Be Fit to be Helpful Series
Be Fit To Be Helpful Event:
Trash & Log pick-up in Inwood Hill Park
After last week’s storm, there’s lots of debris and remnants of fallen trees on the paths of the park. Most of it has been cleared by now, but we may have an opportunity to move some logs and also do some regular trash pick-up in the park.
The activity of cleaning up a section of the park includes many movement possibilities:
Squatting
lunging
crawling
lifting & carrying
and more!
I’ll bring some small bags and gloves and we can choose one section of the park in which to work while we explore our movement capabilities!
The Event is Free for All
But if you wish to leave a donation you may do so below
50% of the donations will go to Riverkeeper
The Be Fit To Be Helpful Premise:
A beautiful saying in the Natural Movement movement is “Be Fit to be Useful”. It suggests that our fitness isn’t for its own sake but becomes applicable in the actions we take in the world.
The amazing fact is that with some awareness and practice, the actions we take in the world will also make us more fit! This is an example of “stacking” - where one activity can serve multiple purposes.
In these events, we’ll play, explore, learn, and exercise by participating in activities to help our community.
An example might be:
By participating in a park clean-up we need to practice multiple movements such as lift, carry, squat, kneel, lunge, and walk.
The event will start with a warm up to explore the functional movements that our activity may require, then we’ll participate in the activity with an eye on our alignment and all the possibilities of variable movement within that activity. We’ll wrap up the session by reflecting on what we discovered and with some free-play movement exploration.