Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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It seems from a nutritional science standpoint there are a number of experts in the blogosphere that clearly really know their stuff and seem to be the "gurus" in the paleo world: Mat Lalonde, Kurt Harris, Paul Jaminet, Robb Wolf, and many others.

I understand some of them have a huge wealth of information on both nutrition and fitness/strength training, but they seem to lean more toward nutrition. Who are some of the leading experts, gurus and bloggers in the fitness and strength training world who really seperate the nonsense from the good stuff?

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Robb Wolf, Matt Lalonde and Mark Sisson know a fair bit about fitness and strength training. – Dave S. Jan 15 2012 at 12:19

Ryan · Answer 1 · 2012-01-15 09:46:48Z UTC

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Martin Berkhan at www.leangains.com

answered Jan 15 2012 at 9:46

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ChenZhen · Answer 2 · 2012-01-15 11:27:00Z UTC

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For me it's definitely Ido Portal, by far:

http://www.youtube.com/user/portaldo/videos

His clients get awesome results, moreover the man has been doing paleo for more than a decade :)

answered Jan 15 2012 at 11:27

ChenZhen
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Awesome results if you're planning to join Cirque du Soleil :) Assuming you're serious, that's the worst kind of #fuckarounditis there is. Those kinds of exercises might be useful only as supplements to real functional strength exercises, such as deadlifting, squatting, bench pressing and pull-ups/chin-ups. – Wisper Jan 15 2012 at 12:14

I am serious :) Btw, no one said that this is instead of squats & deads, Ido himself uses BWEs for the upper body and weights for the lower body. From my own experience, hard BWEs have much more carryover to weights than vice versa. I guess you should tell it to his face that his training is "fuckarounditis" just becaue Berkhan doesn't enjoy moving more than an hour a week ;) And what is "real functional strength" anyway... – ChenZhen Jan 15 2012 at 13:29

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Wisper, you've proved yourself ignorant. "Fake" "Unfunctional" Gymnastic exercises have greater carryover to barbell exercises than vice versa. Many people who can hold a full planche are closer to benching twice their bodyweight than powerlifters are to even holding a tuck. Moving your body through (or holding it in) space requires much more effort and tension than moving an object with your limbs. – Josh Jan 15 2012 at 16:05

Ignorance is bliss. – Wisper Jan 16 2012 at 10:46

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so please enlighten us and show your results, otherwise you're just another keyboard warrior. there's more to training than just getting stronger or more muscled, exploring and enjoying movement for example. maybe it's you who is ignorant and should educated himself more on the matter. You are more than welcome to check out my youtube channel youtube.com/user/jingangquan and here is a recent picture 3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4oAWC3u4FI/Tu0GO6nwlJI/… No please le us see what you have achieved with your superior knowledge and methods... – ChenZhen Jan 16 2012 at 12:28

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Drew · Answer 3 · 2012-01-15 10:57:12Z UTC

I would say Kelly Starrett, more positioning, mobility and such, but excellent nonetheless, Louie Simmons, Greg Everett, Mark Rippetoe, Dutch Lowy, and many others. Robb Wolf would be a good one to ask, he's usually a great wealth of knowledge and knows who else to ask.

Wisper · Answer 4 · 2012-01-15 11:59:10Z UTC

Many of the best experts post on Testosteron Nation (t-nation.com). Yes, there are pictures of steroided bodybuilders, but the training principles are same and sound, and they have numerous articles for starting lifters.

The site and even the articles push their own (expensive) supplements heavily, so I wouldn't take any of their supplement advice, except perhaps the generic ones you can also get from elsewhere.

Dave S. · Answer 5 · 2012-01-15 12:17:35Z UTC

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Look through the AHS 11 lectures on exercise. Dr. Doug McGuff, Erwan LeCorre, Mark Sisson (on the importance of play) and several others.

http://ancestryfoundation.org/

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Steve Parker MD · Answer 6 · 2012-01-15 12:22:09Z UTC

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Alex Hutchinson, Skyler Tanner, Doug McGuff, Lyle MacDonald.

answered Jan 15 2012 at 12:22

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Daniel Kirsner · Answer 7 · 2012-01-15 09:58:37Z UTC

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What are your goals?

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I would like to encompass strength training, power training and corrective work with regards to fixing posture and muscular imbalance through out the body into a weekly program. To learn about the biomechanics of the body in relation to the common powerlifts. – Patrick Jan 15 2012 at 10:55

Who are some of the gurus or experts relating to fitness and strength training?

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