Frank Forencich's Exuberant AnimalI predict that within less than 10 years, natural movement will have become the prevailing orientation in fitness.
A radical shift of perception and practice is on its way. It is a cultural shift and it will be fast and massive.
Natural movement is not hidden in the bush anymore. It is like a hungry wild feline that wants its territory back so it can live strong and free.
You might have started to notice more and more of its footprints scattered on the ground and now you can clearly see its alert allure and nimble silhouette at dawn.
It is relaxed, but intensely driven and determined. Its presence is magnetic.
The wild feline is a metaphor. The wild feline that is Natural Movement has the potential to liberate the strong and healthy animal that is in each of us and only wants to be happy and free.
Don’t fear it. It can be fierce if necessary indeed, but mostly smart, kind and sensitive. It just wants to express what it is designed to be.
The only danger here is to be so inspired by its powerful simplicity and naturalness that it will change your life forever…for the better, or even for the best!
Erwan Le Corre
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There is so much opportunity in facing your fears. Bring it on!
Fear and hunger both make a body more alert and alive, ready to move and take action. see you out on the trails.
I have noticed a lot more articles on body weight, and alternative exercises in fitness magazines. I know as little as five years ago it was all weights, machines, and treadmill. Push-what and pull-who have turned into five variations of each, not to mention articles on the benefits of swimming, bouldering, and everything else. I’m excited to see more natural and functional exercises coming.
After reading the Men’s Health article, I have been inspired to research MovNat. That has led me to this site. As an infantry soldier, the applications of functional strength, speed, and endurance are endless.
Being in Iraq at a tiny Patrol Base has not offered me much it terms of a “gym”. However, based on your philosophy, it offers endless possibilities for MovNat. Thus, my question is this: how do I get started when I am halfway across the world in Iraq?
Christopher
I will provide basic training tips before the summer to help beginners that cannot attend seminars to get started.
Good luck with your mission.
Erwan
I ‘m looking forward to those tips. Here in Sweden I don’t think many people have heard about you, but I think that will change in the future (and I will do my part to make it happen).
Erwan,
I am also looking forward to the basic training tips. I would love to attend a seminar but it sure would be nice to have a bit of a head start. Don’t want to show up under conditioned. I am a skateboarder in my mid 40’s who still competes, this type of training would be a huge help for core strength and agility. I can’t seem to get what I need from gym workouts. I hope you are considering Florida as a locale.
Thanks and best of luck setting up the program in the states,
lb
Thanks Lenny.
Even though MovNat is not an one-size-fits-all conditioning program, and actually not a conditioning program, still many specialized sportsmen or sportswomen will find in it a fantastic training/conditioning regimen.
Again, it is best to train outdoors but MovNat can be trained in a gym as well, as long as it fits the purpose.
It is not likely that I’ll have the MovNat headquarters in Florida, rather in the wild West, however the plan is to have certified trainers that will teach MovNat all around the country starting next year.
I couldn’t agree more. People are starting to see that shoes are bad for the feet, that people can’t move like they used to, but are able to if they tried! More and more people are starting to train with my parkour community, it’s exciting! And many of those people are starting to go barefoot. Doctors are questioning themselves and society. People are waking up! I sometimes go to a gym to train, but I’m usually outside training. When I walked upstairs and saw a bunch of people on treadmills staring into screens, I instantly was astonished, it was as if they were all asleep, plugged into something, I wanted to scream, “WAKE UP!” I have awakened, and you have helped me do that Erwan. It has changed my life and the lives of my friends and family greatly. Thank you! Amazing how fast things change, the next 10 years are going to be excellent.
Erwan,
Congrats on finding a desirable spot in the U.S. for your instruction. I wish I could make the events but it is my busy season as a professional hunting/fishing guide. The Movnat philosophy is definitely a discipline I find intriguing as it mimics a lot of the skills I need in the field. I am looking forward to your publishing of the summer workout for those of us that can’t make it this year. Good Luck,
John Otis
Hey Victor, it is fundamental to start from a different perception, a philosophy that is inspiring, meaningful and also positive and constructive.
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We’re going to change this predicament all together
John, as I am moving to the US in a near future, the opportunity to experience MovNat with me will be greater, maybe with short clinics here and there around the USA, maybe next to where you live.
It is great to train a whole week, but you can learn a lot in just one day and it can transform your perception and experience of movement and exercising.
Best,
Erwan
Erwan,
I stumbled on a link to your site on Frank Forencich’s site Exuberant Animal and was immediately hooked. Can you really help someone who is past 50 and way overweight recover health and the freedom afforded by unencumbered movement? I dare to hope so…this country is full of people like me that bought into the modern world crap and became crippled by our own laziness. I would very much love to be able to run like you do. I am not sure that I can make the reawakening training in September, but I too am interested in guidance that you can provide through tips and training advice on your site. Thank you for carrying the torch.
Kevin aka ‘Fuzzy’
Kevin, it is vital to dare in life. Not daring to do stupid things which is accessible to any dumb individual, but daring to do smart moves, which is only accessible to people with a purpose.
If you have found your purpose and that purpose is to be true to your nature again after years of “comfortable suffering” and that the dedication it demands is nothing compared to the physical and mental suffering full self-indulgence causes, you will soon become unstoppable.
You cannot achieve something you do not believe in. So dare, dare and dare again.
If society let us believe that your current condition is normal, just dare to defy “conventional wisdom” (wisdom, is it?), follow a healthier path and shape a new you, day after day. You will need to dare all the time. You cannot hope you can achieve it, you must KNOW you can do it because you have chosen do it no matter what.
I will probably provide some tips on the website when I have time to take care of that, however, a few tips on a website won’t help much compared to attending a course and benefiting of direct coaching and personal attention.
You need education in the things that so essential to living a healthy life and that years of schooling never taught you. You need intellectual understanding and then experiential knowledge. That process is called rehabilitation and indeed, masses of people need it in today’s world, even though not so many are as lucky as you to realize what’s actually going on and what’s the cause of their suffering.
It doesn’t matter that you are 50 and overweight.
What would you give for a escape will make the difference between “hope” and achievement. You’ve got to get up, stand up, and fight for your (birth)right to be strong, healthy, happy and free.
Be true to your nature right here, right now.
I agree with Christopher and the others that it would be extremely helpful to access some of your starter tips. I will be joining the Army in a few weeks and I know our military would benefit from this philosophy even as the French navy benefited from Hebert’s teaching. Thanks for everything you’ve done so far, Erwan. I look forward to what is next