Pieces of our Past
Blog Archive
Trash Teflon: Cast Iron Cooking
When imagining daily life of Lewis & Clark's voyages westward with Left Coast destinations, images of wagon caravans, cowboy hats, and Colt pistols are first to mind. And with a bit more imagination, we can expand peripherals upon neo-pilgrim cookware. With...
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S3E44
Left Coast Caveman continued discussion on probiotics with emphasis on Lactobacillus Reuteri and impact on men's and women's reproductive health. Minimum daily fitness activity discussed and tied to cybernetics and the mindset of consistent action making the success...
Second Sweat
There comes a time in a mans life when he must evaluate his domain of skill, physicality, and output. The questions we all need to periodically ask: am I where I should be? Am I worthy of being at the tip of humanities spear?.....Would my ancestors be proud? This line...
A-Lactic Conditioning: Sprint Repeatability
When it comes to the body’s energy systems (bioenergetics & metabolism), there is immense levels of complexity between biology and chemistry that can confuse even the most college and industry savvy. Despite this complexity, it is critical to have a rudimentary...
The Nature of Work – Finding Your Pattern
Everyday we are engaged in the broad scope of work. “Work” being an operative word used to describe any action that is productive. Although many would argue the subjective semantics of “productive” and rightfully so being a theme to unpack later. Independent of your...
Ancient Microbiome & Recreating Past Health
All throughout our human history, accompanying us has been an ecosystem of bacterial life both outside and within. Deeply seeded, there lies a network of digestive tract, home to another worldly biome influencing nutrient absorption, neurotransmitter creation, and...
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S4E54
On this cast we depart from traditional discussions on Fitness, Nutrition, and Mentality to embark on a journey of discovery. What is the ultimate mark of one's life? Pain or Pleasure seeking? Is there value in the explicit pursuit of one or the other, or is it a...
Sunlight Exposure: Take Vitamin Sun Everyday
LET THERE BE LIGHT 93 million miles from earth resides the bright orange ball. A fusion reactor that has been providing most all life on earth with direct and indirect energy since interminable beginning. From fusion ignition, there was light. And from this light...
10,000 Steps
The idea of 10,000 steps has been a common thread of health knowledge that most of us are familiar with. Be it from an app or fitness content of sorts, the idea of a 10,000 step walking goal is universally regarded as the gold standard for daily movement. Despite the...
Make the World Your Gym – Every Day Carry (EDC)
It would be hard to debate that human’s of today are busier and with less free time than at any other point in history. Although the alleged intent of “modern conveniences” was to make our lives more efficient while increasing leisure time, these ubiquitous items of...
Ancient Fueling: Eating with Season
It is well established that we are all one species classified as Homo Sapien. Although natural phylogenetic divisions of race developed in concert, over time and influenced by variation of regional habitation. Through the majesty of evolution, the organism and...
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S4E55
LCC MENTALITY: Orthodoxy of what is accepted, conditioned, and created. Are you following or creating your own map of meaning? LCC FITNESS MODALITY: 10,000 step rule, Move more and move everyday. Know your steps; all great journeys start with 1 step. LCC NUTRITION...
“Official” Food Rating
Food and how it interacts in your nutritional ecosystem has long since departed seasonal sprouting and tracking of game. Understanding nutrition amidst highly marketed, processed, and the Fugazi seemingly requires academic rigor in discerning fact from fiction....
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S4E52
LCC MENTALITY: Be Cognizant of Your Time. LCC FITNESS MODALITY: Cartilage Building. LCC NUTRITION MODALITY: Glucosamine Chondroitin. CAVE IMPLEMENTATION* Seek natural remedies that are proven effective over medicinal remedies that are marketed as such. No significant...
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S4E53
LCC MENTALITY: LCC FITNESS MODALITY: LCC NUTRITION MODALITY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82cHs0Z5yNs&ab_channel=LeftCoastCaveman
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S4E51
LCC series part 1 on joint health, introducing the topic of joint health and joint healing while maintaining regular exercise, and knowing that what you do is always being viewed. Be a true life influencer, not just a social influence Fugazi....
HSR: Heavy Slow Resistance for Recovery & Connective Tissue Health
Heavy lifting is critical for connective tissue health. And often as we inevitably develop tendinopathies (nagging pain in joints and connective tissue) we instinctively abstain from the heavy lifting or body movements, load up on anti-inflammatories, ice down, or...
Ancestral Strength & Your Updated Social Contract
Often we come across claims as to what defined our past progenitor’s fitness >10,000 years ago. And of course, these are all unfounded conjectures based in comparison of what we know of fitness today, bone samples, and possibly referencing isolated tribes that have...
Eggs: Cage Free, Organic, or Pasture Raised?
When we imagine perfect protein, the initial association likely lands upon muscle meats as standard. Staying near the habits of ancestral eating patterns, animal flesh & organ can be assumed the most nutrient dense, and annually available sources of nutrition. And...
Left Coast Caveman Cast_S3E49
Left Coast Caveman weekly conversation around the 3 key modalities of better well being - Mentality, Fitness, and Nutrition. This week's episode explores the dynamics at play in bullying, what one can do in response, and a eggs as nutritional modality....