Primal Stress Manual

Description

This book serves several purposes: 1. An archive documenting the discoveries I’ve made across my lifetime of research, development, experimenting with, practicing and teaching the impact of stress physiology upon health, fitness, physique and performance. 2. A theoretical basis for applied study of stress physiology in exercise, in particular on the concepts of resilience and toughness. 3. A system of practical applications for programming mobility, compensation, incremental regression of simplicity and progression of complexity, and flow. 4. A trackable, measurable formula that can be used as a turnkey, follow-along daily calendar, or, once mastered, can be used as an entrance into the wilderness of an intuitive, adaptive recovery process to recreational, vocational and life stress. Dedication 4 About the Author 5 About the Cover 6 Introduction 7 Origins of Primal Stress 8 A Predictable Pattern 9 A Convergent Epiphany 11 Clearing the Unclean Slate 12 Conversion and Prevention 13 Ally not Enemy 14 Freeze Flinch Force Flow 15 Good Stress Bad Stress 16 Natural Relaxed Readiness 17 Resilience vs Toughness 18 As Fast As Your Form Can Hold It 19 Sufficient but Non-Excessive 20 Primal Protective Reflex 21 2 Branches of Nervous System 22 My Fear Removal Technique 23 Shifting Resilience Gears 24 Too Much, Too Little, Just Right 27 Revive Flow 28 The Shape of Excessive Stress 29 The Origins of Stress Reflexes 30 Adapting to the Shape of Reflex 31 Dysfunctions from Adaptation 32 Upper Crossed Syndrome 33 Lower Crossed Syndrome 34 Layered Syndrome 35 Mobility Stability Continuum 36 Layers of Connective Tissue 38 Double Bag Theory 39 Snags in the Sweater 40 Wash the Inner Bag 41 Shock Absorption 42 Release the Outer Bag 43 Compensated or Compensating 44 Levels of Compensations 45 Most Conditioned Posture? 47 Gender Influences to Sitting 48 Revive the Natural State 49 The Formula to Revive 50 Flow Physique 51 Traditional Survival Patterns 52 The 13 Warding Postures 53 Modern Warding Applications 54 The Degree of Warding Structure 55 Warding Structure Components 56 4 Programs for Survival 57 Program 1: Gravity Resisted 58 Program 2: Band Resisted 59 Program 3: Torque Resisted 60 Program 4: Survival Challenge 61 SAPS in TACFIT “Q” 65 Recovering to Usable Technique 72 Tracking with TED Compass 73 Progressions and Regressions 75 Breath Controls Heart Rate 77 The Science of Resilience 78 Only Better is Better 79 TACFIT Research Proof 80 4 Phases of Adaptation 81 Current Recovery Score 82 Recovery Through Protocol 83 Tracking Heart Rate (6 Protocols) 84 Thrive Flow 97 What Comes After Survival 98 From Fighter to Warrior 99 Evolved for Complexity 100 Our Paleolithic Blueprint 101 Simplifying Complexity 102 Taking Our Breath Away 110 Breathing: Revive Survive Thrive 111 The Resilient Breath 112 Sequence of Resilience Breathing 113 Inhalation vs Exhalation 114 Reflexive vs Conscious Breathing 115 Recovery Breathing Technique 116 Survival Breathing Technique 117 Tactical Breathing Technique 118 Anchoring Breath and Attitudes 119 Stress Psychology of Form 120 Courage Before Confidence 122 Resilience Before Toughness 123 Momentum of Discipline 124 Build Willpower 125 Gut Up and Through Gracefully 126 Imagine Your Potential 127 Thriving = Growing by Flowing 128 Stress Recovery and Adaptation 129 Sleep: Foundational Recovery 130 Mission Briefs 131 TACFIT 4 Day Wave 132 Degree of Recovery 133 Mission Rx 134 4x7 Calendar 135 7 Day Wave Week Calendar 136 The Physique of Flow 137 [20/10x8+60]6 Exercises 138 4/1x4 Exercises 157 EMOTM Exercises 170 AMRAP Exercises 183 [90/30x5]2 Exercises 19 AFAP Exercises 212