I agree with most of the points made in your video. However how do you explain olympic althetes that train most everyday of their lives? They train for very short intense times but very frequently throughout the day. Also karate masters train their whole lives to condition their bodies to the extreme human limits.
Great video. One thing I would add is the fact that barbarian peoples did a ton of fighting as well. Whether they were raiding other tribes or nearby civilized outposts or protecting themselves from other raiders, they were always fighitng.
So, I would also perform exercises to simulate primitive combat. Do things like beat a tire with a sledgehammer, toss a medicine ball around or attack a fencepost with a club.
Still, great video series, changed my life for the better.
Bravo! First class job with these two videos. You have a gift. You are spot on about your recommendations too. I have been lifting weights since 1959 and have found that short intense workouts are the best, plus maybe an hour of moderately intense cardio per week. I have found that a low carb diet is essential, and a paleo diet is superior. Six small protein meals a day, fruits, veggies, and nuts. Voila! I am almost 64 and I am still getting stronger. Right on, Bro!
And that is that humans we did not hunt animals by trying to out run them that would be impossible, we humans are some of the slowest mammals on the face of the earth. We had 2 ways of getting our meat.
!) be scavenger
!!) run down the animals, We humans can run amazingly fare so what we did was hunting like wolf. That means then we ran as a horde and then one sprinted to stress the animal, then when he was out of breath then the next attacked
Excellent video,disagree about bodybuilding though.Natural bodybuilding dictates no more than 40 mins a day weights and 20 mins max intense cardio.This does not run you down.Huge ,freaky bodybuilders like that one shown on the video are like that only due to steroids.
HIIT. High Intensity Interval Training. Check out a book called 'Body By Science' that explains this very well. Basically, you can work out for 12-16 minutes per week and it will be more beneficial and effective than working out for 2 hours every day.
This is nowhere near as convincing as the first one. The first one was great and I emailed it to all my friends. This one ... meh. I reckon palaeolithic man probably lived a life of physical hardship modern man would find very difficult to cope with. We do too much exercise? Sorry. 'fraid not. Don't buy it. First one was spot on though.
Cave people exercised every day walking, gathering fruits, berries etc. Since it’s obviously easier to pick an apple than it is to run after a rabbit so it’s likely that they were primarily vegetarians. 2nd, dead animals don't (naturally) have a long shelf life. 3rd, they didn't have desk jobs, or cars to sit in, or couches to sit on. Their asses likely hurt after sitting on a rock for too long. We clearly have too much food on a daily basis and do a fraction of the work they did.
@wiseguyproductions Apples don't exist in nature. Most of our fruit (other than tropical) is totally based on cultivation that doesn't occur in nature. Hunter gatherers through cave paintings have shown us that they hunted on the regular and smoking/drying/preserving meat is a proven known method (via our archeologists and anthropologists) of our ancient ancestors. And yes, drying is also done with gathered veg/fruit matter. But to say hunter-gatherers weren't hunters is intellectually bankrupt.
Ju Jitsu trainer is challenging us to do this, I think something understated here iS STAY ACTIVE, many hunter and gathers prob had to walk long long ways and stay active as they dont ahve the convience of modern technology, I think going on a long walk or brisk bike ride or relaxing swim that are considered regular exersice but just take it easy might be a good supsitute to getting out the house. thx for the tips upload guy dude
Also consider that it's not just that exercise makes you hungrier - it's that cardio burns lots of fat - 95-5 ratio of fat burning to carbs. The problem is, our bodies ADAPT to that, and begin to STORE much more fat, assuming we're going to need them to do all this cardio. Eating gobs of protein actually throws your metabolic switch to not store fat, and burst/rest is what strengthens your heart muscles to withstand sudden demand.
I'm thinking about differences between the male and female roles in hunter-gatherer societies and wondering whether there are different optimal workouts for women than for men. Any thoughts/research on this?
@virisithierenn : Walking is probably the most sensible exercise. Swimming...climbing...some weight-bearing exercise couldn't hurt, to strengthen muscles. And what about yoga, too? Yoga definitely does not fit into the "no pain, no gain" type of "exercise". And yardwork...gardening...biking...playing! Just enjoying your body and all it can do. :)
@virisithierenn The social roles between sexes may have been divided, but the gender division of labor came later in our past. Colin Turnbull's The Forest People describes the social life of the BaMbuti pygmies of the Congo. Women in the book were just as much a part of the hunt as men. The men usually finished the animal, but the women help pursuit, and they help secure perimeters, blocking escape routes. Aside from that, I reckon that women got up to about as much as the men back then.
I have a question. I learned that human beings were endurance hunters which followed prey for hours until the prey tired and the humans could kill it. If this is true than wouldn't a more endurance based exercise program be more suitable for the paleo lifestyle? Not just short bursts of intense exercise?
@SuperNeka the reason why humans were such a successful species is because they can walk on 2 legs for long periods of time and sweat easily. this allowed them to follow their prey all day and caused the prey to be exhausted from heat exhaustion and having to use four legs. so, my guess is that when she says that you have to be active and not just sit and watch TV, you need to be standing or walking around (like cavemen) and add in the short workouts too
That body builder and power lifter probably could do those things. Muscle = strength and/or power, so there's a good possibility they could scale that wall or outrun the burgler. Those two examples were bad examples though, because there's a high likelihood (in the case of Kevin Levrone, certainty), that they're on steroids.
It all depends on what you want. You can't train for triathlons or the such with 90 minutes of intence exercise a week. While High inensity in that amount for the normal population is good enough for life. If you want more it is not enough.
I have a question. I follow crossfit which subscribes a 3 on 1off schedule (3-days exercise followed by 1-day rest, where days on are short, intense and varied....i kind of assume you know what crossfit as the program supports paleo lifestyle), is this too frequent?Or does the fact the exercises are so short allow for a little more frequency?
@valdigurkaa Sorry man, you might need to brush up on high school bio and evolution. We never adapted to suit our environments. We merely survived in them. Humans stopped evolving significantly before we left africa. Most of what you see as far as differentiation between races is phentotype not genotype. Essentially whatever we were doing on the Savannah running from lions and eating ostrich eggs and eating a very diverse set of flora etc is what our bodies were designed for.
Yes, Kevin Levrone (the pictured bodybuilder) could absolutely climb over the brick wall, the iron fence, he could run from the lion, and the terrorist. He is extremely strong (500+ bench, 100 pound db curls, huge squats), incredibly fast (ran a hand timed 4.4 second 40 yard dash), and very agile (34'' vertical). Stop this nonsensical idea that bodybuilders are essentially paralyzed globs of muscle.
@donovanbrambila don't take me too literally. exaggeration is a useful illustrative tool for 'nutshell' style videos. any bodybuilder who gets big does so at the expense of agility and speed. KL was a bad example to use, but by and large I stand by the assertion.
Ok man. I got some questions here. Your paleo stuffs awesome, but ya i got a question. I do exercise 6 times a week. I do calisthenics 3 times a week for 1 hour. And a sprints 3 times a week. about 6-8. i try to mimik the ancient hunter and warrior. I find jogging useless, so i sprint to mimik my escape from danger. I do calisthenics cause weights didn't exist back than. Is this too much even though im just usin gmy own bodyweight? I wanted to extendy my calis workouts to 1h 30min.natural moves
@clearviewhigh it sounds like too much but it really depends on the intensity. A very rough guide would be intensity x time. If you do more than 90 mins high intensity per week IMHO it's too much. But v. low intensity can be fine for many, many hours.
You had me until you posted that Calories in = Calories out, even though I know that you are attempting to promote the paleo lifestyle.
That formula, in my opinion, is one of the sources of the widespread use of a High Carb/Low Fat diet where it is understood that carbs and protien only have 4 calories per gram while fat has a whopping 9 grams. They do not take into account how carbs, protein, and fat affect the body.
I just wish you had made it clear that the formula you used is not good.
@Breeegz I suggest you watch the video again: it should be quite clear that I am saying that calories in does not equal calories out because one affects the other.
The cases you use are all extremes. For example. An elite middle distance runner can be very healthy as long as they train smart. A weekly schedule would contain some days of long slower runs (ok according to description) and a few days of intervals (repeated bursts) with ample rest between the efforts and between the interval days. To use this athlete to suggest they couldn't carry a child isn't logical. Would that man carrying the child be able to run slow for 1 hour to hunt a herd of animals?
@iballzerson illustrating something effectively sometimes requires the use of extreme examples. It is then up to the sensible viewer to see how it applies to all the cases in between - which you have done. The message is, if you specialise to extremely, it can be to the detriment of other abilities.
Aside from the points I made in my other comment... Humans can't very well run away from fast animals or hunt down deer and antelope with short bursts of speed, but we're good at persistence hunting. Endurance is one of the main things we have going for us as hunters.
Yeah, this is pretty dumb. The basic assumption, that we are adapted to one very particular set of environmental conditions is absurd. We thrive everywhere from the tropics to the arctic, urban environments to deserts, the coast to the interior... Like we should all be fat to conserve all our energy for times of hardship and scarcity, because just cause that's what they did a million years ago (maybe). Yeah right. I mean come on wtf
Just wondering how you would rate my current program:
Mon: Weights
Tues: Pilates & Kickboxing
Wed: Weights
Thurs: Kettlebells
Friday: Weights & Pilates
Saturday: Crossfit
Sunday: Yoga.
My training is not "infrequent" but I do not feel over-trained. And the flexibility stuff seems to relax me. My main goal is to be in a position to fight killer zombies if we should ever be invaded by hordes of the undead. This is why I train multiple systems and feel hard-pressed to cut back.
@sceneturn All depends on intensity and duration. I would class pilates & yoga as just staying active. If the weights are to failure and for an hour, and so are the kettlebells, it looks like too much. If they are high quality, non-failure sessions of under 30-mins, then maybe ok. Most importantly of all, if you feel good, you are probably doing it right. Does seem like a lot of weights on consecutive days, but as I say, it totally depends. You could be doing just a few reps each time!
@paynowlivelater Great answer -- I agree that while the Pilates and Yoga can be strenuous and even brutal for a few minutes per hour, they do not exact the same toll as most weight training. My weight training sessions amount to about 45 minutes of pretty intense work but with decent breaks. Ultimately, I leave something in the tank. But it sounds like I need to think about shortening them up a little and breaking less. I appreciate your brilliant PowerPoints -- thanks very much.
@Kellerwerks Art De Vany was the first thing I ever read about Paleo. Follow the link in the description, then the About link and this will tell you more about my inspiration if you are interested.
@MrAuntjemimah they are not even necessary for athletes - a number of athletes have successfully transitioned away from carb-heavy diets. The body switches to an emphasis on using fat for fuel. It does depend on how hard you want to train. Some training routines, I agree can't be supported with lower carb intakes. But those training routines are unnaturally heavy and probably not good for health either.
So, seeing as big pharma supposedly owns everything in the world, where is all your independently-funded research that is, if not peer reviewed, then open to the public? I'm talking large sample sizes, rigorous testing, and something other than annoying music over a youtube video to back it up. You criticize, perhaps rightfully, about the influence of big business on our lives, but who forced our forebearers to farm and feed as they did? Where is your proof? The plural of anecdote is not data.
@Zhahesh the job of this video is not to prove anything. It is to explain what is meant by Paleo/Primal eating and the rationale. I offer no evidence, anecdotal or otherwise - simply a summary of the philosophy. If you want evidence to support or refute it, then seek it. The fact that no one forced our forebears to farm has no relevance to the question of whether, physiologically, it is an optimal way to eat. I agree that the plural of anectdote is not data. I believe it's 'anecdotes'.
Sorry, I watched Part 1 and was bugged by one thing and now after Part 2 it is tearing at me so I must say something. Yes, eating unprocessed food (like cavemen did) is good. But you're trying to imply that we should live like one too?
Cavemen didn't have to pay the bills or work a job. That is part of the 2 000 000 years of evolution and our lives have had to change with it. And the parts saying bodybuilders or very dedicated athletes can't run from a lion or gunmen are ridiculous. Can YOU?
@bobflet no, I am not saying that. I am saying we need to emulate the aspects of ancestral living that it's practical to emulate, and we'll be healthier for it. I am also saying that I have a better chance of escaping anything that moves fast than someone who is fat or excessively muscle-bound. Okay, in many cases the lion will catch us both... but if the lion was a distance away then I might just make it to a tree and climb up; meanwhile Arnie is being chomped.
@paynowlivelater i absolutely agree with you, i normally do short intense runs + weights and cross-fit training which is awesome, but every now and then i also incorporate long runs and swims for endurance purposes, what r your thoughts? also what do you think of special forces soldiers who incorporate a lot of intense workouts but they specifically focus on training their body to long endurance type activities, cheers
@222roh I would say the endurance work is fine provided it's at low intensity. Not sure about the special forces folks - I don't know enough about it...
Hey man. they say that more than an hour of working out is over training. Is that mostly for weights though? cause i do calisthenics. and i no some big ripped healthy people that do calisthenics for about 1h 1/2. to 2hours every other day. does this overtraining and short intense workout rule apply to calisthenics and weights? or just weights?
@clearviewhigh I think what matters is the intensity and duration. Long and easy or short and intense is fine. Long and intense is bad. If you are slogging your guts out for an hour a day in any activity 7 days a week you will be overstressing yourself. Big and ripped is not the same as healthy by the way :-)
@paynowlivelater interesting. well i would rush my calisthenics. full body. id try to get in every body part in a hour wtih circuits. id kill myself and sometimes barely finish in an hour. i hate the race against time.
In the book 'Born to Run' by Christopher McDougall it is claimed mankind has been outrunning prey for most of the time. Spears and axes are only recent inventions.. In that case long distance running (around 6 miles per hour) should be healthy.
@MrOdsplut You're right. This video's author has a large burden of proof to bear. Does the fact that modern humans are more gracile and more anatomically fit to run long distances than any other hominid to this point indicate that our physical makeup is one gear for short, intense, and sporadic workouts? I think not.
@calimagfan my definition of easy workouts includes the type of exercise persistence hunting engenders. I.e. not the way marathon runners tend to train. No ling grinding workouts. Persistence hunting is easy exercise over a long period. I advocate this.
Nice videos mate, really enjoy watching them. Im a fellow paleo and Crossfit Enthusiast. Your videos touch on some very vital points and should be recognised for the world to see.
What about persistence hunting techniques, though? This seems to contradict the intense/short workout idea a bit. Humans are incredible endurance runners, due in large part to our bipedal shape, hairless-ness, breathing, etc.
Some tribes still chase antelope to the point of total exhaustion. In the end, they simply collapse, and would likely die even without the hunters spear.
Ronnie Coleman and those bodybuilders are the farthest from health of anyone in this vid. They are all on roids and look retarded. Should've used a linebacker or mma fighter to show someone with strength not a dude with inflated muscles.
Thank you for this, I use to workout in gyms until I realized how stupid it was and such a waste of time, routines, no sunlight and giant hamster wheels (treadmills).
No wonder Paleo and Crossfit seem to go hand in hand. I feel better doing that intense hour long workout a day, for five days a week, than I ever felt spending two hours in the gym.
I do not agree on the more active you are the more hungry you become! Never felt it like that..
And about the training.. You will need to do your training frequently, because muscle you just train would "loose" the strength again if you dont train frequently = Wont be able to run away from a lion or anything like that = You will end up being as lazy as the guy on beach is !
Not true. when you are the target of a predator, your adrenaline takes over and you will run. The energy and strength burst is incredable in a threatening situation. The idea is short work-outs to sprint. Short work outs to lift heavy objects, like your own body. the wear and tear of doing to same motion repeatedly ad nauseum is not good for our bodies.
any tips on the types of exercises to do? the video isn't really clear on the specifics. My strength base is average, I'm trying to increase my cardio and endurance now.
@Shokeybutsi hi - if you click on the link in the description there arelots of ideas on my blog - check out some of the circuits/intervals reached from the link in the right hand side bar. Tabata Intervals will get you fit!
@paynowlivelater Excellent video 5 stars, but I have a question? What about protein shakes when building muscle on the paleo diet??? my protein shake has a very small amount of carbs and sugar, what do you think about this??? P.S. my objective is to build lean muscle and lose the fat but primary drop more bodyfat in order to get to single digits....
@SanctuaryX there are shakes out there without garbage in - I used to get mine from a uk site called 'my protein' - they sell unsweetened stuff and I just used to blend a banana with it or something. I stopped the shakes a while back though - just stick to real food now ;-) I can't put the link in because of YouTube's stupid rules but you will find it on Google.
I still use whey protein powder. It has 1g of lactose but I really don`t think that`s anything to cry about. Paleo is very flexible. It`s not like it`s a food religion or anything. There are some neolithic foods that are undeniably good for some people. Butter, ghee, whey protein powder as long as it is plain. I add raw cocoa powder, stevia, and a bunch of coconut and seeds of sorts to mine and make a pudding with some fruit.
Short intense workouts do seem better . 30 mins of weighted resistance training either bodyweight, barbell or kettlebell preformed in a circuit fashion are perfect. Ive been getting better pumps and leaner results from doing this then when i used to be in the gym all the time. I only go to the gym once a week now to work on pure strength and power. once you clear your mind of strict regimes and just start working out how u want u feel much better. Eat Paleo also !
love the vid, makes you laugh & teaches you important stuff at the same time - best thing: the pics are stuck in your head!
When I go shopping they show up again and help to make the right choices. I'm not sick or overweight - but when you look around you, you get a feeling how important prevention is! Thanks again!!!
Wow great video with great music. Is that Dan Tyminski singing? I think so. Such a great voice. I play old time fiddle and banjo and I am starting out with Paleo. Good stuff.
I went paleo for a while and had some excellent results. But my biggest problem by far was that it's much more expensive than just eating like most people. Eating a diet made primarily of fruit, veggies, fresh fish and lean meat was quite expensive when there were no carb substitutes. Now I'm back to a "normal" diet. I get tired much easier and I don't feel anywhere near as healthy as I did before. But I can't afford to go back on it until I get regular work again :(
@obglobgablob Have you tried eating offal (liver, kidney, heart etc) - it can be really cheap, is totally paleo and also very healthy. There is a post about it on my paynowlivelater blog, sister blog to the one linked to in the description - click on the resources menu item, then under recipes, 'Making the Most of Animals Part 1'...
Great video, part 1 was awesome as well. I love how you show the common questions and comments that people make who dont follow the lifestyle, really helpful. I find it funny that even though everything in that video is proven and flawless, people still try and find ways to prove it wrong, I think people these days are simply too weak minded to discipline themselves to eat properly. Btw I do Parkour which is a great example of paleo exercise :D
I understand your argument but you must keep in mind the way in which humans hunted prey. Are bodies are designed for long ditance running because we used to run after our prey for many hours and very many kilometers before eventually wearing them down. These short intense workouts would not foster this paleolithic trait as you suggest it would.
our ancestors wernt long distance runners. up into the time when we learned how to farm about 10000 years ago we were in constant stuggle to meet up to our caloric requirments. we were short distance sprinters and with the use of our intelligence were able to catch prey. theres no need for long distance running and running for hours we be illogical because wed burn far more energy. which once again would be bad because struggling to get calories was important in those times.
Isn't the key word "evolving"? Yesterday, our ancestors hunted and gathered when they could, so exercising everyday might not have been the best option as they might starve. Today, with store's around the block, we've evolved to be able to work out more and more, knowing a stable food source is nearby. How's that?
It takes hundreds of thousands of years for the process of natural selection to affect our genes. It's been roughly 100 years since we stared relying on stable food sources and hitting the gym incessantly. That's not long enough to evolve.
I see where you're going, but I think your argument rests on the assumption that people evolve at a constant rate, whereas I believe blips on the evolution scale exponentially increase the rate of evolution. Electricity wasn't around until the late 1800s, but since then, items based off electricity have increased at an exponential rate.
yah but every second, including modern inventions make a differance. Who would have better survival chances against a lion? a redneck with a shotgun OR a really skinny fast guy? Let me answer for you: the shortgun.
Just one thing.. I think you should encourage people to start this kind of lifestyle, eaven if it takes them a bit of time and not tell them that either they can eat crap and excercise in a bad way or eat super precisely and exercise in the best way possible.
Just one thing.. You shouldn't give an image that there are only two choices: eating crap and excercise too little or two much and choice two: eating super healthy with super precise diet. It would be much easier to get new people on this kind of lifestyle if they would be given a chance to start it slowly and not so super precisely.
Great video. I'll just point out that you picked a bad choice with the bodybuilder Kevin Levrone - he's very athletic and fast. But he's an exception.
Woops, I see you've commented on this already but I have it written out... anyway, keep on spreading the good word. This stuff is just awesome.
Everything was going okay until people kept telling be I was too obsessed with health - then the stress of worrying about what other people thought about my obsession made me unhealthy ;-)
i disagree. i know you're speaking from personal experience and you're against trucking like crazy at the gym. but i feel you should workout out daily. cave men needed to run daily to catch food, walk daily to collect berries, climb high to get away from predators. we need to find what works best, we're meant to work out daily or pretty much daily
I am not against daily exercise - just daily intense exercise. Hunter gatherers didn't, and don't, put themselves through the kind of daily, prolonged, intense, exercise that, for example bodybuilders do. Your description of the activities is good - but I think if you examine the pattern of those different types of activity it would not match the workout activity a lot of people have.
Even people training for maximum strength do not do daily intense exercise. The best drug assisted athletes in the world know the importance of rest days and take at least one a week. A great plan for natural athletes is 3 days a week, Heavy, Light, Medium
Cavemen did not hunt daily nor gather daily (gathering could only have occurred for a very short seasonal period). There is a variety of anthropological evidence to back this up.
"He was a football player and he can run and jump better than 99% of our civilisation... "
Kevin Levrone used steroids, which can make him better in any physical sports but sex.... and also sometimes your muscular built does not come from food neither training it is all genetics. can you transform Woody Allen into a Kevin Levrone? and if you dont know Kevin is going to a body transformation in which he will need help from some special juices that no food will provide him....
psychic ( i don't mean medium practices ) activities belong in this equation. It has been scientifically proven that thinking off a certain physical activity creates muscle. Creativity will activate the whole organism & this is where we can differ from our more animal ancestor, this explains healthy "full-time" meditating monks.
Which is why the shaolin monks I have spent time with for a year of my life have developed exercise. Because that just didnt work. Shaolin Quan or basically the first Ba Duan Yin were created to counteract the frail bodies of the "full-time" monks.
I saw something a a doco about animals like lions in the wild don't run unless they have to as each time they it wears away at there bones, muscles etc. and of course it's survival of the fittest out there, a lot like it was back in the day for us.
awesome...absolutely loved this vid. All i do is short 30 min intense weightlifting workouts, or 15-20 mins HIIT running (run as fast as i can till its hurts, take a break, do it again..). I'm getting nice muscle definition, have a MUCH flatter stomach than i used to, and i've never felt better.
it pains me to see people running slowly for a loong time or spend hours every day slaving at the gym, thinking its doing them good. if only they would watch this vid...
You seem to be confusing total body health and specializing in a certain type of fitness.
Of course someone like Haile Gebreselassie (world record holder in the marathon at 2:03:59) could not exhibit feats of strength......because he doesn't train for that type of fitness!
He is the world's best because he logs a LOT of mileage (120-130 miles per week), runs countless workouts at varying paces to prepare himself for the rigors of racing, and takes care of his body.
Of course world class marathoners (Gebreselassie, Wanjiru, etc.) could not exhibit feats of strength.......they aren't training for this type of activity.
The marathoner wants to develop his aerobic capacity and muscular endurance as completely as possible, he doesn't worry about anything besides being able to run 26.2 miles as fast as possible.
Saying that Haile Gebreselassie would be a better marathoner if he didn't train as much is crap. He is the best because he trains so hard.
This video is not aimed at people like Gebreselassie. It's aimed at people who want to be as healthy as they can be. And I am certainly not saying these sportspeople would be better if they did not train as much. I am pointing out the sacrifices they make by specialising and suggesting that most people should not base their own life choices on what they see these specialisers doing or it will be to the detriment of their health.
yeah, I know. When I found that photo I did not even know who he was. I just picked a photo of a big guy! If I have my time again I would have picked that photo more carefully!
I think this movie explains why I logged 25 hours of running over a summer, improved, but did not improve as much when I logged 40 hours of running the summer after.
also, exercise is healthy. The adaptions our body's make to demand are almost always productive when done safely. As long as you can safely continue adding volume to your workouts and like to do so, also do so in a slow controlled manner, you will be more fit because of it. Some of the most fit people in the world are our endurance athletes. Most of which exercise for 10+ hours a week!. A good example of a high volume exerciser is jack lanlane!
I suggest you read a book called "Body by Science" by Doug mcGuff and John Little. There is compelling evidence that high volume training is not only uncecessary, but also damaging. The key point is that fitness and health are not the same thing. You frequently hear about high performance athletes missing an event because they have a cold or flu.
you are fucking awesome
mcdudly00 1 month ago
I agree with most of the points made in your video. However how do you explain olympic althetes that train most everyday of their lives? They train for very short intense times but very frequently throughout the day. Also karate masters train their whole lives to condition their bodies to the extreme human limits.
lllogical 2 months ago
Does this make P90X a bad thing??? It's a 6-days a week kind of workout.
RacerRex9727 4 months ago
step 1: Grow a beard
RushGamma 5 months ago 3
Great video. One thing I would add is the fact that barbarian peoples did a ton of fighting as well. Whether they were raiding other tribes or nearby civilized outposts or protecting themselves from other raiders, they were always fighitng.
So, I would also perform exercises to simulate primitive combat. Do things like beat a tire with a sledgehammer, toss a medicine ball around or attack a fencepost with a club.
Still, great video series, changed my life for the better.
PsychoticFates 5 months ago
So no brown bread, oatmeal or milk? omg
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These videos are just AWESOME! I've been thinking this about exercise for a while now. Very inspiring, I'm gonna share them!
blackstarr5 5 months ago
Bravo! First class job with these two videos. You have a gift. You are spot on about your recommendations too. I have been lifting weights since 1959 and have found that short intense workouts are the best, plus maybe an hour of moderately intense cardio per week. I have found that a low carb diet is essential, and a paleo diet is superior. Six small protein meals a day, fruits, veggies, and nuts. Voila! I am almost 64 and I am still getting stronger. Right on, Bro!
thebudkellyfiles 6 months ago
By doing so we litterally made the prey run until collaps.
Don't belive me? Try to look in to the tarahumara indians :)
They run triple maratons for fun!
xshulderx 6 months ago
There is one distinct problem with this video.
And that is that humans we did not hunt animals by trying to out run them that would be impossible, we humans are some of the slowest mammals on the face of the earth. We had 2 ways of getting our meat.
!) be scavenger
!!) run down the animals, We humans can run amazingly fare so what we did was hunting like wolf. That means then we ran as a horde and then one sprinted to stress the animal, then when he was out of breath then the next attacked
xshulderx 6 months ago
Excellent video,disagree about bodybuilding though.Natural bodybuilding dictates no more than 40 mins a day weights and 20 mins max intense cardio.This does not run you down.Huge ,freaky bodybuilders like that one shown on the video are like that only due to steroids.
Athenian888 7 months ago
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TheChiinkynoodle 9 months ago 2
HIIT. High Intensity Interval Training. Check out a book called 'Body By Science' that explains this very well. Basically, you can work out for 12-16 minutes per week and it will be more beneficial and effective than working out for 2 hours every day.
l337z0r 9 months ago
I think if you keep a balanced training program and diet you could possibly train to be big, agile and strong at the same.
Keon994 9 months ago
This is nowhere near as convincing as the first one. The first one was great and I emailed it to all my friends. This one ... meh. I reckon palaeolithic man probably lived a life of physical hardship modern man would find very difficult to cope with. We do too much exercise? Sorry. 'fraid not. Don't buy it. First one was spot on though.
vicweb1978 10 months ago
Cave people exercised every day walking, gathering fruits, berries etc. Since it’s obviously easier to pick an apple than it is to run after a rabbit so it’s likely that they were primarily vegetarians. 2nd, dead animals don't (naturally) have a long shelf life. 3rd, they didn't have desk jobs, or cars to sit in, or couches to sit on. Their asses likely hurt after sitting on a rock for too long. We clearly have too much food on a daily basis and do a fraction of the work they did.
wiseguyproductions 10 months ago
@wiseguyproductions Apples don't exist in nature. Most of our fruit (other than tropical) is totally based on cultivation that doesn't occur in nature. Hunter gatherers through cave paintings have shown us that they hunted on the regular and smoking/drying/preserving meat is a proven known method (via our archeologists and anthropologists) of our ancient ancestors. And yes, drying is also done with gathered veg/fruit matter. But to say hunter-gatherers weren't hunters is intellectually bankrupt.
bl91978 10 months ago
Ju Jitsu trainer is challenging us to do this, I think something understated here iS STAY ACTIVE, many hunter and gathers prob had to walk long long ways and stay active as they dont ahve the convience of modern technology, I think going on a long walk or brisk bike ride or relaxing swim that are considered regular exersice but just take it easy might be a good supsitute to getting out the house. thx for the tips upload guy dude
007Kumabear 11 months ago
nice! you should do one on sleep
pixelfairydevnull 11 months ago
It takes a great man to admit he was wrong. Kudos to you sir.
kmoney1491 11 months ago
Also consider that it's not just that exercise makes you hungrier - it's that cardio burns lots of fat - 95-5 ratio of fat burning to carbs. The problem is, our bodies ADAPT to that, and begin to STORE much more fat, assuming we're going to need them to do all this cardio. Eating gobs of protein actually throws your metabolic switch to not store fat, and burst/rest is what strengthens your heart muscles to withstand sudden demand.
Rumpl4skn 1 year ago
I'm thinking about differences between the male and female roles in hunter-gatherer societies and wondering whether there are different optimal workouts for women than for men. Any thoughts/research on this?
virisithierenn 1 year ago
@virisithierenn I agree there are probably differences - not aware of any specific research but I am sure it exists.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@virisithierenn : Walking is probably the most sensible exercise. Swimming...climbing...some weight-bearing exercise couldn't hurt, to strengthen muscles. And what about yoga, too? Yoga definitely does not fit into the "no pain, no gain" type of "exercise". And yardwork...gardening...biking...playing! Just enjoying your body and all it can do. :)
blackstarr5 5 months ago
@virisithierenn The social roles between sexes may have been divided, but the gender division of labor came later in our past. Colin Turnbull's The Forest People describes the social life of the BaMbuti pygmies of the Congo. Women in the book were just as much a part of the hunt as men. The men usually finished the animal, but the women help pursuit, and they help secure perimeters, blocking escape routes. Aside from that, I reckon that women got up to about as much as the men back then.
Lambrequin 5 months ago
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This is why i am addicted to CrossFit.
AMRAP20 1 year ago
This is why i am addicted to CrossFit.
AMRAP20 1 year ago
I have a question. I learned that human beings were endurance hunters which followed prey for hours until the prey tired and the humans could kill it. If this is true than wouldn't a more endurance based exercise program be more suitable for the paleo lifestyle? Not just short bursts of intense exercise?
SuperNeka 1 year ago 2
@SuperNeka yes, agreed - see my comments in the description. I do a fair bit of endurance running these days.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago 2
@SuperNeka the reason why humans were such a successful species is because they can walk on 2 legs for long periods of time and sweat easily. this allowed them to follow their prey all day and caused the prey to be exhausted from heat exhaustion and having to use four legs. so, my guess is that when she says that you have to be active and not just sit and watch TV, you need to be standing or walking around (like cavemen) and add in the short workouts too
48073419900127 8 months ago
That body builder and power lifter probably could do those things. Muscle = strength and/or power, so there's a good possibility they could scale that wall or outrun the burgler. Those two examples were bad examples though, because there's a high likelihood (in the case of Kevin Levrone, certainty), that they're on steroids.
NathanielEverist 1 year ago
Amazing videos. Would you mind if I use them translated in Greek?
dimitrist1976 1 year ago
@dimitrist1976 I would not mind at all
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater
i would ask you the same about translating in portuguese brazilian! your vids are awesome!
pedalero 1 year ago
It all depends on what you want. You can't train for triathlons or the such with 90 minutes of intence exercise a week. While High inensity in that amount for the normal population is good enough for life. If you want more it is not enough.
andres5501 1 year ago
Im pretty sure you just described CROSSFIT!! :D
iKnockturnal 1 year ago 11
I have a question. I follow crossfit which subscribes a 3 on 1off schedule (3-days exercise followed by 1-day rest, where days on are short, intense and varied....i kind of assume you know what crossfit as the program supports paleo lifestyle), is this too frequent?Or does the fact the exercises are so short allow for a little more frequency?
rdijulio11 1 year ago
@rdijulio11 What is the duration of each session?
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater The duration of actual physical work and activity is usually about 20 minutes.
rdijulio11 1 year ago
@rdijulio11 sounds ok
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@valdigurkaa Sorry man, you might need to brush up on high school bio and evolution. We never adapted to suit our environments. We merely survived in them. Humans stopped evolving significantly before we left africa. Most of what you see as far as differentiation between races is phentotype not genotype. Essentially whatever we were doing on the Savannah running from lions and eating ostrich eggs and eating a very diverse set of flora etc is what our bodies were designed for.
tronithius 1 year ago
Yes, Kevin Levrone (the pictured bodybuilder) could absolutely climb over the brick wall, the iron fence, he could run from the lion, and the terrorist. He is extremely strong (500+ bench, 100 pound db curls, huge squats), incredibly fast (ran a hand timed 4.4 second 40 yard dash), and very agile (34'' vertical). Stop this nonsensical idea that bodybuilders are essentially paralyzed globs of muscle.
donovanbrambila 1 year ago
@donovanbrambila don't take me too literally. exaggeration is a useful illustrative tool for 'nutshell' style videos. any bodybuilder who gets big does so at the expense of agility and speed. KL was a bad example to use, but by and large I stand by the assertion.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago 5
Ok man. I got some questions here. Your paleo stuffs awesome, but ya i got a question. I do exercise 6 times a week. I do calisthenics 3 times a week for 1 hour. And a sprints 3 times a week. about 6-8. i try to mimik the ancient hunter and warrior. I find jogging useless, so i sprint to mimik my escape from danger. I do calisthenics cause weights didn't exist back than. Is this too much even though im just usin gmy own bodyweight? I wanted to extendy my calis workouts to 1h 30min.natural moves
clearviewhigh 1 year ago
@clearviewhigh it sounds like too much but it really depends on the intensity. A very rough guide would be intensity x time. If you do more than 90 mins high intensity per week IMHO it's too much. But v. low intensity can be fine for many, many hours.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater ok ya the only intense part is my sprints. my actual calisthenics is with 1-1min 30 sec break. and i alter exercises
clearviewhigh 1 year ago
i knew lot of things,,,but today i learned much more..thanks
FahadRyu 1 year ago
thanku, u think really well
FahadRyu 1 year ago
You had me until you posted that Calories in = Calories out, even though I know that you are attempting to promote the paleo lifestyle.
That formula, in my opinion, is one of the sources of the widespread use of a High Carb/Low Fat diet where it is understood that carbs and protien only have 4 calories per gram while fat has a whopping 9 grams. They do not take into account how carbs, protein, and fat affect the body.
I just wish you had made it clear that the formula you used is not good.
Breeegz 1 year ago
@Breeegz I suggest you watch the video again: it should be quite clear that I am saying that calories in does not equal calories out because one affects the other.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
The cases you use are all extremes. For example. An elite middle distance runner can be very healthy as long as they train smart. A weekly schedule would contain some days of long slower runs (ok according to description) and a few days of intervals (repeated bursts) with ample rest between the efforts and between the interval days. To use this athlete to suggest they couldn't carry a child isn't logical. Would that man carrying the child be able to run slow for 1 hour to hunt a herd of animals?
iballzerson 1 year ago
@iballzerson illustrating something effectively sometimes requires the use of extreme examples. It is then up to the sensible viewer to see how it applies to all the cases in between - which you have done. The message is, if you specialise to extremely, it can be to the detriment of other abilities.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
Aside from the points I made in my other comment... Humans can't very well run away from fast animals or hunt down deer and antelope with short bursts of speed, but we're good at persistence hunting. Endurance is one of the main things we have going for us as hunters.
sec0f111 1 year ago
@sec0f111 read the description
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
both this and number one are so fuckng stupid.
the basics of the paleo are smart but this is the stupidest thing ver
valdigurkaa 1 year ago
@valdigurkaa
Yeah, this is pretty dumb. The basic assumption, that we are adapted to one very particular set of environmental conditions is absurd. We thrive everywhere from the tropics to the arctic, urban environments to deserts, the coast to the interior... Like we should all be fat to conserve all our energy for times of hardship and scarcity, because just cause that's what they did a million years ago (maybe). Yeah right. I mean come on wtf
sec0f111 1 year ago
@valdigurkaa And why is that? Please explain why this is stupid.
theunsuspecting 1 year ago
Just wondering how you would rate my current program:
Mon: Weights
Tues: Pilates & Kickboxing
Wed: Weights
Thurs: Kettlebells
Friday: Weights & Pilates
Saturday: Crossfit
Sunday: Yoga.
My training is not "infrequent" but I do not feel over-trained. And the flexibility stuff seems to relax me. My main goal is to be in a position to fight killer zombies if we should ever be invaded by hordes of the undead. This is why I train multiple systems and feel hard-pressed to cut back.
sceneturn 1 year ago
@sceneturn All depends on intensity and duration. I would class pilates & yoga as just staying active. If the weights are to failure and for an hour, and so are the kettlebells, it looks like too much. If they are high quality, non-failure sessions of under 30-mins, then maybe ok. Most importantly of all, if you feel good, you are probably doing it right. Does seem like a lot of weights on consecutive days, but as I say, it totally depends. You could be doing just a few reps each time!
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater Great answer -- I agree that while the Pilates and Yoga can be strenuous and even brutal for a few minutes per hour, they do not exact the same toll as most weight training. My weight training sessions amount to about 45 minutes of pretty intense work but with decent breaks. Ultimately, I leave something in the tank. But it sounds like I need to think about shortening them up a little and breaking less. I appreciate your brilliant PowerPoints -- thanks very much.
sceneturn 1 year ago
Have you heard of Arthur De Vany and evolutionary fitness? Quite similar to this....
Kellerwerks 1 year ago
@Kellerwerks Art De Vany was the first thing I ever read about Paleo. Follow the link in the description, then the About link and this will tell you more about my inspiration if you are interested.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@MrAuntjemimah they are not even necessary for athletes - a number of athletes have successfully transitioned away from carb-heavy diets. The body switches to an emphasis on using fat for fuel. It does depend on how hard you want to train. Some training routines, I agree can't be supported with lower carb intakes. But those training routines are unnaturally heavy and probably not good for health either.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
So, seeing as big pharma supposedly owns everything in the world, where is all your independently-funded research that is, if not peer reviewed, then open to the public? I'm talking large sample sizes, rigorous testing, and something other than annoying music over a youtube video to back it up. You criticize, perhaps rightfully, about the influence of big business on our lives, but who forced our forebearers to farm and feed as they did? Where is your proof? The plural of anecdote is not data.
Zhahesh 1 year ago
@Zhahesh the job of this video is not to prove anything. It is to explain what is meant by Paleo/Primal eating and the rationale. I offer no evidence, anecdotal or otherwise - simply a summary of the philosophy. If you want evidence to support or refute it, then seek it. The fact that no one forced our forebears to farm has no relevance to the question of whether, physiologically, it is an optimal way to eat. I agree that the plural of anectdote is not data. I believe it's 'anecdotes'.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@Zhahesh
Owned.
ericds33 1 year ago
Sorry, I watched Part 1 and was bugged by one thing and now after Part 2 it is tearing at me so I must say something. Yes, eating unprocessed food (like cavemen did) is good. But you're trying to imply that we should live like one too?
Cavemen didn't have to pay the bills or work a job. That is part of the 2 000 000 years of evolution and our lives have had to change with it. And the parts saying bodybuilders or very dedicated athletes can't run from a lion or gunmen are ridiculous. Can YOU?
bobflet 1 year ago
@bobflet no, I am not saying that. I am saying we need to emulate the aspects of ancestral living that it's practical to emulate, and we'll be healthier for it. I am also saying that I have a better chance of escaping anything that moves fast than someone who is fat or excessively muscle-bound. Okay, in many cases the lion will catch us both... but if the lion was a distance away then I might just make it to a tree and climb up; meanwhile Arnie is being chomped.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@bobflet
"Cavemen didn't have to pay the bills or work a job."
So the short, infrequent, and intense workouts should make even more sense to us.
ericds33 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater i absolutely agree with you, i normally do short intense runs + weights and cross-fit training which is awesome, but every now and then i also incorporate long runs and swims for endurance purposes, what r your thoughts? also what do you think of special forces soldiers who incorporate a lot of intense workouts but they specifically focus on training their body to long endurance type activities, cheers
222roh 1 year ago
@222roh I would say the endurance work is fine provided it's at low intensity. Not sure about the special forces folks - I don't know enough about it...
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
But whats about somebody like Jack Lalanne?
nefandix 1 year ago
Hey man. they say that more than an hour of working out is over training. Is that mostly for weights though? cause i do calisthenics. and i no some big ripped healthy people that do calisthenics for about 1h 1/2. to 2hours every other day. does this overtraining and short intense workout rule apply to calisthenics and weights? or just weights?
clearviewhigh 1 year ago
@clearviewhigh I think what matters is the intensity and duration. Long and easy or short and intense is fine. Long and intense is bad. If you are slogging your guts out for an hour a day in any activity 7 days a week you will be overstressing yourself. Big and ripped is not the same as healthy by the way :-)
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater interesting. well i would rush my calisthenics. full body. id try to get in every body part in a hour wtih circuits. id kill myself and sometimes barely finish in an hour. i hate the race against time.
clearviewhigh 1 year ago
great information, and thank, I have to admit, I simply hit the mute button, rather than complain :)
destiny6666 1 year ago
@destiny6666 i prefer the soundtrack on part 3....
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
THIS, IS THE TRUTH.
Arenaboy007 1 year ago
In the book 'Born to Run' by Christopher McDougall it is claimed mankind has been outrunning prey for most of the time. Spears and axes are only recent inventions.. In that case long distance running (around 6 miles per hour) should be healthy.
pjhaas 1 year ago
2 words regarding the idea that we all our workouts should be short and intense because that's how cavemen were physically exerted:
PERSISTENCE HUNTING
MrOdsplut 1 year ago
@MrOdsplut You're right. This video's author has a large burden of proof to bear. Does the fact that modern humans are more gracile and more anatomically fit to run long distances than any other hominid to this point indicate that our physical makeup is one gear for short, intense, and sporadic workouts? I think not.
calimagfan 1 year ago
@calimagfan my definition of easy workouts includes the type of exercise persistence hunting engenders. I.e. not the way marathon runners tend to train. No ling grinding workouts. Persistence hunting is easy exercise over a long period. I advocate this.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
Nice videos mate, really enjoy watching them. Im a fellow paleo and Crossfit Enthusiast. Your videos touch on some very vital points and should be recognised for the world to see.
Keep up the good work
ForcesPT 1 year ago
I love these videos!!!!
mynameismike101 1 year ago
Where can I get me some quality pomade? Great videos mate, keep up the good work.
TheDistilledMan 1 year ago
@TheDistilledMan ah....a fellow Cohen brothers fan.... :-)
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@paynowlivelater dude ur videos are awsome. they are humurous as well.
clearviewhigh 1 year ago
Great video, for the most part.
What about persistence hunting techniques, though? This seems to contradict the intense/short workout idea a bit. Humans are incredible endurance runners, due in large part to our bipedal shape, hairless-ness, breathing, etc.
Some tribes still chase antelope to the point of total exhaustion. In the end, they simply collapse, and would likely die even without the hunters spear.
withindarkness 1 year ago
Ronnie Coleman and those bodybuilders are the farthest from health of anyone in this vid. They are all on roids and look retarded. Should've used a linebacker or mma fighter to show someone with strength not a dude with inflated muscles.
shogun1 1 year ago
@shogun1 the video is not saying those bodybuilders are healthy. quite the opposite.
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@shogun1 -_-
Pay attention?
thefreeflowification 1 year ago
@shogun1 How you got that from this video i will never know.
heltfreek 1 year ago
Makes sense. But should we hunt then?
sanjmeh 1 year ago
@sanjmeh if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do so, then yes!
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
Another excellent video. Spot on, just like the other one. The music sucks but I forgive you. 5 stars.
130DTL 1 year ago
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wat is this song?
deathgod836 1 year ago
wat is this song?
deathgod836 1 year ago
@deathgod836 soggy bottom boys - man of constant sorrow
paynowlivelater 1 year ago
@deathgod836 Dan Tyminski sings it. Great song.
mattp1803 1 year ago
Best video on Youtube!
MissLadyboy007 1 year ago
Thank you for this, I use to workout in gyms until I realized how stupid it was and such a waste of time, routines, no sunlight and giant hamster wheels (treadmills).
xonkonog 2 years ago
No wonder Paleo and Crossfit seem to go hand in hand. I feel better doing that intense hour long workout a day, for five days a week, than I ever felt spending two hours in the gym.
elmcityslim 2 years ago
I do not agree on the more active you are the more hungry you become! Never felt it like that..
And about the training.. You will need to do your training frequently, because muscle you just train would "loose" the strength again if you dont train frequently = Wont be able to run away from a lion or anything like that = You will end up being as lazy as the guy on beach is !
LoooLDK 2 years ago
Not true. when you are the target of a predator, your adrenaline takes over and you will run. The energy and strength burst is incredable in a threatening situation. The idea is short work-outs to sprint. Short work outs to lift heavy objects, like your own body. the wear and tear of doing to same motion repeatedly ad nauseum is not good for our bodies.
stiffneck49 2 years ago
any tips on the types of exercises to do? the video isn't really clear on the specifics. My strength base is average, I'm trying to increase my cardio and endurance now.
Shokeybutsi 2 years ago
@Shokeybutsi hi - if you click on the link in the description there arelots of ideas on my blog - check out some of the circuits/intervals reached from the link in the right hand side bar. Tabata Intervals will get you fit!
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
thanks! I will try them. I particularly like the wife/gf bent over rows!
Shokeybutsi 2 years ago
@paynowlivelater Excellent video 5 stars, but I have a question? What about protein shakes when building muscle on the paleo diet??? my protein shake has a very small amount of carbs and sugar, what do you think about this??? P.S. my objective is to build lean muscle and lose the fat but primary drop more bodyfat in order to get to single digits....
SanctuaryX 2 years ago
@SanctuaryX there are shakes out there without garbage in - I used to get mine from a uk site called 'my protein' - they sell unsweetened stuff and I just used to blend a banana with it or something. I stopped the shakes a while back though - just stick to real food now ;-) I can't put the link in because of YouTube's stupid rules but you will find it on Google.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
@SanctuaryX just make a protein shake with raw egg, fruit, seeds and un-pasteurized milk
agentzippo 1 year ago
@SanctuaryX
I still use whey protein powder. It has 1g of lactose but I really don`t think that`s anything to cry about. Paleo is very flexible. It`s not like it`s a food religion or anything. There are some neolithic foods that are undeniably good for some people. Butter, ghee, whey protein powder as long as it is plain. I add raw cocoa powder, stevia, and a bunch of coconut and seeds of sorts to mine and make a pudding with some fruit.
vooooom 1 year ago
Short intense workouts do seem better . 30 mins of weighted resistance training either bodyweight, barbell or kettlebell preformed in a circuit fashion are perfect. Ive been getting better pumps and leaner results from doing this then when i used to be in the gym all the time. I only go to the gym once a week now to work on pure strength and power. once you clear your mind of strict regimes and just start working out how u want u feel much better. Eat Paleo also !
HateGrind 2 years ago
love the vid, makes you laugh & teaches you important stuff at the same time - best thing: the pics are stuck in your head!
When I go shopping they show up again and help to make the right choices. I'm not sick or overweight - but when you look around you, you get a feeling how important prevention is! Thanks again!!!
HaematoxylinEosin 2 years ago
Wow great video with great music. Is that Dan Tyminski singing? I think so. Such a great voice. I play old time fiddle and banjo and I am starting out with Paleo. Good stuff.
tssuila 2 years ago
@tssuila yes, I think it's him. Its the Soggy Bottom Boys - Man of Constand Sorrow, used in the film O Brother Where are Thou.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
I went paleo for a while and had some excellent results. But my biggest problem by far was that it's much more expensive than just eating like most people. Eating a diet made primarily of fruit, veggies, fresh fish and lean meat was quite expensive when there were no carb substitutes. Now I'm back to a "normal" diet. I get tired much easier and I don't feel anywhere near as healthy as I did before. But I can't afford to go back on it until I get regular work again :(
obglobgablob 2 years ago
@obglobgablob Have you tried eating offal (liver, kidney, heart etc) - it can be really cheap, is totally paleo and also very healthy. There is a post about it on my paynowlivelater blog, sister blog to the one linked to in the description - click on the resources menu item, then under recipes, 'Making the Most of Animals Part 1'...
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
Maybe I need to go bush. Start hunting and killing my own? lol
obglobgablob 2 years ago 2
@obglobgablob
that it is "cheaper" to eat from factory farms should be the biggest tell as to the truth in re industrial foods.
while it may seem cheaper NOW to eat crap, once you factor in the health impact of the crap diet you may rethink your view.
luck and peace.
androydnyc 2 years ago
Great video, part 1 was awesome as well. I love how you show the common questions and comments that people make who dont follow the lifestyle, really helpful. I find it funny that even though everything in that video is proven and flawless, people still try and find ways to prove it wrong, I think people these days are simply too weak minded to discipline themselves to eat properly. Btw I do Parkour which is a great example of paleo exercise :D
TeamExploit 2 years ago
@TeamExploit thanks - I love watching Parkour and am determined to try it at some point.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
I understand your argument but you must keep in mind the way in which humans hunted prey. Are bodies are designed for long ditance running because we used to run after our prey for many hours and very many kilometers before eventually wearing them down. These short intense workouts would not foster this paleolithic trait as you suggest it would.
sugarr144 2 years ago
our ancestors wernt long distance runners. up into the time when we learned how to farm about 10000 years ago we were in constant stuggle to meet up to our caloric requirments. we were short distance sprinters and with the use of our intelligence were able to catch prey. theres no need for long distance running and running for hours we be illogical because wed burn far more energy. which once again would be bad because struggling to get calories was important in those times.
phaser12 2 years ago
Isn't the key word "evolving"? Yesterday, our ancestors hunted and gathered when they could, so exercising everyday might not have been the best option as they might starve. Today, with store's around the block, we've evolved to be able to work out more and more, knowing a stable food source is nearby. How's that?
DerekChaunessey 2 years ago
It takes hundreds of thousands of years for the process of natural selection to affect our genes. It's been roughly 100 years since we stared relying on stable food sources and hitting the gym incessantly. That's not long enough to evolve.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
I see where you're going, but I think your argument rests on the assumption that people evolve at a constant rate, whereas I believe blips on the evolution scale exponentially increase the rate of evolution. Electricity wasn't around until the late 1800s, but since then, items based off electricity have increased at an exponential rate.
DerekChaunessey 2 years ago
That's not biological evolution, it's technological evolution. Very different things for the purposes of this point.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
yah but every second, including modern inventions make a differance. Who would have better survival chances against a lion? a redneck with a shotgun OR a really skinny fast guy? Let me answer for you: the shortgun.
sambudwiser 2 years ago
sambudwiser, this video is not about survival or killing skills, it's about HEALTH
manohoo 2 years ago
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this video and philosophy are target towards idiots. so it must have been made by one.
sierrafoxtrotbravo 2 years ago
Your reasoning is impeccable. How could I possibly disagree.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
I lol'd.
lauraonaudio 2 years ago
So did I.
TeamExploit 2 years ago
such a great argument, sierra. too bad youre a fucking dipshit
irishwhistle592 2 years ago
Just one thing.. I think you should encourage people to start this kind of lifestyle, eaven if it takes them a bit of time and not tell them that either they can eat crap and excercise in a bad way or eat super precisely and exercise in the best way possible.
Deuger 2 years ago
Just one thing.. You shouldn't give an image that there are only two choices: eating crap and excercise too little or two much and choice two: eating super healthy with super precise diet. It would be much easier to get new people on this kind of lifestyle if they would be given a chance to start it slowly and not so super precisely.
I hope you understand my point..
Deuger 2 years ago
and you can cut the tail off a dog one inch at a time too, but I wouldnt recommend it! well i wouldnt cut the tail off a dog but if I had to....
marneedear 2 years ago
i LOVE! grwat job :)
bellavita28 2 years ago 2
Great video. I'll just point out that you picked a bad choice with the bodybuilder Kevin Levrone - he's very athletic and fast. But he's an exception.
Woops, I see you've commented on this already but I have it written out... anyway, keep on spreading the good word. This stuff is just awesome.
Iambecome 2 years ago 4
I find your obsession with health potentially unhealthy.
Babedacus 2 years ago
Everything was going okay until people kept telling be I was too obsessed with health - then the stress of worrying about what other people thought about my obsession made me unhealthy ;-)
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
You need to relax your mind along with your body. Too much worrying about the future distances us from our prehistoric ancestors. ;)
Babedacus 2 years ago
Absolutely agree with that one !
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
i disagree. i know you're speaking from personal experience and you're against trucking like crazy at the gym. but i feel you should workout out daily. cave men needed to run daily to catch food, walk daily to collect berries, climb high to get away from predators. we need to find what works best, we're meant to work out daily or pretty much daily
yoitsannecool 2 years ago
I am not against daily exercise - just daily intense exercise. Hunter gatherers didn't, and don't, put themselves through the kind of daily, prolonged, intense, exercise that, for example bodybuilders do. Your description of the activities is good - but I think if you examine the pattern of those different types of activity it would not match the workout activity a lot of people have.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
Even people training for maximum strength do not do daily intense exercise. The best drug assisted athletes in the world know the importance of rest days and take at least one a week. A great plan for natural athletes is 3 days a week, Heavy, Light, Medium
Antigen07 2 years ago
Cavemen did not hunt daily nor gather daily (gathering could only have occurred for a very short seasonal period). There is a variety of anthropological evidence to back this up.
marneedear 2 years ago
Yeah, bodybuilding at that level is extremely pernicious to the body, it's very damaging, not healthy at all.
Relaxe 2 years ago
"He was a football player and he can run and jump better than 99% of our civilisation... "
Kevin Levrone used steroids, which can make him better in any physical sports but sex.... and also sometimes your muscular built does not come from food neither training it is all genetics. can you transform Woody Allen into a Kevin Levrone? and if you dont know Kevin is going to a body transformation in which he will need help from some special juices that no food will provide him....
RONINHO 2 years ago
ok at 3:06 the guy with the mask and the home speaker? i pissed my pants
oiyabastard 2 years ago
psychic ( i don't mean medium practices ) activities belong in this equation. It has been scientifically proven that thinking off a certain physical activity creates muscle. Creativity will activate the whole organism & this is where we can differ from our more animal ancestor, this explains healthy "full-time" meditating monks.
eyekillpainis 2 years ago
Combine a daily meditation with the "paleo lifestyle" and we could be a force to be reckoned with! Physically, Mentally and Spiritually!
edthewave 2 years ago
Which is why the shaolin monks I have spent time with for a year of my life have developed exercise. Because that just didnt work. Shaolin Quan or basically the first Ba Duan Yin were created to counteract the frail bodies of the "full-time" monks.
Shaolos 2 years ago
I saw something a a doco about animals like lions in the wild don't run unless they have to as each time they it wears away at there bones, muscles etc. and of course it's survival of the fittest out there, a lot like it was back in the day for us.
cupaniopsis1 2 years ago
awesome...absolutely loved this vid. All i do is short 30 min intense weightlifting workouts, or 15-20 mins HIIT running (run as fast as i can till its hurts, take a break, do it again..). I'm getting nice muscle definition, have a MUCH flatter stomach than i used to, and i've never felt better.
it pains me to see people running slowly for a loong time or spend hours every day slaving at the gym, thinking its doing them good. if only they would watch this vid...
razmatazz00001 2 years ago 3
You seem to be confusing total body health and specializing in a certain type of fitness.
Of course someone like Haile Gebreselassie (world record holder in the marathon at 2:03:59) could not exhibit feats of strength......because he doesn't train for that type of fitness!
He is the world's best because he logs a LOT of mileage (120-130 miles per week), runs countless workouts at varying paces to prepare himself for the rigors of racing, and takes care of his body.
jfault13 2 years ago
Of course world class marathoners (Gebreselassie, Wanjiru, etc.) could not exhibit feats of strength.......they aren't training for this type of activity.
The marathoner wants to develop his aerobic capacity and muscular endurance as completely as possible, he doesn't worry about anything besides being able to run 26.2 miles as fast as possible.
Saying that Haile Gebreselassie would be a better marathoner if he didn't train as much is crap. He is the best because he trains so hard.
jfault13 2 years ago
This video is not aimed at people like Gebreselassie. It's aimed at people who want to be as healthy as they can be. And I am certainly not saying these sportspeople would be better if they did not train as much. I am pointing out the sacrifices they make by specialising and suggesting that most people should not base their own life choices on what they see these specialisers doing or it will be to the detriment of their health.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
byllshit
you've posted a picture of a Kevin Levrone - bodybuilder. Can he climb the wall?
Yes sir! He is extremly fit. He was a football player and he can run and jump better than 99% of our civilisation...
junior90210 2 years ago
yeah, I know. When I found that photo I did not even know who he was. I just picked a photo of a big guy! If I have my time again I would have picked that photo more carefully!
paynowlivelater 2 years ago
steroids my friend
brideofabull 2 years ago
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brideofabull 2 years ago
Damn your videos, they're so addictive.
ronamjack 2 years ago 3
I think this movie explains why I logged 25 hours of running over a summer, improved, but did not improve as much when I logged 40 hours of running the summer after.
HandiAce 2 years ago
Awesome video!
Aheyne 2 years ago
also, exercise is healthy. The adaptions our body's make to demand are almost always productive when done safely. As long as you can safely continue adding volume to your workouts and like to do so, also do so in a slow controlled manner, you will be more fit because of it. Some of the most fit people in the world are our endurance athletes. Most of which exercise for 10+ hours a week!. A good example of a high volume exerciser is jack lanlane!
bentnutz929 2 years ago
I suggest you read a book called "Body by Science" by Doug mcGuff and John Little. There is compelling evidence that high volume training is not only uncecessary, but also damaging. The key point is that fitness and health are not the same thing. You frequently hear about high performance athletes missing an event because they have a cold or flu.
paynowlivelater 2 years ago