Dr. Kelly Starrett

But what people do want is to feel good in their body now and be able to do the things they want to do physically and also be able to do those things as they age and then hopefully like fall off a cliff and die one day, right? But for me, I don't want to live to be 100 if the last 15 years aren't great and I can't move my body and I have no mental acuity. That's not what I'm interested in.

But what people do want is to feel good in their body now and be able to do the things they want to do physically and also be able to do those things as they age and then hopefully like fall off a cliff and die one day, right? But for me, I don't want to live to be 100 if the last 15 years aren't great and I can't move my body and I have no mental acuity. That's not what I'm interested in.

But what people do want is to feel good in their body now and be able to do the things they want to do physically and also be able to do those things as they age and then hopefully like fall off a cliff and die one day, right? But for me, I don't want to live to be 100 if the last 15 years aren't great and I can't move my body and I have no mental acuity. That's not what I'm interested in.

What I am interested in is having a durable body. Like Kelly said, take the hits. And I'll give you one example. In 2018, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. And, you know, here I am, super healthy, doing all the things. But, you know, even someone like me, you know, cancer's a bitch, excuse my language, but even someone like me who's doing all the things, you know, it might get you.

What I am interested in is having a durable body. Like Kelly said, take the hits. And I'll give you one example. In 2018, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. And, you know, here I am, super healthy, doing all the things. But, you know, even someone like me, you know, cancer's a bitch, excuse my language, but even someone like me who's doing all the things, you know, it might get you.

What I am interested in is having a durable body. Like Kelly said, take the hits. And I'll give you one example. In 2018, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. And, you know, here I am, super healthy, doing all the things. But, you know, even someone like me, you know, cancer's a bitch, excuse my language, but even someone like me who's doing all the things, you know, it might get you.

Or some other disease, or not even a disease, you might have a death in the family, or some kind of work stress, or go through a period of grief. There's so many ways in which, as humans, we're going to be tested. And it's not really an if, it's a when. I mean, it's part of the human condition. There's things in the environment involved. There's things in the environment you just don't know.

Or some other disease, or not even a disease, you might have a death in the family, or some kind of work stress, or go through a period of grief. There's so many ways in which, as humans, we're going to be tested. And it's not really an if, it's a when. I mean, it's part of the human condition. There's things in the environment involved. There's things in the environment you just don't know.

Or some other disease, or not even a disease, you might have a death in the family, or some kind of work stress, or go through a period of grief. There's so many ways in which, as humans, we're going to be tested. And it's not really an if, it's a when. I mean, it's part of the human condition. There's things in the environment involved. There's things in the environment you just don't know.

Yeah, you don't know what's out there or what's coming for you. And one of the things I thought was so interesting as I was going through my sort of surgery process, and I fortunately caught this cancer super early, so it was very treatable with a couple of pretty major surgeries.

Yeah, you don't know what's out there or what's coming for you. And one of the things I thought was so interesting as I was going through my sort of surgery process, and I fortunately caught this cancer super early, so it was very treatable with a couple of pretty major surgeries.

Yeah, you don't know what's out there or what's coming for you. And one of the things I thought was so interesting as I was going through my sort of surgery process, and I fortunately caught this cancer super early, so it was very treatable with a couple of pretty major surgeries.

But one of the things that a bunch of people said to me as I was going through my recovery process, they're just like, wow, you're just recovering so quickly and you heal so quickly. Of course.

But one of the things that a bunch of people said to me as I was going through my recovery process, they're just like, wow, you're just recovering so quickly and you heal so quickly. Of course.

But one of the things that a bunch of people said to me as I was going through my recovery process, they're just like, wow, you're just recovering so quickly and you heal so quickly. Of course.

and you know i was like did you look at my arms yeah yeah yeah and um i'm like you think people heal faster you know and i was like i was like look my genetics are the same users in fact arguably they're worse because i'm the one that got cancer right like like there i don't have any unique special superpower for healing but what i did have was this really durable body when i was given that diagnosis a durable body that was able to manage those gnarly surgeries

and you know i was like did you look at my arms yeah yeah yeah and um i'm like you think people heal faster you know and i was like i was like look my genetics are the same users in fact arguably they're worse because i'm the one that got cancer right like like there i don't have any unique special superpower for healing but what i did have was this really durable body when i was given that diagnosis a durable body that was able to manage those gnarly surgeries

and you know i was like did you look at my arms yeah yeah yeah and um i'm like you think people heal faster you know and i was like i was like look my genetics are the same users in fact arguably they're worse because i'm the one that got cancer right like like there i don't have any unique special superpower for healing but what i did have was this really durable body when i was given that diagnosis a durable body that was able to manage those gnarly surgeries

And I had the tools to recover well. And by the way, the tools for recovery for a big surgery like that are the same things in this book, Built to Move, because they're the basics. The way to recover from a hard surgery is to sleep. It's to eat fruits and vegetables. It's to walk a lot. You know, it's to get some sunlight on your body.

And I had the tools to recover well. And by the way, the tools for recovery for a big surgery like that are the same things in this book, Built to Move, because they're the basics. The way to recover from a hard surgery is to sleep. It's to eat fruits and vegetables. It's to walk a lot. You know, it's to get some sunlight on your body.