Should I join the gym?
Sure, but I think working out at home, if you have
sufficient motivation, is best. No rules, no manag-
ers coming over to talk to you about your loud gut-
tural noises and the sweat flying from your brow,
no lopsided meatheads using the squat rack for
bicep curls. You can work out on your own time,
at your own pace. You can drop weights. You can
throw sandbags. You can work out with no shirt
and no shoes. Simply put, you can get as Primal
as you want.
Can you tell I prefer home workouts?
What does the perfect Primal Blueprint Fitness
center look like?
My ideal “gym” would be a heavily wooded area
with tons of low hanging branches for climbing
and pullups, some vines for swinging and climb-
ing, a few massive logs, some heavy rocks (both
for lifting, throwing, and clambering), a fifty-yard
15–20 degree angled hill for sprints, and maybe a
wild animal to wrestle. Sort of like this or this.
But the beauty of PBF is that it works everywhere
and anywhere. Whether you’re on the road, stuck
in a hotel room, in the gym, or on a camping trip,
you can always do bodyweight exercises, sprints,
and go for long walks. If there’s a tree or an over-
head ledge, you’ve got yourself a pullup bar. If
you’ve got a heavy rock, you’ve got yourself a
nice weight.What about sport or work-specific training?You get four optional days every week. Feel free
to use any or all of them for sport-specific training.
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