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 like that its outdoors and its creative but realistically people have problems just going to the gym if they dont like doing that i doubt they are going to want to run around outside without shoes on... but it will grab certain people like i would try it
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.
@MovNat. What an inspiring video. I am currently my the transition to barefoot running after years in orthotics and stabilizing shoes that have done me little good. I have suffered achilles rupture and currently have tendonitis in the non repaired one. Any advise on how to make the transition. I know I have to take it real slow. Do you have a long waiting list for your retreat?
@Flabyboy I am doing the same thing but am sticking to minimal shoes for the moment. I am having some success with Inov8 shoes but my ankles are really tight from the change from more cushioned shoes. Take it slowly and give your body a chance to adapt.
@kage110 Hi Mate, I'm pretty convinced that the best way is to switch straight to barefoot running. Is there any particular reason why do it gradually? I mean, minimal shoes are still shoes.
@MovNat Great vid! I stopped exercising outdoors for a while now (atleast during the daytime). I've noticed a few sun spots on my face and arms. Enough of these leads to skin cancer. I put sunscreen on and still saw some spots. It's nothing serious, just something I noticed and want to prevent. Do you have any skin problems? I asked around in the gym and that's why a lot of them workout there. Because of skin problems. Not outdoor hatred.
Running barefoot on the grass in a park is SO different from running with shoes on an asphalt! You are not "running" anymore in its common meaning - you're a hunter, an animal, it makes you wanna run faster and faster without getting tired.
cavemen would not be doing such silly things. You break your leg jumping from rock to rock like that and you would be dead in caveman times.
Their workouts probably involved 1 hour creeping around, 60 second sprinting and throwing, 1 hour chopping up meat, 22 hours lying around and farting.
@freeshyne1234 Jumping from rock to rock, you might got a point there. But for the rest of your comment it sounds like you are talking about homer simpson kind of guys ...
yeah the closest things like this for me are outwards of 2 hour drives not only is gas expensive but i do lame pt during the day so im tired to do cool shit like that
this is so beautiful!!! hope had the chance to expeience such training. by just looking at the video, can feel the "warming"feel by contacting the earth bare foot.
Now compare it to the gym training for the sissies. Boring, stinky and annoying. But this is absolutely amazing, beautiful and inspiring! I wish I could train with you there!
Ammagosh, this is very..... it's like getting a workout simply by going out to explore the wonders of nature. Of course maybe you pick some obstacles to get over too, and some tasks like pushing a log in water... :D I love it, it makes me wanna get out to the forests nao! o3o! And there's parkourlogical movements (win)... the only thing I wonder, is how you can barefoot over gravel and rocks and things, even at my best barefooting (nearly all terrain) small gravel stops me. o_o
This is awesome. Love it. My kind of work out. Just being out there in nature. Being close to it. Being yourself. You're natural self. Getting stronger. A lot of people are so bent on Body Building, that they have forgotten the old way. The problem? Most of that Muscle Mass. Is useless. They aren't as strong as they look.
This is interesting. Is there a psychological/emotional side to the natural method philosophy? Just curious. Or are psychological/emotional benefits merely a benefit of embracing the movnat approach, albeit important benefits? I hope this makes sense as a question.
@TheCrankyProf1 That was just my personal belief about Movnat. :) From experience, even though I may be doing some things wrong, I can say that I have had physical, emotional and psychological benefits. I'm a lot more comfortable doing things that many aren't now. Such as standing on top of a pull-up bar just to test balance. (That one still scares me. Haha.)
Of course I understand the video. It's just that part @ 2:09 that I don't understand. What's better with running on the edge than to run in the middle of the bridge? The edge is so wide that it doesn't affect your balance. I do like the video though. It somehow reminds me of when I was a kid. :-)
@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!
@MovNat Big phycological impact, especially given the height? It is a wide space, but narrow enough to affect focus I would think, sort of like walking a ledge on a cliff.
@Unkalen I would be willing to wager that if you had white paint on the bottom of your feet, and ran at that pace for 75 yards or so, you would see a deviation in your ability to hold a straight line, when viewed from above. The point, to me, is about control, both physically and mentally (and maybe spiritually). A holistic viewpoint maybe, but that's just me.
@Unkalen Repetitive movements of being high up will make it easier on you mentally when you are that high up. Making climbing high points, or running along something "so wide it doesn't affect your balance" that are 80 feet up seem less frightening because you're more in control of your mind and body.
"The edge is so wide that it doesn't affect your balance." - It doesn't look that wide to me... It looks like it's just enough space for both feed next to each other. That's not wide in my opinion.
@Unkalen there are two factors which affects your balance... one is physical like pillar points for your legs... second is psychical with many factors like high difference between deeps at your sides, fear, etc.
you have to learn how to controll your body, but your feelings too...
@Unkalen Good day, broski. Well, to me, the reason he runs on the side of the bridge has more of a mental or psychological effect than a bodily workout. Generally, again...to me, MovNat is all about defeating your body's natural fears. Fear of heights, fear of jumping a long way and the possible hurt of the landing, the fight for your life, holding your breath underwater for extensive time periods. MovNat, to me, is about re-connecting HUMANS with NATURE. Nature's always been there.
@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.
@Unkalen Personally, I think running on this edge is a great mental challenge, even if it is not a balance challenge. The benefit seems to be overcoming someones fear.
@Unkalen Did you see how high and risky that was? Mental and psychological training was the point of that exercise. To be able to maintain balance and focus in the face of great danger. That is a crucial and natural skill. And one that I would surely fail, compared to this guy.
I think being natural is the best way to go, you dont see wild cats worrying about paying bills, taxes, what to wear to school, keeping a job, school work. They only worry about survival. You know, eating, sleeping, and staying away from predators.
@MovNat Maybe it should be? Read Richard Manning's "Against the Grain", or if you prefer French, Jacques Ellul's "The Technological Society" and you will find it hard to look at modern civilization the same way again.
I love this video. My dad(who works out in the gym) initially made fun of my workout which was climbing trees. After 3 months of tree climbing one day in the kitchen he said "holy cow youve put on muscle". I saw a few tree climbing bits in this and this stuff is no joke.
I would also like to say that it works things your usually miss in the gym like concentration because you dont want to die or end up in the hospital and things like your grip strength.
Do you do your exercises in one long mode? Or do you find different area's throughout the day and plan to do different movements through various terrains, as it looks almost as if you randomly find a route and apply yourself in anyway to overcome the terrain.
Just curious erwan, but how often do you train a week, not neccesarily outdoors in these wonderful places you have shown us but just roughly how many times a week do you train ?
wow. this is incredible. I just tried barefoot running for the first time, and it was great! However, my feet hurt pretty bad. How long does it take the foot to adapt to barefoot running, and how should I pace myself when starting out? And are there any special precautions I should take when on asphalt?
@Zladysman I am not familiar with MovNat, but I can still be sure that running on asphalt is not good for anyone, especially not barefoot! This, if something is against nature and the ground that is provided us by nature itself. On top of this, I do believe that because of all the toxic chemicals that is in the asphalt, your body will take some of these up when running barefoot, especially summertime when the asphault has been heated up by the sun. Again, this is what I think,just a layman here!
Running barefoot can lead to injuries. The risk that it does is actually pretty big.
Truth is, our feets are made to run barefoot, but they're not used to in anymore. I'd recomand to start running barefoot maybe 2 times a week, maximum 3 - kinda depends on how much you train other things - and just run for about 15-20 minutes to start with, and then carefully stretch out your muscles.
@BlacksVideos Barefoot running strengthens your feet. It's misleading to begin by saying that it leads to injuries. Of course, if any part of your body is weak, you shouldn't overtrain it. You might as well say that swimming can lead to drowning. Erwan's video shows the practical application of Paleo style fitness. Instead of hitting the gym, you can go outside and get a hell of a workout -- and have fun doing it -- while building skills that are useful and potentially life-saving.
Just started doing barefoot running,love it. I've had back pain for some time now. Since starting to run barefoot, my back pain has been minimum. Great video too, the way humans were made to work, the worlds 1st gym, nature.
He has a good atmosphere to train in for sure! I'm not sure about the barefoot part lol, I'd want some sneakers. However I'm sure he has built up a resistance, and he is basically 100% natural, how we were born..so thats good!
I enjoyed the video(this is near impossible where i live)
The problem comes in when you live near unfriendly nature. If I were to do this in the nature that's near me, I'd be extremely dirty, bleeding, and itching like crazy. I would probably end up with some rare infection by the end of the day.
@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.
"Yet all i see is logo's trade marks and registered symbols." :
MovNat has an identity of its own, it is indeed a trademark, with a distinctive logo. We have a unique way to teach natural movement proficiency.
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"this isnt how humans naturally move.":
Humans have been moving this way, i.e walking, running, jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing, carrying, throwing, swimming etc...since the dawn of humankind. It is what allowed them to survive or thrive in the wild.
"if you want to move incredibly, how about you take it to another level instead of just trying to copy animals?"
Next level, copy animal movement? That is ignoring that humans, themselves an animal species, possess their own movement capacities. Therefore the "next level" is not to imitate other animals, but to re-learn how to move efficiently like human animals used to, because it is still useful even in today's world. First things first.
@MovNat I feel stupid because I saw it in the video details as soon as I posted the comment :p
Thanks anyway! This is really inspiring work. I'm slowly starting to switch to the paleo diet but I'm wondering how important is it to eat grass-fed meats instead of grain-fed?
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
@1225hunter It's good to be nuts isn't it? I'll tell you what, those who tell you that you're nuts are probably unhappy not to dare to be nuts themselves. Freedom rules.
My biggest regret in life is simply that I am only now, at 18, begining to want to get involved with this sort of living/eating/exercising. I wish somehow I could have started as a child. The only reason anyone needs a safe place to begin is because we've gotten so used to no challenging terrain at all.
@mooseutoo Com'on man. You cannot change what's past or be slowed down by what in the past, or else you're never going to fully enjoy the present, and will also limit your future. Whatever your past experience and background, everyday you'll start where you are. Make where you are tomorrow depend on where you decide to go today, not on where you found yourself yesterday. Nothing's a perfect state, but you can perfect your way, so embrace the process positively, here and now!
@MovNat "biggest regret of my life" was a bit of an exaggeration lol. I was just sayin that it would be great to be able to enjoy the full health effects and physical ability and not have to worry much about 'building up'.
@mooseutoo You are only 18 and you have life regrets? Man can feel like starting new life at the age beyond 30 and even 40. Trust me, you have no idea how young you are!!!! When you get over 30, you'll see what i mean, but even then, you'll still have all your life i front of you
I respect Le Corre's position on exercising, just want to add that constantly changing exercise patterns is key, everything he is doing a person can do in a gym assuming the gym provides a pool. Creativity is a must.
@asabooo It was never said that all training must take place in the wild. This is an inspirational video that does not portray or explain anything about the coaching method. Actually, from a coaching perspective, it is best to train people in custom-built areas. That it is indoors or outdoors is not the real issue, that it ensures safety and scalability, especially for beginners, is what truly matters.
@asabooo Let me disagree with you. Don't look at the Movnat training from the Gym point view - train this muscles or train that muscle. Le Corre doesn't work on deltas, byceps, or triceps... Have a better look at what his doing - there's NO gym duplicate for that!
I am a "wilderness freerunner", and i am always careful to distinguish myself from the traditional urban free runners. for me it's not just about doing flips off stumps and running up trees, woodland free running is about feeling the forces of the earth on you body as you move through it, and learning and perfecting how you move. there is a deep spirituality to what you and i do that urban free runners cannot understand, becuase i truly feel one iwht nature when i am doing it.
@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.
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.
I just look at the video and I found it beautiful and inspiring, and I think is not necessary to discuss the topic, only enjoy it, is beautiful, and yes is ´´The Workout The World Forgot`` , he is not lifting weights, he is not doing triceps extensions, he is just a man in nature that naturally develops his body.... I enjoyed the video.. thanks too much
@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.
@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.
@MovementIdeas1 If you feel like you can move, you should move! When you feel like your body can't take it, you rest! Only YOU can tell if your body is in shape to move. If you just feel you could walk, you walk!
@MovementIdeas1 I guess that if you start MovNat at, say, 18, in your 90s you'll be able to do 30 push-ups with ease. I mean even though the body gets weaker. What 90-year-old can do 30 push-ups?
@MovementIdeas1 it's true for every activities, but I think you can apply the philosophy without jump from a tree, just walk with no shoes, move as you can ... it's not parkour, it's just a way to reconnect with your true nature, the simplest way is probably the best
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
@SuckItLily You don't have to live in a paradise. Moving Naturally can be done anywhere. It's not where you move that matters so much, but how you move. I'd seriously doubt that you can't find at least a small park in where you could run, jump, balance, climb something (even a wall, a metal pole), crawl etc., you can lift or carry friends if you can't find anything else that's heavy, you can go to the public swimming-pool sometimes, this will cost you little or no money, only commitment.
@MovNat i didn't say it's impossible for anyone. just that for many it's not as intuitive a process as it would be if you had "nature" nearby and often warm, dry weather.
@MovNat I'd seriously doubt that you can find a small park in where you could run, jump, balance, climb something (even a wall, a metal pole), crawl etc. without getting strange looks or stopped by the police...
@JayJay2912 Being stopped by the police maybe (that's debatable, it all depends on what you actually do, and where), but strange looks should never stop you, if they do it probably means that you never really got started in the first place. In a nutshell, strange looks do not actually stop you, you stop yourself because of strange looks. It is your call to exercise your freedom, or become limited by social conventions. The bars are in your mind and nowhere else amigo!
Eating carbs for energy is taken as an indisputable law. I find it funny, it can give short lived surge in energy, but, in general, it makes me tired. Meat and fish (raw is best) with vegs gives me lots of clean energy for cross training, and desire to tear iron to pieces when lifting weights. I watched a movie "Apocalypse" by Mel Gibson. Mel is obviously into MovNat, telling by the way he portrayed the Indians, the way they eat, move, fight, their incredible survival abilities and stamina.
Diet is often overlooked as a part of training/lifestyle/philosophy. I'm a strong believer in "We're what we eat". Much has been written on the topic, u mentioned too the paleo diet as part of your MovNat philosophy. Just wanted to add from my own experience: I'm a meat eater with a caffeine addiction - if not coffee, then green tea is a must for me. A week without coffee/tea and without beer/wine wakes primal energy and instincts, literary giving confidence and desire to MovNat, climb, jump...
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!
@Movnat Your videos are an inspiration. Some people think it's OK to neglect their bodies, ignoring millions of years of evolution. I was just curious how far along are the instructional DVDs? Any idea when they'll be available.
@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!!!
the sound is a bit jumpy on this video for me. Apart from that this is my favourite youtube video. You should re-upload it with the sound working right.
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.
@S70tC6 Indigenous people, wild animals, they don't need a work out actually, they simply move naturally. Zoo humans don't have the necessity to move in natural ways anymore, most need a reminder, an inspiration, and in most cases a method as well.
I am a great supporter of Survival International. The cause they defend is dear to me, among others. I donate and encourage people to do the same and help spread the word.
Oh Erwan, how I miss your motivational input and reading your views on the parkour.net website (it only exists in archive form). Nice to see you're still alive!
@emanko111 I can't think of a worse place to work-out out than a corporate gym. Before you know it your standing in front of a mirror doing bicep curls or tricep kickbacks. Or worse still those horrid cross training machines, people in lines all doing the same thing. Reminds me of the Matrix.
@MikeEves1 You are both right and wrong. In a commercial gym you can do some excellent whole-body exercises, like squat, deadlift, standing shoulder press, some Olympic lifts like Power clean, plus weighted pull-ups and dips, one arm pull-ups, one arm barbell lifts. U don't have to be like everyone else. All u need is a barbell, bar and parallel bars to get immensely strong. Ervan does functional training - develops coordination, agility, strength, stamina. And just lots of fun!!!
@valgez Yes you are right you can train quite well with barbells in a gym, but I'd save the money you spend on gym membership and do it at home or outside in the fresh air instead. My home 'gym' and the countryside is always open, there are no limits and you don't have to put up with the nonesense of the full length mirrors, video screens, repetative 'music' and people walking around with ipods drinking protein shakes.
@MikeEves1 There are some possibilities there as pointed by Valgez, but they are still very limited. A conventional "cosmetic" mindset might rapidly catch up with you.
You'd need a very strong sense of who you are and how you're originally designed to move if you want your mindset and practice to survive in such a place. Other people will also very soon make it clear to you that you don't belong there. People with routines hate that their routine is disturbed in any way.
@MovNat In fact, it's much more difficult, and UNSAFE!!! to lift heavy rocks of disproportional shapes and trees than working with a barbell. More demanding and UNSAFE!!! to do some acrobatics on a tree than on a bar. Well, more difficult and less safe - but that's the point! This is exactly what develops functional (and brutal!) strength, focus, coordination, agility and overall sense and awareness of your body and your mind. Keep on inspiring people!
@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.
@MovNat Agree, knowing what you do is the key to safety. I've always been fascinated with Olympic weightlifters, barbell is almost the only thing they work with, - yet you'll never question their functional strength and power, both strong and fast, not like some clumsy bodybuilder or powerlifter.
@emanko111 The first urge is to comment on your mentioning a GYM, but, you miised the whole point - what is shown here is a basic way of human physical conditioning, please don't mention GYM here, it's so irrelevant...
@emanko111 You can't expect a chihuahua to start behave like a wolf if you bring them to the woods. You can't expect a wolf to behave like a chihuahua if you bring him in an apartment.
@steedmandible Absolutely any "exercise" can potentially hurt you. Lifting weights, jogging, yoga etc... While not moving at all will hurt you even more and faster, any movement you do in your life can potentially hurt you, including any way you'll exercise.
@MovNat It's not even that. The issue is that modern humans are soft both physically and mentally - they don't think what it will give them, they fear how it will hurt them! You'll never prove anything to anyone, i advice not to waste your time
@valgez Thanks for the advice, but it sounds rather judgmental, arrogant and expeditive to state that people don't deserve attention &/or guidance. It is not about trying to convince anyone. However, if a rational training method becomes accessible it becomes easier for most people to get started in a way that is scalable & incremental. They can start grow strong and healthy again, gradually. There is always a possibility to look at the bright side.
Such an inspiring video! Thank you for sharing! :)
ShadyMia 2 days ago
now i want to see this guy compete in Ninja Warrior.
Brokent3eth 1 week ago
Wow this would really make you rough and tough
qwertyuiop10944 2 weeks ago
Incredible, this makes perfect sense to me.
MacCunnyfunt 3 weeks ago
Very nice video, beautiful environment ! Where was the video taken ?
Stalka629 4 weeks ago
That Bridge Run was Awesome!!
thegilmoreguy 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
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.
linda77singer 2 months ago
unfortunatly, not everyone has that playground.
AlejandoTheGreat 2 months ago
@AlejandoTheGreat Move...
ceeb40 4 days ago
FREEDOM!!!
boissel10JC 2 months ago
wow! great, 100%
sportschmoll 3 months ago
i like that its outdoors and its creative but realistically people have problems just going to the gym if they dont like doing that i doubt they are going to want to run around outside without shoes on... but it will grab certain people like i would try it
kickinButtAlot 3 months ago
This looks like playing! :o) LIKE!!!
gwenhwyfar187 4 months ago
Like a boss.
Magnus10117 5 months ago
This has rediculous editing.
Riegermeister 5 months ago
Looks like fun
SuicideWaffle 5 months ago
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.
sagacious13 5 months ago
Good job running. I hear jogging a total waste of time. I either sprint or walk. Jogging is useless.
cellardoor199991 5 months ago
@MovNat. What an inspiring video. I am currently my the transition to barefoot running after years in orthotics and stabilizing shoes that have done me little good. I have suffered achilles rupture and currently have tendonitis in the non repaired one. Any advise on how to make the transition. I know I have to take it real slow. Do you have a long waiting list for your retreat?
Flabyboy 5 months ago
@Flabyboy I am doing the same thing but am sticking to minimal shoes for the moment. I am having some success with Inov8 shoes but my ankles are really tight from the change from more cushioned shoes. Take it slowly and give your body a chance to adapt.
kage110 3 months ago
@kage110 Hi Mate, I'm pretty convinced that the best way is to switch straight to barefoot running. Is there any particular reason why do it gradually? I mean, minimal shoes are still shoes.
valgez1 3 months ago
@MovNat Great vid! I stopped exercising outdoors for a while now (atleast during the daytime). I've noticed a few sun spots on my face and arms. Enough of these leads to skin cancer. I put sunscreen on and still saw some spots. It's nothing serious, just something I noticed and want to prevent. Do you have any skin problems? I asked around in the gym and that's why a lot of them workout there. Because of skin problems. Not outdoor hatred.
cellardoor199991 5 months ago
the music is soo relaxing in this video... it gives me the feeling of freedom and nothing else matters no freakin playstation tv or what so ever
LUDAGRIZ 5 months ago
Amazing video, so beautiful! Makes me wanna run around in the wild!
workout4ever 5 months ago
Running barefoot on the grass in a park is SO different from running with shoes on an asphalt! You are not "running" anymore in its common meaning - you're a hunter, an animal, it makes you wanna run faster and faster without getting tired.
valgez1 5 months ago
absolutely unreal. fantastic vid. but any ideas for sumone in the city ? lol
mattlencfc 5 months ago
don't you fear of venomous snakes?
dunjustin 5 months ago
cavemen would not be doing such silly things. You break your leg jumping from rock to rock like that and you would be dead in caveman times.
Their workouts probably involved 1 hour creeping around, 60 second sprinting and throwing, 1 hour chopping up meat, 22 hours lying around and farting.
freeshyne1234 5 months ago
@freeshyne1234 Jumping from rock to rock, you might got a point there. But for the rest of your comment it sounds like you are talking about homer simpson kind of guys ...
elitepowerTV 5 months ago
How tough are your feet?!?
Hekta09 6 months ago
yeah the closest things like this for me are outwards of 2 hour drives not only is gas expensive but i do lame pt during the day so im tired to do cool shit like that
ThankYouSniper 6 months ago
Impressive agility.
Better then my anyways, im like a fucking refrigerator when i move through nature.
Araben13 6 months ago
If only we all had access to this kind of natural environment :]
olifant 6 months ago
It looks absolutely amazing! =)
beckis0 6 months ago
this is so beautiful!!! hope had the chance to expeience such training. by just looking at the video, can feel the "warming"feel by contacting the earth bare foot.
ihatepap75 6 months ago
Now compare it to the gym training for the sissies. Boring, stinky and annoying. But this is absolutely amazing, beautiful and inspiring! I wish I could train with you there!
wyciskTV 6 months ago
Now compare it to the gym training for the sissies. This is absolutely amazing, beautiful and inspiring! I wish I could train with you there!
wyciskTV 6 months ago
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!
AMULET72 6 months ago
Ammagosh, this is very..... it's like getting a workout simply by going out to explore the wonders of nature. Of course maybe you pick some obstacles to get over too, and some tasks like pushing a log in water... :D I love it, it makes me wanna get out to the forests nao! o3o! And there's parkourlogical movements (win)... the only thing I wonder, is how you can barefoot over gravel and rocks and things, even at my best barefooting (nearly all terrain) small gravel stops me. o_o
PirateValkyrie 6 months ago
This is awesome. Love it. My kind of work out. Just being out there in nature. Being close to it. Being yourself. You're natural self. Getting stronger. A lot of people are so bent on Body Building, that they have forgotten the old way. The problem? Most of that Muscle Mass. Is useless. They aren't as strong as they look.
ThisFlat 6 months ago
Man, I fell in love with you! Great work!
alavak1 6 months ago
This is interesting. Is there a psychological/emotional side to the natural method philosophy? Just curious. Or are psychological/emotional benefits merely a benefit of embracing the movnat approach, albeit important benefits? I hope this makes sense as a question.
TheCrankyProf1 6 months ago
@TheCrankyProf1 That was just my personal belief about Movnat. :) From experience, even though I may be doing some things wrong, I can say that I have had physical, emotional and psychological benefits. I'm a lot more comfortable doing things that many aren't now. Such as standing on top of a pull-up bar just to test balance. (That one still scares me. Haha.)
TFK2004 6 months ago
Great video Erwan. I am trying to incorporate more of this into my daily life. Very motivational.
IcarianVX 7 months ago
@Gatesmi11 Where do you see a city in this video?
MovNat 7 months ago
Wow, amazing clip. Truly inspiring :)
phillezz 7 months ago
I don't understand why you run on the edge of the bridge @ 2.09 ... I don't see the benefits of it.
Unkalen 7 months ago
@Unkalen if you don't understand that then do you understand the whole video at all?
MovNat 7 months ago
@MovNat
Of course I understand the video. It's just that part @ 2:09 that I don't understand. What's better with running on the edge than to run in the middle of the bridge? The edge is so wide that it doesn't affect your balance. I do like the video though. It somehow reminds me of when I was a kid. :-)
Unkalen 6 months ago
@Unkalen "The edge is so wide that it doesn't affect your balance." You should try yourself one day ;).
MovNat 6 months ago
@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!
jr10spro 6 months ago
@MovNat Big phycological impact, especially given the height? It is a wide space, but narrow enough to affect focus I would think, sort of like walking a ledge on a cliff.
dungad24 5 months ago
@Unkalen I would be willing to wager that if you had white paint on the bottom of your feet, and ran at that pace for 75 yards or so, you would see a deviation in your ability to hold a straight line, when viewed from above. The point, to me, is about control, both physically and mentally (and maybe spiritually). A holistic viewpoint maybe, but that's just me.
sylvenhoo 6 months ago
@Unkalen Repetitive movements of being high up will make it easier on you mentally when you are that high up. Making climbing high points, or running along something "so wide it doesn't affect your balance" that are 80 feet up seem less frightening because you're more in control of your mind and body.
IDropChaos 6 months ago
@Unkalen
"The edge is so wide that it doesn't affect your balance." - It doesn't look that wide to me... It looks like it's just enough space for both feed next to each other. That's not wide in my opinion.
beckis0 6 months ago
@Unkalen
Do you understand focus? Do you understand beauty? Do you understand living in the moment?
memetic07 6 months ago
@Unkalen there are two factors which affects your balance... one is physical like pillar points for your legs... second is psychical with many factors like high difference between deeps at your sides, fear, etc.
you have to learn how to controll your body, but your feelings too...
opOnaut 2 days ago
@Unkalen Good day, broski. Well, to me, the reason he runs on the side of the bridge has more of a mental or psychological effect than a bodily workout. Generally, again...to me, MovNat is all about defeating your body's natural fears. Fear of heights, fear of jumping a long way and the possible hurt of the landing, the fight for your life, holding your breath underwater for extensive time periods. MovNat, to me, is about re-connecting HUMANS with NATURE. Nature's always been there.
TFK2004 7 months ago
@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.
TFK2004 7 months ago
@Unkalen Personally, I think running on this edge is a great mental challenge, even if it is not a balance challenge. The benefit seems to be overcoming someones fear.
DEBUG1984 5 months ago
@Unkalen Did you see how high and risky that was? Mental and psychological training was the point of that exercise. To be able to maintain balance and focus in the face of great danger. That is a crucial and natural skill. And one that I would surely fail, compared to this guy.
rmcdaniel423 1 month ago
I think being natural is the best way to go, you dont see wild cats worrying about paying bills, taxes, what to wear to school, keeping a job, school work. They only worry about survival. You know, eating, sleeping, and staying away from predators.
JeMzZ360 7 months ago
@JeMzZ360 that may be too radical maybe? MovNat is not a rejection of modernity or a survival lifestyle.
MovNat 7 months ago
@MovNat Maybe it should be? Read Richard Manning's "Against the Grain", or if you prefer French, Jacques Ellul's "The Technological Society" and you will find it hard to look at modern civilization the same way again.
psamty 6 months ago
@JeMzZ360 It does make you wanna move out to where ever the hell he is and go primal...
RotaryPoweredDick 6 months ago
Muito interessante o método de treino!
ValdirEF 7 months ago
I love this video. My dad(who works out in the gym) initially made fun of my workout which was climbing trees. After 3 months of tree climbing one day in the kitchen he said "holy cow youve put on muscle". I saw a few tree climbing bits in this and this stuff is no joke.
I would also like to say that it works things your usually miss in the gym like concentration because you dont want to die or end up in the hospital and things like your grip strength.
5/5 stars! Now if i still lived in CO
kato1kalin 7 months ago
siiiiiiiiiiiiick! i wanna do it!!
bq006d4290 7 months ago
Do you do your exercises in one long mode? Or do you find different area's throughout the day and plan to do different movements through various terrains, as it looks almost as if you randomly find a route and apply yourself in anyway to overcome the terrain.
MotheredANiMaL 7 months ago
This guy should go on Mantracker.
Nelter 7 months ago
maravilhoso, parabens ERwan. Video realmente inspirador.
AlexVegetarianNature 7 months ago
he look alike tarzan.
but still good
bre4kd0wn1 8 months ago
Just curious erwan, but how often do you train a week, not neccesarily outdoors in these wonderful places you have shown us but just roughly how many times a week do you train ?
siddharth5 8 months ago
I think you are bulletproof. @MovNat
AdamsTeinz 8 months ago
great if you live near canyons, crazy-ass rock formations and underwater caverns. Brilliant idea though!
torysam544 8 months ago
Living Avatar...
BlackDragon425 8 months ago
wow. this is incredible. I just tried barefoot running for the first time, and it was great! However, my feet hurt pretty bad. How long does it take the foot to adapt to barefoot running, and how should I pace myself when starting out? And are there any special precautions I should take when on asphalt?
Zladysman 8 months ago
@Zladysman I am not familiar with MovNat, but I can still be sure that running on asphalt is not good for anyone, especially not barefoot! This, if something is against nature and the ground that is provided us by nature itself. On top of this, I do believe that because of all the toxic chemicals that is in the asphalt, your body will take some of these up when running barefoot, especially summertime when the asphault has been heated up by the sun. Again, this is what I think,just a layman here!
crystallic85 8 months ago
@Zladysman
Running barefoot can lead to injuries. The risk that it does is actually pretty big.
Truth is, our feets are made to run barefoot, but they're not used to in anymore. I'd recomand to start running barefoot maybe 2 times a week, maximum 3 - kinda depends on how much you train other things - and just run for about 15-20 minutes to start with, and then carefully stretch out your muscles.
Also make sure you have correct footplacement
BlacksVideos 8 months ago
@BlacksVideos Barefoot running strengthens your feet. It's misleading to begin by saying that it leads to injuries. Of course, if any part of your body is weak, you shouldn't overtrain it. You might as well say that swimming can lead to drowning. Erwan's video shows the practical application of Paleo style fitness. Instead of hitting the gym, you can go outside and get a hell of a workout -- and have fun doing it -- while building skills that are useful and potentially life-saving.
bobewing 8 months ago
@BlacksVideos ok buddy, when you're as ripped as this guy i'll pay attention to what you say
MrWilliamsonFilms 8 months ago
have no fear of poisonous snakes?
dunjustin 8 months ago
this guy is fucking HUGE. omg this workout is fucking off the hook!
zazenzach 9 months ago
Just started doing barefoot running,love it. I've had back pain for some time now. Since starting to run barefoot, my back pain has been minimum. Great video too, the way humans were made to work, the worlds 1st gym, nature.
veldinat 9 months ago
amazing
HitokageProduction 9 months ago
This is absolutely true movement.
No more words.
Phill21994 9 months ago
You should be cast in the 2nd Avatar movie... fo real.
katiedid1023 9 months ago
What is a perfect human being? Right here!
katiedid1023 9 months ago
WOW this was AWESOME who is that guy?
BootyBot 10 months ago
That was awesome. I'm starting barefooting but my feet are still too soft to run.
NorseWarriorKing 10 months ago
He has a good atmosphere to train in for sure! I'm not sure about the barefoot part lol, I'd want some sneakers. However I'm sure he has built up a resistance, and he is basically 100% natural, how we were born..so thats good!
I enjoyed the video(this is near impossible where i live)
so keep up the good work bruva
planeteclipse7 10 months ago
i love your lifestyle and try practice this, sorry about my english.
saludos desde españa
kenion89 10 months ago
Some nice climbing there.
I'm getting into barefoot running 2 months + loving it. :)
yunk9 10 months ago
@MovNat - sorry it was just a tongue in cheek remark. Really enjoyed the video - it was certainly inspiring to me and I appreciate the response
TheGraciefighter101 11 months ago
wrong grip on the kimura but loved the video apart from that !
TheGraciefighter101 11 months ago
Why?
warger92 11 months ago
Holly crap he's fit.
tipoomaster 11 months ago
The problem comes in when you live near unfriendly nature. If I were to do this in the nature that's near me, I'd be extremely dirty, bleeding, and itching like crazy. I would probably end up with some rare infection by the end of the day.
ninjajesus81 11 months ago
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grazida0276 1 year ago
@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.
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat How do you make a living off of this? Do you sell books and dvds or hold seminars.? Do you have another profession?
cellardoor199991 8 months ago
@grazida0276
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"Yet all i see is logo's trade marks and registered symbols." :
MovNat has an identity of its own, it is indeed a trademark, with a distinctive logo. We have a unique way to teach natural movement proficiency.
3
"this isnt how humans naturally move.":
Humans have been moving this way, i.e walking, running, jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing, carrying, throwing, swimming etc...since the dawn of humankind. It is what allowed them to survive or thrive in the wild.
MovNat 1 year ago
@grazida0276
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"if you want to move incredibly, how about you take it to another level instead of just trying to copy animals?"
Next level, copy animal movement? That is ignoring that humans, themselves an animal species, possess their own movement capacities. Therefore the "next level" is not to imitate other animals, but to re-learn how to move efficiently like human animals used to, because it is still useful even in today's world. First things first.
MovNat 1 year ago
WHERE IS THIS?
adrozemog 1 year ago
@adrozemog please check the information bar.
MovNat 1 year ago
@adrozemog
Korsika
BTUKungen 11 months ago
@adrozemog
Location: Corsica island, France.
BTUKungen 11 months ago
Great video and wonderful philosophy. I really love that song in the second-half. Does anyone the name of it?
anishtheone 1 year ago
@anishtheone
Music: Tryad
"Waltz into the moonlight" and "I see".
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat I feel stupid because I saw it in the video details as soon as I posted the comment :p
Thanks anyway! This is really inspiring work. I'm slowly starting to switch to the paleo diet but I'm wondering how important is it to eat grass-fed meats instead of grain-fed?
anishtheone 1 year ago
whenever i feel like shit i start watching this video
iansryan 1 year ago
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
1225hunter 1 year ago
@1225hunter It's good to be nuts isn't it? I'll tell you what, those who tell you that you're nuts are probably unhappy not to dare to be nuts themselves. Freedom rules.
MovNat 1 year ago
My biggest regret in life is simply that I am only now, at 18, begining to want to get involved with this sort of living/eating/exercising. I wish somehow I could have started as a child. The only reason anyone needs a safe place to begin is because we've gotten so used to no challenging terrain at all.
mooseutoo 1 year ago
@mooseutoo Com'on man. You cannot change what's past or be slowed down by what in the past, or else you're never going to fully enjoy the present, and will also limit your future. Whatever your past experience and background, everyday you'll start where you are. Make where you are tomorrow depend on where you decide to go today, not on where you found yourself yesterday. Nothing's a perfect state, but you can perfect your way, so embrace the process positively, here and now!
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat "biggest regret of my life" was a bit of an exaggeration lol. I was just sayin that it would be great to be able to enjoy the full health effects and physical ability and not have to worry much about 'building up'.
mooseutoo 1 year ago
@mooseutoo You are only 18 and you have life regrets? Man can feel like starting new life at the age beyond 30 and even 40. Trust me, you have no idea how young you are!!!! When you get over 30, you'll see what i mean, but even then, you'll still have all your life i front of you
valgez 1 year ago
@mooseutoo HA! You think you're starting late at 18? HA! OMG! Try 37 sonny boy. Glad your doing it. I wish more kids were.
werytraveler 1 year ago
@mooseutoo WHAT ? did you mean 80, OMG yeah ya past it now at 18 .wouldnt bother mate!!!
truthhunter46 1 year ago
I respect Le Corre's position on exercising, just want to add that constantly changing exercise patterns is key, everything he is doing a person can do in a gym assuming the gym provides a pool. Creativity is a must.
asabooo 1 year ago
@asabooo It was never said that all training must take place in the wild. This is an inspirational video that does not portray or explain anything about the coaching method. Actually, from a coaching perspective, it is best to train people in custom-built areas. That it is indoors or outdoors is not the real issue, that it ensures safety and scalability, especially for beginners, is what truly matters.
MovNat 1 year ago
@asabooo Constant change of patterns and challenges is one of the key principle in MovNat, that you train indoors or outdoors.
MovNat 1 year ago
@asabooo Let me disagree with you. Don't look at the Movnat training from the Gym point view - train this muscles or train that muscle. Le Corre doesn't work on deltas, byceps, or triceps... Have a better look at what his doing - there's NO gym duplicate for that!
valgez 1 year ago
Dude has some tough feet!..
spondulas 1 year ago
And if you can imagine this is the way we once all moved.
Kia kaha, Kia whaihua
Be strong to be useful.
TraceurArok 1 year ago
I am a "wilderness freerunner", and i am always careful to distinguish myself from the traditional urban free runners. for me it's not just about doing flips off stumps and running up trees, woodland free running is about feeling the forces of the earth on you body as you move through it, and learning and perfecting how you move. there is a deep spirituality to what you and i do that urban free runners cannot understand, becuase i truly feel one iwht nature when i am doing it.
Windspirit21 1 year ago
@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.
MovNat 1 year ago
gym is best...
My gym = nature!
love & respect to you
tricker1111 1 year ago
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.
joshFcarlson 1 year ago
I just look at the video and I found it beautiful and inspiring, and I think is not necessary to discuss the topic, only enjoy it, is beautiful, and yes is ´´The Workout The World Forgot`` , he is not lifting weights, he is not doing triceps extensions, he is just a man in nature that naturally develops his body.... I enjoyed the video.. thanks too much
ignaciodeltigre 1 year ago
@ignaciodeltigre He's lifting weights!!! As a part of Movnat, of course! Lifting trees, stones!!! Sure he does!
valgez 1 year ago
cant join a gym? oh well hit the woods!
hurley had no reason or excuse to keep being fat while on stuck in the Island on Lost. Look at all the things he could had done!
PunisherWill 1 year ago
i have one question
did erwan get that ripped just by working out this way?
or did he use weights and other equipment first?
BayAreaBum 1 year ago
@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.
MovNat 1 year ago
Can these Principles be applied to elder bodies? Is there a time issue with MovNat? What aspects of MovNat can I train in my 90s?
MovementIdeas1 1 year ago 8
@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.
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovementIdeas1 If you feel like you can move, you should move! When you feel like your body can't take it, you rest! Only YOU can tell if your body is in shape to move. If you just feel you could walk, you walk!
FelJocke 11 months ago
@MovementIdeas1 I guess that if you start MovNat at, say, 18, in your 90s you'll be able to do 30 push-ups with ease. I mean even though the body gets weaker. What 90-year-old can do 30 push-ups?
AdamsTeinz 8 months ago
@MovementIdeas1 it's true for every activities, but I think you can apply the philosophy without jump from a tree, just walk with no shoes, move as you can ... it's not parkour, it's just a way to reconnect with your true nature, the simplest way is probably the best
switcherdav 7 months ago
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
JeffrySummer 1 year ago
Toute la famille adore cette video! Le reve de nos enfants est de vivre dans la jungle ou la foret! Vous faites des stages pour les familles aussi?
noaetyoan 1 year ago
unfortunately we don't all live in paradise. a city inhabitant cannot replicate ANY of this without putting in a lot of time and even money.
SuckItLily 1 year ago
@SuckItLily You don't have to live in a paradise. Moving Naturally can be done anywhere. It's not where you move that matters so much, but how you move. I'd seriously doubt that you can't find at least a small park in where you could run, jump, balance, climb something (even a wall, a metal pole), crawl etc., you can lift or carry friends if you can't find anything else that's heavy, you can go to the public swimming-pool sometimes, this will cost you little or no money, only commitment.
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat i didn't say it's impossible for anyone. just that for many it's not as intuitive a process as it would be if you had "nature" nearby and often warm, dry weather.
SuckItLily 1 year ago
@MovNat I'd seriously doubt that you can find a small park in where you could run, jump, balance, climb something (even a wall, a metal pole), crawl etc. without getting strange looks or stopped by the police...
JayJay2912 1 year ago
@JayJay2912 Being stopped by the police maybe (that's debatable, it all depends on what you actually do, and where), but strange looks should never stop you, if they do it probably means that you never really got started in the first place. In a nutshell, strange looks do not actually stop you, you stop yourself because of strange looks. It is your call to exercise your freedom, or become limited by social conventions. The bars are in your mind and nowhere else amigo!
MovNat 1 year ago
omg this is like heaven to me thanks i didn't even know something like you guys existed soo awesome !!!!!!!
ProstigeWorldwide 1 year ago
Thanks bro I love this and I enjoy every second of it when i do it.
rampage134 1 year ago
a very inspiring approach of exploring you capability and the nature
yokogeri 1 year ago
Eating carbs for energy is taken as an indisputable law. I find it funny, it can give short lived surge in energy, but, in general, it makes me tired. Meat and fish (raw is best) with vegs gives me lots of clean energy for cross training, and desire to tear iron to pieces when lifting weights. I watched a movie "Apocalypse" by Mel Gibson. Mel is obviously into MovNat, telling by the way he portrayed the Indians, the way they eat, move, fight, their incredible survival abilities and stamina.
valgez 1 year ago
Diet is often overlooked as a part of training/lifestyle/philosophy. I'm a strong believer in "We're what we eat". Much has been written on the topic, u mentioned too the paleo diet as part of your MovNat philosophy. Just wanted to add from my own experience: I'm a meat eater with a caffeine addiction - if not coffee, then green tea is a must for me. A week without coffee/tea and without beer/wine wakes primal energy and instincts, literary giving confidence and desire to MovNat, climb, jump...
valgez 1 year ago
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!
SweetRandal 1 year ago
@Movnat Your videos are an inspiration. Some people think it's OK to neglect their bodies, ignoring millions of years of evolution. I was just curious how far along are the instructional DVDs? Any idea when they'll be available.
plstne48 1 year ago
@plstne48 The book will be released in 2012. DVDs will be released after the book.
MovNat 1 year ago
@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!!!
jamieezgurl 1 year ago
Great video! Where are those places? I would really like to train there :)
parkourkarlsruhe 1 year ago
can I borrow your body for the weekend? I need it to look at my self in the mirror and think wow, I have made it!! HE HE
blkettlebell 1 year ago
the sound is a bit jumpy on this video for me. Apart from that this is my favourite youtube video. You should re-upload it with the sound working right.
richardm80 1 year ago
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.
S70tC6 1 year ago
@S70tC6 Indigenous people, wild animals, they don't need a work out actually, they simply move naturally. Zoo humans don't have the necessity to move in natural ways anymore, most need a reminder, an inspiration, and in most cases a method as well.
I am a great supporter of Survival International. The cause they defend is dear to me, among others. I donate and encourage people to do the same and help spread the word.
MovNat 1 year ago
Oh Erwan, how I miss your motivational input and reading your views on the parkour.net website (it only exists in archive form). Nice to see you're still alive!
kungfudude 1 year ago
so amazing tkx for sharing
trabando2000 1 year ago
This is beautiful, but you must admit, the GYM is much safer ....and is located in every city :-)
emanko111 1 year ago
@emanko111 I can't think of a worse place to work-out out than a corporate gym. Before you know it your standing in front of a mirror doing bicep curls or tricep kickbacks. Or worse still those horrid cross training machines, people in lines all doing the same thing. Reminds me of the Matrix.
MikeEves1 1 year ago
@MikeEves1 You are both right and wrong. In a commercial gym you can do some excellent whole-body exercises, like squat, deadlift, standing shoulder press, some Olympic lifts like Power clean, plus weighted pull-ups and dips, one arm pull-ups, one arm barbell lifts. U don't have to be like everyone else. All u need is a barbell, bar and parallel bars to get immensely strong. Ervan does functional training - develops coordination, agility, strength, stamina. And just lots of fun!!!
valgez 1 year ago
@valgez Yes you are right you can train quite well with barbells in a gym, but I'd save the money you spend on gym membership and do it at home or outside in the fresh air instead. My home 'gym' and the countryside is always open, there are no limits and you don't have to put up with the nonesense of the full length mirrors, video screens, repetative 'music' and people walking around with ipods drinking protein shakes.
MikeEves1 1 year ago
@MikeEves1 There are some possibilities there as pointed by Valgez, but they are still very limited. A conventional "cosmetic" mindset might rapidly catch up with you.
You'd need a very strong sense of who you are and how you're originally designed to move if you want your mindset and practice to survive in such a place. Other people will also very soon make it clear to you that you don't belong there. People with routines hate that their routine is disturbed in any way.
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat In fact, it's much more difficult, and UNSAFE!!! to lift heavy rocks of disproportional shapes and trees than working with a barbell. More demanding and UNSAFE!!! to do some acrobatics on a tree than on a bar. Well, more difficult and less safe - but that's the point! This is exactly what develops functional (and brutal!) strength, focus, coordination, agility and overall sense and awareness of your body and your mind. Keep on inspiring people!
valgez 1 year ago
@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.
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat Agree, knowing what you do is the key to safety. I've always been fascinated with Olympic weightlifters, barbell is almost the only thing they work with, - yet you'll never question their functional strength and power, both strong and fast, not like some clumsy bodybuilder or powerlifter.
valgez 1 year ago
@emanko111 The first urge is to comment on your mentioning a GYM, but, you miised the whole point - what is shown here is a basic way of human physical conditioning, please don't mention GYM here, it's so irrelevant...
valgez 1 year ago
@emanko111 You can't expect a chihuahua to start behave like a wolf if you bring them to the woods. You can't expect a wolf to behave like a chihuahua if you bring him in an apartment.
MovNat 1 year ago
Have you explored the snow world? If so I'd like to see some of those vids. Wearing shorts is not very natural, just sayin.
BearfootRob 1 year ago
@steedmandible Absolutely any "exercise" can potentially hurt you. Lifting weights, jogging, yoga etc... While not moving at all will hurt you even more and faster, any movement you do in your life can potentially hurt you, including any way you'll exercise.
MovNat 1 year ago
@MovNat It's not even that. The issue is that modern humans are soft both physically and mentally - they don't think what it will give them, they fear how it will hurt them! You'll never prove anything to anyone, i advice not to waste your time
valgez 1 year ago
@valgez Thanks for the advice, but it sounds rather judgmental, arrogant and expeditive to state that people don't deserve attention &/or guidance. It is not about trying to convince anyone. However, if a rational training method becomes accessible it becomes easier for most people to get started in a way that is scalable & incremental. They can start grow strong and healthy again, gradually. There is always a possibility to look at the bright side.
MovNat 1 year ago