{"id":57237,"date":"2019-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/blog\/uncategorized\/three-ways-natural-movement\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:00:00","slug":"three-ways-natural-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/blog\/evolve\/three-ways-natural-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways to Incorporate Natural Movement into your Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fitness shouldn\u2019t be about repeating the same handful of exercises every week and expecting results. That kind of fitness schedule is too compartmentalised to bring well-rounded results. Sure, there\u2019s nothing wrong with training a specific part of your body in the gym, but bringing in natural movement will deliver a whole range of wider benefits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At EVO, we believe that every movement you make should directly tie into your innate ability to move and adapt to any environment. Climbing, crawling, lifting, skipping, jumping, pulling, throwing\u2026 basically anything in the playground that used to be easy as a child, but you\u2019d need a week\u2019s worth of energy to muster up the strength to do now.<\/p>\n

Functional fitness, as it\u2019s known, extends to every part of your life. From squatting to reach the bottom shelf at the store to carrying home heavy bags of groceries, bringing natural movements into your training routine makes everyday movements effortless. You\u2019ll build strength, health, confidence and reduce the chances of injury exercising.<\/p>\n

Sounds intriguing, doesn\u2019t it? Take a look at three\u00a0ways you can shake up your training routine<\/strong>\u00a0and explore and experiment with natural movement:<\/p>\n

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Squat low<\/h2>\n

Deep squats stretch and activate more muscle<\/strong> than a normal parallel squat. If you\u2019re not used to squatting, have something you can hold to balance on to start with.<\/p>\n

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  1. Stand with your feet slightly wider than your hips. Point your toes outward slightly and look straight ahead.<\/li>\n
  2. Place your arms straight out in front of you, parallel to the floor.<\/li>\n
  3. With your feet glued to the ground and your body tight, breathe in, bend your knees and send your hips back. Keep your spine neutral, your chest and shoulders high, and your knees in line with your feet.<\/li>\n
  4. Squat all the way down until your hip joint is lower than your knees.<\/li>\n
  5. Keeping your whole body tight, breathe out and drive through your heels and glutes to stand up again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Lifting and carrying<\/h2>\n

    Mindless reps and \u2018feeling the burn\u2019 are not the end goal here. The aim is to move efficiently<\/strong> and with perfect form, to avoid injury and refine natural movements to the highest level.<\/p>\n

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    1. Grab a weight (work with one of our personal trainers to find a safe weight for your ability) and place it on the ground.<\/li>\n
    2. Stand in a strong square stance and bend over with your spine long and straight.<\/li>\n
    3. Extend your arms and firmly grip the weight.<\/li>\n
    4. Extend your legs and lift the weight from the floor.<\/li>\n
    5. Carry the weight at hip level, pushing your hips forward and leaning slightly backwards.<\/li>\n
    6. Rest and repeat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Get up, stand up<\/h2>\n

      Sounds simple, doesn\u2019t it? It is – and it should be. Basically, see how many ways you can get up and down from the floor<\/strong>, without using your hands to support and aid you. It\u2019s one of the easiest ways to incorporate natural movement into your training, especially if you\u2019re on the mat or doing floor work.<\/p>\n

      By practising deliberate natural movement, you\u2019re refining the movements the human body was designed to perform. The kind of movements our modern lifestyles have deemed somewhat unnecessary – but they\u2019re not. Read more about how our unique training philosophy<\/a> can help you train more powerfully, playfully and efficiently and get in touch for a free trial<\/a> at one of our high-tech fitness studios.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Don\u2019t forget to share your opinion with us via Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Fitness shouldn\u2019t be about repeating the same handful of exercises every week and expecting results. That kind of fitness schedule…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":57238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Incorporate Natural Movement into your Workout | EVO Fitness","_seopress_titles_desc":"Fitness isn\u2019t about repeating the same exercises and expecting results. We bring you three ways to incorporate natural movement into your workout.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[126,140,268,283,337],"class_list":["post-57237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evolve","tag-workout","tag-functional-training","tag-natural-movement","tag-squat","tag-functional-fitness"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}