Aerobic workouts are gentle training sessions where the predominate form of energy being utilized is fat—mostly body fat. They’re easy, some would say “too easy,” but that’s the entire point. Aerobic workouts slowly build mitochondrial density and teach your body to burn fat. They’re essential, and they aren’t what I talk about when I talk […]
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How the Largest Dam Removal Project in History Will Commence Next Year
The largest dam removal project in history commences next year in northern California. When work begins on the Klamath River, the decades-long political battle to remove the combined 411 vertical feet of the J.C. Boyle, Copco #1, Copco #2 and Iron Gate dams will feel like the easy part. Here’s how the Klamath River Renewal […]
Field Tested: Sea To Summit Telos TR2 Tent
Most of the time, changes to outdoor gear come in slow and incremental steps: a slightly more waterproof and breathable fabric, a bit grippier shoe sole, a lighter or more compressible sleeping bag. But the new Sea to Summit line of tents—the ultralight Alto one-person and two-person, and the almost-as-light Telos two-person and three-person—represent a […]
Gaining Weight Changed My Life? Kris’ Success Story
Today, we have another Success Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community, please contact me here. Thank you for reading! This may sound odd but I often say gaining weight actually changed my […]
Where to Rent RVs and Outdoor Adventuremobile Vans
Produced in partnership with Go RVing The longer days and warmer temperatures of spring make it a perfect time to hit the road and explore before summer crowds arrive. While camping during springtime can be a bit of a gamble, with inclement weather and cold nights, a fully outfitted adventuremobile can take you and your […]
DIY Kids’ (Or Grown-up!) Bento Lunch Ideas
Remember sack lunches growing up? You’d unroll your brown bag to find a white bread PB&J, maybe a fruit cup, a squeezable neon green beverage. And if you got a prepackaged snack cake, you were the envy of the rest of your lunch table. These days, we want our kids to have healthier choices while […]
Build Your Next Mountain Bike in 3D
What if you could build your dream mountain bike while chilling at your computer? Imagine clicking on thousands of high-quality component options while rotating and zooming in on each product, similar to the insane levels of detail allowed when building and customizing sick whips in Gran Turismo 6. Select almost every component, choose from different […]
New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 126
Research of the Week Seaweed-based edible food packaging. Lower omega-3 index, higher risk of degenerative rotator cuff tears. Researches can now use cave sediments to derive ancient human DNA. Subtraction is hard. If you’ve had Covid and want the vaccine, you might only need one dose. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 483: Terri Cole: Host […]
Having Trouble Dating? You’re the Problem, Bro
When I first moved from Chicago to ski bum in Telluride, CO, I worked as a snowmaker. During a shift change, a pal of mine began to bark the dating cliché, worn especially thin in mountain towns: There are no women here. Before he could bemoan his point too long, our boss shot back, “It’s […]
The Benefits of Having a Beginner’s Mind
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’re fed up because this fat loss thing isn’t as easy as it was when you were in your 20s. Or maybe you’re frustrated because you used to love the freedom of working out at lunch and now it feels like a hassle to leave your desk and *gasp* […]
Wireless Shifting for the Masses
Until now, a bike with electronic shifting was cool, but expensive—easily costing more than $5,000. Like a Tesla Model S, it was a thing you aspired to, especially if you understood what it might mean. In the case of that Tesla, you’d be buying cachet, fun, and lower your carbon footprint. In the case of […]
Rest Pause Training: How to do Myo Reps
The Primal Blueprint is all about maximizing the efficiency of training to reduce the time spent working and increase the time spent playing. If I can figure out the minimum effective dose and get 80% of the benefits in 20% of the time, I’m all for that. It leaves me extra time to spend with […]
5 Yard Games to Play When You’ve Had Enough Cornhole
When bars shut down amid COVID-19, backyards became verifiable safe havens and parks emerged as suitable (maybe even superior) spots to meet for drinks and catch up with friends. We’ve collectively perfected the art of a proper park hang—and that’s not stopping anytime soon—popping up camping chairs, bringing coolers full of thirst-quenching, low ABV beers […]
Do You Know How to Properly Hydrate? It’s Not as Straightforward as You Might Think
Hydration seems like it should be so easy: drink some water, go about your day, the end. Back in this blog’s early days, and when I first published The Primal Blueprint, my hydration advice was simple: drink when you’re thirsty. Over the years, however, my thinking on the hydration issue has become more nuanced. When […]