Brisbane Persian Yoga

Persian Yoga starting at New Farm Park this Sunday 6:30 to 8:00am!

For ultimate shoulder girdle and core strength!

Clubs. The oldest strength tool in the world has shaped the evolution of the human hand and arguably humans themselves.

It has been proposed that the hominid lineage began when a group of chimpanzee-like apes began to throw rocks and swing clubs at adversaries, and that this behaviour yielded reproductive advantages for millions of years, driving natural selection for improved throwing and clubbing prowess. This assertion leads to the prediction that the human hand should be adapted for throwing and clubbing. It is shown that the two primary grips, namely 'precision grip' and 'power grip', represent a throwing grip and a clubbing grip, thereby providing an evolutionary explanation for the two unique grips, and the extensive anatomical remodelling of the hand that made them possible.

Ward, C. V. (2016). The evolution of the human hand: the role of throwing and clubbing. Journal of anatomy, 228(5), 746-768.

The Australian masters bench press record holder pressing Sang #shields for the first time. Sang etymologically means heavy in Persian and they're shaped after ancient Persian shields. This Sang pair weighs 40kg/88lb (20kg/44lb each). Dr Andrew Locke @andrew_lock_strength bench press record is 240kg/530lb. I have heard that Pahlavan Razaz used to press a pair of Sang made of pure marble stone weighing 150kg/330lb each i.e. a total of 300kg/660lb. Marble is a fragile stone and the supposedly smooth unchipped surface of his Sang were a display of, and testimony to, his level of mastery. What is extraordinary about his legend is that it is said that he would press them 50 times (50 hands). And to this day that is used as the gold standard measure of mastery over the Sang in the Pahlavani #persianyoga tradition and Zurkhaneh (temple of strength) culture, i.e. when you can press the Sang 50 times (with both hands) then you progress on to the next weight. The Sang is an immense and incredible tool that will take your strength to another level and dimension #oldworld #ancient #strength #shield #gripstrength #corestrength #core #coordination #lowbackpain #relief #artofmanliness #wayofthewarrior

yourself. It took me 10 years to even be able to lift these 32 kg / 70 lbs pair ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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