Moving on all fours should come naturally to humans. Personal trainers and strength coaches tend to label it as an animal exercise or animal movement, when in reality, it’s just natural human movement. Humans learn to crawl even before they learn to walk, and children are adept at moving on all fours in a variety [...]
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Your Personal Trainer Behaves Like a Doctor – my revelation about the fitness industry
In medical school, aspiring doctors learn a lot more about drugs and treating the symptoms of disease, rather than how to prevent disease in the first place. It’s likely that the nutrition and fitness courses they are required to take in medical school don’t offer a comprehensive solution to the prevention of disease.
Nikhil Rao wrote [...]
How to Run Better for the Perfect Run: 5 Things That I Do Differently Now That I Know Better
Today, I went for the perfect run. Why was it perfect? Because I utterly enjoyed it, and I know that it was exactly what I needed today. That’s how training should be – our desires should line up exactly with our needs.
Not only was I eager to get outdoors and run, I wanted to do [...]
Training Journal Update: Moderate Intensity Day
June 22, 2009 – Moderate Intensity Day
General Conditioning – does it even exist, and if so, how do we improve it? Plus, the *BACK BURNER STRATEGY REVEALED* teaching you how to master several different physical skills or fitness qualities simultaneously
The phrase General Conditioning has problems in and of itself because we don’t know what we’re talking about. There isn’t a world-wide definition of what general conditioning entails. Certainly, general conditioning is different from one person to the next. The general conditioning of an olympic swimmer is very different than the general conditioning of a [...]
MovNat is finally coming to the United States – details here!
At long last, Erwan Le Corre has set a date for the first official MovNat training seminars in the United States. They will be held in West Virginia at the beautiful Summersville Lake. In case you’re not familiar with Erwan yet, take a look at his MovNat video:
MovNat – Erwan Le Corre – The Workout [...]
Are you “the healthy one,” or “the health nut,” or how about a “fitness freak?”
This past weekend, my wife and I went to a party with a lot of old friends whom we hadn’t seen in awhile. One person greeted me by saying, “Hi John… ah, the healthy one.”
I responded with a smile and said “I sure hope so.” I wouldn’t want to be unhealthy after all.
This short interaction [...]
