Need a change in your workout routine? Do you struggle to stay motivated and engaged in your fitness journey? It might be time to tap into your inner ancestor and explore primal movements.
These unique and unconventional movements engage multiple muscle groups and joints simultaneously, promoting full-body strength, stability, and coordination.
This fitness trend is like pressing the reset button on your body—restoring natural strength, mobility, and confidence.
Date and Time: 18th of October, Saturday, 13:00 - 15:30 (2.5h)
Location: The Green, Stick and Wicket Club, WS9 8NH, Aldridge
Price: £7
Tickets:
https://www.skiddle.com/e/41420089
🧬 What Is Primal Movement?
Primal movement refers to basic, functional movement patterns that are hardwired into our biology. These unique and unconventional movements engage multiple muscle groups and joints simultaneously, promoting full-body strength, stability, and coordination.These include:Squatting, Lunging, Pushing, Pulling, Bending and Twisting, Hinging, Locomotion (moving through space - walking, crawling, running)
These movements mimic how we naturally interact with the world—before chairs, cars, and screens reshaped our posture and habits. With modernization came busy work, school schedules and technological developments that limit our movement and pretty much encourage sedentary lifestyles. This stifles the body’s natural mobility such that we aren’t able to move as swiftly and be as strong as our ancestors were a million years ago.
🚶 What Is Locomotion?
Locomotion is a subset of primal movement focused on moving the body from one place to another. It includes: Walking & Running, Crawling & Climbing, Jumping & Rolling, Moving Between 5 Body Positions: Supine, Prone, Side Body, Upright, Inverted.
It’s not just about getting from A to B—it’s about how fluidly and efficiently your body can move through space.
🌟 Benefits of Primal Movement & Locomotion
Here’s why these movements are a game-changer for your body and mind:
Functional Strength - Builds strength you can actually use in daily life
Improved Mobility - Keeps joints healthy, mobile and flexible
Enhanced Coordination - Trains your brain and body to move in sync
Injury Prevention - Promotes balanced movement and reduces strain
Core Stability - Strengthens deep stabilizing muscles
Better Posture - Reverses the effects of sitting and slouching
Increased Energy - Boosts circulation and natural movement efficiency
Mental Focus - Engages your brain through mindful movement
Engages neglected muscles - You strengthen muscles that you don’t regularly use
Muscles definition - Flows like that will define and tone your muscles
Agility & Balance - Improves your ability to react and stay upright
Longevity - Graceful aging and long-term physical independence
No Gym Required - Body weight movements and gravity allow you to harvest all fitness benefits without an additional need for equipment
Primal movement and locomotion are like the body’s original language—natural, instinctive motions that humans have used for survival, play, and exploration since the beginning of time. Think of them as the building blocks of how we move before modern fitness came along.
Performing locomotion and primal movement will enable your body to regain its natural mobility and strength by encouraging exploring different directions during exercise, which will likely keep you fit and alleviate the risk of chronic illnesses triggered by practising a sedentary lifestyle.
💡What We Will Cover:
Anatomical Body Positions and connective movements
Practice of fluid Seated Transitions
Practice of fluid Supine Transitions
Practice of fluid Prone Transitions
Mobility to improve deep Primal Squat
Animal Locomotion: Panther Crawl, Komodo Dragon, Gorilla Walk, Contralateral Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Spinning Monkey, Cobra (Worm) Crawl
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