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Four Hour Body Mini Review

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Lifestyle Design, Nutrition, Reviews

This is titled a “mini review” since it is (A) not a full review, and (B) my thoughts on the book as the content applies to me and me only.

First things first, I have enjoyed the book very much. Tim is the ultimate geek for the human body, and this monster of a book proves it.

Second, I found the following chapters and ideas most useful. The rest I either didn’t care about, or simply disagreed with [disclaimer for those who haven't bought it yet: Tim knew many of his readers would be in the same boat before publishing the book, so far as I am aware].

  • Ice Age: Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight
  • Six-Minute Abs: Two Exercises That Actually Work
    • Note: I do not perform direct work for my abs, nor will I start doing any. I like this chapter because Drew is in it and I think Drew is awesome. I also have a monopoly on Drew Baye Youtube…

You Snooze You Win

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Miscellaneous, Reviews

I’ve mentioned “Lights Out” on TDL a number of times. Until now, I have never taken time beyond the occasional link to discuss the book and the ideas within it.

The Short Version

This is a book about sleep.

Sound boring?

It’s not.

Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival is, to the furthest extent of my knowledge, the best book ever written on sleep.

Shockingly, it runs contrary to every internet genius blogger touting “2 hours of sleep a night” and “polyphasic sleep cycles”.

In reality, it lays out why such ideas are not only wrong, but equally dangerous – and every bit as misguided as a vegetarian touting the health and “environmental” benefits of avoiding animal foods.

Indeed, this is razor sharp insanity masquerading as good intentions at its finest.

The Gist of Lights Out

If the neolithic revolution is a “recent event” in the history of man, artificial light is no more distant than an event happening a few hours ago.

While man has had access to fire for…

The Dream Book Collection

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design, Miscellaneous, Reviews

Someone tweeted at me the other day stating interest in what was on my bookshelf (reader Ben of this blog I believe). I thought about it and decided it would make for an interesting post.

What you see above is my personal and current book collection* . I’ve owned and read many more in my life time of course, but I frequently sell books that I won’t read twice, and would be better off in the hands of someone else (hence you don’t see The Primal Blueprint hard cover in here, for one example).

*With a shameless self promotional piece in the back ground of master copy event DVD’s to be delivered this week to the production/distribution company I have chosen. Check out one of the full DVD covers here (it’s pretty slick).

Below I’ll briefly discuss each book, and provide a link to purchase it. Most will be to Amazon, in which case I get a small commission (usually…

The Primal Blueprint is Aiming for #1 on the Best Seller List TODAY!

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition, Reviews

Somehow when I wrote my review of TPB, I weaved in some SEO magic and soon after it’s release the review skyrocketed to number 1 on Google for “primal blueprint review”.

Ever since, it’s been one of the most popular posts on this site, search engine wise.

Whooopppeee right? Why am I posting about TPB again?

Well today is the day Mark is pushing this book to become number one on the Amazon best seller list.

For the record…

  • This is the best print book I know of on Paleo/Primal nutrition
  • Kurt Harris runs the best blog on Paleo/primal nutrition (I’m not comparing Mark’s because it’s about a lot more than nutrition)
  • Doug McGuff has the best DVD on the subject, period.

Anyway, I like to support the above 3 individuals and the work they do. I think their work is of critical importance for anyone eating a less than optimal diet, which is easily 99/100 people I run into on a daily basis, and 99/100 people you bump into as…

Doug McGuff: What to Eat, What Not to Eat

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition, Reviews

Excuse the webcam picture, I dropped my $200 digital camera in a stream last week while camping in the wilderness, and I don’t feel like dropping another hundred plus dollars on a camera at the moment.

What you see above is “The Diet DVD” from Doug Mcguff, as it’s been called.

I purchased it for my mother, and it arrived just before her birthday. It was $45 plus shipping and handling, so it wasn’t cheap, but I was confident in Doug’s ability to present complex information in a manner that was easy to absorb and understand by the lay person.

I finally sat down and watched the DVD with her yesterday, and, WOW (pun intended).

Doug’s online videos are top notch, but this was a step above, and well worth the price tag.

If Mark Sisson authored the best print book to date on paleolithic nutrition, and Kurt Harris run’s the most informative and in depth blog on the subject, Doug Mcguff just took the gold medal in…

Heros and Villains

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking, Reviews

I propose the following idea: that certain historical “heroes”, are not heroes at all, and that certain historical “villains” are not villains at all.

Of particular interest are Genghis Khan and Abraham Lincoln (often referred to as one of our “greatest presidents”).

Simply put, I believe the history and legacies of these two men have been severely distorted.

This is probably why I vividly remember my 10th grade “world history” teacher (Mrs. Copeland) defining “history” as a well agreed upon pack of lies.

So much so in fact, that the conventional views of these two men, are the inverses of what common sense would reveal upon further investigation.

Let’s start with Genghis Khan.

The first time I heard anything about or relating to Genghis Khan was on TV in an episode of South Park, when one of the characters said “God damn Mongolians”.

That was then followed by a mounted horde of “Mongolians” trampling over a hill. I’ll never forget it.

More recently, I saw Genghis Khan directly mentioned in Uncharted 2: Among…

Review: The Best Water Bottle on the Planet- $150… and Free Shipping =)

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition, Reviews

For many years now I have been an avid drinker of Fiji and Eternal water- both “silica rich” and “artesian” waters.

Why?

I simply can’t stand other sources of water for very long.

Some are not as bad as others, but all- in a long enough time span, and including home filtered water- gave me mild head aches, cotton mouth, and just tasted like pool water to me after…

Meeting Tucker Max at an “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” Movie Screening

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Meeting Cool People, Reviews, The 21 Convention, Wealth

Surprisingly enough, I didn’t even have a chance to finish (I did start) the best selling book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell before seeing the blockbuster movie at a pre-screening in Gainsville Florida- on the eve of my 21st birthday no less.

The end result?

Had a great time, the movie kicked ass, got a bunch of free stuff, and I got to meet and personally invite Tucker Max to T21C 2010.

Experience

It was a short 2 hour drive (maybe less) to Gainsville from Orlando. I rode with my room mate and his friend Jeff. We got there a full 2…

An In Depth Review of: The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Nutrition, Reviews

Free 2 hour video by Primal Blueprint author Mark Sisson. Click to watch in HD.

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Begin official Primal Blueprint review.

 

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I’d like to kick start this review of The Primal Blueprint by saying that there was a feeling of relief upon completing it. The practical information and understanding Mark Sisson has compiled into this book is a true first in the field of paleo diet nutrition, and perhaps “lifestyle” as well.

As it stands, this is my number one pick for understanding proper nutrition- a spot on my roster that has previously been left empty- to my dismay

Hence if you’ve checked out the resources section lately you’ll find a handful of books, that together, painted a decent picture of my views on nutrition and exercise. Individually, they all fell short in the field of nutrition.

Even the popular Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain fell short in a few (critical) areas- namely saturated fat and…

Review: Moment Arm Exercise by Bill De Simmone

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Reviews

Moment Arm Exercise

Introduction

Upon searching, it surprises (shocks?) me to find not one review of this absolute gem in exercise physiology. This book truly is a needle in the hay stack.

While I can not personally vouch for the long term effectiveness of the principles contained within- nor am I especially qualified to criticize or praise those notions on a more scientific basis- Moment Arm Exercise truly is an amazing read.

In light of this- and before beginning the review- I would like to state that this book is not for “beginners” or someone with only a mild interest in exercise.

At the soonest, MAE should be read after a thorough understanding is had of the concepts behind Body by Science- so in a sense it is “continued education” for those highly motivated to continue learning about the human body, exercise,…