Just in case you haven’t seen it already here is a great video featuring Lee Saxby outlining the key skills you need for injury-free barefoot running. Those of you who have met Lee already will know what an awesome running coach he is… those who haven’t can get the chance to meet him below! Obviously [...]
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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 [...] Exuberant Animal seminar in London Back in April Wildfitness hosted the first Exuberant Animal seminar in the UK and we got to hang out with one of our gurus, Frank Forencich. We played all day in the park and ended up feeling tired and elated at the end of the day. And sore for about [...] 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: [...] Breathing we can just let happen, like a wild human would, but we can also control it (like a super wild person). We can learn how to use our breathing to gain powerful effects on the body: to switch us into a deeply calm state, to bring in more oxygen to our cells and [...] 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 [...] Thanks to Frank Forencich for his post Putting the physical back into physical education and making the distinction between “adapted” and “adaptable” in regards to fitness training. He says: “Those who train exclusively in a single sport, movement style or discipline simply dig their neurological ruts deeper and deeper; they become adapted to a [...] Redefining fitness Why do you want to be fit? What’s your motivation? What does “fitness” really mean anyway? Each person that joins a Wildfitness course will have their own aspirations and ideas about fitness. Maybe they want to be more energised or to get bigger muscles, to drop a dress size or to train for a [...] |
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