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 ›
Sitting for long periods of time wreaks havoc on the body. Fortunately, the solution is simple: sit less and move more. And that's a good start for anyone. But you'll get the best results when you start moving better. In fact, one of the best things you can do to reverse the damage caused ... Read more ›
By Jessica Groves-Chapman, Level 1 MovNat Certified Trainer I am a runner. I ran my way to health. I ran my way to sanity. I ran all through graduate school. I still remember my first 5k, my first 10k, my first half-marathon. And just last year, I ran my first marathon. And ... Read more ›
By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder How many ways do you know how to get up and down from the ground without using your hands? Get Ups may be rudimentary natural movements, but they're also supremely practical for everyday life. Plus, they deliver a ton of fitness and conditioning benefits when performed properly. ... Read more ›
The Best High-Tech, Low-Tech, and All-Natural Tools For Practicing Natural Movement At Home The beauty of MovNat is that you can practice anywhere. You don't need an expensive gym membership or access to nature. Although, these can be wonderful assets. You also don't need a lot of bulky or expensive equipment. Although, ... Read more ›
By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder and Master Instructor So, you can crawl for long distances, can easily hold a plank, and can practically do the "bird dog" exercise in your sleep. This is all great. But how well can you crawl while dragging something? Have you ever tried it? It's a bit harder ... Read more ›
Interviews with Six Movement Masters On Natural Movement Fitness (Part 4) 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 Danny Clark, MovNat Master Instructor Sitting on the ground does your body good. Unfortunately, most people struggle to simply sit on the ground because they rarely sit on the ground. It's a vicious cycle and our bodies pay the price with more stiffness, more aches and pains, less mobility, worse posture, and poorer ... Read more ›
By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder and Master Instructor Want to strengthen your abs and upper body while practicing a practical movement skill that will lead to more advanced skills? Try this forearm hanging drill below. This drill is fantastic for working posterior upper body isometric strength and abdominal strength. But let’s not lose ... Read more ›
By Craig Rice, MovNat Team Instructor Want to learn how to crawl while balancing...without breaking any bones? Here’s a beginner-level MovNat progression to take you from the most basic crawling variations on the ground all the way up to the difficult hand and foot crawl while balancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRS-HYcpFK8&feature=youtu.be Here are the ... Read more ›
5 Beginner-Friendly Movement Workouts And A Complete 4-Week Program. Plus, Tips & Resources for Beginners to Natural Movement Fitness You don't have to be an elite athlete living in an exotic location to reap the benefits of natural movement fitness. Natural movement is for everyone. And you can get started at any age, ability, ... Read more ›
By Stefano Tripney, MovNat Team Instructor Want to know how to put MovNat into a workout? Here's a beginner-level MovNat Combo Workout to get your heart pumping and muscles burning while you're improving your natural movement skills. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjkGKb1PsTk Instructions: Repeat the following movements in a circuit fashion 3-5 times (i.e. one after ... Read more ›
By Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director and Master Instructor For what purpose do you train? It’s a simple question, but intention is everything. Going to a gym to “exercise” – to move and stress your body in distinct ways to maintain or improve its physical state – is a very new ... Read more ›
Advice and tips for current and future MovNat Certified Trainers from four of our top instructors If you're thinking of attending a MovNat Certification event, and you'd like some advice from an insider's perspective, check out this group interview with four of our Team Instructors, which will help you get prepared for any ... Read more ›
By Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder and Master Instructor If you can bench press your body weight and run a six minute mile, but you can't kneel on the ground comfortably and efficiently, there's a gap in your fitness, movement skills, and capability for real life. So, if you want to be fit ... Read more ›
Interviews with Six Movement Masters On Natural Movement Fitness (Part 3) 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 ›
The Problem With Modern Fitness and FOUR Things Smart Trainers Are Doing About It By Danny Clark, MovNat Performance Director & Master Instructor Find a trainer, or any health and fitness professional, and pay them for a one on one session. Then ask them to teach you how to move the way ... Read more ›
Interviews with Six Movement Masters On Natural Movement Fitness (Part 2) 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 Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder. Being fit for the real world means training for it. Lately I have been noticing more allusions to "real-world situations" in fitness articles, trying to explain how a conventional approach to strength conditioning may not be that relevant in the real life. Welcome to ... Read more ›
By Abby Clark, MovNat Team Instructor It’s more than harder movement This past weekend 15 candidates from around the world (Canada, South Africa, China, Taiwan, Europe and the U.S) came together for MovNat’s annual level 3 certification course. This year it was held in the mountains of New Mexico, led by Erwan and Danny ... Read more ›