Dr. Kelly Starrett

But because this thing that's called the sit and rise test is a really good window into your basic hip mobility and overall mobility. Can you lower yourself to the ground and get up and down off the ground?

But because this thing that's called the sit and rise test is a really good window into your basic hip mobility and overall mobility. Can you lower yourself to the ground and get up and down off the ground?

But because this thing that's called the sit and rise test is a really good window into your basic hip mobility and overall mobility. Can you lower yourself to the ground and get up and down off the ground?

And then secondarily, the reason that we thought it was so important to start the book with this is that the way to get better at this test is to do something that humans have been doing for a millennia, which is actually just sitting on the ground and then doing the thing, which is getting up and down off the ground.

And then secondarily, the reason that we thought it was so important to start the book with this is that the way to get better at this test is to do something that humans have been doing for a millennia, which is actually just sitting on the ground and then doing the thing, which is getting up and down off the ground.

And then secondarily, the reason that we thought it was so important to start the book with this is that the way to get better at this test is to do something that humans have been doing for a millennia, which is actually just sitting on the ground and then doing the thing, which is getting up and down off the ground.

Yeah, I can envision it.

Yeah, I can envision it.

Yeah, I can envision it.

The other thing is I think in America or Western countries, we really think that the way we've set up our environment is how everybody lives. But it turns out something like half the world actually sits on the floor, sleeps on the floor, toilets on the ground, really is like operating in their whole environment is very floor based.

The other thing is I think in America or Western countries, we really think that the way we've set up our environment is how everybody lives. But it turns out something like half the world actually sits on the floor, sleeps on the floor, toilets on the ground, really is like operating in their whole environment is very floor based.

The other thing is I think in America or Western countries, we really think that the way we've set up our environment is how everybody lives. But it turns out something like half the world actually sits on the floor, sleeps on the floor, toilets on the ground, really is like operating in their whole environment is very floor based.

And it turns out in those countries, the amount of orthopedic injuries is much lower and the fall risk in the elderly drops to almost zero. just simply because those people actually are practicing the thing. They're practicing getting up and down off the ground. And I want to tell you one quick story that I think you'll appreciate.

And it turns out in those countries, the amount of orthopedic injuries is much lower and the fall risk in the elderly drops to almost zero. just simply because those people actually are practicing the thing. They're practicing getting up and down off the ground. And I want to tell you one quick story that I think you'll appreciate.

And it turns out in those countries, the amount of orthopedic injuries is much lower and the fall risk in the elderly drops to almost zero. just simply because those people actually are practicing the thing. They're practicing getting up and down off the ground. And I want to tell you one quick story that I think you'll appreciate.

Kelly was just in Japan traveling with some friends on a ski trip in February and they got to a hotel and it turned out there was like not enough rooms. And so Kelly didn't have a room and the hotel staff was getting really nervous.

Kelly was just in Japan traveling with some friends on a ski trip in February and they got to a hotel and it turned out there was like not enough rooms. And so Kelly didn't have a room and the hotel staff was getting really nervous.

Kelly was just in Japan traveling with some friends on a ski trip in February and they got to a hotel and it turned out there was like not enough rooms. And so Kelly didn't have a room and the hotel staff was getting really nervous.

and sort of freaking out and turned out what they didn't have when they got to the bottom of it turns out what they didn't have was a western room where the bed was off the ground the table was off the ground the toilet was off the ground and they had plenty of more Japanese style rooms where you know there was a futon on the floor and a table on the floor and you know even things like you know the um the thermostat were like at squatting height not at face height like we would have and and Kelly was like yes like

and sort of freaking out and turned out what they didn't have when they got to the bottom of it turns out what they didn't have was a western room where the bed was off the ground the table was off the ground the toilet was off the ground and they had plenty of more Japanese style rooms where you know there was a futon on the floor and a table on the floor and you know even things like you know the um the thermostat were like at squatting height not at face height like we would have and and Kelly was like yes like