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10 dead lifts, 10 overhead swings, 10 thrusters, 10 clean 'n jerks, poor Colin was certainly tested against the King of Kettlebells! We don’t ask for much from our coaches; they just have to be hard-working, qualified, motivating, fit, knowledgeable, inspirational, experienced, patient, fun, understanding, creative, respected, …….…. AND have a sense of humour [...] One of our current Wild Coaches, Colin Holding, recently met with the UK’s Guardian newspaper to discuss the benefits of “evolutionary fitness” and of exercising outdoors. With Colin’s help they gave their readers 10 movements which are perfect for performing outdoors – in the park, your garden, a forest or (if you’re lucky enough) on [...] For some fitness inspiration and a bit of fun for the New Year, we have created a short video of a sequence of movements put together by (and starring!) one of our current Wild Coaches, Gareth Roriston. It was filmed here in Kenya, on the beautiful Watamu beach right outside Baraka House. Gareth says…. “All these movements [...] Whenever possible we recommend getting OUTSIDE to exercise – into the fresh air and ideally somewhere with natural surroundings. But it may happen that you’re on a business trip, it really is too cold or un-safe to go outside and train, you don’t have time to find a good place to go nearby, you’re stuck [...] Luke & Drew practise being monkeys We’ve included “combo” training in our holiday courses since Erwan Le Corre, the founder of MovNat, trained with us out in Watamu during April last year. A combo is a short circuit usually comprising 4-6 different natural movements. It should take between 30 sec – 1.5 minutes to complete [...] Those who have been on a Wildfitness course in the past 6 months will know that our new favourite position is what we like to call “The Hunter-Gatherer Squat”. So what is it and why is it so very good? The common sense Squatting, the natural way to “sit”, is great for our bodies. It’s just a [...] Mirror Run (Image courtesy of Exuberant Animal) Here’s a fantastic functional fitness game from Exuberant Animal. It’s super-easy and you need no equipment – just a willing buddy and plenty of space to run around in. We played it at the Exuberant Animal seminar in London and apparently it was quite a sight to behold: [...] The Freediving Two-Section Breath Up Hopefully you’re convinced of the benefits of breathing techniques (if not read our blog post Born to breath-hold? ), so here’s one to try. This is a technique recommended by Wildfitness Coach, Augusto, who is also a professional free-diving instructor. While it is a technique from free-diving, [...] Our primate ancestors spent a lot of time hanging out in trees and swinging through the branches (what fun). There is actually an official term for this type of movement, in which the suspended body swings from one hold to another using only the arms (and momentum rather than muscle strength). It’s called brachiation. You [...] |
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