DOESN’T MAKE YOU LIFT HEAVY WEIGHTS
If your personal preference is for weight training in
the gym, that’s fine. Lift whatever you like. The ex-
ercises prescribed in the Primal Blueprint Fitness
Lift Heavy Things progression and the Workouts
of the Week can be modified (either by lowering
rep count or upping the weights) to fit a heavy
weight training focus, but that is not the system
as prescribed: it’s all about manipulating your own
bodyweight to increase the load safely and effec-
tively for all participants.
You don’t need barbells or squat racks to prog-
ress and get fit. I know I’m probably going to get
flack for this from the hardcore set, but I comfort-
ably stand by that statement. Whether you load
your musculoskeletal systems with heavy weight
is up to you.
DOESN’T BORE YOU
At the end of the day, Primal Blueprint Fitness elic-
its a Primal, guttural reaction from us. It prescribes
the basic movements that got us through several
hundred thousand years of toil and trouble—we’re
meant to be doing this stuff, and our bodies crave
it. In time, you’ll find yourself looking forward to
the next workout. You’ll feel the afterglow of a
killer bodyweight strength routine, bask in the
endorphin rush of a sprint day, and appreciate the
simple beauty of an early morning hike. Satisfying
the demands of our genes is never dull or boring.15