What a single mom, a doctor, a university professor, a lifelong martial artist, and a fitness coach learned from their MovNat Combatives experience By John Sifferman If you want an insiders perspective on the MovNat Combatives course, you're in for a real treat. Below, you'll find an up-close-and-personal interview with five people who ... Read more ›
By Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director and Master Instructor The MovNat team has been on the move! We spent 4 days learning, teaching, and sharing ideas with Katy Bowman and her team of teachers at the Nutritious Movement studio in Washington state. What Katy aptly dubbed as a “co-lab” turned out to be a ... Read more ›
The Side Bent Sit Reverse is a basic sit transition that is both practical for everyday life and also packs a lot of fitness benefits. This movement could not be more practical. You can practice while reading a book, watching TV, or better yet, while being fully mindful about your sensations as you ... Read more ›
By Michael D'Avella My favorite MovNat ad is the “Be strong to be helpful” image because it resonates with me. I’m a career firefighter, and I didn’t come across MovNat on my own; I was directed to it by my amazing wife who had completed her level 1 certification before I ever got ... Read more ›
How to Escape the Zoo Human Predicament and Start Moving the Way Your Body Was Designed: The Ultimate Fitness & Movement Practice (According to Evolution) by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Imagine yourself going for a walk in nature, maybe with a small group of close relatives and friends, except the time is ... Read more ›
Relearning How to Move When Doctors Say It's Impossible - After 13 Surgeries and 7 Years of Rehab, Here's what Finally Worked... By Aaron Wood I was 25 years old—my 25th birthday being just two weeks ago—and I was heading to work as a roughneck on an oil rig in West Texas. That’s ... Read more ›
By Andrew Brown In early 2014, I suffered an auto-immune syndrome called Guillain-Barre. The good news is that it's a self-limiting syndrome that does not recur and can be recovered from, but the bad news is that it is often devastating. It wreaked havoc on my nervous system, specifically the motor nerve ... Read more ›
A movement so practical it can save lives. The lumbar carry, like most other human body carries, can be a lot of fun! Though it is not reserved to carrying people, it is mostly used when someone can't walk at all and needs to be transported a certain distance. Similar to ... Read more ›
by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Do you remember the very first moment when you started moving? You probably can’t because it was at such an early stage in your life (as a matter of fact, you already moved to some extent in your mother’s womb before you were born). Experts call the ... Read more ›
By John Sifferman We asked some of our top MovNat Professionals: What is one Natural Movement that you think most people don't practice enough, but should? And why? Their answers may surprise you... Danny Clark - MovNat Master Instructor Diaphragmatic breathing. Deep, controlled breathing is essential to movement ... Read more ›
There is a war going on for your ability to move. Every day, the forces of our sedentary culture, the appeal of comfort and convenience, and the temptation to live a compartmentalized life wreak havoc on our body's. The whole person suffers physically, mentally, and spiritually. One of the most common issues that results ... Read more ›
By Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director and Master Instructor This article is going to teach you how to get absurdly strong. Way beyond 600 pound deadlift strong. I’m talking about work all day with a smile on your face, indefatigable strong. Climb up anything strong. Easily pick up heavy objects from awkward angles ... Read more ›
by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Cooperation between the members of the same human group, clan, or tribe was a fundamental aspect of ancestral life until very recently. All individuals of a community had to work cooperatively to ensure both group survival and individual survival. Humans often moved in packs. This had to ... Read more ›
Why MovNat in a Physical Therapy Practice? By Dr. Jenny Ploss, PT, DPT, Level 2 MovNat Certified Trainer When you walk into Langford Sports & Physical Therapy, you might notice something different about the exercises. Most of our physical therapists are certified MovNat instructors, and we often use MovNat skills and ... Read more ›
Our friend, José Vega, from Maryland had to apply his MovNat training during a recent trip to the Grand Canyon where he and his wife encountered the Havasupai Flash Flood. The story and some of the lessons he learned from the experience is detailed in this email he sent to MovNat Founder, Erwan Le Corre. ... Read more ›
Looking for some challenging Natural Movement workouts? Below, you'll find 3 advanced-level MovNat workouts that will help you put your skills to the test and improve your movement competence, fitness, and conditioning. These are meant to serve as examples, and the indications of sets, reps, time, height, distance, weight etc., ... Read more ›
How Natural Movement Solves The Many Problems Stemming From Specialization in Sports, Fitness, and Lifestyle Habits by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Human beings have evolved as “movement generalists,” so we could survive not only a variety of environments but also so we could use a variety of survival strategies that require diverse ... Read more ›
What does a Natural Movement workout look like when you have limited time, space, equipment, and no gym to train in? Here's one creative example. This is a Natural Movement workout one of our MovNat Certified Trainers did recently in his back yard. Even though Phil has a couple of well-equipped facilities to ... Read more ›
How I Found My "New Body" And Relearned How to Move After a Devastating Accident Left Me Paralyzed Five years ago, Aika Yoshida was thinking about enrolling in the MovNat Certification Program, then she suffered a tragic spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed from the shoulders down. Needless to say, she's had ... Read more ›
From its inception, MovNat has offered an alternative to the extreme, over-specialized, conventional approach to fitness. The Natural Movement "movement" that began in 2008 has shown again and again that moving and training the way your body is designed is best. It's proven that a high level of fitness doesn't always equal ... Read more ›