Functional fitness
Bear Crawl Variations for Total Body Strength Training
When you have been in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and exercise equipment provider for over 30 years you tend to grow bored…
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Faith and fitness
MovNat vs. Traditional Gym Training: Which Builds Better Strength?
Three months into my Holistic strength training or what some now call "MovNat" journey, I made a mistake that perfectly illustrates the complexity of comparing…
Functional fitness
MovNat Training Guide: Natural Movement for Modern Life
I discovered another exercise program called MovNat during one period of my fitness career. Despite training consistently for over twenty years, sometimes I felt like…
Faith and fitness
Walking the Fitness Talk
You know, there's nothing that'll humble you faster in the fitness industry than realizing you're not practicing what you preach. https://www.rushwalter.com/holistic-strength-training-for-beginners/ I learned this lesson…
Faith and fitness
Natural Movement Exercise Progressions: Beginner to Advanced
I'll never forget the first time I attempted what I thought was a "simple" bear crawl in front of some of my family members. I…
Functional fitness
20 Functional Movement Exercises for Daily Life Strength
Earlier I watched my 67-year-old client Patricia carry four grocery bags up two flights of stairs with better form and less effort than her 32-year-old…
Faith and fitness
Functional Movement vs. Traditional Strength Training: Complete Guide
Several years ago, I had what I now call anther "gym revelation" moment. I was working with Ed, a 42-year-old client who could deadlift 400…
Functional fitness
Advanced Animal Flow Sequences for Explosive Strength
I thought I knew what explosive power was until I got schooled by a 140-pound dancer named Carlos at a movement workshop several years ago.…
Holistic Fitness
Animal Flow for Beginners: Build Strength Through Natural Movement
More than once since I've begun structured exercise I've experienced that moment which has been both humiliating and enlightening – it showed me just how…
Functional fitness
Complete Primal Movement Patterns Workout Routine
Last summer with laughter, I watched a five-year-old completely destroy my carefully planned workout program without even trying. My friends grandchild Jake was visiting while…