Natty Power

Finding food was unavoidable necessity, each and every day.

Certainly not an easy task, especially for those who had lots of mouth to feed. Here is how you can train by fulfilling duties of prehistoric food gatherer:

• Vertical Jump: Fruit hanging from tree branches was reachable only to those who were able to jump high enough.
• Horizontal Jump: Train broad jump or any other form of jumping for distance. Who knows, edible plants may be growing on the other side of river.
• Shake a Tree: Sometimes it could be easier to just shake a tree until, fruits start falling down. Find a thin tree and shake it vigorously, by pushing-pulling it in synchronization.
• Tree Climbing: For training purposes, you can train rope climbing. Use usual rope climbing technique to climb a rope or thinner tree. Avoid climbing thicker trees, because climbing would be hard and potentially dangerous, but if you decide to try it, use arborist gear for “monkey climbing technique”. Anyway, go up with arms and legs working together in synergy. Wear gloves to prevent tearing palm skin on the way down.
• Walk & Carry: After gathering food, it is time to bring it back to family. Finish training with 2 miles of slow walk. Gradually increase distance to 5 miles of energetic power walk. Over time, ordinary walking should be replaced with more powerful activity, which is loaded carry. Put on a heavy backpack to simulate gathered food. Try to wear it as a “frontpack”, thus, on the front side of the body. Back erectors and whole posterior chain will work much harder this way, making you tougher in the process. Alternatively, carry two heavy sport bags, one in each hand and then go for a walk.

Your children would be happy to see all the food you gathered and brought back for diner. There would be no better motivation then seeing them well fed, thriving and smiling. So, go on and train in style of prehistoric food gatherer.