One of the blogs I follow, Mark Sisson’s Mark’s Daily Apple, has been posting exercise progression videos in conjunction with the roll-out of a new fitness program called Primal Blueprint Fitness. This ties perfectly (and coincidentally) into the strength and conditioning post from two weeks ago, so I’ve included the videos and the links to the how-to articles below. They show really good progressions for developing what Mark dubs the Five Essential Exercises: the push-up, pull-up, squat, overhead press, and plank. These exercises have obvious functional carryover in day-to-day life and our Krav Maga training.

If you’re curious, Primal Blueprint Fitness is one component of the overall primal lifestyle approach. You can read an overview here. I’ve been a paleo/primal eater for a little over a year now and have been exceedingly happy with the changes. (Don’t worry, those funny shoes in the videos aren’t requisite to the program!)

Push-up

Pull-up/Chin-up

Squat

Overhead Press

Plank