- 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 one circuit and you then repeat the circuit 4 – 8 times, flowing from one activity to the next like an obstacle course. It’s a great way to engage with the natural environment around you – you can do a combo in the park, a forest, on the beach, in your back-yard… you are only limited by your imagination! Look at what natural features there are around you and how you might use them. Here’s one idea:
Example Wild Combo
1. Sprint to a tree – winding through obstacles or zig-zagging through trees if possible (about 50 meters).
2. Jump onto a higher surface (log / park bench) and down again (or balance along it for a while).
3. Bear crawl 10 meters (move forward on your hands and feet like a bear!).
4. Lift a rock or drag a heavy branch 20 meters.
5. Hang from a branch (or do pull ups if you can!) for 15 seconds.
- Crawl like a bear! As demonstrated by Drew.
You can perform this as if it were a sprint, doing as many circuits as you can in 2 minute intervals, or you can use it as a more skill-based circuit, taking as much time as you need to do the circuit perfectly. Each outdoor environment will be different and lend itself to different combinations of the circuit or you can devise new natural movements (e.g. a short swim, a tree climb, a rock throw etc.).
The Wild Combo format is designed to: 1. Incorporate natural movement patterns that are the best way to create a functional body, 2. Deliver intensity so that you are challenged and therefore become ‘fitter’, 3. Expose you to nature with all the healing that comes from being active in a natural environment.
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