Indigenous Ability

  60-Years-Old in 24 Days Sub 30-minute conditioning sessions 5 days per week All using Old School Principles. I’ll admit the details gotta be followed to a Strict T, but that’s where the devil lies-- in the details. 6-Blocks of Conditioning over a 6-Month Training Cycle In other words, 6-Months to a Makeover of You if You Choose—Man or Woman The 6-Blocks Build with Emergentism and the Final Phase Interlocks and Provides the Capstone for a Lifetime of Sustainable Time-Respecting Conditioning. ·         Strength ·         Stamina ·         Aesthetics ·         Mobility/Flexibility ·         Explosiveness ·         Resilience ·         Agility Overarching Principles for ALL Blocks ·      ...

  [From the upcoming book Unleaded Conditioning: Old School Principles for the Modern Warrior.] I highly recommend consuming the 2 prior pieces in this series. Were They Tougher in the Old Days? Work Rate And… Were They Tougher in the Old Days, Part 2: The Common Man & Woman For a podcast version. In Summary… In Part 1, we examined the difference between work rate of combat athletes “Then” and “Now. In Part 2, we examined the differences between caloric intake and weight/obesity of the general population then and now—that is, non-athletes and wound up discovering that more often than not these folks ate far more of the “wrong” things than we do and were still significantly leaner. I CAN NOT stress enough, have a look at those two articles in tandem with this one so we can seat the whole perspective and not be swayed [or unswayed] by an argument half-presented. 10,000 Steps Today many tout the efficacy of 10,000 steps per day as a general indicator of healt...

  Resources for Livin’ the Warrior Life The Black Box Store https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/ The Indigenous Ability Blog https://indigenousability.blogspot.com/ The Rough ‘n’ Tumble Raconteur Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fTpfVp2wi232k4y5EakVv ...

  Photo #1 • The Texas Proverb adorns my Library Wall. • It reminds me that I adore and revere books/thought/study but… • The cowardly way is to leave the information on the page. • It urges to consume as one a nutritious meal and then to use that fuel and put into practice what one has read. • To test it, amend it, toss faulty work, poor scholarship, bad info and to actively make trivia on the page my own fact. • Then…do it all over again. Photo #2 • The Vale Alliance is a loose confederation of Brotherhood among The Black Box Brethren. • It centers around how many a Roman closed a letter with the phrase “Vale!” • Which translate to “Be Strong! Be Worthy!” • When I first encountered it I was struck by how pale most of our sign-offs are now—Bye, Take it easy, Later. • Here we have an exhortation to Be Strong of Mind, Strong of Body, Strong of Character. • But… • With the Vale sentiment, Strength is not enough. • You must be Worthy. • One can be stron...

  “ Man is the first weapon of battle .”—Ardant du Picq, Battle Studies [1870] “ Most wanna be “hard men” put more time into bright and shiny gear—guns, knives, doodads than they ever have into the meat and bones holding up the toys in their pretend warrior photo .”—Comment in Conversation from a Real-World Operator Who Wishes to Remain Anonymous Old Man Math Photo: Taken 7:48 this morning post Unleaded Whole Hog Conditioning Block 3 Training Day. Age: 59 [60 in 45 days.] Training Time: 27:20. Last Night’s Supper: Steak, eggs and bacon at a Cracker Barrel came home to eat an industrial size bowl of popcorn while partaking of a Charles Bronson flick. [ Red Sun.] Deeper Math on Block 3 and How It Grows on Blocks 1 & 2 for those already on the Unleaded 6-Month Transformation Journey BLOCK 2 AIMS ·         Develop the Posterior Chain in all angles and variations using the natural pulling arcs of the targeted musculature. · ...