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Friday Fun Day: Late Edition!

by Sean Croxton & Ryan Gallop

Yeah, I know it’s Wednesday! But we can just act like it’s Friday.

Today, I’m getting caught up with posting the latest YouTube videos to the UW website. After a couple of months of writing my upcoming e-book The Dark Side of Fat Loss: Lessons from the Underground, I’m really excited about getting back in my groove and doing some blogging and shooting videos. Expect the book to be available in late-July or early August. The feedback so far has been phenomenal.

In this episode of Friday Fun Day, Ryan Gallop of EZIA Human Performance returns to UW for a pretty grueling medicine ball workout. Here are the movements:

* Med Ball Burpees with Slam
* Single-Legged Quarter Squat with Rotation
* Single-Legged Deadlift with Overhead Press
* Oblique Sit-Ups with Slam
* Indo Board Close-Grip Pushups – ORDER your Indo Board HERE!

You can do these one at a time or go back-to-back for 2-4 circuits. Do what you can do!

Have fun!

Out!

Sean Croxton
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

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FFD: Grow Your Own! Ep. 1

by Sean Croxton

I am officially an Organic Farmer!

Yesterday, Kirk and I went over to City Farmer’s Nursery to meet up with Farmer Bill.

Farmer Bill gave us a lesson in how to start our own organic garden. We’re going to grow some chard, spinach, tomatoes, and squash right in the middle of Downtown San Diego!

And YOU get to follow along and do it yourself!

If you’re in San Diego, be sure to visit the nursery. Bill’s got goats, chickens, turkeys, and all kinds of other animals back there. When you’re done, come downtown and say hi to Kirk at his studio Hale Holistic.

We’ll be back next week to show you how to build your box, lay down your soil, and plant those seeds!

I’m pumped!

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Sean Croxton
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

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E-Book Update: I Need Recipes!!

by Sean Croxton

Thanks for bearing with my silence these past few weeks.

The e-book is coming along nicely. Hit page 75 last night. Today, I plan on knocking out the Digestion chapter.

Getting closer every day!

Thanks for all of your Facebook and Twitter support. I really appreciate it.

By the way, I’m looking for recipe submissions for the Underground Cookbook. If you’re interested in submitting something, contact Allyson at assistant at undergroundwellness dot com.

We’ll link your website to the recipe, of course. I’d like each recipe to have a video to go with it, so our readers will be able to follow along. It’s not mandatory, but recommended.

First thing’s first, though. Please send in your favorite 2-3 healthy dishes. We’ll let you know which one’s we’d like to include in the book. Thanks!

Sorry about yesterday’s radio show cancellation. I wasn’t even close to being prepared, as this book has consumed my life.

BUT we do have a show this Thursday with cell phone expert Devra Davis. And I’ll be shooting Part 1 of the Grow Your Own series tomorrow with Kirk Hensler of Hale Holistic!

Gotta eat some Real Food for breakfast and get to work.

Out!

Sean

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FFD Workout: The Pilates Core Challenge!

by Sean Croxton, Brett Klika, and Chris Jarrell

Yo! Happy Friday to ya!

This week flew by! Can’t believe it’s Friday already.

Today’s workout is a burner.

Chris Jarrell, Pilates instructor at Fitness Quest 10, got medieval on us with this one. Get on the floor and try it out.

I like the slow, controlled approach that Pilates has when training the core. It really makes you feel the abdominals working.

Be sure to play close attention the cues. When performed properly, you get a lot more bang for your buck than typical abs training.

Check it out!

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Enjoy your weekend!

Sean

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Would You Like Caffeine with Your Leggings?

by Sean Croxton

It’s been mighty quiet around these parts this week.

Last week, I came to the conclusion that keeping up with my almost-daily blogging while writing an e-book was going to be next to impossible.

The book is coming along better than I could have ever imagined. Having a coach makes a BIG difference. He has been a tremendous help in walking me step-by-step through each part of the process.

Last night, I made it to page 45, which I consider to be the point of no return. It’s getting DONE this time. At this pace, I should be finished with my first draft by the 10th of June. Then, I can start editing and hire someone to design the book layout.

There’s a light at the end of this tunnel!

In the News

Book aside, there were a couple news stories that I wish I had the time to blog about this week. The first was front-page news regarding the World Health Organization’s declaration of cell phones as possible carcinogens.

Didn’t I just blog about this? (links below)

Looks like we were ahead of the game, as usual. Another win for the underground.

I write it. People roll their eyes. Then shortly thereafter, it makes headlines. That’s typically how it works.

Speaking of cell phones, we heard back from Dr. Devra Davis’ people (author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation). She’ll be on UW Radio very soon to tell us even more than the WHO revealed.

Update: Dr. Davis just confirmed for next Thursday, June 9.

From the Ridiculous File…

Last year, Good Morning America sent me through the roof with their segment on The Cookie Diet. Yesterday, they did a fun little piece featuring caffeine-infused leggings that claim to take two inches off your hips and one inch off your thighs by just wearing them for five hours a day for 21 days.

Watch it HERE!

Now, this is silly. I almost choked on my breakfast.

Apparently, America has a caffeine deficiency…in our pants. Obesity solved.

Keeping it real, if you’re wearing your mocha latte, you’re not just overweight. You’re kinda gullible, too.

Just sayin’.

Then again, stories like this should motivate us to keep spreading the word about real health and fat loss. We’ve got a quite a mountain in front of us, but that won’t keep us from climbing.

The people of the world need us to save them from amped-up pants.

That’s all for me. No radio show tonight. Gotta write and watch the Heat crush the Mavs.

Allyson will be uploading a radio show clip from our show with Chris Kresser today. It’s a goodie! Check it out on the YouTube channel.

I have a Friday Fun Day workout video with Brett Klika in the can. Your abs will burn! Look for it right here tomorrow.

Happy Thursday.

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Sean