Chris Duffy

So to get us started, here is a clip from Manoush's TED Talk about why we often end up sitting for such a long stretch, even though we know we should be moving more.

I'll be honest with you.

I am not there yet.

I still need reminders.

I am still sitting right now.

But I think, I hope, I suspect that by the end of this episode, I may be in a different spot and you might be too.

So don't go anywhere.

We will be right back after these quick ads.

And we are back with Manoush Zomorodi talking about why it is so important to move our bodies more and how we can actually genuinely really do it.

OK, so Manoush, why is it called Body Electric and what is the Body Electric experiment that you had some people do?

You know, the like self-help wellness nonfiction book space has these ideas that are really counterintuitive, right?

Like what you need to do is elevate one arm for 13 minutes just as the sun rises and dance.

Right.

but really hard to do.

Yeah, yeah.

How do we actually do the simple thing, right?

I always think about this as like the flossing problem, right?

It's like obvious that you should floss, but few people actually floss as much as they should, me included.

Oh, yeah.

Or even for the year.