The MovNat group teaches that humans were meant to be strong, healthy, happy, and free. Today we live in a “human zoo” which has made us overweight, weak, sick, and depressed. In short, we suffer from a “nature deficit disorder.” Drawing on La Methode Naturalle they seek to get back to the way humans originally got their exercise, with activities in natural settings involving walking, running, jumping, balancing, moving on all fours, climbing, lifting, carrying, throwing, catching, swimming, and defending. The benchmark for fitness is that people should be athletically capable of handling practical real world situations (bottom of the page). An example of such a situation might arise if your house were on fire. The idea is that if you had to you could climb a tree, crawl in a window, put someone over your shoulder in a fireman’s carry, and then climb back down to the ground.
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The Power Wheel for Abdominals
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009I ran across the Power Wheel a while ago. In my experience a wheel is one of the best ways to get strong abs. However there are several potential problems with it. You have to get in reasonable shape before you use it or you could hurt yourself. And some women might have to use the Power Wheel product specifically because then they can use their legs. They might not have enough upper body strength to use their arms with a simple wheel. Here are several trainers who recommend using a wheel: Matt Furey and Ross Enamait. Ross does extreme versions of ab wheel exercises, and if you go to his home page you can see what kind of abs that guy has.