By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Who said the only way to hang from a horizontal surface is with a "dead-hang"? This is shrinking your movement horizon, which in turn shrinks your practice, which shrinks your movement skills and conditioning, ultimately shrinking your movement capability. If you are a MovNatter, you are already ... Read more ›
by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Many fitness programs and movement systems are useful, and provide a lot of benefits. Some are even functional. But very few are practical. This is a major differentiator between MovNat and other fitness methods because all natural movement training is inherently practical, and thus, delivers superior ... Read more ›
You'd be surprised how well an average adult human being should be able to move. It's no secret that average fitness levels have been gradually decreasing in the modern world for a long time. Unfortunately, the bar for health, fitness, and natural movement has been lowered so many times that, as a ... Read more ›
By Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director and Master Instructor Welcome to Part 2 of my MovNat Urban Training Journal series. You can click here to read part 1. Let me be upfront and just say it: this program has been an abysmal failure (for me). Weeks 1 and 2 went as ... Read more ›
By John Sifferman We asked our MovNat Team Instructors: What daily habit have you adopted that's helped you to get healthier, move better, or become more capable for the real world? Stefano Tripney - MovNat Team Instructor Ground Movement. Thinking this question over was a bit like mining for gold. ... Read more ›
"As women, we have been conditioned to believe that we are only meant to use our physicality to conform to beauty standards, take up as little space as possible, and to be nice...[Movement] fosters confidence, competence, and capability." - Abby Corriveau One of the greatest strengths of the MovNat community is the ... Read more ›
By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Even though it's a rudimentary movement pattern, many people have difficulty performing the inverted foot hand crawl (aka the "crab walk" or the "crab crawl") with efficiency - including very fit individuals who have simply never learned how to perform this basic move properly. Simple mistakes are more ... Read more ›
So, you've already worked through our Beginner's Guide to MovNat. You can balance on a 2x4 board, stick your landings, and crawl effortlessly. You've been there, done that. And now, you're ready for more. Congratulations. You are entering into the Intermediate Level. Below, you'll find five intermediate level MovNat Combo Workouts that ... Read more ›
By Craig Rice, MovNat Team Instructor Are you making these mistakes while balancing? If you've never been coached in natural and efficient balance technique, then like most people, you'll probably have some room for improvement. Addressing deficiencies will make a big difference in your performance, especially when you increase the challenge (e.g. narrower ... Read more ›
by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Natural movement is progressive. You don't suddenly morph into a skilled, efficient, natural mover when you are born, or reach some arbitrary milestone in life, such as adulthood. On the contrary, the acquisition of movement skill and adaptability is a relatively slow process. Furthermore, it cannot ... Read more ›
By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder So, you can jump and land on a flat, horizontal surface just fine. But how well can you land on a vertical surface (e.g. like a wall or tree trunk)? In the real world, we don't always have a nice wide open space to jump and land ... Read more ›
By Julie Beck, Level 2 MovNat Certified Trainer & MovNat Combatives Trainer In the words of MovNat Master Instructor, Vic Verdier, “YOU don’t choose, THEY choose YOU” and you need to be ready for your life to change in an instant. Have you ever been near to someone who gives you the willies or ... Read more ›
By Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director and Master Instructor Welcome to my MovNat Urban Training Journal series. For the next 6 weeks, I’m going to share with you how I personally organize my MovNat training. I switch up my training environment all the time, but special circumstances brought me to a place where ... Read more ›
By Eric Brown, Level 3 MovNat Certified Trainer and Team Instructor As a MovNat Team Instructor, I get asked the following questions all the time: As a Natural Movement Practitioner, how do I create my own sessions, that use all of these great movements that I’ve been learning? ... Read more ›
Interviews with Six Movement Masters On Natural Movement Fitness (Part 6) by John Sifferman Erwan Le Corre has been called the world's fittest man, and many have likened him to a modern-day Tarzan. Since founding the MovNat Natural Movement Fitness System, he's taught thousands of people how to move naturally in order to ... Read more ›
Here at MovNat, we have high expectations for our students because we believe you can meet them. We believe in your potential to be strong, healthy, happy, and free. We believe in your ability to move well - with strength, power, and grace - now and into old age. We believe that no ... Read more ›
So you really want to climb on top of that bar or branch, and it's not as easy as it seems, right? First off, let me commend you on choosing real-life, tangibly practical physical fitness objectives rather than cosmetic, superficial rewards (not that you won't get any by training to climb a ... Read more ›
By Nathan Amado, Level 3 MovNat Certified Trainer & MovNat Combatives Trainer MovNat is all about real world, practical movement skills. From movements that you can use in your everyday life, to movements you may only have to use once in your life (but are vital nonetheless—maybe even more so). These ... Read more ›
Interviews with Six Movement Masters On Natural Movement Fitness (Part 5) by John Sifferman Erwan Le Corre has been called the world's fittest man, and many have likened him to a modern-day Tarzan. Since founding the MovNat Natural Movement Fitness System, he's taught thousands of people how to move naturally in order to ... Read more ›
By Alex Schenker, Level 3 MovNat Certified Trainer Let's be honest. Throwing your body into the air while your arms support you as you fly over to the other side of an obstacle is something that just sounds pretty intimidating to most people. Seeing this action through the acrobatic feats of elite ... Read more ›