Compared to the caveman that we have learned form in the history books, we have become a very lazy society.  And if you think about it, we are a society that is completely obsessed with our bodies and the way we look and dress and feel, but we do not even realize how badly we are killing ourselves!

If you think about it, and refer back to the times when the cavemen did roam the Earth, we are not even close to being in the same shape as the cavemen were.  That is because we sit at desks all day, or sit in front of the television every weekend.  We have technology at our disposal and we use it to our advantage to become even lazier than we were 50 years ago!  Cavemen back in the day actually had to fight to survive.  They had to hunt, and kill their own food, they had to come up with ways to keep warm, and basically stay alive.

So, when it comes to being healthy, and living a better life, what are people talking about when they talk about “training your inner core”?  And when they start talking about cavemen, what are they referring to exactly, and what does it have to do with you?  Think about, like we talked about earlier, cavemen had to fight for survival; this included hunting their food, their clothing, and their living situations.  It is not like a caveman could just walk on down the street to the local market to pick up a few steaks to throw on the barbeque.  These cavemen did a lot of running, climbing as well as lifting, pushing, and pulling.  It did not matter what they had to do to survive, they accomplished it.

So, if you think about it and compare and contrast between caveman times and our current times, we look like a bunch of lazy slobs, and because of the jobs that we do, and the convenience of everything around us, many of us do not live very active lives.  Most of us go to work, and sit at a desk all day, five times a week, and when we come home, we eat our dinner, and sit on the couch in front of the television.  We use our jobs as an excuse not to get out there and go for a run, or take the dog out for a walk.  Not only are our jobs an excuse, our parents are as well, because they never instilled that aspect into us while we were growing up.

Think of your body’s core, as your power plant, where all of your energy comes from.  If that power plant fails, and runs out of energy, how are you going to be able to live?  You will accurately fall apart from the inside.  And think about it this way, not only are your core muscles important, all of the organs that help to keep you alive like your heart, spine, liver, kidneys, and lungs are all located within your core area.  By building a strong core, you are building a stronger body that will enable you to live longer, and be freer throughout your life!  So get your running shoes on, and grab an apple and get out there!