Indigenous Ability

Before we get into the scientific nitty-gritty, let’s do a little self-experimentation. I want you to stand up right now and hit ten rapid Hindu Squats [deep-knee bends for the non-grappling minded.] Did you do it? Ten hard and fast? Now, let’s self-assess. How do the legs feel? There is a possibility that the lungs required you to puff a wee bit and the heartrate elevated, but I wager that the low repetition number has not made any fatiguing demands on your legs. They are probably good to go for another ten. Since the effects we are feeling are not leg fatigue but maybe elevated heart-rate and respiration let’s hit ten more but… This time I want you to time them in the following manner. ·         Rather than ten hard and fast, let’s go leisurely, drop down for Squat 1 and stay there for one solid minute, then return to standing. ·         That’s rep one. Continue on down the line for a tot...

Do you have a kitten? If so, go play with it, dangle something in front of it, activate its play-fighting mode. Watch it bat at the stand-in enemy with a forepaw. If you don’t have a kitten, perhaps a dog? Go play with it. Rile him up a bit and toss a toy on the ground watch him pin that toy with a forepaw and go to work with the jaws. No dogs, no kittens in the house? How about a toddler? If you have an 18-36-month-old human around the house go play with them. Roll a ball with them and watch them pick it up or roll it back. No kitties, no dogs, no toddlers? Well, let’s have you try something. While reading this, look around a pick up the nearest small object within your reach. Now that we’ve all played with our pets, or our kids, or at the very least picked up a stapler or some such thing, we can repeat these activities and pay attention to the handedness of all entities. The kitten will bat primarily with a dominant paw. The dog ...