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T H E P U R P O S E F U L P R I M I T I V E
Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
Embrace Change, Legislate Contrast
Proper training and effective eating favorably alters the shape and composition of the
human body. It does so by imposing biological imperatives. Do this and that will happen:
simple scientific cause and effect. The biological imperative is the physical expression of the
Hegelian Dialectic: thesis, antithesis, synthesis. The status quo thesis (your body as it is) is
impacted by something radically different, the antithesis (a new system of training/nutrition.)
Eventually that which was once radical and different morphs into the new
status quo and becomes the synthesis. The synthesis becomes the new thesis and the process
repeats itself.
If we are to keep the progress ball rolling, new modes need to be periodically rolled out.
“New” is no guarantor of better. As Krishnamurti points out in an appropriate analogy,
“Just because the window is open there is no guarantee the breeze will blow in. However
if the window remains shut—there is no possibility the breeze will enter.” Recognizing stagnation
is terrific, embracing change is noble, but that in and of itself is no guarantee the
changes selected will be the correct ones that will stimulate new progress. Effort is no substitute
for success.
To trigger progress, consistently and consciously examine the current status quo and
assess if progress is proceeding apace. When a radical new procedure is implemented it
needs to create dramatic contrast to the current status quo. If the contrast is sufficient the
organism will undergo an adaptive response. Slight variations in current procedures are
insufficient to trigger the adaptive response. Rearranging the contents of the box is not
enough. To create contrast sufficiently contrary to the current status quo requires stepping
outside the box entirely. Radically new exercise and/or eating procedures are needed. The
antithesis needs to possess significant contrast to the thesis.
New and different stresses need to be imposed and once the new and different stresses are
no longer new and different, once the contrasting procedures are no longer innovative and
shocking, measurable physical improvement is over! The theory of the adaptive response
also applies to nutrition. We need to periodically institute radically new and different
dietary procedures. Perhaps changing the amount of food consumed, or changing the type
of foods selected or changing when we eat. Once the body becomes used to nutritional or
training procedures progress peters out. The truly attuned continually rotate in new protocols
and procedures.
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