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 ›
How to Use Efficiency To Improve Your Movement Skill, Fitness, and Conditioning by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Anyone can effectively crawl, walk, run, jump, balance, lift, and carry—to some extent at least. But can everyone perform such movements skillfully? Even if we can effectively do what is natural to us, do we ... Read more ›
Study Shows "Movement-Guided Fitness" Is Superior To Traditional Approaches In Two Important Ways In gyms all across the world, millions of people are unknowingly settling for sub-par fitness results, no matter how hard they work. It's true that traditional fitness training delivers many benefits, but according to a recent study, movement-based training offers even ... Read more ›
Announcing The MovNat Summer Meet Up Day! If you'd like to connect with other MovNatters in your community for some Natural Movement practice, please join us at one of the following FREE MovNat Meet Up events happening all around the world on Saturday, July 14th. Albuquerque, New Mexico Event host: Sam Sanders, ... Read more ›
By Nathan Amado, Level 3 MovNat Certified Trainer How about a challenging Natural Movement workout to help you up your game? Here’s an advanced level MovNat Combo Workout, which will give you some ideas for finding movement opportunities in the environment around you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuWCf2AHWEE Instructions: If you'd like to replicate this ... Read more ›
We asked the MovNat community... What does muscle (and its qualities of enabling strength/conditioning/ability/mobility) mean to you? We were blown away as hundreds of you opened up and shared your responses, as part of our #WhatMusclesAre4 Challenge on Instagram. Many shared practical, everyday observations with actionable advice. Others shared much deeper insights ... Read more ›
By John Sifferman We asked some of our top MovNat Professionals: What's your single best training tip for improving balance? They sent us some great ideas on how to use your mind, your daily habits, and your environment to improve your balance quickly and efficiently... Stefano Tripney - MovNat Team ... Read more ›
by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder The fundamental reason why animals—including humans—have a brain is so they can perform adaptable movement within complex environments and situations. Not surprisingly, adaptability is a core principle of Natural Movement and its practice. However, this principle is notably missing from the vast majority of modern fitness ... Read more ›
Allow us to introduce you to Melissa Sher and Kimberly Alexander who are both new MovNat Team Instructors and the owners of one of our Licensed Facilities, Point Gym & Kitchen in Portland, Oregon. Kim and Melissa are both long-time athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and outdoorswomen who discovered MovNat and jumped right in. They ... Read more ›
Want some intermediate-level Natural Movement workouts to increase the challenge in your training? Below, you'll find 3 intermediate-level MovNat workouts that will help you improve your movement skill, fitness, and conditioning. These are meant to serve as examples, and the indications of sets, reps, time, height, distance, weight etc., are ... Read more ›
How do you crawl underneath a very low object? One way is to use the Push Pull Crawl technique, which is a more efficient version of what some call the "Army crawl." This movement is useful for crawling very low to the ground while minimizing friction and maximizing efficiency. Here's an ... Read more ›
by Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder Our phenotype, or the observable characteristics that are physically expressed in an individual (such as stature and eye color) and that are the outcome of both genetic makeup and environmental influences, differs with every person, but we all share a set of similar anatomical and physiognomic ... Read more ›
8 Week Natural Movement Program For Better Mobility and Capability If you want to improve your mobility by moving naturally, using practical skills that are actually helpful in real life (instead of just as a "warmup" to your workout) - and you want a complete program that will take you by the ... Read more ›