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April 25, 2023 3 min read 1 Comment
When we think of the word ‘Ancestral’, it normally provokes strength, hunting, fight or flight responsiveness and adrenaline. Man vs Beast in a battle for survival….Normally it would have the connotation of living on the knife’s edge. But I’d beg to differ.
When I think of ‘Ancestral’ I think of less complication, less distraction, more focus on the natural and above all focusing on keeping things functional.
We can strip out the distractions, the complications and focus on the task ahead. I think for a lot of athletes that’s the appeal of training and competition – to be able to drop out all other distraction and apply pure focus to achieve their potential. But how can you get into a similar place with your state of mind and your training?
Whether labelling a more honed, intelligent and healthy version of yourself as ‘Ancestral’ or not, you can boil down the parameters for your journey into a few simple guidelines. I’ve based these on some similar lessons from Ben Greenfield. I’m going to go through each one and hopefully help you to become a more ‘Ancestral’ athlete.
These are just a few of the methods you can use to live the most ‘Ancestral’ life that you can. Strip things back to basics and keep it simple, whether in life or your training. At the Gravity Fitness Store we have equipment that can help you perform the most basic and functional movements, so you don’t have to worry about keeping your training ‘Ancestral’!
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Nick
May 12, 2023
I really love what you have written here, and although I am not training yet I do intend to (really need to) as I need to build my upper body strength, and get fitter and I am quite new to this, but what you have written here really appeals to me. thank you.