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Rip-up your midsection and set your metabolic dial to incinerate,
with 5 explosive core movements done exclusively with cables?
Not only am I about to destroy several ugly myths about core
training but I am also going to hand you the keys to the most
dynamic training circuit that has ever been designed.
If you are interested in having someone regurgitate the same
old “core crap” that you are used to hearing with a new spin
on it… then don’t bother reading this article. I am about to
expose you to a revolutionary paradigm with regard, not only
shredding your abs to pieces, but also creating the most physically attractive and functionally sound, “rock solid”
physique that you’ve ever imagined.
The first thing on the chopping block is the idea that your abs
are meant to be isolated in exercise. Many of us have been
conditioned to believe that in order to fulfill our physical
potential we must “pick and choose” what body parts we
are going to work on. This is the same idea that has
pervaded western medicine and has created a million
“specialists” that continue to know more and more about
less and less. When we begin to realize the “relatedness”
that everything has to one another we will experience
transformation in our physiques, our vitality, our energy levels
and our minds. You are in integrated assembly of systems and
nowhere is this Truth more evident than with regard to your core.
Today, our bodies are an exact expression of what our
ancestors were over 100,000 years ago (4). It is believed
that it takes about 100,000 years for 0.001percent of a
genome to change… so yourself and Primal Man are essentially
the same (6). With the generally understood stance that
Primal Man was a hunter and gatherer it is safe to say that our
bodies are still designed with the primary objective of hunting
and gathering (4).
Our nervous system is designed in such a way that its most
important function is to protect the vital organs and brain, so
that you can get off your ass and search for sustenance in
the great, dangerous wilderness (3). Obviously today we can
just go to the local supermarket, but consider that this was
not always the case. Primal Man and even Agricultural Man
had to hunt and work HARD for his food.
Through evolution, our amazing nervous system has integrated
all of our organs with our muscles. Each of your organs acts
as the “soil” in which all of your external elements (arms, legs,
abdominals, etc.) have sprung forth and therefore are linked
via the nervous system (7). The left arm, for example is
intrinsically linked via the nervous system to your heart. This
explains why someone who is having a heart attack has their
left arm go numb. The inhibitory effect on the muscles due to
organ pain or inflammation is called viscero-somatic inhibition
(VSI) (3).
“So what the hell does all of this mean for me and my flabby
abs ‘Primal Guy’?”
If it is understood that the function of your muscles are
contingent upon the health and function of your organs
and that the primary purpose of your having muscles is
to hunt and gather so that you can sustain life - then I’ve
just opened up a huge can of worms for ya!
The strength and function of your muscles, your
abdominals in particular are severely effected by the
health of your organs. Your deep abdominal wall, or
transversus abdominus, is in the same nervous loop as
your colon (3). So, if your colon is pissed off because
you fill your gut with processed foods like protein shakes,
“sports drinks” and bars… then you can expect your
“enormous bellyus” to only grow bigger, even as you
crunch your life away!
So the first essential prerequisite for completing the
program that I have outlined below is: Clean Up Your
Insides If you Want Your Outside To Look Good!
No ab routine in the world is going to work for you if
you continue to inhibit the muscles of your deep
abdominal wall through a dysfunctional lifestyle and
a poor, processed foods diet.
Next, the exercise program I’ve outlined in part II is “integrated”…
it takes into account that your abs, being an intrical part of
your “core”, the originator of all movements and, the protector
of your organs… works together with every muscle in your
body and in all movement patterns… as it has for thousands
of years (1,2). Imagine Primal Man needing to use a Crunch
Machine so that his abs would be strong enough to propel a
spear through the ribcage of a stampeding buffalo for dinner!
The exercises in part II are not designed to isolate your
abdominals but to integrate them… the way they are designed
to work.
When you have begun to integrate your abdominals into
all of your movements you will realize a rapid increase in
your core musculature (5). For example, secondary to my
legs, the sorest part of my body - a day after doing heavy
dead lifts are my abs. This is due to my understanding of
how this mechanism works and making a conscious effort
to integrate my core into the bend pattern. You can do
this too, and when you do… ab training will never be the
same!
Say goodbye to boring post-exercise ab routines that
serve to isolate only the abs and hello to the most exciting
and effective full-body, TRUE core circuit ever developed.
Build sturdy legs, cannon-like arms and, dominating strength
while Thrashing Your Abs!
STAY TUNED FOR PART II - where I will teach you this amazing "Primal" Thrash Your Abs Circuit...
1. Chek, P. Scientific Core conditioning, correspondence course and video tape series. San Diego, CA: CHEK Institute Publication and Production, 1998.
2. Chek, P. Movement That Matters, San Diego, CA: CHEK Institute, 2000
3. Chek, P. Scientific Balance Training, www.ptonthent.com , 2005.
4. Constable, George. TimeFrame: The Human Dawn. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1990.
5. Richardson, C et al. Therapeutic Exercise For Spinal Segmental Stabilization in Low Back Pain. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1999
6. Sibley CG, Ahlquist JE. 1984. The phylogeny of the hominoid primates as indicated by DNA-DNA hybridization. J Mol Evol 20: 22-25.
7. Chek, P. Before And Beyond The Core, audio interview. www.ptonthenet.com, March 2006
About Elliott Hulse “The Primal Guy”
Like no other Human Performance Specialist
or Fitness Coach, Elliott Hulse has successfully
integrated strength training, nutrition and
lifestyle in order to maximize EVERY facet of
his clients physical and human potential within
a single program which he has trademarked as The Primal Edge.
For 10 years Elliott has dedicated his life to
excellence in the fields of Sports Science and
Holistic Health. He is certified by the most
notable institutions in the fitness industry including
The National Strength & Conditioning Association
(CSCS) as well as the C.H.E.K Institute (EC, NLC).
Elliott has utterly defied conventional methodologies
with regard to Human Performance and Fitness.
It’s Elliott’s firm conviction that latent within every human
being are the seeds of extraordinary health,
fitness, happiness and, the longing for a return
to our natural and primordial lifestyles that hold
the keys to our “Primal Edge.”
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