My Inner Cave Woman - Movement

I've decided to kick start this weight loss challenge of mine by getting in touch with my inner cave woman by following Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint. Now you can go and spend almost $200 and buy all of his DVDs and start-up plan, or you can sign up for his eNewletter and get basically the same info for free. Obviously I went with the free version. All you have to do is click on the link above and then click on the "Freebies" tab and sign up with your email. Remember to save the email once you are registered because that has the password you will need to access the free eBooks. In point form, what I've gathered of the plan so far is:

• 5-7 hours of slow steady movement each week, you're heart rate should be between 50% -75% max heart rate. You can split this time up over the week or do it all at once; for example a long hike on a Saturday. This will actually be kind of challenging for me because I work a desk job and I sit all day long. I may have to dust off that pedometer.... I got in at least one hour on Friday with a hike at Taughannok State Park in Trumansburg, NY. 'Twas a beautiful fall day.

•  One day of sprinting. Sunday are the designated days for this torture exercise, I sprinted 50 yards, 6 times. I wanted to throw up. J tells me this gets easier with time...
• Two days of strength training. This will occur on Tuesday & Thursdays for me. You do a fitness test so to speak to figure out where you start. This gave my flashbacks to middle school, but it's not that bad. It helps you figure out where you start in the plan. There are four basic movements: squats, push ups, pull ups, and planks. Again, these are all progressions, if you cannot do a full push up, you will start with an easier variation and move onto harder versions once you master it.
• Then you have days of play/rest/slow movement. The point of this plan is to replicate how our ancestors moved and ate, because that's what our bodies need.
• Our society has become obese because we fill ourselves with processed foreign foods that our ancestors never had to deal with. I haven't gotten to the nutrition plan yet, but I've heard it's basically carb free. Hmmm, not sure how I feel about that.