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Strong Women
Primal movement is set to be huge in 2023 – here's how it can make you stronger, fitter and more flexible
3 years ago
2 min read
Primal movement is all about crawling, hopping, squatting and jumping the way our forefathers did, long before the advent of laptops and desk jobs… and it’s set for a comeback in 2023.
In recent years, the fitness industry has become increasingly interested in mobility. Our warm-ups have gone from half-arsed leg swings to walkouts and world’s greatest stretches. We’re taking stretch and strengthening classes. We’re suddenly concerned with how well our wrists rotate and our spines function. And now, it’s time to take that mobility momentum up a notch – by getting involved with primal movement.
While primal movement has been around for a while (or thousands of years), Pinterest has now named it as one of the big fitness trends of 2023. Searches for primal movement are up over 100%, with people looking to take their regimes back to basics.
So, what exactly is primal movement and what benefits might it offer us that we can’t get from our usual lifting and stretching?
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