The Only 3 Primal Movements you need to be a Functional Human
We are humans with a lot of animal instincts inside us. But what does it mean to move Primal? These are three types of movement that make us functional movers, can enhance athletic ability, and ensure that we stay healthy for a lifetime.
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These 3 Functional Movements will improve your ability to be an athletic human being. These movements will honor your animal nature and are probably the most real "primal movements". Evolutionary wise these movements have been important to our survival and make us animalistic in nature.
Edit: Some great comments are leading to an expanding list. The added movements that seem to be necessary to our humanness are Falling or Interaction with ground & Carrying: ability to move objects. I also like the rotation and twisting idea, though I think it gets mostly covered in movements like crawling and climbing, though some added intention is probably necessary. Thanks to everyone for the great conversations :) Is there anything more functional than these 3 Primal style movements? It really does make up the basic movement patterns from our evolutionary past. I wish I would have put a little more time into running, sprinting, and hopping, crawling, and climbing early on when I was doing more "fitness-ie" stuff 😀 What would you guys add to the list?
4th movement: something to do with rotation? Twisting, spinning, rolling?
4th movement: carry (heavy) stuff around. Highly functional because in our everyday life we need it almost every day. Great for posture and skeletal muscles because we need to avoid a rotation or a bend in our spine. Trains grip strength and is a nice cardio workout. And you can do it with pretty much anything: a heavy backpack, a basket full of laundry, your grocery bags, your toddlers… list goes on and on and on.
Dance
Swimming. Water keeps us alive in many ways :)
I’d add to this: Qi Gong exercises 🍀
I would pick throwing as the fourth movement. Compared to other animals, humans have special talent for aimed throwing and long distance running.
I was just thinking that. Throwing is something no other creature is even close to us with. Many creatures have great long distance travel ability but not one can throw with accuracy and power like we can.
@@exaltfitness789 imagine the power a gorilla could throw with it it had a reason too
Excellent idea! 🔥
@@proverbalizer I saw an ape throw his own sh** once and he got some serious distance
Definitely throwing and carrying objects (wich includes picking them up from the ground). Also running long distances, wich I know this guys are alergic to but it's an essential human trate.
Sometimes on hard days, I watch the kindergarten students during their recess. They move in these ways but teachers tell them not to climb, crawl, and not to put their hands on the "dirty" ground. Kids at this age naturally seem to stop/start and change direction on a dime something that in American football, soccer and boxing we had to relearn. Most importantly, playing is exercise. Playing is primal. Students have to learn to stand still to "learn" despite a rich tradition of learning by doing. Even Socrates, Plato, etc lectured as they walked with their students. Just move. Don't stop moving. Play. Don't forget to play.
So true! Let them kids get their hands dirty!
And then they wanna put kids on amphetamines because they don't wanna sit still in a cramped little desk for 8 hours a day...
Play is SO IMPORTANT and it’s something so many of us forget as we grow older. And we wonder why our bodies are crippling and why when we start working out it’s so difficult and painful.
What country is this? I've been a teacher for over a decade and we've always encouraged kids to use their bodies, whether it be crawling, climbing, jumping, running, dancing etc
@@helvette USA
I am a 60 year old truck driver. I started incorporating these activities into my daily workouts. Now I don't need much to get in a great workout and improve my mobility and not turn into a big fat trucker! You guys are a great inspiration thank you!!
I'm 58 and I have arthritis everywhere. I've been doing thier 'This will change your body' video and it's helping a lot.
4th primal movement: Throwing. Involves lots of foundational movement patterns like twisting, pushing, and lunging in tandem to generate force when tossing a range of different objects of different weights and sizes.
Yeah... Body twisting movements...!! 😇👍👍🌼
@@maitreyabd technically walking and running is also body twisting, if done correctly. But prob to a lesser degree
wow I never seen human adults move like this - so powerful yet at the same time so graceful just a like a leopard or a panther out in the wild! its so inspiring to watch you guys move - I have incorporating crawling in my daily life and am enjoying it!
Crawling is magnificent enjoy the process :)
@@Strengthside thank you!
@@seriouslyawesomegirls8638 im good at doin diddly squat if it counts 5:06
I've seen better you are overreacting with those hobos
@Top Lobster because were animals. We’re supposed to move. There are still fully indigenous tribes protected by governments and advised not to be messed with that still move like this. They are nothing like us as civilized people. They sprint daily, hunt, kill with more than weapons (their bodies), have very equal muscularity throughout their bodies, can jump higher, crawl, very very high pain tolerance in their feet and hands and go barefoot 100% of the time etc. i would love to be able to be in shape like that. Not looking like it by hypertrohpy/muscle building; but BEING IT. Its so so hard to do in today’s western world. We have so many quick shortcuts that ate tempting. Hunting and staying in shape is a choice for us and it shouldnt be
The only other basic movement I can think of is the roll/fall. Sure, it can be thought of as an extension of the jump but landing is different from continuing that momentum efficiently.
Totally agree!
came down here to say this
Yea that's a great add to the list. I think the ability to interact with the ground is a necessary human/animal function :)
Agreed. Forward and backward rolls.
Learning Judo and how to roll/fall saved my life when a lady pulled in front of me on my motorcycle. Spot on!
My brother, please PLEASE, can you make a video with a 10-15 minutes primal movement routine which combines strength, movement and flexibility, to be done upon waking up, before leaving for work? I would be SO grateful! Thanks in advance, God bless.
Sadly he didnt make it
Search his earlier videos there are ones like you are looking for. He has years worth of videos.
As a rock climbing enthusiast, I can attest to this message. Climbing feels awesome and it'll always be my favourite but it needs to be supplemented with either corrective strengthening exercises or other free movement patterns to feel really good. Best to do both of course. For the regular person, trail running is probably the best, most efficient way to stay healthy imo
Love this... I am basically walking for several reasons, but my walking has become INFECTED with your videos. I no longer just walk but move harmonically forwards, engaging arms, torso, hips, the entire foot and big toe, also as I listen to music my patterns are also following the rythms, I tackle small obstacles with grace and a new gait. I am 73, and loving it. Yeah, seventythree smackeroos
Nice!
Yesssss! We are animals first and foremost; we’ve (societally) made our environments and daily lives so cushy that our bodies and minds suffer. Fantastic video, and important reminders, as always!
@@emmanuelgarcia619 Yes, you’re absolutely correct; the average human lifespan is exponentially longer than past ages. And it will get longer as medicine and technology advance. Additionally, there are more nuanced ways of defining health and wellness outside of longevity and life expectancy.
That's right! I think learning how to balance the comfort and the exposure is where the true work is :)
@@JediBunny I would much rather die in my 40's highly able bodied than live to 100 needing help with normal everyday tasks. Something else people also always seem to disregard is the difference between length of life and actually living, if you can't enjoy it the what's the point?
@@emmanuelgarcia619 1- Living longer is irrelevant if you're in a wheelchair with 12 diseases for 30 years near the end. 2-The main reason for low average age of the past was due to infant mortality. Most people who didn't die to (infectious) diseases or when young, lived over 60-70 even during the worst times of 3-4-5 hundred years ago. 3- (Infectious) Diseases didn't exist before settled agricultural. 4- The majority of the benefit of modern medicine is either stopping infectious disease which we chose ourselves or to stop diseases which are caused by our current unnatural lifestyle (cancer, diabetes, anything mental health related (chronic stress is a huge contributor to all forms of death), pollution, heart disease and so on) So essentially, we don't even really live all that longer, the longer period we do live is basically under constant suffering. Death in the modern era and post agricultural era is worse than before as most issues are chronically reducing quality of life and then leading to death. Even infectious diseases aren't really any better than having your chest pierced by a spear. Whereas previously, death was almost exclusively due to sudden trauma during a fight. So, I'd say life before was better. Not to mention the close large family ties in a tribe and the lack of extensive society allowing for relative freedom. Just the mental aspect is probably worth dying by getting smashed or blood loss. Agriculturally settled life before modern era however, was far worse. So it depends on the period. Life now is infinitely better than 500 or 5000 years ago. But is still far worse than 50 thousand years ago. And, these movements here in the video are closer in origin to 50kya than 5kya
@@exothermic8525 Completely agreed. Repeating the same routine day in day out and then settling for cheap pleasures and repeating and repeating and repeating can hardly be considered 'living'. Plus as I said in the previous comment, you would actually be able to live to at least 60, fully able bodied. The whole reason a lot of people's bodies start to fall apart at 40-50 or so is due to their consistent bad choices. Still I would prefer the 40 to the 100 in the scenario you've provided as well.
Love the simplicity, I'd add something to hit on balance as a fourth movement. I feel like balance can unlock body awareness really well, which is what can really help people feel where they have tightness and atrophied muscles
Ah I like that a lot. Balance can bring a huge awareness to our movement.
I'm 46, stopped working out a couple of yrs ago but am still a bit flexible and mobile from my martial arts day's and doing body weight and light weight exercises, chin ups, pull ups, push ups, dips, I'm back at it again as I've been busy as a full-time single parent and I've actually incorporated crawling with on my hands and feet and it's such a full on workout both cardio and muscular I love it
You sound like me! Thanks for the motivation!
I think "balance" would be one of our most basic abilities. The ability to shift your weight around to balance is so crucial in all movements to avoid falling over. Understanding which muscle groups to engage in activating that balance has been lost in all of us who are chair bound.
Calisthenics works on that. You should try it
I'd pick lying down and resting. You don't need much more than this, plus recovery is an underated and important part of any exercise program. Fantastic video, already started incorporating plenty of your stuff into my toolkit. Thank you.
Ah I hadn't thought of that one, but completely agree with you. Nice!
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Inchworm movements lol
It seems surreal that these movements could make you feel better but it just so happens that I crave it. Thanks for your content, am applying it and slowly building up.
I work as an ECE in a kindergarten program, and my favorite part of the day is taking the kids to the playground. I'm doing rolls, cartwheels, crawling, and I'll even give the monkey bars a go time to time. It's more important now than ever, as kids aren't getting outside as often as they used to, and this can spell big problems for physical health down the line. Keep playing!
Yes I believe your right and we need to keep all these playful movements in our culture for as long as we can :)
I work at a functional training gym as a massage therapist and your channel is so helpful for me to tie in my work with movement!
I absolutely love your videos. They're so inspiring to move a little and it makes exercise seem less intimidating with an element of fun. Thank you guys for your content. I was just sitting at my desk job with a discomfort on my low back and hips and it made me get up and just pop a squat for a minute or so and i feel a lot better! You guys are amazing, thank you. :)
Even the smallest things like sitting in a squat, walking more, and reaching the arms over head make the hugest differences :)
Great content as usual guys. I spent the day on the beach, moving, feeling good rn. Movement is medicine.
Yes it is! Enjoy it man
Started in athletics at 9, was doing this and yoga at home after workouts and didn't even know what they were. Truly is in our DNA!
Running, climbing, jumping are essential human movements that would’ve kept us alive up until a few centuries ago. A fourth would be swimming. But another useful exercise would be weighted carrying (eg farmers walk). Centuries ago this would’ve been essential for building, hunting, etc. it torches the traps, arms, forearms, legs and is great cardio. Grab two 25kg plates and fast walk for as long as possible.
Thanks for sharing! Funny thing is that this morning me and a friend were crawling like you mention, now I see this video that makes me want to crawl more but also jump more. Thank you for the inspiration!
I'm a 50 yo countryside guy in Brasil and I LOVE to do those movements! As you said it work wonders in the body, so much so that some peoplo think I'm on my 30s 🤦♂. If I can add something to the benefits I'd include stretching some before and enough after the play (workout). Most importantly: HAVE FUN! #Love&Peace! ✌
Love this, THANKS guys !!! I would add also the ability to learn how to safely and dynamically FALL, either forward or backward like we do in martial arts. It gives us confidence and freedom from fear ! 🙏
Completely agree on that one! Falling and rolling is huge
I'd pick hinging as the 4th movement pattern, and it's often used together with squats in movement
one of the best workouts I ever got was when I had my smallholding, and I had to move stuff around in a wheelbarrow. It combines a lift movement, then a weighted pushing movement, so I'd try and incorporate something like that if I could.
Love your channel guys, I am 50 years old and wish I had been doing things this way for the last 30 years.... inspiring and keep up the great work, by far my favorite fitness channel.
Watching this video awakened something deep inside me that had been dormant for too long. Thank you guys, and keep up the good work!
I cannot express in words how much I loved this video and what joy I feel in my belly. I've been gradually opening to more movement and primal movement has drawn me for a while. It's time and I'm deeply grateful for all the amazing tips and info you guys shared here. Thank you 😊🙏🤍
Video content keeps getting better. Come a long way. Love the primal remembrance !
What s great fitness philosophy! I actually do some of this ever at age 69. I have been a fitness nut for years, running, swimming, biking, weight training and I was always trying new movements. After a shoulder injury in 2020, surgery and physical therapy I am back at what I love ding, working out and being outside. Being older tan you guys I have to be more cautious, it's a fact of aging but that should not stop you from moving, in fact in order to age well, you must move and ambulate in order to keep strong and limber. I do a lot of outside work, gardening, landscaping and tree work. I get to move and lift a lot. I did 2 warrior dashes in my early 60s and it was great. Thanks for an very fascinating look at fitness from another level. BTW, I love climbing trees!
Thanks for this great motivation ❤️ I would add rolling on the ground, cause our spine is made for this. It's a natural movement to absorb transitional energy with rotation. And it's SO MUCH FUN!!!
100%
Me and my kids have rolled down "dirty" hills together. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Those prim and proper southern girls wouldn't be able to handle primal animalistic primate girls, this is right up my alley. I noticed lots of parks in the background. Thanks for reminding me just cuz I don't have kids, don't mean I can't play at the park. I did that last year, and with all the drama I completely forgotten that it's another exercise playground. 🤡👻 Poor kids who can't be kids, because they got to maintain etiquette school. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✌️
4. probably swimming as its what broadened our original environment from tree, ground, then water. That might qualify as a type of crawl though, not sure.
A lifesaving movement, Strength Side is possibly landlocked
Probably one of my favorite videos from You guys! I aspire to move that way someday!! Thanks for keeping it real and making fitness fun
I Love the Primal Movement approach to exercise! I just discovered your videos about a year ago. I have Charco foot and balance issues, but do what I can. Keep it coming.
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Just wash the ashes off your foot...
@@peckpeckahson3005 lol, if only….
The #1 movement of all is the movement of your mindset to make time to get outdoors to move your body around. Everything else works out if you can dial that in. Just start easy and work your way up. This is a lifetime marathon thing, not a sprint kind of thing.
I’ve always liked the 5 strength movements of push, pull, hinge (think deadlift), squat, and carry (farmers walks), as advocated by some strength coaches.
Great movements to build your body's capacity. But here we're focused more on real life organic movement
@@Strengthside Push, Pull, Squat, and Hinge. Hip Hinges are extremely functional to everyday movement.
@@StrengthsideI think he is recognising these as basic movement patterns. We "push, pull, hinge, squat, and carry" all day in different ways. You recognised the same movements in your video. Crawl (push, carry), climb (pull), jump ( squat, hinge). Strength coaches are just using weights to strengthen the muscles of these basic movement patterns. It is very functional and should be part of every natural and functional training program.
I’d say that each element of exercise mentioned is important, but for me it’s how they connect together. Dynamic flow movement when I feel the flow and go with it is crucial in my life, allowing the memory and intelligence of the body find its way 🙏🏼
I always love your videos because of the inspiring simple moves you promote for well-being and full-functioning of the body!!!
I've been thinking about this a lot. We evolved as fruit eaters climbing trees for fruit on a daily basis. We neglect our back, core and leg muscles that are essential to these type of movements. My workout regime is really focused on these areas, less importance on arm, chest and shoulders.
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well I would say arms, chest, shoulder are equally important. life in the balance.
@@dopeeastbeats6350 I don't think I explained myself well in the first post. Most bodybuilders and casual enthusiasts emphasize the arms, chest and shoulders largely because of aesthetics. While these are important there is no reason they should be emphasized over say the back, legs or abs if we are talking about function. The arms and shoulders already get a good workout in things like pull ups, push ups, crawls, planks, farmers walks and compound movements like bent over rows and deadlifts. If I want to do isolation exercises I will focus on the calves, the quads, the lats, the abs, etc, not the biceps which is one of the more smaller muscles in the body. After all there is only so much time and energy we can put forth in exercise, we have to choose what to focus on. This is just a theory I had... to remove most chest and arm exercises from my program and add more back, legs and core. If I keep one push exercise for balance sake it will be the behind the head barbell standing overhead press. (by the way, I'm a novice at all this and only started working out seriously during the pandemic as a 40 year old).
So, when was fruit perennially available?
@@christopherellis2663 the tropics.
Hey! Really great video! I like the connection push-crawl, pull-climb, squat-jump... My fourth category would be lift and carry. We got supremacy on this planet not only because we are smarter but because we use tools. We carry light things, heavy things, we build, we throw spears... Keep doing that great work, mates! In all this movement towards true functionality I see the heritage of Hébert and his methode naturelle personating. The final purpose of "fitness" is to be strong to be useful. Etre fort pour etre utile.
Be strong to be useful :) 100% agree with the carry. I think between that and falling to the ground we have our "5 Primal Movements"
@@Strengthside Yes, agree! Falling is an important skill... Just yesterday one of my school kids told me how he could manage to roll on his side while falling from a bicycle, avoiding a fracture of his collarbone. 5 primal movements, check!
Thank you for the video! As the fourth movement I would pick hammer throwing. It incorporates virtually all muscle groups, and also gives boost to dynamics, coordination and balance. However, it requires much power and strength. For less prepared persons I would recommend swimming.
Love your videos. I wish I had known this years ago...but it is never too late! Thanks. Keep the videos coming.
I would choose dancing as my 4th movement. Truly free and feely dance with no rules and standards can incorporate pretty much any move but also add rhythm and emotions to those movements.
I agree. All tribal groups incorporated dance into their lives.
Dance is imbued with an element of soul expression that feels more human than animal. I wonder about stillness. Movement in nonmovement. Animals do this
Dance gives life
I'd include a rotational or hip hinge movement, it'll allow more power transfer in more directions also help with stability and injury prevention. So Push, Pull, Squat, Rotation and Hip Hinging
What a great video! While I have been really into the nutrition-side of health, I have really neglected movement over the years, except for simple walking. I found this really inspirational and I definetly see how movement is an essential part of the good human life!
Good for you my orthodox brother in Christ
These guys are incredibly chill....I love it
Hey Josh i have been watching your videos for years, one thing that i have noticed is how STRAIGHT your spine/posture has become, any chance you could do a session or 2 on exercises that ENHANCE ALL the muscles that need to be strengthed to reduce Kyphosis, ? Cheers
I'd pick standing aus fourth "movement" Aligning feet, pelvis, chest and head to guide gravity and relax while standing.
Love your content! This channel has really inspired me, thanks for doing what you do! One love 💚
Thanks for being apart of it
I love this video because it aligns so perfectly with my fitness strategy. BTW, I ran into Josh one day at my local rock climbing gym and told him he was one of my KZhead fitness gurus. Thanks brothers!
If humans continued doing these movements regularly throughout their lives and not just in their childhood, hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of man hours would be saved annually from the resulting near-eradication of chronic and life-style diseases.
Hello there, I just recently found your channel and came to think about animal movement. While I totally share the idea of jumping and climbing, I have problems with crawling. Human stem from animals who move on all fours, yes, but since a few milion years we are upright and do not walk on our hands, arms, shoulders... I fear that crawling works against our evolutionary course and damages our forelimbs. Any thoughts / research / experience? Thanks nevertheless for this video!
I'd add three types of movement: 1) Hand-eye-coordination. This could be throwing as others suggested, or punching/catching a moving object. Or combined throwing a tennis ball against a wall with an indicated target and then catching it after the re-bounce. The following two are connected with a reason: Most people don't know how to fall. In particular, for elderly people, this is highly dangerous. Often they already lack protective muscle mass and when they fall (i.e. on ice or wet leaves) they might break their hip or thigh bone which leads to immobility and greater muscle loss and subsequent even higher risk for accidents. 2) Balancing. Deliberately stand/move under unstable circumstances trying to maintain balance. This is to prevent involuntary falling. 3) Falling, and getting up from the ground from a seated or lying position with and without hands. Knowing how to fall to minimize damage in case of an involuntary fall. Many elderly or obese people have a hard time getting up from the ground which can be very dangerous if they are alone, sick, and fall down. They might not be able to get up at all and die of thirst in a couple of days.
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Thanks for the video! I liked it! I loved working at a preschool and elementary school and playing alongside the kids- chasing them, crawling up the jungle gym with them, raising them, catching things they’d throw… isn’t this what being human is all about?
This is mad goofy. When you work a real job ain’t nobody got time to crawl around and play touch butt.
It's about priorities...
Guys you are so sympathetic, sweet and natural. My intuition as a trainer and movement freak says: WORD!! Thank you for this great inspiration and keep going strong!
In every day activities we carry weight, and pick up things in uncomfortable positions. So that would be another pattern of movement I find useful. Thanks for sharing and inspire 🙏
ABSOLUTELY, so many older people have a fall, break a bone and never recovery, they have become in-flexible and un-stable so when they fall or trip, they don't know how to land and recover. LOVE THE content Boyz
Just want to give a shout out to the location you filmed at! That park and surrounding hills are gorgeous
You are a breath of fresh air amongst an industry of regurgitated information. Thanks for your contribution bro and keep it up!! Buying your program soon.
Carry is a 4th movement. We are made to carry load over distance. Great work gentlemen. I'll be including more of these movements into my life. RESPECT
Great video! If I could think of a fourth movement it'd be rolling. It's athletic, needed to do flips, and also pratical, for getting out of a fall safely.
My favorite thing about being a dad is getting to crawl and roll around with my son. 👍🏻 It’s definitely good for you.
Very good. I love your exercise philosophy and plan to incorporate it into what I do. I guess I would add picking up objects and carrying them as a fourth fundemental pattern. I do this with a couple of 48kg kettlebells for higher reps to mimic the demands of physica labor.
Great video! As a movement, I would add swimming: crawling in water!!! With extra pull motion added in. And I would add a fourth basic crawl: the crab!!!
Hey Guys, another educational and fun video. Thank you so much 👍 I would add the handstand to the list 💪
It's so lovely to see how you brothers are working and playing together♥️such beautiful human beings♥️
Very motivating video. I have been working out at the gym, lifting heavy and doing cardio. I was doing this so that I could run with my dog. This type of work out has done me a world of good but I still can't run. I am going to try this primal movement stuff and see if it helps me with my weak running muscles. Thank you cute young men for your unique and motivating work out ideas.
So, parkour x) I love climbing and I'm getting into running lately. I definitely feel that instinctiveness about those two; it's so nice when you enter the 'zone', it's like your body screams "finally!! I can do what I was meant to do for a bit!!"
I’m a PT and since I have been doing primal movements I feel so much better. Even when I hurt my back this has helped me recover quicker than anything else. ❤
I didn't read the other comments, but I would add balancing in the program. This is what we train in our club with the gymnastic kids. With the competitive kids as well as with the non competitive groups. All do these basic movements, crawling, jumping, hanging, swinging, klimbing, balancing... in side stations in a very playful and fun way
Great stuff as always. Much appreciate your willingness to share.
I'd add swimming and throwing - carrying stuff. Cool one, you guys rock. Thanks for sharing and greetings from South America 🤠
I'll be 64 this year...and looove your vids! It was way too easy to be become Un-Animal-ed...But, the effort to regain it...Priceless! I have Grandbabies now!...Futures to influence other-Wise! Thank you, Gents...Blessings to Continuance! oooxxx
Great Vid guys, it’s like we forget to be kids and just get old. As kids we did a lot of this just for fun. We should try to get back to our roots.
What an awesome fun inspiring video guys! My 4th would be throwing that played such a huge role in our human evolution.
So cool, simple & inspiring. Love the energy you are sharing here ❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow, these movements look beautiful, thank you guys for sharing this training philosophy.
This is what I discovered years ago. I jumped before I started to run cause I thought this helps getting in the movement. I would pic swimming or going into water and I would say that sleeping on the floor is very important too
Im recovering from some severe malnutrition and tendon issues with calf cramps. Like months long cramps. Finally got the nutrition going, this looked goofy at first but I think (starting very small) that this could be pretty beneficial to me. Ill be looking at more, I love hiking and being crippled right now has been mentally devastating to me
What I love the most about this vídeo is how relax it fells
Really enjoy these types of videos, great stuff👍
Love your content! Thank you! I'm looking for minimalist shoes and I think you might have some good recommendations. What shoes are you wearing? Been looking to see if you've given an answer before but I just found a video from 2018.
Second that. Especially I would like to know if you are jumping in minimalist shoes
Wow! I just discover this channel and agree completely with them. You’re awesome. I normally play a lot of sports and do yoga. Been active all my life but with a growing family how fun is to incorporate this. Cheers to you. What else do you have out there.
Wow I wish I could train with you guys , I'm gonna get back into this kind of stuff I miss free running
You guys are so rad. I can't wait for my kids to get home to show them this. Better yet, we'll go find a big park to crawl and jump around in.
Been following you for 2 years now. Great job! Keep ut up bro
Integrating a wide variety of locomotor patterns that go beyond linear running. Whether it's lateral running with the foot crossing over the top or the foot crossing behind, carioca patterns that are not just lateral but also anterior and posterior, skipping and shuffling and then integrating skips and shuffles and skips and cariocas. So in essence those are skipping shuffles and skipping cariocas.
Love you guys & your styles of training 💯💯 amazing like no other
Essentially, push pull legs. Pushups, pullups, squats. Bench Press, Deadlift, Squat. I love how you related it to a more natural origin and explanation. Crawl, Jump, Climb. Love it. My fourth would be a spin or twist of some sort. Though to be honest it would be better off practicing it when built inot climbing, jumping or crawling.
Yeah I agree with you rotation is super important. It definitely gets touched on in crawling and climbing and even running but some more intentional twisting is probably necessary
loved the breakdown, made me consider the love for jumping I had as an 8 year old, I used to love jumping everywhere and off stairs because I felt like spiderman, eventually I almost got to jumping off the height of a 2nd story lol
Swining a wepon around. I have started using a rope fire dart and the hole flow of the movements makes me feel so dam good after. It is very fast and gets your mind working too.
Thank you for sharing strength side and I've just subscribed look forward to going through your playlists
In parkour, one of the first things you need to learn in a safety roll and how to do it properly, so you can land without hurting yourself. I would say that's the fourth motion. It has plenty of applications, and it's definitely a primal movement we likely did after falling or jumping from higher places
Guys believe it or not, i have the best youtube algorithm, not flexing but it’s so good that I’ve finally have changed my life for better. This video is another I’ll add to my life to grow.
I could be wrong ….. but this looks a whole lot like Colorado :) I enjoy your content and guidance, much appreciation.
I totally agree, even on my 60´s I can relize it is very useful.THANKS FOR SHARIN GUYS
WOOOOOOW! now I know why me and my friends were fit as little kids, we use to do stuff like that all the time. I am going to do with gloves on cause my skin is sensitive. You are AMAZING! thank you for this video. I tried to tell people about their on my channel but some people called it witchcraft 🙄