Category: Movement

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. Over the past couple years, I have been slowly adjusting my clothes to fit the lifestyle I want to lead, which is lots of movement no matter what I am doing. This means whether I am working on my computer, working out,…

It’s been going around for a while that sitting is the new smoking. Do I find this to be true? It’s hard for me to tell. But one thing is certain. The types of sitting we take up all throughout our day, every day, is hurting us. The chair at your office, the driver seat…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. When people take on new areas to improve in their life, they tend to look for very clear guidance. With food, for example, they usually want to see an exact diet plan. With fitness, they want to see the specific workout plan.…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. It feels safe to say that just about every adult wishes they could be more flexible, perhaps like they “used to be”. I happen to wish the same thing. I’ve even done a lot of looking into the topic over the past…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. The active lifestyle is something we all want; our friends, our loved ones, and ourselves. We all want to look our best, feel great, and have the confidence of good health on our side. But it turns out we know very little…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. All the movement in your life simply cannot be saved for the one hour you plan to spend at the gym. That does not justify nor does it cancel out the other 23ish hours that were spent almost motionless. Movement needs to…

Movement is an enormous part of our lives as soon as we are born. Our locomotion evolves from crawling, to walking, to running, to climbing, jumping, swinging, skipping, and so on. I have always asked why this is, trying to figure out what it might be that pushes us, as children, to always be trying…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. In the last post, we looked at why the deep squat is a position that we should all be looking to reclaim. It has so many benefits because it is one of the primary positions that our ancestors would hold while doing…

Deep squatting is a primal movement pattern, and an ancient one at that. The position has historically been used for a variety of different human functions: defecating, cooking, socializing, and even resting. However, western society has almost completely abandoned this natural position to use furniture like chairs, couches, and tables instead. This has proved to…