This actually makes sense. The whole time I was in the Army we never used gyms. We just ran a lot, did lots of push ups, sit ups, and pull ups. I was in the best shape of my life. When people tell me they feel like they need to join a gym, I think it's amusing. Just get out and do it. It costs nothing to run 2 miles in your neighborhood each day. Actually, I found $5 on one of my jogs, so you can even make money at times.
Ok idk what unit you were in but pt is a fuckin joke. Only way soldier will pass their pt test is by maintaining their own physical performance through self training on their own time.
Jodin Dunbar it does make sense when you think about it. I agree. Semi Static gym movements like bicep curls seem obsolete when your main goal is to be a functional human. They are good for rehab though so horses for courses. Good health to all.
I think you're wrong. Calisthenics only translate to movements that don't require force over external objects. If you wanna exert force over external objects like a log 1:33 or your opponent 1:57 you should USE WEIGHTS . You don't need to go to a gym tho , I used to do Stiff Leg Deadlifts with bags of rice
Hello. As a wheelchair user since I was born I find this truly amazing and inspiring. Everybody should move the way he or she can even if the people around you find it ridicilous. I find it really sad that people do not use their full range of motion or they do not appreciatiate the fact that they can move relatively freely.
I'm a thirty-something out-of-shape stay-at-home mom, and I'm moved to tears by this. It's touching a deep longing in me to be. To be where things are. Rather than to do, do, do.
This video is so beautiful and liberating. I do parkour, which is pretty much the same thing. We were designed to run, jump, climb and swim, not to sit indoors and interact with electronic screens.
Having served in the Military, i find the way modern society has turned deeply concerning, i almost feel trapped, in an abstract world of odd responsibilties, at least in the military you volunteered to be told what to do, civvy street is a strange place, we wonder around like zombies, when i reconnect with the wild places, such as climbing, wild running, or just listening to the waves crash on the rocks at the beach, there is this overwhelming feeling that this is where we should be, not slumped at an office desk missing our life, i know we have to work in this world, but where is the balance?
Grolsh22 There is no balance for most people my friend. It sounds like you've reached a level of enlightenment that 99% of the slavish, overweight population will sadly never attain.
Not only would a reconecrion with our wild and natural heritage assist in helping with modern stress and depression, it could help prevent minor crimes and petty squables. Maybe!
This approach towards physical fitness answers so much of what is missing in more contemporary routinized training- integration with natural environments, natural movement, and childlike exhiliration through exploring. Great work.
Yeah right, I can also run through the woods blindfolded or levitate & on top of that my body is able to not require food for a whole year :D. More seriously, true my heart rate used to be 32-35 in the morning, but that's when I was training endurance more specifically which is not the case at the moment. Again I am not doing what I do so people look up to me but to inspire people to start inspiring themselves. Start looking up to yourself people, liberate and empower yourself! Power to people!
Love it!! The more you learn the more your realize its just healthy to go back to the basics..the way your body is designed to work....eat real food, move your body in natural ways..sounds so good...Just wish I lived close to water....but hey I will work with what I have!
That looks like the kind of stuff me, and all the boys I knew did every day growing up in the 1960s...back when kids played outside. Now video games make couch potatoes out of them ! It looks fun!
@MovNat "The edge is so wide it doesn't affect your balance." How about the unevenness of the surface, the nice fall waiting if you take one misstep, or the incredible sureness of foot to even THINK about making that run? The sheer natural athleticism on display in this video is astounding. The training MovNat has shown me coupled with a lot of other work also designed to make myself a better athlete and not just tennis player makes me train with no limits and test myself as much as possible!
That was awesome. However, a lot of those workouts are incredibly dangerous lol. Still a great philosophy though. We were NOT meant to live our lives with excess pent up energy, eating crap, and using machines to exercise.
Erik Menendez it's parkour you reach that level when you've started basics. It's like saying I'm not going to school because I can't fly a plane not knowing before flying a plane one went through years of training.
@valgez you can totally mess up with your body using conventional gym equipment such as barbells too! It is knowing what you do that is key to safety, not trying to remove difficulty or risk. Skill, experience, but also scalability, moderation or pure common sense is what makes a difference between a movement or action that is safe...or not. Things are what they are, it is your action in relation to those things that generate efficiency and performance or failure and injury.
As an organic farmer, I’ve long considered offering a very interesting workout programme for natural health advocates. It involves all muscle groups, and will also sharpen problem solving and reflex abilities. Workouts include shovelling manure, emptying moving livestock water tanks, digging post holes and repairing fences, cutting, trimming and stacking downed trees, driving cattle to new pastures, sorting, tagging and castrating calves, hoeing and pulling giant weeds, rolling bales of hay to the cattle, etc. It’s much better (and more interesting) than any gym or other contrived exercise programme. Let me know what you think a monthly subscription to this programme is worth?
I had Native Americans who did, and probably still do shit like this, but they dont give it a fancy name, they'd be like "hey wanna go for a hike?" the difference is that they did it with a smile.
I can never get enough of this video. I love it. It made me start with MovNat. I show it for all my students as inspiration: the movement we are developed for...
Thanks for the positive comment. Basic defense skills are part of our Combatives training, but not actual knife combat. It is though a great compliment to our training system.
@grazida0276 I greatly enjoy to reply to comments like that. 1 "If you truly felt passionate about such a thing you wouldn't try to capitalize off it.": All MovNat coaches feel truly passionate about teaching people how to naturally move with power and grace, but also safely. We also feel happy and privileged to make a living doing what we love. It's that simple.
This was beautifully shot, Timothy! Of course, your movement was strong and graceful. Thank you for helping to remind us to get back to nature. We're all still animals deep down... Release the beast! Peacefully Stay, Erwan! -Jeff
although I love science and technollogy and I'm really looking forward to see the new stuff with what we'll come out in the next decades, having the time to train like this would like a dream come true to me, this video is just perfect and keep up with the nice things you do guys :)
Hey man, you are my hero. I was in the bodybuilding, as I always liked to workout, but still I was not happy, because I did not want steroids or anything else. I wish I knew your training system back in 2007, when I was in the military. Anyway, I am going to follow your program. I am actually lifting weights, running, Jiu Jitsu and yoga. Good to know there are people like you around the world. Greetings from Brazil.
@valgez I went to Erwan's workshop. He is not wasting his time. As a matter of fact, people from NASA were crowding in to hear his lecture. Only the people who continue to stay close minded and scared to do something different than what they do everyday are the ones who will not evolve into something better. I truly enjoyed his workshop, and every muscle in my body hurt for a few days after. Not just one or two muscles like when I went to the gym. I mean EVERY muscle. Erwan, keep it up!!!
Moving in nature is adaptive in essence. It means that when you run, you will have to adapt your posture, stride, rhythm, speed etc...depending on your environment. Ideally when running, you don't want to "head chase", or your back to be rounded, or to overstride, or swing your arms more that needed and many more aspects that are not good for efficiency...until the terrain dictates otherwise and you have to do all these things to be effective and safe.
We offer this type of training on the Charles River in Boston and my friend Skye has practiced this for years...I think Erwan is his long lost brother...SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both are about moving in a way that is efficient, regardless of where you find yourself, but it is true that there is more emphasis on natural environments in MovNat and urban environments in Parkour. The other difference is that MovNat will also involve techniques in swimming, manipulative skills (lifting, carrying, throwing and catching) and combative skills (striking, grappling), which makes it a more comprehensive practice. Last, the coaching system is different.
Wonderful! Inspiring! I always hated sports, to do or watch - most Americans think I'm crazy. I've been completely sedentary and inactive for years. Was recently in the Sierra Nevada mountains with my son - climbed over huge rocks, crab-walked down steep mountain to keep from falling, balanced on logs to cross streams, hiked, climbed to the top of a 610 ft. waterfall - LOVED IT ALL! After seeing your videos, now I see why. I am a 64 yr. old female. Thanks! I'll try to find a workshop.
I definitely believe that a MovNat approach to daily training would benefit everyone. A friend of mine, and myself, found generic gyms to be quite monotonous, and started doing some simple parkour both in urban environments, and in forests and other places that are unscathed by industry. It has definitely improved my view on exercise.
Nice feedback. There are many MovNat drills that are very beneficial for grapplers, especially tree/bar climbing variations. You can see some of them in this very video, however and again, this video shows some aspects of MovNat training in nature and does not show or explain anything about the coaching method. MovNat is not just or only going in nature and exploring movement randomly, there is much more to it!
The "True Nature" philosophy does not go against the modern world and technologies, but invites us to reconnect to the nature in ourselves, starting with natural movement. It is not about being "against" but about being "for". It is not a "cons" but a "pros" attitude. Always keeping it positive and constructive!
Basically, we can change our culture in a constructive manner at many levels, I believe in that, and I sincerely see the development of MovNat as a positive contribution to this emerging paradigm that holds the potential to change the world and change our lives.
@jokergd MovNat is not just what you see in this video, i.e free, solo natural movement in nature. It is also and above all the coaching and training method that enables you to develop optimum skills in a safe manner (or environment) especially if you're a beginner or not fit. It is fully scalable, means that it is accessible to all beginners.
Ah Corsica! Beautiful place! Thank you so much for posting. Your workout is as inspiring as the environment. Any where that beautiful in the US would be covered with private property and high priced gyms. Keep up the good work!
Like a said before, our life used to be our exercise we didn't need to go out to the gym or exercise because just our daily life contained enough activity to keep us healthy, now he does bring another point his physical activities will prepare you better for any challenge of our day to day life than any workbench at the GYM Thanks
fantastic workout... thanks Erwan. u r an inspiration to every human being in the world. this is much better than any fitness programme i have ever heard. its physically challenging, pure fun, and frees ur mind from any stress and worries. and the best part is.... its self-motivating workout . God bless u...
being in touch with nature like this is great When I go the the woods and do basic things like sprints, some climbing and exploration I feel so high energized! Looking forward to learn more of this moves to later incorporate in my routine :)
@Windspirit21 there is always a "spiritual" state in any practice when it reaches a state of flow, and that can be done through any practice and anywhere. It doesn't matter than you are in a city, or in nature, doing freerunning or yoga or playing golf or chess or the guitar.
@Aprinsa It's about how well you move, not how good you look. Physical shape and how you look is the outcome, not the finality. Skills and physical condition is what matters and in my perspective it is the only thing that truly means something.
@MovNat yes, you have a point. Of course, there is mental strength. but never have I seen someone use their body in a way that takes advantage and makes use of everything it has.. to me that is physical strength at it's best.
We enjoyed this video about natural movement. This is they way we used to move. There were no gyms, no weights to lift...... we hunted and gathered and ran after our meals and ran from danger. Being able to navigate the environment gracefully was critical for survival. We love this NatMov movement. Similar to some of the Cross Fit theories in part we guess. We talked about this more on our Facebook and Tumblr Blog, stuff like this every day. Come join our community.
@AmericanSD It depends on the gym and what you learn or train there. From a coaching perspective it can be very useful to have a special place for training purpose, especially when it comes to unfit people for which scalability is crucial in regard of incremental progress, confidence and safety.
Wow, you really got me enthusiast for work out. Never been into gym/indoors training. Played football for 8 years so my knees are kinda in bad shape. And especially my right knee has been acheing from city running. I tried barefoot running in the woods here in middle of sweden. And i must say, never in my life have a runned more effortless. Sure, the pain was there after i stopped running. But not half as bad as i thought it would be. THANKS ALOT! will train my feets/body until summer!
Totally Awsome video. Inspirational on so many levels. I am a barefoot runner & have people ask me why I'd put my body through all of these things. I call it cross training. The reply I get is "why not just go to the gym, you could get hurt doing these things." I just smile.
I can't speak for anyone associated with MovNat, but from what I understand, this is about moving in ways that are specific to humans, and adapting your movement to the environment, which for you, might be cold and snowy. Don't be discouraged. Be creative. Think about how you can move. Run, lift, carry, crawl, climb, maybe swim. This can even be practiced indoors too, not just in nature. Check out more of their videos.
People that don't need (or believe they don't) such a natural movement education have entire freedom to move or exercise in nature exactly the way they want, but should also consider the many people that are very out of shape, or don't have similar natural abilities, often don't have the same level of self-confidence or maybe the same amount of free time and the necessity to provide a rational and effective coaching system for them to learn how to move naturally, efficiently and safely again.
The military physical instruction is not designed to instruct you but to break you. You don't learn movement efficiency or injury-prevention, because to the hierarchy recruits are like disposable things, when they break, they can be changed easily. Hence a massive injury-rate in the ranks and significant or chronic use of painkillers and/or performance enhancers to cope with such a short-term approach. MovNat teaches how to move intelligently and to last.
You're right Alexander, some environments must be approached much more carefully because of such hidden, and real dangers. How you move adapts to the environment, including local fauna or flora, and you may have to be particularly careful in specific areas.
@Unkalen Because it incorporates your core strength and allows you to engage other balancing and stabilizing muscles that otherwise would not be used when running on the bridge pathway itself!
i just finished reading an article about this guy and his workout. awesome how he gets better results from having fun outdoors than going to the gym all week.
@tarunramesh you can train practically anywhere, outdoors, indoors, in a gym, in a hotel, in your bedroom, in a basement, in a city, in a park. This is what I do. I do not live where this video was filmed. It is not beautiful nature you need most, but to express the beautiful nature that lies within yourself. Moving naturally is all about that. MovNat is all about that. Where you move is not as important as how you move.
Erwan, Thank you for inspiring me to be more creative, I have tried to new angles and ideas to my training, Working out out doors with logs, ropes, rocks ,chains,and a pull up bar seems so natural! I was out in the snow this week training, any one watching probably thought I was nuts! But who cares? Hunter1225
@Unkalen Humans are the ones that left nature. I personally enjoy my training in the woods. I generally attack any obstacle I'm afraid of. That's when you learn who you are. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it doesn't. It's just part of building your body's natural resiliency.
That's amazing. I'm not sure how he does that without getting all banged up and scraped. My legs get all scraped and bloody just from hiking the local trails in shorts!
It's a dream of long,long time ago..i was used to do similar thing where i lived,in the woods(but ther's no sea..only little rivers and torrents) liked to felt like Tarzan of the Jungle ;) One of the beautiful video i've seen, thank you
Erawn le Corre is an incredible athlete mover what ever you want to call him. I have heard his rest heart rate is 32, his body looks in amazing condition. All through exercise that looks so fun and natural.
@AmericanSD: You can explore a lot on your own to begin with, you can as well attend one of my coaching events, also working on DVDs and a book which will make it easier to many to discover the MovNat method, but that is a great amount of upstream work so thanks for your patience.
Instructional DVDs will be available in the near future to help people get started with their own MovNat training, but based on solid techniques and principles instead of a random exploration.
@MovementIdeas1 It depends on your physical state. In any case, the difficulty of most movements can be scaled down in order to fit your individual possibilities or limitations. Same goes in any physical activity.
@forgalzz7 There is much more than just that that is missing actually, as this video is not designed to display the full spectrum of natural movement variations, techniques or drills (that would make a several hours videos).
Wouldn't say the "world" has forgotten, just a specific group of us. There are plenty of inspirational natives, people, animals, who live their lives this way around the world. Well thanks for introducing Survival International in one of your posts! Also it'd be super to form stronger Local communities with nature connection and have festivals regularly etc.
Awesome video. Being a traceur, I do very similar excercises but usually in an urban environment. I've always been a nature lover though so this is really just beautiful. The life I dream of living.
@BayAreaBum Humans are not supposed to be chubby or even obese. It is not a matter of genetics, it is a matter of lifestyle (epigenetics). However the real goal of MovNat is not to get ripped, but to be able to move in all practical ways, and to adapt your movement to your environment. Getting ripped is not the finality, but the natural outcome of a lifestyle that combines proper movement, proper diet, proper sleep and other also takes into account other life patterns.
@SimonLy90 In the case of a fighting technique, it is still the natural ability of defending oneself, but with an acquired efficiency instead of a purely instinctive reaction. None of us are born with fully developed movement abilities, it is a process, and every skill can be improved by practice or conscious endeavor. It has been the case in humans for a very, very long time.
Imagine if one of your leg muscles forcibly seized up right when you're swimming at your limit of the ocean depths only to find out too late that your too deep for only utilizing one leg and before you know it you're dead. It can happen when you don't consume enough magnesium and it's especially common in athletes who participate in high intensity protocols.
This would be natural. Humanity became civilised and forgot the 2 millions years before. And the thing you're describing happens when you consume to much sugar. Natural food contains a lot of magnesium...
@Unkalen I think it's just a simulation of how we didn't have bridges if we wanted to cross a river we had to put a log across the river. So he's balancing on a precarious ledge, like, our ancestors had to.
This actually makes sense. The whole time I was in the Army we never used gyms. We just ran a lot, did lots of push ups, sit ups, and pull ups. I was in the best shape of my life. When people tell me they feel like they need to join a gym, I think it's amusing. Just get out and do it. It costs nothing to run 2 miles in your neighborhood each day. Actually, I found $5 on one of my jogs, so you can even make money at times.
+Jodin Dunbar that money part made me laugh lol
Ok idk what unit you were in but pt is a fuckin joke. Only way soldier will pass their pt test is by maintaining their own physical performance through self training on their own time.
Jodin Dunbar it does make sense when you think about it. I agree. Semi Static gym movements like bicep curls seem obsolete when your main goal is to be a functional human. They are good for rehab though so horses for courses.
Good health to all.
I think you're wrong. Calisthenics only translate to movements that don't require force over external objects. If you wanna exert force over external objects like a log 1:33 or your opponent 1:57 you should USE WEIGHTS . You don't need to go to a gym tho , I used to do Stiff Leg Deadlifts with bags of rice
U forgot a good ole rucksack road march too
Hello. As a wheelchair user since I was born I find this truly amazing and inspiring. Everybody should move the way he or she can even if the people around you find it ridicilous. I find it really sad that people do not use their full range of motion or they do not appreciatiate the fact that they can move relatively freely.
I'm a thirty-something out-of-shape stay-at-home mom, and I'm moved to tears by this. It's touching a deep longing in me to be. To be where things are. Rather than to do, do, do.
Beautiful.
This video is so beautiful and liberating. I do parkour, which is pretty much the same thing. We were designed to run, jump, climb and swim, not to sit indoors and interact with electronic screens.
A lifestyle that was slammed down by industrialism. Respect.
Sad, actually, but true!!!
Agriculture was the baddy. Industrialism just made it even worse
I think the nicest thing about this is the environment he is practicing in.
Cure for depression, anxiety, and every other disease of civilization right here.
Having served in the Military, i find the way modern society has turned deeply concerning, i almost feel trapped, in an abstract world of odd responsibilties, at least in the military you volunteered to be told what to do, civvy street is a strange place, we wonder around like zombies, when i reconnect with the wild places, such as climbing, wild running, or just listening to the waves crash on the rocks at the beach, there is this overwhelming feeling that this is where we should be, not slumped at an office desk missing our life, i know we have to work in this world, but where is the balance?
Grolsh22
There is no balance for most people my friend. It sounds like you've reached a level of enlightenment that 99% of the slavish, overweight population will sadly never attain.
Not only would a reconecrion with our wild and natural heritage assist in helping with modern stress and depression, it could help prevent minor crimes and petty squables. Maybe!
So inspiring. I want to do this every day.
This approach towards physical fitness answers so much of what is missing in more contemporary routinized training- integration with natural environments, natural movement, and childlike exhiliration through exploring. Great work.
Yeah right, I can also run through the woods blindfolded or levitate & on top of that my body is able to not require food for a whole year :D.
More seriously, true my heart rate used to be 32-35 in the morning, but that's when I was training endurance more specifically which is not the case at the moment.
Again I am not doing what I do so people look up to me but to inspire people to start inspiring themselves.
Start looking up to yourself people, liberate and empower yourself! Power to people!
Love it!! The more you learn the more your realize its just healthy to go back to the basics..the way your body is designed to work....eat real food, move your body in natural ways..sounds so good...Just wish I lived close to water....but hey I will work with what I have!
Reminds me of Rocky IV.
That looks like the kind of stuff me, and all the boys I knew did every day growing up in the 1960s...back when kids played outside. Now video games make couch potatoes out of them ! It looks fun!
@MovNat "The edge is so wide it doesn't affect your balance." How about the unevenness of the surface, the nice fall waiting if you take one misstep, or the incredible sureness of foot to even THINK about making that run? The sheer natural athleticism on display in this video is astounding. The training MovNat has shown me coupled with a lot of other work also designed to make myself a better athlete and not just tennis player makes me train with no limits and test myself as much as possible!
Nature is calling..
Not everyone can do this stuff barefoot running on rocks and climbing upside down on trees this dude is a rare man much power to him good video
I really like the way you swim
That was awesome. However, a lot of those workouts are incredibly dangerous lol. Still a great philosophy though. We were NOT meant to live our lives with excess pent up energy, eating crap, and using machines to exercise.
Erik Menendez it's parkour you reach that level when you've started basics. It's like saying I'm not going to school because I can't fly a plane not knowing before flying a plane one went through years of training.
i think this was me on acid , once...
conni70 but you didn't have pants.
hahahahaha
This video made me cry. One of the most beautiful things I've seen in my whole life. I would love to be in nature like that :)
Albert Anvil Imagine living at your highest potential. It IS beautiful!!
amen....AMEN!!!
@valgez you can totally mess up with your body using conventional gym equipment such as barbells too!
It is knowing what you do that is key to safety, not trying to remove difficulty or risk. Skill, experience, but also scalability, moderation or pure common sense is what makes a difference between a movement or action that is safe...or not.
Things are what they are, it is your action in relation to those things that generate efficiency and performance or failure and injury.
As an organic farmer, I’ve long considered offering a very interesting workout programme for natural health advocates. It involves all muscle groups, and will also sharpen problem solving and reflex abilities. Workouts include shovelling manure, emptying moving livestock water tanks, digging post holes and repairing fences, cutting, trimming and stacking downed trees, driving cattle to new pastures, sorting, tagging and castrating calves, hoeing and pulling giant weeds, rolling bales of hay to the cattle, etc. It’s much better (and more interesting) than any gym or other contrived exercise programme. Let me know what you think a monthly subscription to this programme is worth?
what he is doing would have been called playing outside, when i was young....so many years ago
I had Native Americans who did, and probably still do shit like this, but they dont give it a fancy name, they'd be like "hey wanna go for a hike?" the difference is that they did it with a smile.
All native people did.
It is fun, beautiful and complete. I am a newly level 1 certified trainer.
I can never get enough of this video. I love it. It made me start with MovNat. I show it for all my students as inspiration: the movement we are developed for...
"être fort pour être utile" Georges Hébert
Thanks for the positive comment. Basic defense skills are part of our Combatives training, but not actual knife combat. It is though a great compliment to our training system.
@grazida0276 I greatly enjoy to reply to comments like that.
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"If you truly felt passionate about such a thing you wouldn't try to capitalize off it.":
All MovNat coaches feel truly passionate about teaching people how to naturally move with power and grace, but also safely. We also feel happy and privileged to make a living doing what we love. It's that simple.
This was beautifully shot, Timothy! Of course, your movement was strong and graceful. Thank you for helping to remind us to get back to nature. We're all still animals deep down... Release the beast! Peacefully Stay, Erwan! -Jeff
although I love science and technollogy and I'm really looking forward to see the new stuff with what we'll come out in the next decades, having the time to train like this would like a dream come true to me, this video is just perfect and keep up with the nice things you do guys :)
Hey man, you are my hero. I was in the bodybuilding, as I always liked to workout, but still I was not happy, because I did not want steroids or anything else.
I wish I knew your training system back in 2007, when I was in the military. Anyway, I am going to follow your program.
I am actually lifting weights, running, Jiu Jitsu and yoga.
Good to know there are people like you around the world. Greetings from Brazil.
Who needs a gym? The outdoors is the gym. This makes Crossfit pale in comparison
what is crossfit? a joke trying to look serious? sighs.
and to attract women to want to be awarded that they are sexy. and higher class than the lower class gym goers.
@valgez I went to Erwan's workshop. He is not wasting his time. As a matter of fact, people from NASA were crowding in to hear his lecture. Only the people who continue to stay close minded and scared to do something different than what they do everyday are the ones who will not evolve into something better. I truly enjoyed his workshop, and every muscle in my body hurt for a few days after. Not just one or two muscles like when I went to the gym. I mean EVERY muscle. Erwan, keep it up!!!
Moving in nature is adaptive in essence. It means that when you run, you will have to adapt your posture, stride, rhythm, speed etc...depending on your environment. Ideally when running, you don't want to "head chase", or your back to be rounded, or to overstride, or swing your arms more that needed and many more aspects that are not good for efficiency...until the terrain dictates otherwise and you have to do all these things to be effective and safe.
I´m impressed. This seems like a fun way to spend time with yourself in the nature :)
We offer this type of training on the Charles River in Boston and my friend Skye has practiced this for years...I think Erwan is his long lost brother...SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely awesome!
It's amazing to see what the human body is capable of when you put the correct mindset and spirit behind it. I can't wait till the DVD's come out!
Both are about moving in a way that is efficient, regardless of where you find yourself, but it is true that there is more emphasis on natural environments in MovNat and urban environments in Parkour. The other difference is that MovNat will also involve techniques in swimming, manipulative skills (lifting, carrying, throwing and catching) and combative skills (striking, grappling), which makes it a more comprehensive practice. Last, the coaching system is different.
Wonderful! Inspiring! I always hated sports, to do or watch - most Americans think I'm crazy. I've been completely sedentary and inactive for years. Was recently in the Sierra Nevada mountains with my son - climbed over huge rocks, crab-walked down steep mountain to keep from falling, balanced on logs to cross streams, hiked, climbed to the top of a 610 ft. waterfall - LOVED IT ALL! After seeing your videos, now I see why. I am a 64 yr. old female. Thanks! I'll try to find a workshop.
I definitely believe that a MovNat approach to daily training would benefit everyone.
A friend of mine, and myself, found generic gyms to be quite monotonous, and started doing some simple parkour both in urban environments, and in forests and other places that are unscathed by industry.
It has definitely improved my view on exercise.
Nice feedback. There are many MovNat drills that are very beneficial for grapplers, especially tree/bar climbing variations.
You can see some of them in this very video, however and again, this video shows some aspects of MovNat training in nature and does not show or explain anything about the coaching method. MovNat is not just or only going in nature and exploring movement randomly, there is much more to it!
The "True Nature" philosophy does not go against the modern world and technologies, but invites us to reconnect to the nature in ourselves, starting with natural movement.
It is not about being "against" but about being "for".
It is not a "cons" but a "pros" attitude.
Always keeping it positive and constructive!
Basically, we can change our culture in a constructive manner at many levels, I believe in that, and I sincerely see the development of MovNat as a positive contribution to this emerging paradigm that holds the potential to change the world and change our lives.
Há 11 anos, esse vídeo ainda me inspira...
@jokergd MovNat is not just what you see in this video, i.e free, solo natural movement in nature. It is also and above all the coaching and training method that enables you to develop optimum skills in a safe manner (or environment) especially if you're a beginner or not fit. It is fully scalable, means that it is accessible to all beginners.
Ah Corsica! Beautiful place! Thank you so much for posting. Your workout is as inspiring as the environment. Any where that beautiful in the US would be covered with private property and high priced gyms. Keep up the good work!
Like a said before, our life used to be our exercise we didn't need to go out to the gym or exercise because just our daily life contained enough activity to keep us healthy, now he does bring another point his physical activities will prepare you better for any challenge of our day to day life than any workbench at the GYM Thanks
fantastic workout... thanks Erwan. u r an inspiration to every human being in the world. this is much better than any fitness programme i have ever heard. its physically challenging, pure fun, and frees ur mind from any stress and worries. and the best part is.... its self-motivating workout . God bless u...
being in touch with nature like this is great
When I go the the woods and do basic things like sprints, some climbing and exploration I feel so high energized!
Looking forward to learn more of this moves to later incorporate in my routine :)
@Windspirit21 there is always a "spiritual" state in any practice when it reaches a state of flow, and that can be done through any practice and anywhere. It doesn't matter than you are in a city, or in nature, doing freerunning or yoga or playing golf or chess or the guitar.
I have been sleeping on this...so thankful I am awake and mindful now.
speechless ... it's good to find people who already did what I do, but thinking it would be almost the only ... at least in Portugal. movnat the best
@Aprinsa It's about how well you move, not how good you look. Physical shape and how you look is the outcome, not the finality. Skills and physical condition is what matters and in my perspective it is the only thing that truly means something.
@MovNat yes, you have a point. Of course, there is mental strength.
but never have I seen someone use their body in a way that takes advantage and makes use of everything it has..
to me that is physical strength at it's best.
We enjoyed this video about natural movement. This is they way we used to move. There were no gyms, no weights to lift...... we hunted and gathered and ran after our meals and ran from danger. Being able to navigate the environment gracefully was critical for survival. We love this NatMov movement. Similar to some of the Cross Fit theories in part we guess. We talked about this more on our Facebook and Tumblr Blog, stuff like this every day. Come join our community.
@AmericanSD It depends on the gym and what you learn or train there. From a coaching perspective it can be very useful to have a special place for training purpose, especially when it comes to unfit people for which scalability is crucial in regard of incremental progress, confidence and safety.
Wow, you really got me enthusiast for work out. Never been into gym/indoors training. Played football for 8 years so my knees are kinda in bad shape. And especially my right knee has been acheing from city running. I tried barefoot running in the woods here in middle of sweden. And i must say, never in my life have a runned more effortless. Sure, the pain was there after i stopped running. But not half as bad as i thought it would be. THANKS ALOT! will train my feets/body until summer!
Totally Awsome video. Inspirational on so many levels. I am a barefoot runner & have people ask me why I'd put my body through all of these things. I call it cross training. The reply I get is "why not just go to the gym, you could get hurt doing these things." I just smile.
I think he was talking about the locations in the video - they're very nice!
Of course one could do this kind of training just about anywhere...
I can't speak for anyone associated with MovNat, but from what I understand, this is about moving in ways that are specific to humans, and adapting your movement to the environment, which for you, might be cold and snowy. Don't be discouraged. Be creative. Think about how you can move. Run, lift, carry, crawl, climb, maybe swim. This can even be practiced indoors too, not just in nature. Check out more of their videos.
People that don't need (or believe they don't) such a natural movement education have entire freedom to move or exercise in nature exactly the way they want, but should also consider the many people that are very out of shape, or don't have similar natural abilities, often don't have the same level of self-confidence or maybe the same amount of free time and the necessity to provide a rational and effective coaching system for them to learn how to move naturally, efficiently and safely again.
Great video Erwan. I am trying to incorporate more of this into my daily life. Very motivational.
The military physical instruction is not designed to instruct you but to break you. You don't learn movement efficiency or injury-prevention, because to the hierarchy recruits are like disposable things, when they break, they can be changed easily. Hence a massive injury-rate in the ranks and significant or chronic use of painkillers and/or performance enhancers to cope with such a short-term approach.
MovNat teaches how to move intelligently and to last.
I need to move to Corsica Island. Beautiful.
You're right Alexander, some environments must be approached much more carefully because of such hidden, and real dangers. How you move adapts to the environment, including local fauna or flora, and you may have to be particularly careful in specific areas.
OK first off...AWESOME! Second off...WTF DOES THAT GUY EAT...GRASS-FED ROCKET FUEL?
prob a paleo sort of nutrition
Whoefood plant based
HAHAHA!!! I love that!!!
it's a dream of long ,long ago..been like Tarzan..
One of the most beautiful video i've seen,thank you.
this is a very beautiful thing to watch. it's the fluidity of the movement that i like. he makes it look so easy and natural. well done sir!
@Unkalen Because it incorporates your core strength and allows you to engage other balancing and stabilizing muscles that otherwise would not be used when running on the bridge pathway itself!
i just finished reading an article about this guy and his workout. awesome how he gets better results from having fun outdoors than going to the gym all week.
@tarunramesh you can train practically anywhere, outdoors, indoors, in a gym, in a hotel, in your bedroom, in a basement, in a city, in a park. This is what I do. I do not live where this video was filmed. It is not beautiful nature you need most, but to express the beautiful nature that lies within yourself. Moving naturally is all about that. MovNat is all about that. Where you move is not as important as how you move.
Erwan, Thank you for inspiring me to be more creative, I have tried to new angles and ideas to my training, Working out out doors with logs, ropes, rocks ,chains,and a pull up bar seems so natural! I was out in the snow this week training, any one watching probably thought I was nuts! But who cares? Hunter1225
I've signed up for the 1day workshop in San Diego in Oct. Super stoked
@Unkalen Humans are the ones that left nature. I personally enjoy my training in the woods. I generally attack any obstacle I'm afraid of. That's when you learn who you are. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it doesn't. It's just part of building your body's natural resiliency.
That's amazing. I'm not sure how he does that without getting all banged up and scraped. My legs get all scraped and bloody just from hiking the local trails in shorts!
It's a dream of long,long time ago..i was used to do similar thing where i lived,in the woods(but ther's no sea..only little rivers and torrents) liked to felt like Tarzan of the Jungle ;)
One of the beautiful video i've seen, thank you
Such a great Workout, i´ll try it myself. Thank You
Erawn le Corre is an incredible athlete mover what ever you want to call him. I have heard his rest heart rate is 32, his body looks in amazing condition. All through exercise that looks so fun and natural.
@AmericanSD: You can explore a lot on your own to begin with, you can as well attend one of my coaching events, also working on DVDs and a book which will make it easier to many to discover the MovNat method, but that is a great amount of upstream work so thanks for your patience.
@plstne48 The book will be released in 2012. DVDs will be released after the book.
Wow thats waht i need just by watching this vid my boring life starts to make sense.
Instructional DVDs will be available in the near future to help people get started with their own MovNat training, but based on solid techniques and principles instead of a random exploration.
he accomplishes goals only simply by fighting the demons within. movement serves as a roadmap to tackle this goal.
The best workout ever. Only movnat..
@MovementIdeas1 It depends on your physical state. In any case, the difficulty of most movements can be scaled down in order to fit your individual possibilities or limitations. Same goes in any physical activity.
@forgalzz7 There is much more than just that that is missing actually, as this video is not designed to display the full spectrum of natural movement variations, techniques or drills (that would make a several hours videos).
Wouldn't say the "world" has forgotten, just a specific group of us. There are plenty of inspirational natives, people, animals, who live their lives this way around the world. Well thanks for introducing Survival International in one of your posts! Also it'd be super to form stronger Local communities with nature connection and have festivals regularly etc.
OUTSTANDING - the movement from training to being.
Awesome video. Being a traceur, I do very similar excercises but usually in an urban environment. I've always been a nature lover though so this is really just beautiful. The life I dream of living.
nice
Where the heck is this at?! It's gorgeous!
Brazil, I think.
Aaron Strider Dear
It could also be northern parts of California to Oregon
Aaron Strider Dear New Mexico Rio Grande!
Erwin is a perfect example of a physically competent human. Kudos!
@BayAreaBum Humans are not supposed to be chubby or even obese. It is not a matter of genetics, it is a matter of lifestyle (epigenetics). However the real goal of MovNat is not to get ripped, but to be able to move in all practical ways, and to adapt your movement to your environment. Getting ripped is not the finality, but the natural outcome of a lifestyle that combines proper movement, proper diet, proper sleep and other also takes into account other life patterns.
a very inspiring approach of exploring you capability and the nature
@SimonLy90 In the case of a fighting technique, it is still the natural ability of defending oneself, but with an acquired efficiency instead of a purely instinctive reaction.
None of us are born with fully developed movement abilities, it is a process, and every skill can be improved by practice or conscious endeavor. It has been the case in humans for a very, very long time.
I'm already doing some of this at Mission Bay Park with the pull-up bars, turf, and a few kettlebells and martial art weapons.
Imagine if one of your leg muscles forcibly seized up right when you're swimming at your limit of the ocean depths only to find out too late that your too deep for only utilizing one leg and before you know it you're dead. It can happen when you don't consume enough magnesium and it's especially common in athletes who participate in high intensity protocols.
Wtf.
Chandler Smith You're too familiar with confusion man.
This would be natural. Humanity became civilised and forgot the 2 millions years before. And the thing you're describing happens when you consume to much sugar. Natural food contains a lot of magnesium...
@Unkalen I think it's just a simulation of how we didn't have bridges if we wanted to cross a river we had to put a log across the river. So he's balancing on a precarious ledge, like, our ancestors had to.