Primal Primer 11 (Fitness)
Our ancestors used calisthenic like movements for survival and conditioning, even if not consciously performing exercises as we understand them today. Proximal links between those spending more time in pursuit of arduous physical hunting and gathering activity’s not only enhanced acute success from by probability, but also cultivating increased strength, endurance, and instincts monopolizing chronic success. Thriving evolved to no longer being weighted singularly by chance, sliding success further to those conditioned to meet and exceed demands of resource acquisition amongst a competitive landscape.
- Hunting & Gathering – Functional movements like running, climbing, squatting, and crawling were necessary for chasing prey, gathering food, and navigating terrain.
- Combat & Defense – Physical conditioning from natural calisthenic activity helps in hand to hand defense and offense against predators and rivals.
- General Physical Preparedness (GPP) – Calisthenic movements kept early humans strong, agile, and resilient; all critical traits for survival in harsh environments.
Make The World Your Gym
Make the world your gym and use your body as primary tool. Calisthenics are “gymnastic ” type movements defined as using body weight in gracefully controlled cadence. Being able to move your body in real world movement patterns is progenitor strengthening technology. Considering the relative safety and practical applications, calisthenics are ranked supreme as always being available, low impact, and requiring relatively little form training.
~Cave Implementation~
When on your daily walk, in between conference calls, or hanging out with your kids at the park: get outside and take advantage of bodyweight time under tension protocols (T.U.T.). Practicing calisthenics cultivates strength, accelerates healing, provides posture maintenance, lowers stress, and keeps the body prepared for action. Supercharge sessions with sunlight and a light or heavy sweat impromptu style. Timed body hangs or pull ups on a low tree branches, squat jumps on a park bench, variants of crawling, or pressing out pushups on grass and ground (added benefit of grounding).
Make The World Your Gym & Use Your Body As Primary Tool.
