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Primal Need for Teen Health
After a year of attending Primal, I had a revelation. I was no longer the meek, self-conscious person with slumped shoulders who stepped into Primal that destined June evening. I had grown into something akin to the majestic mammoth. I possessed incredible strength. Strength to persist, strength to dig deep, strength to be positive in trying times, and even strength to squat two hundred pounds.
PRIMAL NEED FOR HEALTH
BY HANNAH INMAN
Sabotage by the Beastie Boys sounds muffled through the glass while I stood outside of the gym for the first time. That humid evening in June was the night I was introduced to Primal Athlete Training Center. It was a small local gym; one that I had only heard about from the mouths of athletes. I was drawn to it by the promises it held; a strong mind and an even stronger body. Primal’s mascot was a massive mammoth that was broad and furry and sported an impressive pair of tusks. The silhouette of the mammoth stood dauntingly before me on the sign above the door. It took me at least three minutes to muster the courage to take those first fateful steps through the gym doors, and, when I finally did, I got the chance to absorb my first impression of the gym.
The music was cranked up loud enough to mask the grunts of every athlete who was inside, but it was not loud enough to muffle the sounds that a bar full of weight made when it came clattering to the ground. The air carried the musky scent of sweat, and everything was covered in a fine layer of bright white chalk that I later learned was used to prepare the hands for lifting. I immediately felt that I did not belong in this intimidating atmosphere, but something in me convinced me to stay. And that was the first time that Primal taught me a lesson of persistence in strength.
My first workout at Primal was unpleasant and taxing; I sweat, I toiled, I was pushed to limits I wasn’t even aware I had. But I have to say the people there really made the struggle completely worth the effort. Looking back on the experience, I now realize that my form must have been atrocious, but not once did I feel embarrassed about it. At Primal, I felt encouraged by my coaches instead of judged. Normally I would have wanted to hide my face if I couldn’t do something properly, but the coaches at Primal just smiled and helped me when I couldn’t lift something or perform a movement the right way. The atmosphere of coaches and athletes working together to become stronger was addicting, and before I knew it I had been attending Primal for several months.
Then winter struck. I can remember one particular morning when my alarm went off long before the sun rose, after a night of only four hours of sleep. I asked myself, “Is it worth getting up for school today?” I thought about the day I had laid out before me: six hours of school, two hours of basketball practice immediately after that, then departing school long after the sun had set for a quick dinner before going to Primal. Not to mention the homework I would have to finish after that. I can so clearly remember lying in bed, tracing the hard-earned calluses on the palms of my hands with the tip of my finger, considering whether or not it was worth putting in another day of stressful school. And I have to say, the only reason I got out of bed that day was to go to Primal. The desire to become stronger quite literally wrenched me out of my bed that morning, simply so I could have a reason to throw my shoulders back after the workout, to leave the gym with a sense of accomplishment after a grueling school day.
When I went to Primal that night, I started with warming up my sore muscles as I always do. One of the coaches commented on how tired I looked, and I laughed along with him about it. Of course, after a long day of being exhausted and having people stare at the bags under my eyes, and my new family at Primal had me laughing it off in only a few minutes. I lived for the positivity and encouragement I found there; I made it through the winter purely from the accomplishments I made at Primal. To see the amount of weight continue to increase on the bar each week made getting up and going to school worth it.
After a year of attending Primal, I had a revelation. I was no longer the meek, self-conscious person with slumped shoulders who stepped into Primal that destined June evening. I had grown into something akin to the majestic mammoth. I possessed incredible strength. Strength to persist, strength to dig deep, strength to be positive in trying times, and even strength to squat two hundred pounds.
If you too would like to check out this training and fulfill a primal need for good health, check out their website at www.primalatc.com