In prison being fit is a matter of life or death

For California state prison inmates either they are fit enough to fend off an attack or they end can up in the morgue. It’s that simple.

In the mid 1990s, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation removed free-weights from all prison yards. Inmates were forced to create their own programs based on body-weight exercises. They no longer have barbells to pump iron. They no longer have weights to squat. No more dumbbells to curl or press. The result? They are fit. They are strong. They manage incredible amounts of stress through exercise. The inmates survive.

Survival for those on the outside depends on being fit as well. It’s likely you don’t have the worry of being attacked with a makeshift knife by a gang member, but you have to be concerned about survival – staying fit or improving your health. Why? Technology and modern day life is slowing killing us by making a majority of society lazy without reducing stress levels.