The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson

and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

CrossFit Training

How to Add Mass and Build Strength with Primal.

Gaining mass and building strength while crossfitting should be a breeze.

You're lifting heavy things, using compound full body movements like squats, deadlifts, and presses,

providing a potent growth stimulus to your muscles.

Yet many people still fall short of their goals, perhaps losing weight and improving performance but failing to really gain any muscle or strength. Today I'm going to

explain how going primal can help you achieve both goals. First, you must understand the very primal

reality of your body's hormonal systems and their

relation to the environment.

Acknowledge that you are an organism whose endocrine system is acutely attuned to the inputs

it receives.

It's actively engaged in the world around you, making predictions and taking actions

based on your perceptions. If your body thinks it's living

through a famine, it will conserve energy and eliminate wasteful extravagances like big muscle and two

times body weight back squat. If your body thinks it's living through plentiful times, it'll be

more liberal with energy and allow the growth of extracurricular tissues,

like big muscles. Create an environment of abundance or even the impression of one, and you'll be

more likely to gain muscle and strength. Here are nine things to give your attention to.

Number one, first and foremost, eat more calories.

Providing a calorie surplus doesn't just provide the raw materials necessary to build more tissue,

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