“Chaos is a name for any order that produces consfusion in our minds.”
George Santayana

Welcome to Brutal Chaos Training…

Why Chaos training?
Charles Darwin, in his classic book, The Origin of Species, describes what he means by ‘survival of the fittest’. He states: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”

Whether in the sporting arena or the battlefield of life the ability to adapt is essential to success. Individuals need to be adaptable both physically and mentally. The more adaptable someone becomes, the less confusion is experienced in moments of pressure or stress. Chaos training is specifically designed to develop an individual’s adaptability to every changing circumstance.

The search to be infinitely adaptable…

Loss of Balance
To begin Chaos training we’re going to lose our balance. Being in balance is a key function of the human system. The body will always try to ‘right itself’. By losing balance we learn not only to gain our balance more effectively but also to perform with a calm mind during a period in which we have lost our balance. One of the best ways to learn to keep your balance is to lose it.

So here goes…

Contralateral Dumbbell Snatch
Most of you will have come across this exercise at some point. I recently came across it again in Ross Enamait’s Infinite Intensity. Ross refers to it as the one-arm, one-leg power snatch. In our Chaos version however we will be seeking to take enough weight, that at the top of the snatch, we lose our balance and have to regain it by hopping around. This is one brutal calf exercise.

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