Indigenous Ability

ROUGH & READY Old World Strength & Conditioning for Modern Warriors [ The following is a preview of our upcoming book to be released this Fall .] “ A Western Apache warrior named Palmer Valor who came of age in the mid-19 th century recalled that his mother had encouraged him to swim in icy streams and endure other hardships when he was a boy so that he would be ready to take on any opponent .”- The Way of the Warrior Looking for a way to get in the best condition of your life? I’m talking real-world strong, life-tempered stamina, truly useful explosiveness and agility. Of course, you are, we all are. What if I told you there was a way to do this that required minimal gear [not a barbell in sight], cut out trips to the gym [not to mention gym fees], a way that turned out to be fun [albeit grueling], and oddly inspiring. Yeah, we’ve all heard those claims before. Consider this, Lewis and Clark with the Corps of Discovery Expedition made an 8,000-m...

Imagination Time-Call forth images of the lean and mean, jacked and ripped cast of the television show Spartacus . You know the body-type I’m talking about, the taut, toned, chiseled body-fat of 5% physiques that reek of 2-3 HIT workouts per day and scrupulously avoiding all sugars and carbs, while piling on all the paleo-approved goodies that you can choke down. Got those enviable images in mind? Terrific! Before we get to The Gladiator Diet, allow me to ask another question of our Spartacus cast-members. No matter how jacked and ripped these performers are, no matter how much undoubted discipline and hard work that goes into attaining these forms, do we think this translates to true gladiatorial skill? Actual combat prowess? Of course, not. Don’t get me wrong, hard-work is hard-work and we are able to do more with a fit athlete than an unfit athlete, but these performers would be the first to tell you they eat and train to look like warriors not to be warriors....