What is PrymaFit? Who is the Shredded Shaman?
PrymaFit started as a passion project over a half a decade ago and has since grown into a blossoming fitness brand. PrymaFit’s focus is on delivering relevant and leading edge content, as well as coaching a diverse array of clients for a fraction of what others charge. PrymaFit is the only place where Old School Physical Culture and Contemporary Strength and Conditioning come together to help others become the best and most functional version of themselves. In essence, it is a philosophy. One that focuses on looking back and drawing on the wisdom and ways of our ancestors to move forward as efficiently as possible.
At PrymaFit – to be functional is not this mystical principle of fitness or a marketing gimmick or buzzword. Here, functionality is simple. To be functional is simply to be practical. If it can apply to your life in a practical and pragmatic way, you apply it. What is functional for one is not functional for another. No matter if you make your living as an accountant, a construction worker, or an athlete, you can apply functional training to your life to improve it. This is true functionality. This is what it means to be primal. It’s not about special movements or special diets, it’s about quality of life. Get in touch with your ancestors and they will guide you to a healthier way of living and being. |
I’ve never been good with bios. It’s always seemed better to me to write in pretty much the same way I would speak. Some honesty, humility, a dash of sarcasm, and little bit of amour propre. So I’ll give a brief introduction and then go over some points of interest. That seems to be the two things that matter most with these things.
My fitness journey is never ending and started when I was about 5 years old. I began by following my older brother’s every step as he did mostly calisthenics and some dumbbell exercises as a teenager. This was the late 90s – early 2000s and a lot of urban teens were following the lead of Mike Tyson and Herschel Walker when it came to calisthenics. I was also my mother’s shadow, basically. She was super competitive at a time when competitive fitness wasn’t even really thought of. She was also a fighter/brawler like most people in her family. Especially her father, who was a boxer. Mix all of this together with the 1990’s and you have me trying to double time through Tae-Bo classes as early as I remember. This laid quite a foundation. I grew up at a time when children were encouraged to go outside and play. I developed a love of climbing trees that would grow into a love of parkour and freerunning as I matured. My love of fighting evolved when I lost my first fight. Somewhere around the first grade. I grew tired of this kid being more skilled than me. We shook hands and became best friends. And this is where my lifelong love of martial arts began. It was the philosophies of Plato and Bruce Lee, respectively, that lead to my deep appreciation of and obsession with physical culture. I knew that if I didn’t train and condition myself to my highest potential, that I would never truly be at my highest potential. Fast forward over the course of a decade I have progressed as an athlete and as a coach. Subscribers and frequent readers may notice that I took a brief hiatus. This was due to the progression of a vestibular condition that I had been dealing with for quite some time, but had not been properly diagnosed or dealt with. I continued put out content for quite a while but as the condition progressed I decided to take a hiatus. The main problem is vertigo and progressive hearing loss. As well as balance issues. I had to go through the motions. Get knocked down. Literally. By seemingly nothing. But I always got back up. It took a year for me to get back to training anywhere near the intensity that I used to. And it took 3 years to come back into self mastery with this newfound reality. I had dealt with all of these problems before, but never altogether. I’m not out of the woods yet, so to speak. I just know how to navigate them. I am ever grateful for this experience as it has given me a deeper understanding of the human body and what it is capable of. As well firsthand experience with training when you’re “differently abled”. Shredded Shaman was just a nickname from a friend. It was pretty much just a witty observation. I was shredded. I live by the Old Ways. And I have an unreal talent for coaching people. That’s literally how the name came about. It’s not a pretentious title or a gimmick. I like it. It’s catchy. And it fits. But to be clear, I do believe what ancestors believed. And I believe these types of things are a personal matter. Please do not hold me in the regard of some spiritual leader or shaman because I’m not here for that. I’m not here to promote that you walk in the footsteps of your ancestors. However, I do walk in the footsteps of mine. And one of the continuities of these traditions is that I am gender nonconforming. This is nothing new. From the deities to the clerics that revered them – it is as an ancient principle. That’s my little disclaimer on that. I do not engage in politics. Especially the “identity” kind. I do not care what the current trending topic is. So if this bothers you, do the rational thing and leave my site. My aesthetic, the aesthetic here, the functional and primal concepts that I espouse and how I break them down all draw on ancient cultures and practices. Mainly the day to day. That’s not a shtick. It’s authentic. They – for the most part – had it figured out. Now, personally, I apply much a broader range of beliefs and practices from my ancestors to myself. It’s who I am. And it’s how I do what I do. If you’re cool with that, welcome to PrymaFit. There’s a growing library of free articles, programs, templates and challenges. Take a look around. Try out a free program. And don’t forget to subscribe. Oh, and most importantly… Stay Prymal |