Barefoot
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know by now that I’m a huge fan of natural movement expert Erwan Le Corre. His inspiring YouTube Video “The Workout the World Forgot” and the Men’s Health article “A Wild Workout for the Real World” clearly demonstrate his primal philosophy and love of training in nature.
This Sunday morning I’m surrounded by luxuries normally taken for granted: a dry roof over my head, a bed to sleep in, chairs to sit on, clean clothes, my computer and phone… and naturally my morning espresso. But for most of this past week, I’ve expanded my zone of comfort as I’ve gone without those things (even eschewing shoes and socks at times) as I camped in the woods of West Virginia’s Mountain Lakes region with MovNat founder and trainer Erwan Le Corre, his assistant Jeff Kuhland, and five other trainees on a MovNat Re-Awakening course.
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Today being Canada Day and a public holiday, I got up early this morning and tried something I haven’t done for a very long time. I went barefoot running. It wasn’t the easiest thing to do. First of all, there was the “everyone is looking at me funny” factor. That only lasted a minute or two as soon as I realized that most people didn’t notice, and those that did likely didn’t give it a second thought. I also hadn’t been barefoot for a very long time. Summer officially started 10 days ago, and my feet were more tender than a baby’s tush.
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