Primal Fitness

Long time no see!  This summer has been a bit crazy - hopefully I'll be able to start posting more soon.

I've been trying to figure out a way to work fitness into everyday in some way, and I had even halfway considered trying crossfit since so many Paleo enthusiasts seem to be in love with it.  But after researching it a bit further, I'm pretty sure I'd hate it.  I'm just not into that kind of workout.  So I considered a regular gym again - nah, it's not me either.  Then I remembered that Kirkland's community center offers a neat quarterly pass where you can go to as many fitness classes as you can for a pretty resonable price.  The classes seem interesting enough, so I signed up.  But I still didn't feel like that alone would cut it.

A few days ago, I had the chance to read through Mark Sisson's blog, http://www.marksdailyapple.com/, and naturally, I couldn't help but wonder why I hadn't read through his blog before now.  When you sign up for his newsletter, you get access to some free e-books - nice!  And there it was...a fitness e-book.  FINALLY.

Presentation is everything I guess, and somehow, Mark's presentation spoke to me.  He says that fitness should be made up of three things - move frequently at a slow pace, lift heavy things, and sprint.  (http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-succeed-with-the-primal-blueprint/#fitness)

SOLD!  I'm only a few weeks into it, and I'm still working on fitting in heavy lifting and sprinting regularly, but I'm pretty confident this is a pattern I can get into and stick with.  I'll keep you posted on how things go.

I've been in classes for 2 weeks now, and they're pretty great - I'll write a detailed post on them in the next couple of weeks.