Hanging – Fundamental Human Movement You used to hang all the time. As a kid in the playground, climbing trees, learning to walk and hanging off the edge of the kitchen table. At some point in your life, you probably stopped hanging off things in favor of more culturally appropriate behavior. This is a…Continue Reading
Take your time, master the basics In today’s fast pace world of ‘want it now’ and instant gratification, it can be challenging to maintain the practice of patience. Many things we experience give you instant positive feedback, progress is measured in continually shorter periods of time. Development of human movement is not something that can…Continue Reading
Bending Over – Fundamental Human Movement People bend over for all sorts of reasons. Commonly it is to pick things up off the ground. This article will examine two popular exercises that require you to bend over – the deadlift and the jefferson curl. These exercises are similar in that they load the entire body…Continue Reading
The Squat – Fundamental Human Movement A deep squat is a fundamental resting position for humans for most of our history. For athletic development and health pursuing this bodyweight movement is a must for everyone. You once had a perfect squat – watch any 3-year-old toddler and you will be schooled on perfect squat biomechanics. A…Continue Reading
The Push-Up – Fundamental Human Movement The push-up is one of the first bodyweight movements many people seek to master. If you are lucky enough to be strong enough to master your push up, read on, you might find a few tips to clean up your technique. If you are working towards completing your first push…Continue Reading
Festive Season Survival Guide 101 The festive season, so often the time when people fall off the exercise and health bandwagon and succumb to the endless festivities and overindulgence. Its happened to us all and yet every year that we go into this period with good intentions we somehow fall into the same traps. It…Continue Reading
The Pull Up – Fundamental Human Movements The pull-up is one of the first bodyweight movements many people seek to master. If you are lucky enough to be strong enough to master your pullup, read on, you might find a few tips to clean up your technique. If you are working towards completing your…Continue Reading
Fundamental Human Movements Look at any person, whether they be young, old, athletic or otherwise and they will all move through similar patterns. As children most people learn to master these basics, we then tend to specialized our movement patterns according to our social roles and cultural norms which can often lead to chronic…Continue Reading
5 Things You Should Know When Joining a Movement Gym In Perth and around much of the world, there has been a surge in the popularity of alternative gyms. Some people call these gyms ‘movement facilities’ or ‘bodyweight gyms’ or ‘calisthenic gyms’. These places are usually characterized by lots of open space, dirty walls, pull…Continue Reading
Beginner Bodyweight Exercise Glossary Starting out in the world of bodyweight training can be daunting. So many new exercises, strange names, different names. There are cultural and creative subcategories around this style of training – Calisthenics, Gymnastics, Movement, Dance, B-Boy, the list goes on. One can be forgiven for thinking the entire ordeal is rather…Continue Reading