Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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My vote goes to Kyle Maynard; paleohacker, collegiate wrestler, mixed martial artist, lifter, and humble-seeming guy. Makes me feel like a wuss for complaining about anything. I stumbled across one of his posts here where someone asks if he's the same Kyle Maynard who's so inspirational, and he's all like "aww shucks, don't embarrass me!" What a swell guy!

Also, I love reading paleo weight loss stories, and can't believe the number of paleos who provide vast amounts of free information and answer questions for those new to the diet/culture. For example, this website. No one gets money for answering questions, and I bet many people have learned lots and lots of new things.

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Don't get me wrong, I am inspired by Kyle as well, but being on the rings is not "lifting." – JJ Oct 7 2010 at 15:39

That's him in the middle of a muscle-up (pullup/dip). Kyle owns a crossfit box and was doing some WOD in that picture. There was a kettlebell picture too, but this one was cooler! – Kamal♦ Oct 7 2010 at 15:45

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With respect to lifting--I would consider lifting your bodyweight as fitting under that category. As an extreme example, handstand pushups vs tricep kickbacks: which one stresses more muscle fibers? – Kamal♦ Oct 7 2010 at 18:01

I love gymnastics movements and handstand pushups and the rings. I just don't consider them lifting. – JJ Oct 7 2010 at 20:28

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If you are lifting your bodyweight, you're lifting. – Brad Dec 4 2011 at 21:27

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ABP · Answer 1 · 2010-10-07 06:26:56Z UTC

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Kurt Harris is the one who inspired me to look seriously at Paleo. He and Gary Taubes gave me the intellectual foundation to really follow the program.

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	I bought Lyle McDonald's ketogenic diet book, didn't realize it could be an everyday healthy diet until reading Mark's Daily Apple, then learned to be rigorous from Kurt Harris. It will be great when he's back posting or writes a book. – Kamal♦ Oct 7 2010 at 6:32
	Kurt Harris is my fave as well, very matter-of-fact without being arrogant, and the advice specific to his PaNu ways works for me. – Sabertits Oct 7 2010 at 13:14

Aaron · Answer 2 · 2010-10-07 12:34:29Z UTC

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For me it's Erwan Le Corre. I found his website (www.movnat.com) early in my paleo research and his message really hit home with me. Though he focuses more on the movement and physicality than on food with his MovNat program - his views on the "human zoo" and the way he shows what humans are really physically capable of are inspiring.

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	Same for me. I found his workshop very inspiring as well. – NWHamilton Oct 7 2010 at 12:43
	soon as i heard about him and found his site I too devoured it. His seminars/camps are one of the few things that i really honestly think about saving up for and doing. Ive heard him interviewed and he sounds very sincere, down to earth, and kind. – ben61820 Oct 7 2010 at 13:58
	Erwan is like a modern day tribal monk. So philosophical, yet powerful and fierce. If you get the opportunity to attend one of his MovNat seminars, I highly recommend you do it. – David Csonka Oct 7 2010 at 23:37

ben61820 · Answer 3 · 2010-10-07 14:03:13Z UTC

Most inspirational? I suppose when i got started going paleo it was Sisson. His tone overall is very inspiring and light hearted, but still educational.

Once i got going though, id say Kurt Harris' tone of authority and cold, hard facts drove me to really learn about our body and cement home that paleo is the real base of health.

Now, having been on the path for a good year and still loving it, Id say Robb Wolf and Andy Deas on their podcast for giving me more and more good-natured, fun, fuel for my fire.

Fearsclave · Answer 4 · 2010-10-07 08:41:10Z UTC

Loren Cordain. If I hadn't run into his book I'd be twenty pounds heavier, diabetic, hypertensive and on statins, Metformin, and beta blockers.

Mark Sisson, for encouraging me to get off my somewhat thinner ass and exercise, thereby kicking the Paleo thing to the next level.

Those two have shown me how to control health problems that have dogged me all my adult life. Now, if I ever find myself fat and miserable again, I will know exactly how I got there, who to blame, and how to fix my problems.

JJ · Answer 5 · 2010-10-07 15:37:43Z UTC

Stephan Guyenet deserves a mention here. His posts are very well researched, professional, well written, and he sprinkles the humor in there without ever being judgmental. He seems to be active or at least interested in barefooting (or Vibrams), parkour, trapping/gathering. Pretty badass if you ask me.

He tends to be a bit softer in tone than Harris. Personally, I side with Harris rather than Guyenet on the issue of eating fermented grains, but really, the two of them make for the top of my "must read" list.

Paleo Seb · Answer 6 · 2010-10-08 18:13:07Z UTC

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Mark Sisson

A physique like that, at his age, I had to pay attention.

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So true. Even if you (the general you) don't think you're "inspired" by Mark in some way you may be by someone else, you can't deny that you've been carrying that thought around in the back of your head, almost like an unstated assumption: "I too could look like Mark Sisson at age 55." – Paul Oct 8 2010 at 21:33

ChenZhen · Answer 7 · 2010-10-07 07:51:34Z UTC

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For me, definitely Ido Portal, the guy is amazing :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFCJKPElto

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ChenZhen
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holy hell. id never heard of that guy but that video is sick. – ben61820 Oct 7 2010 at 13:59

xjhues · Answer 8 · 2010-10-07 13:46:43Z UTC

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For me it is without a doubt Art Devany.

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Anonymous Chump · Answer 9 · 2011-12-04 19:41:04Z UTC

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Hey! I met Kyle once and he was a very humble, nice guy. Just a regular guy living life.... that's how he seemed to regard himself. Very inspiring and impressive.

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Pieter D · Answer 10 · 2010-10-07 16:11:06Z UTC

A lot of people to pick, but rather early in my paleo-life, I found the website 'health and fitness for homo sapiens'. It's author Keith has quite a broad view on paleo-lifestyle. His site is not very flashy, but definitely worth checking!

And then the other Keith that has been very inspirational is Keith Norris, from Theory to Practice. I really like his blog!

And then I have to agree with Aaron about Erwan Le Corre. Very inspirational.

Cacktus Wayfinder · Answer 11 · 2010-10-08 03:49:08Z UTC

Art Devany. He just made some amazing sense. Plus he looked strong for an old guy. Plus I liked his power-law principle and his essay on evolutionary fitness. After I read it, I thought 'there is something true here.' Sisson too. I like his happy paleo-camper spirit.

Nance · Answer 12 · 2011-12-04 20:49:04Z UTC

I like many, but 3 come to mind when I ask myself which articles have most affected me: John Stanton of Gnolls.org (particularly his "Why are We Hungry?" pieces, the September 2011 update of the Archevore Diet by Kurt Harris and Dr. Jack Kruse's leptin reset protocol.

neil · Answer 13 · 2013-04-26 19:07:35Z UTC

ALL the above,and of course ewan le core inspires me as i am one of his certified trainers. but the one person who inspired methe most and along time before i had heard of paleo natural fitness was rickson gracie. way back in the nineties, i started to follow his way of training he is a legend of jiu jitsu, vale todo, never lifted a weight. apart from training for jiu jitsu(grappling) which is a natural way of training, he does all his training outside. also through rickson gracie i was introduce to the methods of alvaro romero of ginastica natural http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cajJwrZD14A

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