Live Caveman Step 2: Have fun in your body and when you train, train for life.

Jump, climb, walk, run, swim and go barefoot as much as possible. Work harder or easier depending on how your body feels and invest in a pair of Vibram Five Fingers if you don't have caveman-like callouses on your feet. When you exercise, focus on movements that strengthen your entire body like push-ups, pull-ups, hand-stands, squats, and lunges. Use dumbbells and other forms of external resistance to develop a strong core and stable joints. When "flight" wasn't an option, our ancestors would have to "fight" and there are numerous benefits to training in some sort of martial art such as wrestling, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, Judo, etc.




Check out the other steps to Live Caveman here!

Additional Resources:

Animal play: evolutionary, comparative, and ecological perspectives By Marc Bekoff, John Alexander Byers

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About Tony Fed

Tony is the host of the Paleo Magazine Radio podcast, author of "Paleo Grilling: A Modern Caveman's Guide to Cooking with Fire", and Cofounder of Powerful PT, an innovative information resource for Fitness Professionals. He has appeared on numerous local and national television and radio broadcasts and regularly hosts healthy cooking workshops and informational lectures. He is also a full-time Personal Trainer and Wellness Consultant who lives in Jacksonville Florida with his wife Jamie.