I happened across this in one of my feeds: Do you exercise like a predator?

There are some really useful ideas in there. I was expecting it more like "gym addicts are prey … outsiders are predators", but the notion of stressed outdoor running being like prey running for their lives several times a day was an interesting change of perspective.

As people who engage in a paleo lifestyle we aim to ape our hunger/gatherer ancestors, yet persist in making our activity unnecessary or within confines that are nothing to do with that way of life; even those who run outside.

When we're out, are we "hunting"?

My evening walks are to take in the weather, take in horizons and often enjoy the sun going down. I walk slowly, quickly, stressfully uphill, restfully along ridges, tentatively downhill and often end up pretend hunting, tracking deer through our valley. The actions of a predator are to circle more slowly and then burst into a brief period of frenetic activity.

After reading this article, it struck me that I have found an accord with our hunting ancestry. In fact, out once, I burst into sprint entering a new field to find the grazing rabbits scatter but to my absolute surprise, I actually caught one! I let the little fellow go.

Is this down to attitude?

Can the same kind of activity be engaged in as both predator and prey, or is it more a case of get into the wild and chase something as opposed to running around the block several times a day for fear of losing shape, like George Clooney's character in 'Burn After Reading'?