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The NATURAL fitness method

ORTHDX is inspired by the natural fitness movement of the early 20th century.

Created by the French physical educator Georges Hebert, the natural method of fitness focuses on three general categories of movement: Pursuit, Escape, and Attack. During the First World War, Georges Hebert became fascinated with the physical abilities of the different people groups he encountered during his tour of duty. He became a proponent of true functional fitness where emphasis was placed on how the training improved your life over how it made you look.

At ORTHDX, pursuit is equivalent to building yourself up through body weight exercises; escape is equivalent to conquering your environment via weights and obstacles; attack is equivalent to learning combat arts to preserve your life.

Unlike most contemporary gyms filled with machines and screens, fitness gymnasiums of the past looked a lot different and served a very different purpose. In the West, they embodied a more Greco-Roman philosophy: a survival-focused method that included endurance training, weight lifting, and combat arts. Our facility and classes embody this classical philosophy (pursuit, escape, attack) as a road map to a better quality of life, usefulness, and longevity.

Join us at ORTHDX and see the difference Natural Fitness makes.