What
It Mean to truly Be Physically Skilled
While it's true that
many physical movement are instinctual, and that men can do them effectively,
simply being able to get a job done is no the same things as doing that job
well; having an aptitude for something is not same things as being skilled in it.
I can whittle the
end of a stick into a sharp point, but that aptitude for carving does not make
me a master woodworker.
Likewise, it's
possible to be both phsically effect, without being physically proficeint and
efficient. That is , you can possess the ability to perform certain movements
well enough to get by, without having refind your technique' You can be
well-conditioned and have strengh and endurance in spades, wikhout being adept
at moving in ways that enchace fluidity, conserve energy, and minimize injury.
It's also possible to achieve functional
fitness without achieving adaptable fitness.
Program like
CorssFit have valuably brought the former category to the fore, and encouvraged
folks to exercise their bodies in ways tjat aren't limited to using Nautilus
machines and dimbbells.But even these "functional" workout are relatively limited and
cricrumscribed in scope. They don't entirely translate to the environmental and
situational demands one faces outside one faces the metaphorical and literal
box.
You can do a bunch
of play box jumps in the gym, but how many landings could you sticks in nature
, where rocks and ledges don't have a uniform shape, height, or surface? You
can carry a sandbag back and forth across a parking lot, but would you be able to
carry another person uphill, and over obstacles and debris? You can lift a
barbell, but can you lift and shoulder a thick, rough, uneven log? You cn run a
mile on a treadmill in an air-conditioned enviroment, but can you run in the
wind and the rain - in sweltering heat and frigid cold?
The goal for a man's
physicality should eschew narrowness in favour of an expansivencess that
incorporates all of these qualities ; effectivness and efficieny ' fitness and
proficieny; functionality and adaptability.
A man should be able
not only to perform a wide range of movements, but to do so with the best
possible technique; the should be able to perform not a high quantity of
movements, but a high quality of them as well. He should not only be able to
move, but to move with fitness. And he should be able to perform such movement
not only within a gym, but in a variety of terrains, enviriment, and weather
cinditions, across a wide range of surfaces , height, and conditions, across a
wide of surfaces, heights , and distabes.
Gaining mastery in
all these ares is these areas is to becaome phyisically well-rounded, or as the
MovNat ( ''natural movement'') system from which the above philosophy derives ,
put it goal should be to gain. ''phyisical compentance for practical preformance''.
The
Practice of Phyisicality
Phyisical movements
are skills and like all skills, they require practice to master; you may have
been with a nature aptitude for certain movements, but that potential then needs to be intentionally honed and
sharpened. A man's body is both toll and master; with the right level of
discipline, knowledge, and dedicated practice, it can be put to an
extraordinary, and even inspiring, number of uses.
Practicing physical
skills is like oracticing any ather skills in that strive master th very
fundamentals, and from there strive to
steadily increase the level of difficulty you can handle. This require
working in the following areas.
.Technique: Technique involve midfully using
the best body position, from, tension, breathing, etc. to execute a movement
efficiently - in a way that6 expends less energy, increase speed/ endurance/
strenght capacity, and prevents injury.
.Variations: physical skills have many
variation that call for varied techniques; for example, you can jump either
vertically or horizontally; you can crawl with your with belly on the ground or
up on hands knees. The more variations you master, the more skilled you become
in that movement.
Volume and Intensity: It's one thing to be able to perfrom a
physica skill for one , or at a short distance. But true physical competence
means possessing the ability to go short or long, easy or hand, hard or heavy.
Enviromental/Situatinal Demands: incresing the
complexity of the environment in which you practice physical skills- training
on varous surfaces, heights, and even in various mental states- makes states-
mental performing a physical movement more challenging and the skill you earn
in that area more adaptable.
Now that youknow
physical skills must be practiced, and how they are practiced, the next
question, of course, is what set of skills you ought to be practicing.
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