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3 Top Fitness FAQs

(Jess Reinhold has been a Wildfitness coach for 6 years and is currently working on location in Kenya).

One of the perks of my job is that I get to meet and train a huge variety of people but the same questions seem to always crop up. Because of this I decided to try and tackle [...]

July 14th, 2011 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, exercises, fitness, goals, human evolution, running | One comment

Run and Lift Heavy Things

We asked Wild Coach, Gareth Roriston, what key training advice he would give someone wanting to improve their fitness. For Gareth it boils down to just two key things. In his own words, here’s what he has to say…

Run and lift heavy things…

…these are two things that every, truly all-round fit person does.

Even elite specialists [...]

April 14th, 2011 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, exercises, fitness, human evolution, running | One comment

Barefoot Running Shoes - The Options

If you’ve been on a Wildfitness course or been following Wildfitness for a while you will know we are ardent advocates of barefoot running (read our post on why this is here). Given that we’ve been teaching barefoot running on our courses for 4 ½ years now, we at Wildfitness have tested a fair few [...]

December 15th, 2010 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, human evolution, running | 12 comments

Learn to run barefoot with Lee Saxby

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 [...]

August 5th, 2010 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, exercises, fitness, running, videos | 2 comments

Running Wild

The press has been going crazy on barefoot running following the publication of research by Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman (watch the video summarising the research here, or read about it in The Times, The Express or Business Week). At last it is out, and now almost undisputed that running shoes hinder running, and that running [...]

March 10th, 2010 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, running | 2 comments

The joy of running

Double page spread in today’s UK Times T2 section about running – with the focus being on the mental benefits and the sheer joy of running. Given that, from an evolutionary point of view, running is probably our most fundamental movement pattern after walking, it only makes sense that running is key to human health.

Peta [...]

January 20th, 2010 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, human evolution, running | One comment

Barefoot takes off

It’s the new year and with it comes the inevitable press and magazine coverage focused on helping advise people who want to shape up and jog off the “festive excess”. Refreshingly though there has been increasing coverage in the UK press on the phenemenon of barefoot running. Off the back of the success of Chris [...]

January 13th, 2010 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, running | 2 comments

Winter Wildness

It’s easy to retreat to the duvet during winter in the city; and often quite sensible. But there is also a bionic edge to going for a run when it is snowing, or even inhospitably windy, dark and wet. I go in shorts, singlet and sometimes bare foot (not advisable [...]

November 26th, 2009 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, running, wildness | 8 comments

Movement is it's own medicine

“Everything you knew about muscle is wrong” is a fantastic article by Christopher McDougall in the October 09 issue of Men’s Health. It is lengthy and detailed but it explains clearly how your muscle fascia is responsible for much of the power (and sometimes pain) in your movement. Just reading the article will make you [...]

October 15th, 2009 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, books, fitness, running | 4 comments

Wild Moving: Lactic Lift OFF!

Run like the wind!

Wild Ones who’ve been on our holidays will certainly remember their first Lactic Lift Off experience. It’s the ultimate intense workout and a great Wild exercise that can be done in any outdoor space. This exercise increases the lactic acid in our blood, telling our body to produce Human Growth Hormone [...]

September 25th, 2009 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, exercises, fitness, running | 11 comments
 
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