Caveman

24/10/2020

Effortless brachiation on the monkeybars, well done!👌🏼

Brachiation, in this case the forward traverse, is one of the best ways to restore the natural movement capacities we have in our shoulders.

And with these strengthened, mobilized shoulders the path is opened to loads of new opportunities 💪🏼💪🏼

23/07/2020

showing progress day after day, week after week👌🏼

She got so inspired she will even be starting her own practice 🤙🏼🌿

I am sure many will follow her example!

Here she is literarily moving up a lot during this tree climbing technique in just 4 days.. Very proud she is, just look at that 😃

@ Amsterdam, Netherlands

22/07/2020

Bravo Noah! 👏🏼

Self organizing physical capacities of this kid are fully there!

As with most kids, cueing is hardly needed, because humans are all born with a strong instinct to move naturally.🌿

Biggest difference between kids and adults is that kids haven’t been deconditioned yet.

13/06/2020

Just starting our journey and she is allready on point with her forefoot balance👌🏼🤙🏼

Fully in her zone, enjoying the calmness and experiencing total flow..

15/04/2020

Er is een mismatch ontstaan tussen de verwachtingen van de moderne omgeving en waar ons lijf om schreeuwt. Lees hier een recent artikel uit de NY Times die dat onderschrijft.

Zeker in deze tijden, waar de politieke maatregelen, de berichtgeving van de media en het vele binnen zitten je stresslevels tot grote hoogten doen stijgen, is het essentieel om regelmatig juist wel naar buiten te gaan (in een rustige, groene omgeving), je van de media af te sluiten en te bewegen.

Oerkracht zit in ons allemaal. En dat hebben we nu hard nodig.

Our bodies may be evolutionarily adapted to continual muscular activity, something we don’t achieve with chairs.

11/04/2020

Absolute empowerment in its purest sense. is making progress week after week. Here she is showing a smooth technique side swing traverse.

This specific movement routine happened before the outdoor workout venues got closed in Amsterdam. We cleaned the bars with alcohol and cleaned her hands after.

Now we are practising on and in trees, to be continued..

15/03/2020

All gyms are closed, but you want to stay fit and safe. What to do?

Move outdoors! -> Our 1-on-1 and small group outdoor movement sessions, the fresh air and sunlight will boost your immune system so that you will be literally stronger and antifragile in these uncertain times.

We will make sure we take all the hygienic precautionary measures.

10/03/2020

Progression!

Steps: 1: isolating of the fundamentals 2: working with quadrupedal movements 3. Rotation into wall 4. Rotation into arch 5. Bringing leg halfway over and back 6. Bringing leg halfway over and back and come loose from the ground with one arm.

7. ET VOILA! 👏🏼💪🏼

08/03/2020

Since the beginning of times, mankind has been evolving on rhythm and play, pushing us forward in expanding movement patterns.

Modern day environments have been letting us do right the opposite.

And so we have our trainee shuffling through the park to get a sense of our ancestral qualities🎶

We started consciously isolating foot by foot, then integrating the feet unconsciously together.

Cues: 1: Keep moving left or right 2: Pivot on front part of left and right foot (heel or midfoot) at the same time.

04/03/2020

She only received 3 ques; keep al limbs on one line, always have 3 points of contact with the ground and first move back hand, then back foot onward.

This quadrupedal movement requires not only structural integrity, strength-endurance and stability but above all full concentration which makes it so demanding and so good.

Hence the: “meine liebe” at the end 😅

04/03/2020

Ouders van jonge kinderen opgelet!

Mooi initiatief in Amsterdam over het opnieuw contact maken met onze (innerlijke) natuur, in deze drukke digitale tijden.

Daar staan wij met CAVEMAN® natuurlijk helemaal achter!

Filmavond Project Wild Thing 22 april 2020 Ik ben een grote fan van buitenspelen. Als kind ben ik opgegroeid op een boerderij in een klein dorpje in Friesland. Samen met mijn broertje en zus speelde ik veel buiten: hutten bouwen, over slootjes springen, pony rijden, meerijden op de trekker met onze....

29/02/2020

We often move with just a few ques and let the self organizing capabilities of the trainee do the rest, in a constant process of acting and reacting.

In this one; 1. Keep the feet where they are. 2. Keep holding each others hands. 3. Try to get the other out of balance, but assist when the other needs assistance.