Physical Activity & Fitness Training for Strength, Health, and Empowerment. 

Fitness and Physical Activity Excerpts from "Paleo Perspectives on Aging, Fat, Loss, Fitness, and Health" by Wayne Coolidge Jr., M.Ed. pages 254, 260 and 264.

Chapter VI - The Paleo Perspectives Fitness Plan

Fitness Lessons from Our Paleolithic Ancestors

Just as our ancestors’ eating patterns formed the basic nutritional requirements of modern-day humans, their movement patterns set in stone how our bodies function physiologically and biomechanically. To grow, live, and age optimally, we must mimic the physical lifestyles of those who inhabited the earth for the first  99.6% of human existence. I’ll reiterate a phrase used earlier in this book: During that period, the only human occupations were hunting, gathering, and surviving.

Fitness Intensities

In 42 years of training sedentary beginners, elite professional athletes, and everyone in between, I
found that helping clients learn to train at the proper intensity is one of my biggest challenges. While executing a fitness plan for optimum results, remember that your goal is to train right up to the limit of your ability and capacity without going over the top and overtraining. As it turns out, some of the more timid and unsure persons I introduced to training developed into some of the most dedicated, hardworking, and intense fitness enthusiasts I’ve known.

Here is a fitness tip I impressed upon my clients: stop referring to your exercise sessions as “working out.” Up the commitment and start referring to them as training sessions. Training implies effort, dedication, and goal orientation. Nutrition and physical activity are the two lifestyle factors that influence our wellness status and, ultimately, the rate at which we age—adding even the smallest amount of physical activity to a sedentary lifestyle results in significant rewards. Becoming fitness savvy and working to personalize and intensify your fitness-training regimen can be a boon to health, vitality, and productive longevity.

Exercise Options

Most people believe that they have two main options regarding exercise for fitness: aerobic training and resistance (weight) training. I’ll briefly explain them, including bodyweight exercises and a resistance training component. A third option, HIIT training, may offer a “best of all worlds" scenario as we attempt to lose body fat and condition our bodies and minds.

Four proactive actions are available for health-motivated individuals to fully experience the power of Wayne Coolidge Health Promotion's scientifically cutting-edge program design and training. They are:

1. Join our premium membership option which provides access to a like-minded community, exclusive and proprietary nutrition, Heart Rate Variability, and fat loss information, as well as fitness information, including cardio, resistance, high-intensity interval, and kettlebell training instruction and videos.
2. Enroll in and complete one or several of our scientifically validated and informative online classes. Start with "Foundations of Aging, Fat Loss, Fitness, and Health" to create the all-important health foundation and intellectualize your newly inspired wellness journey.
3. Come on board as a client and receive personalized health, wellness, and fitness assessments and consultations that will power you toward realizing your goals.
4. Purchase my book "Paleo Perspectives on Aging, Fat, Loss, Fitness, and Health: "Utilizing Lifestyle Lessons From Your Ancient Ancestors and Other Successful Cultures to Promote Ultimate Wellness." This text serves three primary purposes:

        a. A scholarly resource containing the latest, validated health and fitness information

        b. It is the textbook for our 1-on-1 and small cohort group health/fitness consultation clients.

        c. It is the textbook for our online classes, trainings, and seminars.

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