Monkey2Runner

Going Caveman Blueprint Paleo for 30 Days Paleo diet eating like a caveman, I've ordered a book and from what I’ve seen and read. You eat your meat and you eat your fruits and veg. What you don’t eat is stuff that was not around millions of years ago. You don’t eat bread you don’t eat pasta, or potatoes. I've been eating allot of bread recently as I've been trying to bake it and work out how to make the perfect loaf of bread. I've also noticed that I'm not as vibrant and active as I have been in the past few months. Not sure if these are linked or might just be I'm drinking too much coffee now that there is a free vending machine at work. I have experimented with raw foods and found great success with those and also juicing and making smoothie’s I still stick to a mainly junk free and vegan diet , but this makes more sense to me. Cut out the stodgy the pasta and the sugar and caffeine and just live like the caveman the animal that man is. Being grain fed almost ...

Day 9 Monday 9am I was absolutely tired and worn out, I had spent all Sunday training parkour and running doing body weight exercise, plus the outside air, by the time I went to bed I slept when the alarm went off at 5am I heard it but I was worn out and my body was aching, felt more beneficial to sleep the extra 4 hours. This experiment on the few days where I have got up around the 5am mark has really run me in to the ground. Still try and get up tomorrow, I really felt better for the extra sleep, my arms and back of shoulders were really aching today. Day 10 Tuesday 5.30am Got up at early today, put on the trainers and got out the house, went for a jog. Had a bit of a run then some walking, felt really great jogging at that time , there was a few cars about and people walking around must of thought he’s serious. The air was nice and clean and it really blew the cobwebs out of the system, took a while to get used to. The iPod headphones kept falling out of my ears while I was jogging...

How am i going to get up earlier each day, learn to get up at 6am or earlier Latest goal to work on is how to get up early, there will be plenty of time too sleep when im dead. The goal getting up early and sleeping less , too much time. Just like the cold showers, they will probly feel bad for the first few weeks but then once i get them in to the system , it will start to feel bad by not getting up early. The cold showers hurt at first , but now it seems that as im on a role it would be a shame to quit now. Getting up early, how early should i get up? . The reason i stay asleep for so long is due to day dreaming, i almost find it hard to face life when im half asleep. By getting up and out , then i hope this will improve my focus. Of all the hours ive spent daydreaming and thinking in my daze, i honestly dont remeber what ive been thinking about or if that this has even been of benifit to myself. Its going to be a struggle to get up early, perhaps just go straight for 5am so i can t...

in order to stop hitting the snooze button , set your alarm for that momnet in time when you would panic and say “oh crap i need to go go” so the alarm is an alarm. if your gona hit snooze then just set the time so that snooze is not an option, then if you want to get up earlier it is due to your own natural choice and motivation rather than the buzz of the alarm going off. using this aproach i am starting to wake ealier naturaly as i am now trying to get up before the alarm goes off, rather than after it has made its anoying beep. The alarm should be just that an alarm!! Learn to wake up before the alarms are raised! See more progress on: stop hitting snooze

wooo , had a while where i went back on the warm showers, but now the boiler is broke im on the cold 1’s again, think the trick is just stand under the water and feel the pain, it lasts about 1-2mins then the water just seems to feel warm. not sure if this is the point where your skin just goes numb. then massage the cold water in to your skin. feels good the first 1-2 mins is the worst and also if you put your head on the water, you get the brain freeze feeling, and can be hard to open your eyes, your whole head goes numb See more progress on: take more cold showers

"cold n chilly" How I did it: i take more cold showers now because as part of trying to achieve other goals i go to the gym and do more, a cold shower really cools me down and sorts me out. i think cold showers are cold , so no suprise when i take one they are cold. i just take a short cold shower of maybe 60 seconds just to quickly freshen up, or maybe a longer one when i get back from the gym and im too hot. Lessons & tips: if you dont like them dont put the water on the coldest setting just have them cool .  or if they are too much , just turn the water on for 20seconds then turn it off and maybe try and last 30 seconds next time . or alternate between hot and cold... or go straight in without thinking about it. or just do 1 part at a time.. there is lots ofways to go about it. they are just a bit cold at first Resources: cold / hot water. towel exersise shower It took me 13 days. It made me ahhh freezing See more progress on: take more cold showers

Health Benefits of holding your nose while drinking. I had a whole pack of spirulina  and made juices packed with greens and minerals , the only problem was the difficulty getting them in to my system on a regular basis , the problem the taste, the spirulina drinks and some of my green vegtable juices just were too much for my taste buds, the flavor of spirulina is like mould or as described on the internet pond water. Some green vegtable juices just taste bitter and overpowering. Once they are in my system then they can go to work on doing the wonders to my body and health, but not able to get them in there because im struggling to force it down my neck. Then i thought of an old trick where if you hold your nose while drinking you can't taste whats in your mouth, or you can taste it but only just very subtle taste ie a bitter feeling or sour feeling in the mouth. Now using this trick i can easy consume large amounts of green juice and using the holding the nose technique its as th...

Put on some relaxing music and spend an hour on the floor. Stretching and relaxing. Giving your legs a good Stretching, the videos and image will give you and idea of how to stretch your legs. Not in English ,but using these techniques to open up the range of motion in the hips, i particularly like the slapping on the legs and feet and massaging the toes. Spent 45 Min's gong through these exercises , think the thing to do is to relax in to the range of motion and also alternate with active tensing of the muscles in use. Stretching my legs out on the floor but also tensing and flexing the calf and leg muscles. Think this relaxes the muscles and also builds in the use of action in those new positions its about building up the leg strength for flexibility. When stretching to new angles the legs have not been used in those positions before so the muscles are not only stretched and tight , they also haven't got much understanding or muscle memory with what to do in these new positio...

How to improve the height and power of your martial arts kicks, Back kicks are a powerful kick , what i am trying to learn is how to increase the range and motion of my kicks, my leg kicks although have enough power to defend myself, the muscles on the back of my legs still feel tights and the speed and range of motion need allot of practice. Kick power is generated by the speed and force of a kick to the opponent, and to be able to have this power and speed you need to be in control of the balance and position of your body to enable the kick to move through the full range of motion and connect at full force. By being flexible with the spinning kick, you can easily use this spinning motion to hit the target in either the legs , ribs head or arms. A strong spinning kick to the leg or knee of the opponent may be all it takes to finish the fight and escape from danger.  My current routine for improving the height and power of my martial arts and kick boxing kicks are using technique if ha...

Although im all on doing my upper body workout dips and chinups to get back some of my natural power, these dudes take raw animal strength and human potential and show you how it can be done, this is pure upper body strength callisthenics's . Though if they got in some trees i think a few of these guys would fall to the ground. Park working out using the children's play area as an adult fully functional gym. When they built this park and swings for kids they created a set of challenges to be overcome. Dips pullups and hood workouts were soon to follow, its not about giving someone a push on the swing , not its about cranking out planch and L-sits on the slide. Still think if you let monkeys loose in a place like this they would come up with a few exercises that even these guys would find impressive [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNw_6DnFJ90&feature=fvw[/youtube]

A well balanced routine before combat training, this is a good whole body stretching and flexibility routine before going in to a sports combat or MMA training session, even just doing this kind of routine throughout the day to keep limber and supple is very positive, you don't want to be all tight all the time and only loosen up 20 mins before training , the idea is to always keep limber and flexible so that your body adapts and learns to function better, a good warm up routine also preps the mind and coordination. This routine gets you on the floor and works all the major muscle and ligament groups in the body. Before throwing full force punches allow the arms and body to go through some of the movements at a slower more controlled pace to build fluidity and muscle memory in to the action. Also even if your all beat up from the gym or the ring allow a few sessions of stretching and warmup after so that nothing stiffens up. Dynamic movement, your gonna move your gonna sprawl. Be l...

Israeli Ninjitsu this guy kicks ass and knows cool moves to get the weapons off the enemy [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnClWxkcS4g&feature=grec[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9OCyhswTkg[/youtube] Freerunning in the snow video with tune "Freshlyground - I'd Like"  Body conditioning Free runner aka Livewire!

This is a video showig the science of breaking bricks and blocks with the body, actually constantly traing your body makes it harder and tougher, continually challening yourslef you turn from soft to hard. Smashing the normal persons bones a well trained expert can generate more power than a sledge hammer blow. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndUzZJcCyNU&feature=rec-r2-2r-1-HM[/youtube] About 8 mins in to this video  "what the Fuck"  the Spear. Them bricks got pwoneed , dammm!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2mgT6l26C8&feature=related[/youtube] Start to fill all the free time slots with scheduled activities that will drive you forward towards your goals, most times my calender is like option 1. I have a few tasks that need to e achieved but the rest of the time i am flicking between tasks , doing a little Facebook a little Youtube and not spending any blocks on sustained activity that will promote growth and add to the tasks where i want to live my life

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BygEHtRYddo[/youtube] BRIAN TRACEY TIME MANAGEMENT VIDEO 20% OF ACTIVITIES ARE FOR THE 80% OF VALUE

Just Monkeying Around  Movement Video Exersise , loosing weight, gaining a full body workout, feeling good and looking good. Easy and fun to do creative and burns of fat tones the entire body. Short quick and effective workout. another great video showing the fun and benefits of using the animal movements, [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xne0bube0Og[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrB1C8P1-O4[/youtube] Animal walking and Animal strength Training With an open area to practice in you can explore the floor space using different animal stances and walks, try to build speed in to these exersieses and change of pace movements and direction. Practice going forwards and backwads doing the animal stances , practicing doing these while holding a weight. I have been using my ab wheel in some of these movement s and it is extreemly difficult but very effective for tageting the whole body and building a unique endurance. Not many people train like an animal, people get big arms or good at doing crunches for the six pack, but dont get the entire fitness level high enough as a whole, doing more coordinated and complex bodyweight movements like handstands and animal walks builds strength at every layer of your body. Not just puffed up muscles but lean strong fibers and ligaments. Encorperating addtional weihght to move things allong faste...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j59crflJWbQ&feature=PlayList&p=A266957A234A3103&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2[/youtube] Monkey kong, drill , learning to be flexible and gain more strength in your arms and legs. Work out like an animal rather that a conditioned human, use more instinctual movements and full range movements to build a body that has the raw power and strength of a wild animal, get used to using your own body weight, use the natural power and allow all the muscles to work together, developer strong coordination and a animal gorilla stance. in the wild the gorilla is a powerful animal , it is strong and can easily lift its own body weight , use all your limbs arms and legs build a strong animal foundation before moving up on to weights. if using your body is difficult and a challenge then master all the animal conditioning exercise before moving on to paying a gym membership. pull ups push ups and quadruple movements build you in to a stron...

When being in the cage or in a fighting situation like MMA it comes down to instincts and natural agression and fight to overcome, train like an animal. When an animal is cornerd or hunting its prey, it rips them apart, animals bite the the prey and rip them limb from limb. Raw agression and animal power can be developed by watching nature show us how its done. Think its smart watching fight tutiorals and taking lessons. Have a fight with a wild monkey. They know what to do as they rely on the instincts how to destroy the enemy to overcome the situation. The raw animal strength, is brutal. They dont take no prisoners its about survival. Its about coming out on top, the key to fighting hard is to train hard, train the body as a whole, you need your legs to push and kick and wrap and clench your opponent. Your core to twist and turn and duck. The animal needs to be developed. Watch how a tiger will watch and stalk its prey, eyes locked on and will completely injure its prey with no remor...