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GREECE: Motherland of western civilization's original movement training. From preparation for the battlefield to physical competition, the ancient Greeks (in both their practices and timeless sculptures of the human physique) are the original inspiration of our modern physical culture. Inspired to have finally visited the land who's ancient history has inspired me so much since I was a child, from the demi-god Achilles and the bull-carrying Milos to the philosophy of Socrates and all who followed. Seen here is the temple of Afea (top), the ancient theatre of Epidaurus (bottom right) and a self-indulgent snap from the beautiful rugged land/seascape of Agistri island. Although just now realised I cropped most of them out to make way for my posing...whoopsee.. Of course...couldn't resist photobombing with some shapes 😜 Looking forward to the next time 🇬🇷 - #movemore #greece - - - - - #greece🇬🇷 #holiday #vacation #summer2017 #movement #movementculture #handstand #handstands #temple #ancientgreece #gymnastics #calisthenics #calisthenicsmovement #bodyweighttraining #bodyweight #streetworkout #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #yoga #yogapose #epidavros #agistri #aegina #strengthtraining #balance #equilibré

RIDDLES: the possibilities are endless. This one I spied in a video from Tom English took a minute, as always. Interestingly enough, the biggest challenge was to keep the toes completely out of the equation, as the slightest reaction from them would bring the ball falling. A bit of an easier variation shown here as the ball is the heavier/more rubbery lacrosse ball - a greater challenge would be a tennis or ping-pong ball. I know some who think movement riddles such as this are rather useless. In return I say; if you persist in solving one which takes you more than half an hour of repetitive practice to achieve, your viewpoint will change. The riddles are a process which teaches about...PROCESS. The lightest movement of the toes, angulation of the ankles, bend of the knees, shimmying of the hips, placement of the elbows...each of them in themselves are a riddle which must be solved, a movement monologue in which weaknesses and potentialities can be realised. Give it a go. Spend the time. Persist. And don't forget to switch-up both sides. Happy riddling! 🐒 - #movemore #playingwithmyballs - - - - - #movement #movementculture #movementriddle #kinetickoans #idoportalmethod #tomislavenglish #fightingmonkey #rootlessroot #bodyweighttraining #bodyweightworkout #calisthenics #calisthenicsmovement #strength #mobility #flexibility #stability #coreworkout #gymnastics #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #yoga #play #puzzles #coordination #bern #switzerland #ropefitness

LOWER-BODY COMPLEXITY/INTEGRATION: if you want to develop a strong lower body (and with innate carry-over to full-body strength) you need to work with HIGH INTENSITY squat/lunging patterns and posterior chain work, an intensity best achieved through WEIGHTLIFTING. Once the "bodyweight guy", I would pistol squat for sets of 30reps on each leg, walking lunges for 400 meters, hundreds of bodyweight squats in different stances, perform resistance-band posterior chain work and a variety of other bodyweight methods in the belief that HIGH VOLUME was the same as HIGH INTENSITY. It is not. I had grown disillusioned with over 8 years of hypertrophy/strength training and didn't squat with weight for over TWO YEARS. The result? A SEVERE decline in full-body maximal strength. When returning to back-squats, my 1RM had almost halved. This was the response of an individual "throwing out the baby with the bathwater" by simply switching one movement dogma for another, going from one extreme to the other. Now, training both WEIGHTED and COMPLEXITY lower-body work, I feel and move better. I am generally stronger and more mobile than before. The lesson? To get the most out of your "wheels", work a MIXTURE of the two. Yes the hips "crave intensity", but they can also express complex patterns, and the benefits of doing so are ultimately more applicable to your daily life (unless your life entails squatting more than your bodyweight on the daily). So here are some simple movements INTEGRATED in freestyle form. 90-90, rockovers, hip-ups, switches, traveling A's & B's, unilateral squating, lunging, balance, twisting, turning, kicking, bending, stretching, compression crossing, un-crossing... These are all movement patterns that your legs/hips are capable of. If movement complexity is your goal, be careful not to neglect them. They will reward you back 1000X. Stay complex and on the move 🐒 - #movemore #legday - - - - - #movementculture #movementtraining #movement #legs #legworkout #squats #lunges #strength #martialarts #wushu #capoeira #bodyweighttraining #bodyweightworkout #calisthenics #calisthenicsmovement #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #yoga #balance #switzerland #spring

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GYMNASTICS & BODYWEIGHT STRENGTH: Classes focusing on preparation & progressions toward advanced bodyweight strength movements. For the next 4-6 weeks we focus on PULLING and PUSHING mechanics toward learning strict ring MUSCLE UP progressions. From there, we continue to explore the world of bodyweight biomechanics, awareness and control. As a largely CLOSED KINETIC CHAIN discipline, bodyweight training provides many greater transferable benefits than moving EXTERNAL objects alone. Learn to manipulate your body in space and feel the benefits transfer to any other movement discipline and also your everyday life. Every THURSDAY 18:30-19:30 at Crossfit Öuf, Bellach. 🐒 - #movemore #gymnastics - - - - - #gymnasticsrings #muscleup #handstands #bodyweighttraining #bodyweightworkout #calisthenics #calisthenicsmovement #strength #strengthtraining #mobility #flexibility #switzerland #solothurn #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #crossfitöuf

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MOVEMORE WORKSHOP: always great to introduce those with an underlying passion for movement to a 'movement perspective' and methods/techniques to condition the body for a more general movement practice. Having said that, it's more than just about handstands, muscle-ups, locomotion, hip mobility and everything else that seems to constitute the popular visual element of 'movement training' today. Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as "movement training". That's just another attempt to contain an uncontainable concept; problematic, yet necessary when definition is demanded. Movement is a physical philosophy; a corporeal inquiry. It is a personal journey between you and your body, an investigation into your self as a human organism. It's about learning about weaknesses and potential in yourself physically and mentally. It is a process of endless learning and development, an attempt to move (in the most general sense of the word) as well as you possibly can, to develop a vessel which can weather whichever sea of movement you sail it in and whatever waves that might crash upon you. MoveMore workshops share methodology, technique and process, but they also share perspective, philosophy, and passion. Thank you to those who attended @crossfitbaden - I hope you left with both elements in mind. Until next time! Stay on the move 🐒 - #movemore #movementworkshop - - - - #movement #movementculture #idoportal #idoportalmethod #crossfitbaden #movementtraining #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #calisthenicsmovement #calisthenics #handstand #muscleup #bodyweighttraining #gymnasticsrings #gymnastics #strengthtraining #mobility #philosophy #switzerland #baden #aargau

FALLS & ROLLS: A random movement challenge. Like many of them, simple in concept and unimpressive to watch, yet diversely challenging and full of neuro-kinetic feedback: STEP 1: plank it toward the ground. STEP 2: resist all natural urges of physical preservation until the last millisecond. STEP 3: parkour roll to prevent smashing open face. Aim for 45degress before initiating a deliberate reaction. Viel spaß! Stay playful and on the move 🐒 - #movemore #play #picturemerollin - - - - - #movementculture #movement #movementtraining #falling #rolling #parkour #parkourtraining #games #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #calisthenicsmovement #calisthenics #bodyweightworkout #bodyweighttraining #martialarts #solothurn #switzerland

Movement Workshop with Jason Round

This Sunday I will be at CrossFit Baden exposing participants to a GENERALIST training perspective. All levels, goals, and disciplines welcome. Registration: info@crossfitbaden.ch Stay on the move X

PLAY: The greatest goal of my practice is PLAY. If given only four walls and an empty space, I want to be able to express mental and physical exuberance as I please, and without social or physical restriction. This is why I choose 'Movement Training'. When I started, it felt like an abstract concept. But it's actually quite simple: training to improve your general movement performance means preparing your body for any physical challenge you want to undertake, whether that is a sport, movement discipline or just the un/expected demands of your everyday life. However 'open-minded' we might feel ourselves, movement is still categorised and pigeon-holed in space and time. You want to want to play fight? Sure, but join a martial art and we call it sparring. Want to wriggle your body and make shapes? Sure but go to a studio, learn the steps and we'll call it dancing. You want to feel the maximum strength and endurance capacity of your body? Sure - go to a gym and we'll call it strength and conditioning. You just want to play? That's cool...for the first five years or so... Disciplines are necessary to achieve the incredible levels of some of this planets best movement specialists. But if you just want to use your body for the pleasure of the movement itself, to reconnect with your body, to strengthen and develop it and to learn some cool movement patterns along the way, a movement-oriented training philosophy is for you. It is because of movement training that I am able to play on these rings. Progressive strengthening of the connective tissues was and is still the main part of that journey - a concept taken from gymnastics. The elbows are bent, the false-grip is loose, the front and back levers aren't horizontal, the rolls are like square wheels and the grip fails out on the meat hooks. But it's all good - I'm no gymnast, never will be, and it's all for shits and giggles. Stay playful - keep moving 🐒 - #movemore #play - - - - - #movementculture #movement #gymnasticsrings #gymnastics #bodyweightworkout #bodyweighttraining #calisthenics #switzerland #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #bern #strengthtraining #idoportalmethod #frontlever #backlever #muscleup #spring

MUSCLE-UP: Strict; no-kipping aka: a muscle-up. This is Ahmed's second-ever session on the rings with no prior experience in gymnastics or bodyweight training. After a two hour session of working through specific progressions, developing movement patterns and attending to weak links, he achieved a partner-assisted muscle-up followed by an unassisted one. Despite visiting various facilities weekly for teaching and training, I have yet to see a single muscle-up performed (or attempted) in this way. The "muscle-ups" I do see scream slap tears with rebounding off of connective tissue and momentum used to skip past the most productive, biomechanically transferrable (and by no coincidence the most difficult) part of the muscle-up: the TRANSITION. Whilst some find themselves training months or more for their first "muscle-up", with guided progression the movement is realistically achievable within hours; even for someone with zero experience. Although strength will be a determining factor, it is in fact one of the smaller ones. Even greater are correct joint preparation, scapular and shoulder mobility, effective progression and an understanding of the "firing sequence" culminating in an integrated movement pattern which can be scaled and continually refined. For further tutelage on the muscle-up performed in this way, seek out the #idoportalmethod or visit a MoveMore class/workshop on the subject. - #movemore #muscleup - - - - - #movement #movementculture #idoportal #gymnastics #gymnasticsrings #upperbodyworkout #bodyweighttraining #bodyweightworkout #calisthenics #calisthenicsmovement #crossfit #crossfitcommunity #strength #nokipping #pullups #muscleups #solothurn #switzerland

Movement Workshop with Jason Round

An Introduction to Movement Training CrossFit Baden - 23 April, 12:00-15:00. Learn methods to develop strength, mobility, movement complexity and much more. 🐒 - #movemore #movementculture #crossfit

COMPRESSION / STALDER PRESS: Compression is the ability to pull the legs ACTIVELY with strength towards towards the chest. Developing this tool is key to developing/making more efficient any bodyweight strength skill which benefits from giving better leverage to the shoulders, such as the 'stalder press'. A simple routine which works because it hurts: Setup: sit in a wide straddle, with LOCKED KNEES and lower back as straight as possible (sit on something if you need the extra height). Hands FLAT on the floor through the whole movement and as far forward as possible when allowing for a minimum amount of leg lifting. POINT TOES. If legs cramp, massage. For pancake (variation only for those beyond 45degrees): CONTRACT quads for 5 seconds, relax and PULL into new range of motion. Repeat until lowest range is found. Spend at least 30s in lower range. A1. 10 x Internal rotations A2. 10 x external rotations A3. 10 x up and down A4. 30 x legs together A5. Pancake Perform movements back to back with 180 seconds after completing the round A1-A5. Perform 3-5 sets. 1-3 times per week as desired. May the stalder be yours 🐒🙌🏽 @radburmeister @needpetrol - #movemore #stalderpress - - - - - #movementculture #gymnastics #handstand #handstands #balance #calisthenics #calisthenicsmovement #ballet #idoportalmethod #crossfitcommunity #crossfit #yoga #mobility #flexibility #strength #bodyweightworkout #bodyweighttraining #bern #switzerland

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Handstand Workshop: 22.04.17 / 13:00 - 16:00 Register @ Lifetraining by Fabio / CrossFit Öuf Bahnhofstrasse 1, 4512, Bellach Developing handstands from the ground, up. Limited Places.