Handstand Push Ups, Bear Crawls, and Crab Walks

Primitive movement patterns are often not considered to be an important part of performance enhancement and fitness; however, the influence these patterns have on movement cannot be overlooked. Primitive movement patterns are used to describe those movements most humans explore during growth and development. These fundamental movements include rolling, pushing up, quadruped and crawling. It may be difficult to understand how movements such as crawling or rolling relate to fitness, performance enhancement and general wellness. The simple answer is everything. The development of fundamental movement is the foundation that leads to effective functional movement. This foundation is often neglected in the approaches we take to enhance function and/or performance through exercise programming.]]>