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Fitness<br />
Bark to basics: Le Corre<br />
preaches universal<br />
fitness without all the<br />
technical frills<br />
GET FIT<br />
NATURAL<br />
ABILITY<br />
Three signature moves<br />
to help you master the<br />
MovNat concept<br />
MOVNAT FITNESS<br />
GRASSROOTS<br />
MOVEMENT<br />
Your body wasn’t built to sit around all day. Erwan Le Corre<br />
will help you rediscover its full potential – naturally<br />
According to Erwan Le Corre,<br />
the way we humans move<br />
in our everyday lives is<br />
unnatural and even downright<br />
inhumane. “We sit in the office<br />
for hours at a time,” says the<br />
French-born sportsman and<br />
physical trainer, “then we might<br />
go to the gym once in a while<br />
after work. And that’s all we do.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> human musculoskeletal<br />
system is built for much more<br />
frequent and varied exertion,<br />
however, and if it doesn’t get this,<br />
it becomes sick. So Le Corre has<br />
come up with a fitness regime<br />
comprising all the elements we<br />
couldn’t get enough of as kids:<br />
balancing, jumping, climbing,<br />
crawling, running, throwing,<br />
swimming, diving etc. Performed<br />
either indoors or outdoors, these<br />
play-like exercises help to improve<br />
coordination, balance, strength<br />
and precision skills.<br />
<strong>The</strong> basis of Le Corre’s MovNat<br />
(Natural Movement) concept is<br />
La Méthode Naturelle, a training<br />
technique developed by French<br />
naval officer Georges Hébert<br />
in the early 19th century and<br />
which also gave rise to parkour.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> aim of MovNat isn’t to<br />
make you quicker or fitter,” says<br />
Le Corre, 48. “We want you to<br />
rediscover ancient patterns of<br />
movement.” <strong>The</strong> rest, including<br />
your increased self-confidence,<br />
will take care of itself.<br />
movnat.com<br />
“Increased<br />
natural<br />
movement in<br />
your daily<br />
routine will make<br />
you stronger,<br />
healthier and<br />
happier”<br />
Erwan Le Corre<br />
ELBOW PULL-UP<br />
Instead of hanging from the bar<br />
by your hands, haul yourself up<br />
so your forearms rest on top of<br />
it, hands touching. For one rep,<br />
lift yourself with your elbows<br />
until your chest reaches the<br />
bar. This method limits your<br />
range of motion and increases<br />
the efficiency of the exercise.<br />
POP-UP<br />
Start like an underarm pull-up,<br />
but instead of stopping when<br />
your chin reaches the bar, pull<br />
yourself up until your upper<br />
body is completely above it and<br />
you’re supported by your arms.<br />
HAND SWING-UP<br />
Holding onto the bar with both<br />
hands, lift yourself and hook<br />
one leg over the top. Kick out<br />
your other leg as high and<br />
straight as possible, then swing<br />
it downwards. Push with your<br />
arms at the same time and the<br />
momentum will lift the whole of<br />
your upper body above the bar.<br />
To see the exercises, go to:<br />
youtube.com/user/MovNat<br />
Le Corre’s book, <strong>The</strong> Practice<br />
of Natural Movement: Reclaim<br />
Power, Health and Freedom,<br />
is out now<br />
Nature boy: Le Corre has been compared to a modern-day Tarzan<br />
JESSIKA LE CORRE FLORIAN STURM<br />
80 THE RED BULLETIN
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