Testimonial: Primality 1 Day Workshop Experience

My Primality 1 Day Workshop Experience

I attended the Fitness Explorer's one day Primality seminar to discover new ways to complement my current training regime. I am a Crossfit Certified Trainer and Personal Trainer and like to work outdoors so saw this as a good fit. In the introduction his Primality philosophy had good definitions and was well thought out so I was intrigued to learn more.

The talks were relaxed and informal with plenty of opportunity to ask questions. Of particular interest were of being more mindful and having an awareness of our body in it's physical but also social environment, this opened my mind to a more holistic approach to not just fitness but to lifestyle.

We also covered some paleo nutrition topics, here Darryl demonstrated indepth knowledge and was comfortable with any questions fielded on this topic.

The sessions were freeflowing, fun, social and became more challenging as the day progressed.  We ventured outside as well as doing some work indoors.  I especially thought that the balance work, animal-like natural movement, precision jumping and primal imaginative play all added a new dimension.  At the time I thought that physically it wasn't as challenging as I thought it would be, but at the end of the day I really felt my body telling me that it had been worked hard!

The seminar was really enjoyable, I felt as though I made loads of friends and I remember laughing a lot. Great day!! 

Jerry

Free: Barefoot Running & Natural Movement Lecture (London)

Event hosted by Balance Physio Clapham - March 20th 2012 @ 7pm

We are very fortunate to have two of London's most respected authorities in the field of natural movement and barefoot running talking in March. 

Naeem Akram "The Running Engineer" who is a Vivobarefoot certified coach will be talking about barefoot running and how you can run faster and more efficiently by adopting  a different technique.   

Darryl Edwards "The Fitness Explorer" will be talking about the fundamentals of natural movement

It should be a really dynamic evening so be prepared to MOVE!

Register Here:

Update on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 23:16 by Darryl Edwards

Unfortunately this event has already SOLD OUT!

Update on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 21:21 by Darryl Edwards

As of Sunday eve - 26 Feb.  Another 15 tickets have been allocated.  So sign up fast!

Thought of the Day: Is Your Training Predictable?

Unpredicatability:

Unpredictability improves one's capability, we need constant challenge in order to adapt.  Sometimes our workouts playouts should be unstructured, unplanned, irregular and unorthrodox.  Sometimes we should change based on what we can take advantage of at the time or to deal with a situation that is unexpected.  Not just changing reps and sets or volume but occassionally a whole new way of execution.

The SAID Principle:

The concept of most athletic training is based on the SAID princple.  This is that we improve a specific skill and capability through repetition and thus adapting to the demands placed on the body on a regular basis.  Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID).  In other words you get what you train for and you become how you train.

Naturally we were designed to be multi-disciplined, multi-skilled and mult-faceted.  The more we specialise the more we will adapt to that stimulus.  If I spent all my work out time doing long distances on a bike the more my body and mind will adapt to cycling.  Not only in positive ways (improving my cardiovascular capacity, slow twitch muscle fibre capability, endurance capability, lower leg strength and so on) but also in negative ways (increased likelihood of poor upper body posture, relatively poor upper body strength, increased likelihood of injury due to repetitive movement within a reduced range of motion and so on).

Generalism vs Specialism

For me I want to generalise not specialise.  Sometimes I just want or need to get things done.  Sometimes it is inefficient.  But it still works.  This is a Tactical Adaptation to Imposed Demands - I call this TAID.

I am a generalist not a specialist.  I am not an athlete.  I am not a part of the elite or do I wish to be elitest.  I would prefer to be a jack of all trades and a master of none.  To tactically deal with any demand imposed on my body.  This will give me the best advantage in terms of dealing with life's mental and physical challenges: to prepare for the unexpected.

This will benefit all human beings.

So once again let's begin:

For generalists make most of your workouts unstructured, unplanned, irregular and unorthrodox.

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