Erwan Le Corre is a featured speaker at the first Paleo Summit, hosted by Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness. The event begins on Feb. 26th and Erwan’s presentation is Feb. 27th.
“MovNat is a fitness concept that teaches you how to move naturally with ease, power and grace. You become very fit through the practice and that fitness is applicable to any area of life.”
The Paleo Summit presents 23 Paleo researchers, doctors, nutritionists and movement specialists, all talking about a different aspect of a Paleo/Primal lifestyle. Beginning on Sunday, February 26th you will have an all-access pass to the research, experiences, and ideas of a who’s-who of the health and fitness world and it’s all totally free.
How It Works
1. Visit the Paleo Summit web site to preview a list of presenters and topics.
2. Registerfor the event (and receive two free videos, and a handful of sample video clips from various Paleo Summit presentations)
3. Get to learning! Starting on February 26th, Underground Wellness will be posting 2-3 Summit presentations on the Paleo Summit web site. Presentations are in video format, and feature Powerpoint slides with audio. Attendees will be able to watch, listen and post comments to the presentations for FREE for a 24-hour period.
Once the 24-hour period is over, the interviews, including Erwan’s, will all be made available for purchase – with transcripts, MP3 audio files, videos, and bonus material.
Introduction by Clifton Harski, MovNat Master Instructor, who has instructed close to 50 workshops and more than 800 participants in the last year.
Teaching workshops has become second nature to me, almost routine.
Every so often, a workshop rolls around and something new and really cool happens. Our workshop in Newberg, OR was one of those workshops.
“Going in to this workshop, I knew I had two women in their 50s who were attending, among a bunch of younger athletes and coaches.”
Carol emailed me months before wondering if it would be safe for her to participate since she’d had many surgeries during her lifetime, most recently on her shoulder. I told her to check with her doctor, and soon after, she registered for the workshop. At the workshop, she still had concerns about what she’d be able to do, but she was incredibly positive about trying everything she could … safely.
As soon as we started climbing, Carol whipped her arms out (guns, really) and did an incredible job.
“I say incredible job, because Carol trained hard and smart; when something wasn’t right for her body she stopped, and we had her do something else.”
She was in incredible shape, not for someone who had undergone lots of surgeries and overcome injuries, but incredible shape for anyone of any age!
The other lady, Teresa, who shares more about her MovNat experience in this blog post, was just as incredible as Carol. She developed a beaming smile during the day as she discovered just how much movnatting she was capable of ; and she found it gratifying and inspiring.
“Both women made it to the top of the thick, slippery, swing set bar successfully during our trip outdoors to climb!”
I’m really pleased that we have a post by Teresa to share with you. Enjoy!
Testimonial from Teresa: “It’s been a week since I attended the MovNat workshop at Impact in Newberg, Oregon, and I can’t stop thinking about it.”
I should first say that, after looking at the MovNat site, I was a little intimidated and almost didn’t sign up. The photos show incredibly fit people hanging from tree limbs and carrying logs. And many of the testimonials I read were written by former athletes or health and fitness professionals.
I’m a 52-year-old, 112-pound mom. Big and strong are not words you’d use to describe me. But as soon as the workshop started, I felt like I belonged.
Clifton and Kellen Milad proved to be knowledgeable, encouraging, patient, and fun. While I was not able to jump as high or carry things as heavy as my younger, stronger classmates, with some modifications I was ultimately able to do everything the instructors presented. When I lacked the strength needed to lift my feet over my head (to hang horizontally), Clifton suggested I use the vertical bars to “walk” my feet up. When the legendary Oregon rain made that impossible, Clifton gave me a boost.
“Once I was hanging horizontally, Clifton talked me through the technique and I was able to swing myself up to a sitting position on top of the bar on my first attempt.”
That speaks to the “scalable” nature of MovNat (and the overall awesomeness of Clifton).
I had some muscle soreness for a few days afterward, but that’s to be expected when you consider I had spent seven hours crawling, running, balancing, carrying, rolling, jumping, throwing, and climbing – some of which I hadn’t done in more than 40 years!
“ I don’t know why so many of us give up these natural movements when we become “grown-ups.”
I am now making moving naturally and moving in nature a part of my life again. MovNat is for everyone!
In our previous entry, we observed that the most effective way that every animal species becomes fit and remains optimally fit is through species-specific locomotion, i.e., by moving naturally. Therefore, it’s logical to believe that human beings could attain incredible fitness by following a species-specific approach.
This species-specific approach is at the core of the MovNat philosophy and practice, and it is what makes MovNat so unique in the field of fitness. Indeed, MovNat focuses first on “moving naturally” and second on “moving in nature.” While “moving in nature” could involve any type of physical activity, from conventional fitness to tango, mime, freestyle walking, or mountain biking, “moving naturally” does not. Of course,
‘if you were to understand “moving naturally” as moving spontaneously or even randomly, then any movement would qualify.’
You could also argue that, since we all have natural bodies, (we haven’t traded them for cybernetic ones, at least not yet) then all movement patterns produced by those natural bodies are automatically natural.
But our point is not to discuss the naturalness of each and every possible movement pattern a human body could perform. Instead, we want to better understand and define what essential principles make a fitness concept and movement practice such as MovNat qualify as “natural.”
A natural posture?
A natural pattern?
So, does any physical activity, obviously involving some form of movement, qualify as “natural”? If yes, then why would yoga be more natural than body-building for instance, and why would running be more natural than skiing? If any movement a human body could perform could be labeled as “natural,” then why bother talking about “natural” movement or moving “naturally”? Wouldn’t it be simpler to just talk about “movement”? My point is:
‘if we’re going to associate the words “natural” and “movement” then this association must refer to something specific and meaningful.’
So what does it really mean to move naturally? To move your body in a natural environment, barefoot and shirtless, regardless of the way you move? To solely practice calisthenics, i.e., body-weight conditioning drills? Is it yoga or tai-chi? Is it a strength and conditioning program based on using only stones and logs?
This is not moving naturally, this is conventional fitness in the woods! For sure some exercise is better than none, and spending some time outdoors is better than being indoors all of the time, but…
‘Moving naturally is none of those things.’
How would a human animal move?
Simply put, moving naturally for humans means moving the ways the human animal moves when living a natural life in a natural environment. It is doing exactly what the tiger, wolf, elephant, dolphin, or eagle all do: performing the movement aptitudes that belong to their species in order to ensure their survival. Birds fly, fish swim, snakes slither, monkeys climb, horses run, kangaroos jump.
What about humans? Human beings possess locomotive skills, such as walking, running, jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing, or swimming. In addition to locomotive skills, human beings also utilize manipulative skills, such as lifting, carrying, throwing, and catching, and combative skills, such as striking or grappling.
In a nutshell,
‘if you’re wondering what moving naturally means for human beings, think of human species-specific movement aptitudes.’
Visualize how the human animal would move in nature for his survival – that is natural human movement. For instance, running would be one of the primary abilities used for locomotion. Today, with the emergence of the barefoot running trend, more and more people are looking for a more natural way to run. But…
‘Aren’t there more natural ways to move naturally than just running?’
Thanks to an awesome group of participants, it turned out to be a great time, in spite of lackluster weather conditions.
A full hour before participants were scheduled to arrive, I found myself scouting the park location again, mentally rehearsing the workshop and confirming that there was access to all the appropriate challenges. The wind picked up and the clouds showed no signs of parting anytime soon.
However, participants arrived with smiles on their faces and they were ready to practice and learn, with or without sunshine. We went through introductions and I found myself leading a diverse group … ranging from a mother of two to a nuclear physicist.
Brian Teaching & Participants Practicing Climbing Skills
“Taking the time to bring someone’s focus back to their breathing and their points of contact, and moving with the proper tension, are a few of the critical points we emphasize to help participants excel at a new skill.”
“As a result of teaching MovNat, I have experienced a fundamental change in the way I view exercise and my surroundings.”
I no longer view handrails, park benches, lamp posts or other objects at face value. I see challenges and opportunities for practice and exercise … and I’m pretty sure this point came across well to the participants by the end of the day. I think they will look at those objects in a new way as well.
I can remember observing the lack of movement and vitality in adults when I was just a 5- year-old boy.
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Erwan Le Corre is a featured speaker at the first Paleo Summit, hosted by Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness. The event begins on Feb. 26th and Erwan’s presentation is Feb. 27th.
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