In the latest episode of our ReasonRx Podcast (also on iTunes!), Danny Clark, movement expert, talks about movement, our culture, our nature, and how movement helps us: child, student, teacher, adult.
Some topics Danny discusses are:
-how and why movement is important for everyone: child and adult, student and teacher
-what MovNat is and how it helps us all
-the link between movement, environment, and cognition
-how to overcome the fear of letting your kids play in nature
-what you can do to make yourself move better
-the theory, practice, and philosophy of natural human movement
Show Notes
Michael had poor-quality sleep the night before, so he was a little off his game. The episode also feature’s Melanie’s squeaky chair! lol 🙂
External links:
I. Danny and MovNat
II. Books, ideas, and resources we mention in the podcast
III. Other resources
I. Danny and MovNat
1.Danny’s Bio: https://www.movnat.com/danny-clark/
1.a. One of Danny’s workout videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSmahDBj6qg
1.b. Another of Danny’s workout videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE4rPLP-5kk
2. The Website of MovNat: https://www.movnat.com
3. MovNat’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNat
4. The Workout the Wold Forgot video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI
4.a. MovNat training at Wildfitness in Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4nmu6mZd4s
4.b. Some intermediate-level MovNat workouts outdoors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91s9A4XgvuU
5. Erwin LeCorre’s article The History of Physics Fitness: https://www.movnat.com/history-of-fitness/
6. Erwan LeCorre’s bio: https://www.movnat.com/erwan-le-corre/
7. The Practice of Natural Movement book by Erwan LeCorre: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom/dp/162860283X/
8. Find a MovNat Trainer near you: https://www.movnat.com/find-a-trainer/
9. MovNat Movement Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0XEBKYNfU&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCRN_VeYcEimsilu7IXiLmP_
10. MovNat videos showing 100+ movements done with good technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdaMhrNhzQ&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCSKU66Fbp6stQFPLaNQ8rib
II. Books, ideas, and resources we mention in the podcast
1.Dr. Michael Fowler (physics) at UVa: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/~mf1i/home.html
2. The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Harris: https://www.amazon.com/Deepest-Well-Long-Term-Childhood-Adversity-ebook/dp/B01N7HZ73B
2.a. Dr. Nadine’s TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk
3. Spark by Dr. John Ratey: https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514
4. The Autism Revolution by Dr. Martha Herbert and Karen Weintraub
5. Find a park near you:
a. https://findyourpark.com/your-parks
b. https://www.yelp.com/nearme/parks
c. https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm
6. Camp Menogyn: https://www.ymcamn.org/camps/camp_menogyn
7. African kids dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgG-Qhc1iQ
8. High School Fitness 1962 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGa6BPj3Mcw
9. Natural Play in Schools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pot8EhKUdI
10. Urban Movement: https://www.urban-movement.com
11. Cameron Pratto: https://www.urban-movement.com/cameron-pratto
12. Adaptive movement
a. https://www.accesswire.com/416392/Adaptive-Movement-Parkour-Director-a-Pioneer-in-New-Project-for-Amputees-and-Spinal-Cord-Injuries
b. https://www.houstonpress.com/news/overcoming-barriers-adaptive-movement-is-parkour-for-the-physically-disabled-6713071
13. Art Delany on complexity, the power law distribution, and avoiding routine:
a. https://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a18798989/new-paleo-diet-facts/
b. https://www.t-nation.com/training/evolutionary-fitness
c. his book The New Evolution Diet: https://www.amazon.com/New-Evolution-Diet-Paleolithic-Ancestors-ebook/dp/B004EBT6SS/
14. Dr. Terry Wahls talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc
15. Anecdotes matter. “To reject all anecdotes is also to reject facts.“ –– Bernd Heinrich, in his book the Mind of the Raven (https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Raven-Investigations-Adventures-Wolf-Birds-ebook/dp/B000V507ES/)
16. A video I made for Melanie’s kids (and other interested people!) about climbing trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67zYvFi89x0
17. Hand-foot Crawls (aka Bear Crawls) are good for the upper body, especially when one gets more advanced at it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UmMdGKEEsI
18. Purple Pear Biodynamic Permaculture Farm Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8i_2VRNwrg
a. Purple Pear Website: https://www.purplepearfarm.com.au/
19. Twenty-three Year Old Permaculture Food Forest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GJFL0MD9fc
20. Carlos Condit training MovNat video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3I8wIvC65Q
20.a. Erwan LeCorre explains some training concepts he used with Carlos Condit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u9UDERa_Z8
21. Some ideas on logic and science:
a. basics of induction and deduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kZ9GaD57Y
b. on the nature of logic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSAub8_-Zk
c. what “understanding” really is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0cxDyHMymM
d. more here: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoldAcademy
22, I think it was in this podcast (after 32:30) that I heard the idea that, for neurological reasons, ground work allows us to correct postural dysfunction in a way standing does not: https://breakingmuscle.com/fitness/a-unified-theory-of-human-movement
III. Other resources
- Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman: https://www.amazon.com/Move-Your-DNA-Movement-Expanded/dp/1943370109/
- Esther Gokhale Google talk on posture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYJ4hEYudE
- The Nature Fix by Florence Williams: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Fix-Happier-Healthier-Creative/dp/0393355578/
- Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Child-Woods-Children-Nature-Deficit/dp/156512605X/
- The Art of Reasoning by David Kelley (we recommend you focus on classification, definition, argument analysis, and induction) https://www.amazon.com/Art-Reasoning-Introduction-Critical-Thinking/dp/0393930785/
- An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff: https://www.amazon.com/Epidemic-Absence-Understanding-Allergies-Autoimmune-ebook/dp/B0061P2L5U
- Federico Bitti’s TED talk “Dystonia. Rewiring the brain through movement and dance” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwkHK3rfKO0
- Anders Hansen TED talk “Why the Brain is Built for Movement:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9p3Z7L0f0U