Paleotraining

What each figure means

• 128 are the exercises that have been developed as a basis.
• 15 are motor functions on which it interacts. Some of them are throwing, walking, sitting, turning or carrying. To hunt, get food or fight any of these functions is on the supervenience list.
• 12 are intrinsic capabilities who want to recover with this type of training. Among them are maximum strength, agility, coordination or precision. All of them essential for humans who lived during the Paleolithic era.
• 6 foundations on which Paleotraining is based; intensity, functionality, variability, strategic fasting, biomechanics and emotion.
• 42 sets of training.
• 1 diet which is based on the elimination of flours, sugars, cereals and dairy products.

Detractors and followers

This “new” method, originally from the Canary Islands (2007) and promoted by professionals from the world of health and sports, has both detractors and loyal followers. The fact that it supposes major changes in diet And in the way of training it does not quite convince some, but according to its creators it is about recovering the model of more than 16,000 years ago.

The objective is none other than reuse the human body as our ancestors did, following a pattern of movement for supervenience. An adequate posture is, along with the corporal extension, one of the benefits that those who practice it wield.

It is not about hypertrophy and having a spectacular muscle mass, but about having an adequate tone that allows us to gain health. With the routine it is possible to lose weight, in fact many of those who start in this practice do so with a motivation: to lose weight but once the challenge is achieved, they continue training in the same way.

The street, the beach, your own house or the mountains can be perfect spaces to train. Crawling on the ground or grass, jumping, climbing trees, running barefoot or pushing weights, are some of the exercises that can be part of the routine of a Paleotraining workout.

About diet

• It is based on natural foods, basically nuts, fruits, vegetables, meat or fish, eliminating cereals, dairy products and sugar.
• The presence of "intermittent fasting" stands out, in which there are days when you eat only once and others when you can eat four times. The intake is on demand, according to the needs of each one and the rhythm of activity that is carried out.

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• This new way of training returns to the Paleolithic to recover movements of our ancestors in their struggle to survive.
• Crawling on the ground, climbing trees, jumping, running barefoot ... are activities that are part of Paleotraining.
• This training method is also supported by a diet with characteristics that are also based on that followed by our ancestors.