Dr. Kelly Starrett

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.

It's these real basic things that we talk about in this book and that I think are becoming, you know, they're becoming a point of discussion in a lot of health and fitness spaces.

It's these real basic things that we talk about in this book and that I think are becoming, you know, they're becoming a point of discussion in a lot of health and fitness spaces.

It's these real basic things that we talk about in this book and that I think are becoming, you know, they're becoming a point of discussion in a lot of health and fitness spaces.

But that was the thing that most, so my goal was to be able to do a pull up. That was my goal because I'd had some other friends who had breast cancer after having a mastectomy.

But that was the thing that most, so my goal was to be able to do a pull up. That was my goal because I'd had some other friends who had breast cancer after having a mastectomy.

But that was the thing that most, so my goal was to be able to do a pull up. That was my goal because I'd had some other friends who had breast cancer after having a mastectomy.

And what I'd seen is a couple of friends who'd gone through the same process and had really been so guarded in their upper body that they actually could no longer put their arms over their head, let alone even consider doing a pull up. And so, you know, I just did the thing rather than doing it with a weight.

And what I'd seen is a couple of friends who'd gone through the same process and had really been so guarded in their upper body that they actually could no longer put their arms over their head, let alone even consider doing a pull up. And so, you know, I just did the thing rather than doing it with a weight.

And what I'd seen is a couple of friends who'd gone through the same process and had really been so guarded in their upper body that they actually could no longer put their arms over their head, let alone even consider doing a pull up. And so, you know, I just did the thing rather than doing it with a weight.

I just made sure that in that recovery process, I touched those corners and I was like, I know that I want to be able to put my arm over my head And I want to be able to do a pull-up. I want to be able to get that skill back. And so I just did, you know, really slow movement, managed getting my over my head. I started slowly doing dumbbell overhead presses.

I just made sure that in that recovery process, I touched those corners and I was like, I know that I want to be able to put my arm over my head And I want to be able to do a pull-up. I want to be able to get that skill back. And so I just did, you know, really slow movement, managed getting my over my head. I started slowly doing dumbbell overhead presses.

I just made sure that in that recovery process, I touched those corners and I was like, I know that I want to be able to put my arm over my head And I want to be able to do a pull-up. I want to be able to get that skill back. And so I just did, you know, really slow movement, managed getting my over my head. I started slowly doing dumbbell overhead presses.

And then at six weeks to the day from my surgery, I did one pull-up and people were just blown away by this. And I was like, this is actually not science. It's actually not even that it's not some secret scroll program, right? I just kept moving, walking, moving my body through its ranges of motion.

And then at six weeks to the day from my surgery, I did one pull-up and people were just blown away by this. And I was like, this is actually not science. It's actually not even that it's not some secret scroll program, right? I just kept moving, walking, moving my body through its ranges of motion.

And then at six weeks to the day from my surgery, I did one pull-up and people were just blown away by this. And I was like, this is actually not science. It's actually not even that it's not some secret scroll program, right? I just kept moving, walking, moving my body through its ranges of motion.

I slept, I ate well, took care of my body, and I was able to do a pull-up within six weeks of my double mastectomy.

I slept, I ate well, took care of my body, and I was able to do a pull-up within six weeks of my double mastectomy.

I slept, I ate well, took care of my body, and I was able to do a pull-up within six weeks of my double mastectomy.

Yes, 100%.