The History of Physical Fitness

The History of Physical Fitness

HISTORY OF FITNESS By Erwan LeCorre. Fitness, as we know it today, seems to be a relatively modern invention – something that started vaguely in the 70s with jogging and Jazzercise. But physical exercise obviously goes back much further than that, to a time where...
MovNat Performance Programming

MovNat Performance Programming

by Danny Clark   If the history of computers teaches us anything, MovNat is on the cusp of a quantum leap in popularity. In the classic tech war between IBM and Apple, IBM dominated the market by utilizing an operating system (Windows) that served the people who,...
Mindfulness in Action

Mindfulness in Action

By Aaron Baulch, MCT2 I am a MovNat Practitioner and Coach, but I didn’t start out that way. My journey began on a yoga mat more than six years ago where I hoped to reverse the tremendously negative physical impact that competitive bodybuilding had placed on me....
Getting Up, Getting Down

Getting Up, Getting Down

By Erwan Le Corre A recent study has shown that our ability to sit down on the floor and then get back up may be an indicator of how long we’re going to live. Middle-aged and elderly people who need to use both hands and knees to get up and down are almost seven...

Sitting

Is sitting worse than smoking? While scientific studies are gathering growing evidence of the many adverse health effects of prolonged sitting, let’s emphasize the positive aspects of sitting. Indeed, sitting is actually good for you, if you make it so. First...
MovNat Moves for Seniors, By Robert “Bob” McMillan

MovNat Moves for Seniors, By Robert “Bob” McMillan

In September of 2009, at age 69, I attended the first MovNat “Reawakening” week at Summersville Lake, West Virginia.  Although in “decent” shape, I had a great number of misgivings, mostly about participating with younger attendees in an active and strenuous fitness...