[Ben Greenfield’s]

“10 Rules for Becoming an Ancestral Athlete”

 

• LENS
  – Learn to view things from the point of view of HEALTH rather than the point of view of PERFORMANCE only
  – The 80/20 rule applies to training just as much as it applies to everything else.
• HORMESIS
  – Thrive on disorder – Be ‘Antifragile’.
  – Learn to be uncomfortable.
• LEARN TO BE COMFORTABLE
  (especially in uncomfortable positions)
  – Warriors do not constantly fight – They rest between Battles.
• SITTING IS THE NEW SMOKING
  – Move more + Adjust your lifestyle habits.
• LISTEN TO YOUR BODY / optimize your fertility
  – pay attention to your hormones, libido, rhythms/cycles
  – a fertile human is a healthy human!
• EAT FROM THE EARTH
  – Grow your own food (http://foodrising.org/)
• DETOX
  – eat fermented foods
  – limit stimulants (that means coffee…)
  – Lots more info on this subject *COMING SOON*

 

• USE SCIENCE
  – stay up to date in your field(s)
• BE MINDFUL
  – you are probably training yourself / your brain to be *constantly distracted*
  – multitasking manifests fatigue!
  – COHERENCE: breathe rhythmically, evenly and through the heart every day.
• AVOID CHRONIC STRESS
  – activate your parasympathetic nervous system (Breathing / Yoga / Mindful Lifting)

 

PLUS

[Mark Sisson’s]

Primal Rules:

• Avid chronic cardio
• Barefoot is best
• Avoid chronic stress
• Ditch grains, refined sugars, processed seed oils
• Expose yourself to stress intelligently
• Fat is good for you
• Get sun
• Hunger is normal
• Train with intensity
• Eat plants and animals
• Keep a healthy friendship circle
• Lift heavy things
• Mind your carb intake
• Play more!
• Run really fast sometimes
• Sit less
• Challenge your mind
• Walk a lot
• Prioritize SLEEP

 

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That’s All!

Take Care 🙂