
THE
PRIMAL GUIDE
OF ERIK BERGSTRÖM
I came up with this workout a couple of years ago when I started experimenting with the intermittent fast. My mission was to create the most natural morning workout. This workout were the first step in developing my simulated hunt. The idea is to ”deserve” your breakfast in the meaning of ”if you don’t catch your food, you don’t have the food”. Since I don’t hunt for my own food i decided to do the most similar thing.
First thing at 5 am I went out for a long run in hard terrain, to symbolize the localisation of the pray. This followed by a series of sprints on full capacity, to symbolize the rundown of the pray (that’s not what persistent hunting is entirely about, but it’s fun!). At this time I will have returned to my camp, were I lift up my Bulgarian Bag or Sand Bag, only to carry it quite the distance, to symbolize carrying the pray back to camp. Often, I do some bonus strenght excercizes before I begin preparing my well deserved (and symbolicly self catched) breakfast.
The Workout:
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Running whatever distance you like
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Sprints (I like 10 sets of 10, about 100 meters, one minute rest between sets)
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Lifting something quite heavy that you can carry, about 10-15kg or 5-8lb. (Maybe do your bonus strenght at this time)
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Carry your sandbag or whatever a distance
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Some bonus strenght if you’re up for it
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Breakfast time! (Probably half a dussin really hard catched eggs...)
HUNT FOR BREAKFAST - THE WORKOUT
