The Paleo Periodical

Celebrating Paleo

10/09/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 21 Comments

So, I run the risk of sounding like a major vain mofo here. So be it. I own it. If I come across that way, feel free to disregard me to whatever degree you feel necessary, but I think I have something important to say. Tag along on the stream-of-consciousness journey with me, won’t you? […]

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Featured, Fitness, Health, Paleo, Primal

Review: Unshoes Wokova Feather Sandals

07/27/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 7 Comments

A few summers ago, I purchased a pair of Chaco sandals. The mountains and rivers where I live demand to be explored, and Chacos fit the bill just fine. Until I went barefoot. And then? They felt like 10 lb. deadweights overengineered with artificial “arch support”. My feet could not abide. I don’t know if […]

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Living Paleo, Paleo Fitness, Review

Barefoot Running, Exercise, Featured, Fitness, Minimal Footwear, Paleo, Primal, Unshoes

You can't tell from here, but Roberta (2nd from left) is clenching her butt.

Fun Day Friday!

03/30/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 0 Comments

(Video of Darryl Edwards’s playshop from Paleo FX.) If you visit often, you know that I’ve been deconstructing my athletic pursuits. Less membership cards, less machine, less torture. More outdoors, more dirt, more fun. I can’t even remember how I found Darryl’s website, but I’m guessing it was a Google search for bodyweight exercise ideas, […]

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Random Paleo FX Thoughts

03/27/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 2 Comments

Phew! Now that I’ve met my Paleo Magazine Paleo FX round-up deadline, I have some random thoughts that didn’t make it into the article that I can share with you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you about the random. I notice with these sorts of things, as with the Paleo Summit, I tend to contract […]

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Personal Adventure, Topics in Paleoland

Primal, Paleo, Featured, Fitness, Paleo F/X

Shameless Self-Promotion: Podcast at Run Barefoot Girl

03/05/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 1 Comment

Via my guest blog post over at MovNat (here), Caity McCardell of RunBarefootGirl.com found me and asked me to read my piece. An awesome honor, I was thrilled. Caity was a warm and generous host, and I share her enthusiasm for barefooting and spreading the word to the ladies out there. I think we women […]

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Barefoot Running, Featured, Fitness, Health, MovNat, Paleo, Primal

Specialization vs. Generalization

02/21/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 3 Comments

This dichotomy has been occupying my mental space for a while. Let’s discuss, shall we? Finding MovNat has been great for me, in that it celebrates the generalist. MovNat maintains that it’s important to build a general set of movement skills to address any given situation, because specialization could lead to failure. Luckily for me, […]

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Featured, Fitness, Health, Paleo, Primal, Wellbeing

Do or Do Not, There is No Try.

02/07/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 5 Comments

I’m about to get all Yoda on you. I’ve talked about a few of these topics before, but they’re coming together in my mind and have been reemerging frequently. So welcome to my stream-of-consciousness. We are a species hell bent on duality: this, not that. I am me, you are you. I like this, I […]

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Exercise, Featured, Fitness, Food, Paleo, Primal

MovNat — Oregon Edition

01/31/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 6 Comments

As I mentioned last week, I attended MovNat’s one day workshop in Eugene, OR. It was a typical Pacific Northwest day, which is to say, it was raining like hell. Luckily, Eugene Crossfit provided great facilities, so while it was a bummer not to get outside as much as we would’ve liked, there was plenty […]

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Paleo Fitness, Primal Activities

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Going Feral

01/24/2012 by PaleoPeriodical 3 Comments

So I attended a one-day MovNat workshop in Eugene, OR this past weekend. And I’ll go into more detail about that soon, I promise. But what’s remarkable to me is how well that experience demonstrates the “Zoo Human” concept central to its philosophy: The “zoo” is a modern, global and growing phenomenon generated by the […]

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Exercise, Featured, Fitness, MovNat, Outdoors, Paleo, Primal

Weight Gain? Consider Yourself Lucky

11/08/2011 by PaleoPeriodical 8 Comments

That’s right. You heard me. I’ma let that sink in for a second. Did you find Paleo/Primal because you wanted to lose pounds? If I had never started gaining weight, I never would have changed my eating habits. It’s that simple. Weight gain is often the first sign we get (or actually listen to) that […]