About Rokmil Indigenous Fitness
Rokmil is a system of movements, put to beats, on, and around an African stool we call the Rok, with results so profound and restorative, we believe it to be a gift from the ancestors. Fitness should be fun with opportunities for self-exploration, creative energy, and connection with a community of great people.
Rokmil Fitness
After confronting the inevitability of a 5th knee surgery, a knee replacement, along with concerns around a history of blood clots and vascular bypass surgery in the legs and groin, artist, athlete and entraprenuer, Milton Washington took rehabilitation into his own hands. Using an African stool for support and leverage, he developed movements seeded in his extensive experience with physical therapy as a Division 1 college football player and years of an active lifestyle that reduced his joint pain and weight, improved his circulation and overall fitness. And it happened FAST.
ROKMIL FITNESS is the first fitness system that offers the elusive Golden Trifecta of fitness: strength, flexibility AND cardio. And we don’t stop there, ROKMIL enhances athleticism, coordination and balance resulting in the best YOU. And for those committed to other forms of exercise or fitness systems, incorporating ROKMIL means you can get more from the other activities you love—yoga, CrossFit, cycling, jogging or sports, whatever it is, ROKMIL will will fill the gap that your activity is missing (strength, flexibility or cardio or conditioning) helping you to become stronger in that activity as well as becoming resistant to injury.
The Rok
The Rok is an African Bamileke stool, hand-carved from a single piece of wood in Cameroon. Cylindrical and roughly 14 inches tall, its dimensions are perfect for assisted movements to the beat, allowing for safe increased range of motion and resulting in near-magical effects in overall fitness, decreased pain, and joint health and mobility.