Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Cracking Open The Bones

If you’re truly interested in consuming the original Primal brain food, look no further than bone marrow: perhaps the first reliable source of large, fatty animal products our scrappy ancestors were able to procure. Yes, before we became spear-using cunning tacticians surrounding, stalking, and out-maneuvering large prehistoric ungulates, we feasted on the bones of fallen prey. Or, more accurately, we feasted onwhat lurked inside the bones (and the skulls, for that matter). Animal fat and protein improved the quality of our diet by making digestion less energy intensive. Bone marrow, especially, was highly caloric and nutrient dense, allowing early human ancestors to divert metabolic resources away from the costly digestion of roughage and toward bigger, costlier brains. This spurred the increase in hominid brain size that we still enjoy today.


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WoD:
Prowler Pushes

Squat Jumps & Reverse Hypers

Rest 5 minutes then

Double Alternating Tabatas
1 Arm Snatches
Burpee Deadlifts
Men use 24kg/Women use 26kg
Score is total reps completed

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1 comment:

  1. Prowler Push @ 186# total. Did the two laps and rested up, I was feeling sadistic so I made another trip. I can already tell I'm going to regret that in the AM.

    Squat Jumps @ 135#
    Reverse Hypers @ 50#

    Tabata Score of 127

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