Now that I am coaching the TRAIL Speed + Agility Class for Tejas Trails, it is making me want to start a new class format I have been thinking of for years. It follows the method in which I usually train when running distances between 5-20 miles.
The basic concept of the training is to get over/under/through any obstacle, whether it be a lake, creek, cliff, trail, logs, steep scramble etc… I usually take as little as possible to keep me light and free in my movement. Most of the time I wear Five Fingers
a pair of shorts, and a handheld water bottle
with a gel
and some trail mix in the pocket. When I need my hands free, I just hold the bottle in my mouth or stick in in the back of my shorts. I also train to keep my body going as long as possible without needing as much.
a pair of shorts, and a handheld water bottle with a gel and some trail mix in the pocket. When I need my hands free, I just hold the bottle in my mouth or stick in in the back of my shorts. I also train to keep my body going as long as possible without needing as much.My average training can involve swimming, running, scrambling up steep hills, jumping from boulder to boulder, jumping into water, crawling under logs, climbing trees etc..
It probably sounds like a kid playing around, but I feel that is the key to a fun and fitness combination. Make the workout fun and exciting, go back to a natural setting and have a great time like you did as a kid. This is the best way to become overall fit. Most of the muscle-isolating exercise in a gym makes for all work and no play.With the recent outburst of natural fitness activities like Parkour
and MovNat, the interest for this type of fitness is growing.
and MovNat, the interest for this type of fitness is growing.I attended a MovNat clinic with Erwan LeCorre here in Austin last November, it was a great learning experience, and I am now hooked on this type of fitness.
If people express their interest in this type of training, I will develop a personal coaching and group training class.
