Read this article about an exciting new fitness system coming into existence, based on natural/primitive human body dynamics.
Our workouts are domesticated, while the world out there is still plenty wild. In a pinch, can a man put gym-generated biceps and tank-tread abs to any real use? Could it be that our treadmill-running, elliptical-gliding, well-oiled Cybex world has turned us into show dogs who can’t hold our own in the hunt?
“I meet men all the time who can bench 400 pounds but can’t climb up through a window to pull someone from a burning building,” Le Corre says. “I know guys who can run marathons but can’t sprint to anyone’s rescue unless they put their shoes on first. Lots of swimmers do laps every day but can’t dive deep enough to save a friend, or know how to carry him over rocks and out of the surf.”
… “Being fit isn’t about being able to lift a steel bar or finish an Ironman,” Le Corre says … “It’s about rediscovering our biological nature and releasing the wild human animal inside.”
The founder, Erwan Le Corre, has a website at movnat.com.
This is neat. My friends and I are planning on building a woodland obstacle course across the river from my house, for the same kinds of reasons.