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We all need to spend more time in nature. Being disconnected from the natural world has been linked to a rise in all kinds of conditions, from obesity, to attention disorders and depression. The trend is particularly alarming amongst children and youth, who spend an average of 8 hours per day interacting with some kind of media screen (smartphone, computer, TV, gaming device, etc.)
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“Explore your true nature”. It’s a tag-line that sums up the whole MovNat experience, and the participants at the latest Toronto clinic dove-in to their own MovNat explorations wholeheartedly. The StrengthBox proved to be a great indoor training environment, with its balance beams, climbing platform, logs, precision jump stands and other unique training tools [...]
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What’s more fun that a barrel of monkeys? Why an adult jungle-gym to play on, of course! We’re big fans of climbing, an essential MovNat skill, and we’ve played around with everything in the gym from pull-up bars, climbing walls and even a log that hangs from the ceiling, but our new MovNat climbing platform really does take the prize for all-out fun.
What should the goal of an exercise program for seniors be? A study supported by the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (funded by Fitness Canada) found that seniors engaged in programs like Elderobics for the same reasons the majority of the population does: they want to “feel better mentally and physically” and they want to “control weight or to look better”. I think the goal should be to improve quality of life. Too often, however, older people end up doing chair exercises or bicep curls with soup cans or water bottles – isolation movements that have little or no carry-over benefits to real life.
When the temperature drops to an “extreme cold-alert” status, it would seem logical for most to stay indoors. And that was the case for most today in Toronto, as the temperature hit -20°C and the wind-chill made it feel closer to -30. That’s brutally cold.
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Want to get back into shape, work towards a leaner physique, and learn more about natural movement? StrengthBox Beginnings may be for you. It’s a new month-long class that’s being offered three times per week (M-W-F at 7am) at the StrengthBox gym in Toronto that’s designed to get you moving again in a safe, fun and co-operative environment.
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What: Practical Martial Arts and Self-Defense Training — covering the fundamentals of striking, joint manipulations, grappling, locks, throws and submissions.
Where: StrengthBox (#5-45 Cranfield Rd, Toronto, ON)
When: Monday evenings at 8:30pm and Saturdays at 12:00 noon
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My good friend Femi Doyle-Marhsall, hosts a weekly community radio program called “The Pursuit of Fitness” for CHRY 105.5 FM in Toronto. Last month, Femi took the opportunity to interview MovNat founder Erwan LeCorre to get a bit more perspective on his style of training. I met Erwan and Femi at the StrengthBox, an industrial gym in Toronto that specializes in MovNat and natural movement training.
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Last week I had the pleasure of appearing on the CP24 television show “Wylde on Health” with non-other than best-selling author Robb Wolf. In fact Robb’s new book “The Paleo Solution” just made the New York Times bestseller list yesterday! If you haven’t already, I can’t recommend the read highly enough. Wolf has a way of making the scientific enjoyable, and you’ll end up with a thorough understanding of the “original human diet”.
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Back on September 11th and 12th of 2010, the StrengthBox gym in Toronto hosted two one-day MovNat clincs in natural movement. Led by MovNat founder Erwan LeCorre, the clinics covered the fundamentals of natural movement training, spending time on both philosophy and actual physical practice.
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