreword for this brand new e-book for athletes. Wow, you'd almost think this was coordinated or … [Read more...]

The Whole Athlete Seminar: Where Health Meets Performance

Athlete

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership for 2014. Dallas Hartwig of Whole9 will be teaming up with Stephanie Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo to present a brand new series of seminars, designed to help competitive athletes, weekend warriors, and exercise enthusiasts alike maximize performance while continuing to improve their health and quality of life. While Whole9 nutrition seminars always cover material pertinent to active people (like how systemic inflammation impacts recovery from … [Read more...]

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