Default Positions and Modes of Locomotion

     Something that always stuck with me from my physical anthropology class in college was the categorization of locomotion attributed to different primate species. Lemurs are vertical leapers and climbers, gibbons are brachiators, and humans are just plain ol' bipeds. Needless to say I was not too happy with that assessment of human ability. It's true though I guess, humans are mainly bipeds and slouch sitters but we have the potential to move in all sorts of awesome ways. Since I'm focusing more on specific movements instead of conditioning exercises I want to put out some info about the main staples of my approach to movement.

    Default positions:

Squatting-includes other forms of low squatting motions like the pistol position

Hanging position/cat position- can be one arm,two arm from the legs, from the feet

Handstand-can include L-sit, elbow levers, bridges, and planches since you can get to all these postions from the handstand

    My personal approach has me turning these strenuous positions into resting positions where I can hang out long enough that it doesn't really tax me any more than standing would. I have yet to master these things but I'm working toward them.

Modes of Locomotion:

QM

Climbing in all directions

Brachiation

Walking -> running -> sprinting(forward and lateral)

Jumping

Vaulting

Acrobatics

Handstand Walking

Swimming

All of that together along with the little nuances of each category is enough for a lifetime of epic training. The goal should be to combine these forms of locomotion as often as possible and/or train them individually over the course of a week.