In the left hand column of the home page for The Paleo Garden you will find the latest edition of The Paleo Post.

Along with Keith Norris’ piece on a T-Muscle article, which I thoroughly enjoyed and keep coming back to in my thoughts, I have spent a lot of time thinking about Keith’s other post on Rapid Force Development. Go here, and I strongly recommending perusing all of the links that Keith provides including the videos, and read and reread what he’s trying to say here. Good stuff.

Also, a sea change has occurred in the paleo/primal/evolutionary community.  Robb Wolf is now doing podcasts.  Start from the beginning,  download them on your iPod, listen to them on your daily commute, or stream them when your chopping and making dinner.  If you don’t know who Robb is, get to know him.  He’s a giant in the community, and not as well known IMHO as he should be.  This is going to change really soon and really fast. 2010 is going to be a good year for Robb and his projects.

The Paleo Post is a snapshot that I try to do once every week or so of things going on in and out of the evolutionary living community that I think are of note, in no way is this a complete picture, of course.  If you have any links to suggest, please post them as a comment to The Paleo Post Update posts, or email them to me, and I’ll post them in the next edition.  In place of a blog roll, I wish you Happy New Year, and offer this Top 10 list of sites to recommend to those starting out on their evolutionary kairos moment.

1. Arthur De Vany (The Godfather of the Paleo movement.  Look for “The New Evolution Diet” this year, one of the most anticipated books in our community of all time.  Evolutionary Fitness is a phrase Art coined, and he’s inspired a lot of others to go out and spread that message in their own ways.)

2.  Loren Cordain (Author of The Paleo Diet.  He goes where the science takes him.  His views on sat fat may differ from some others’, but he follows his interpretations of the data, and he’s NEVER afraid to adjust his findings according to what he discovers.  Cordain’s book, research and analysis are keystones.)

3. Dr. McGuff (Author of Body By Science.  This book changed the way we look at everything.  The Big 5 workout and the dose/frequency message is something that I incorporate into my regiment with great success.  I could write for pages on what this book did for me, and how I really had lightbulbs going off when listening to McGuff’s interviews.  Go to Jimmy Moore’s site for what I think is McGuff’s best interview.)

4.  Keith Norris (The brains and brawn behind Theory To Practice.  I think of Keith as the great synthesizer between the body building/power lifters, paleo diet practitioners, athletes, intellectuals, scholars, experts and novices interested in weight loss and/or getting in shape.  Keith is the one who brings all of it together for me.  If I’m having problems in piecing it together, I look at the cave wall Keith is painting on and it all suddenly becomes very clear.  In a given month, I’ll do my once-a-week workouts, though it’s all subject to how I feel and my insane schedule, and I’ll do a De Vany inspired workout, a workout inspired by McGuff, a modified CrossFit WOD, and something out of Keith’s bag.  I have found that this approach is working out really well, and keeping things always interesting.)

5. Jimmy Moore (Jimmy is a low carb junky, an inspiration that you should pass on to any loved one struggling with a weight issue.  Jimmy’s podcast show never fails to impress and amaze.  Jimmy’s got an Atkin’s take on things, but is open to all knowledge, and interviews the most interesting scientists, researchers, health experts and doctors from whom evolutionary living enthusiasts should add information to their evolving knowledge bases.)

6. Robb Wolf (A giant in the world of CrossFit.  He’s recently left that organization, I’ll not comment on that, as I don’t have a dog in the issue, but his accomplishments in the CrossFit community should always be remembered.  Robb’s a protege of Dr. Loren Cordain.  Robb speaks the most intelligently and understandably on nutrition and fitness than anyone in the paleo community.  I’m looking forward to seeing where Robb goes from here.)

7. Mark Sisson (A week is not complete without catching up with what’s going on at Mark’s Daily Apple.  Mark probably more than anyone in our community is responsible for getting the paleo message out to the broadest audience possible in a way that appeals to all segments, whether a housewife, a gym rat, extreme sports enthusiast, a student or a doctor, Mark has a way of speaking to you.  His site might as well be renamed Paleo Wikipedia, his prolific work serves as a resource for any novice or long time follower of evolutionary living.)

8. Dr. Michael Eades (Dr. Eades, along with his wife, quite simply is an institution.  His writing is witty, intelligent, eclectic, opinionated, and sometimes jaw dropping when he comes full circle in making a connection that you never saw coming.)

9. Dr. William Davis (Taking the paleo message to heart is cardiologist, Dr. Davis.  His insight to a healthy heart via a paleo diet should be a resource to any of you or any of your loved ones following the misguided advice of eating lowfat and taking statins.)

10. Richard Nikoley (”One of us.”  Richard is a paleo renaissance man.  Along with being a great amalgamator and connector of really big ideas, his insight into how to best tear down the veil of the lowfat/whole-grains dogma is helpful to many trying to muddle their way through all of the big pharma/big ag propaganda to reach the goal of returning to their birth rite diet and lifeway.  Richard, one of us, wearing a hardhat and making a difference.)

Hey, where are you, Son of Grok!?  You’re always high on my list, Erick, thanks for your inspiration.  Simply put, without Son of Grok, there wouldn’t have been the nudge to have created The Paleo Garden.  See you in 2010.

One to watch in 2010, healthcare epistemocrat. You’re going to see this site quite a bit in The Paleo Post in months to come.  Watch out for this guy, he’s wicked dangerous.

There are so many others out there, and they routinely can be found here at The Paleo Garden on The Paleo Post.  I’ll post another Top 10 list 6 months from now, because really after the first 3 in the above Top 10 list there are about 30 other sites out there that are top notch.

Again, Happy New Year.  The Paleo Garden has been around now for 6 months, and after a busy December, we just now are only really getting started.  Just wait… we’re looking forward to hunting and gathering knowledge with you, and hanging around the campfire to figure out just what we’ve brought back to camp.  We’re going hunting for mastodons this year, we’ll need your help.  

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