PaleoJay podcast #43- Last in the Trilogy of A New Paleo You- Back to the Future!- Exercise!

Summary: Hello to you, my favorite listener- thanks for tuning in! I hope you’ve been along for the ride so far on our making a New Paleo You by going Back to the Future- back to the real, God-made foods eaten by our Paleolithic ancestors of 10,000 years plus; and even the diet of our great grandparents which was much, much closer to the natural diet of humans than what we consume now.To recap- in week one the recommendation was to change our diet- this is the first, second, third and fourth steps in reclaiming our healthy, Paleo self from the past! Lots of real foods- pastured butter, grass fed meat, wild caught seafood, lots of vegetables, real sea salt, cultured dairy like Amasi and kefir, nuts, some fruit. If fat loss is not a priority, white rice and sweet potatoes, and even white potatoes on occasion are fine as well. Eat LOTS, until you are really full of real food; THEN, you won’t be so tempted by the inevitable JUNK (modern processed) fake food like substances that so inundate our current environment. Week two, we added in movement, not really exercise, just walking as much as we can at a normal, easy pace into our everyday life. Also, the crucial importance of sleep was brought up- 8 hours per night minimum!One of the lynchpins of the New Paleo You transformation is to add in a daily green smoothie, preferably the tried-and-true new paleo you paleo smoothie, whipped up in your trusty Vitamix blender! This one step ensures ample vegetables each day, quick and easy, but it also ensures ample everything- the Paleo Smoothie on paleojay.com is so loaded with nutrient density that it alone will cover most of the nutritional battle! So kids- blend it up each day, just like PaleoJay!Now, in our final step in going Back to the Future we will add in real, honest to God and nature exercise- although it may seem different from the heavy weight lifting, crazy frantic cardio, and other sports oriented sorts of fitness regimens, it is just as effective, much safer, incredibly convenient, and injury preventive rather than a cause of injury! The name of this miracle exercise: Virtual Resistance Exercise! Ta Da!!The idea is to flex the muscles, deliberately and slowly, through a complete range of motion, supplying the resistance within the musculature itself- for instance, practice doing a curl with your right arm, flex it hard, and slowly curl it up, imagining you are curling a heavy dumbell- you can make it as hard as you like! Do it for reps, say 8...You’ll notice the results seem very similar to curling a real weight, but there is no danger of strain to the back, no cheating is possible by swinging the weight, and most importantly, it strengthens the ligaments and tendons as well- kind of building real world strength from the inside out! Really, do this for a while, for each musculature section of the body in turn, and your physique and strength will change dramatically, with virtually no risk of injury, no investment in equipment, and the ability to do it anywhere! ( I prefer to do my virtual resistance training in the early morning, daily, in front of the television in the living room)... high point of my day, really!Here is a good visual representation of how to do it, by John Peterson of Transformetrics- http://transformetrics.com/exercisesThe basics are ably outlined here by John and Wendy Pett, showing these core exercises that are equally beneficial to men and women. And, here is a quick version by a babyish 60 year old mois (I’m now 61), going through a demonstration of a good morning routine-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI65LRENdKoAnother great plus in my mind to doing these virtual resistance exercises is that they can be done daily- the trauma to the muscle tissues is that much less. This results in a natural looking, chiseled type of muscular development, rather that a bulky, or chunky type of physique- think Greek Sculpt