Dr. Kelly Starrett

That's hurtful. And what you're doing is when you alter the environment that this amazing animal lives in, it's not swimming, it's not fighting, it's not hunting, you're not loading the base of that fin. And so what happens is that collagen breaks down and we start to see changes in that, in that expression of that.

So what we can start to say is, again, not romanticizing the Pleistocene era when human beings were paleo, but what is it that we need in our daily dose lives to to maintain the integrity of our tissue systems, exposure, so that our brain says, this is safe, so that you actually have tendons and ligaments that can do what tendons and ligaments can do, and fascia that can be springy.

So what we can start to say is, again, not romanticizing the Pleistocene era when human beings were paleo, but what is it that we need in our daily dose lives to to maintain the integrity of our tissue systems, exposure, so that our brain says, this is safe, so that you actually have tendons and ligaments that can do what tendons and ligaments can do, and fascia that can be springy.

So what we can start to say is, again, not romanticizing the Pleistocene era when human beings were paleo, but what is it that we need in our daily dose lives to to maintain the integrity of our tissue systems, exposure, so that our brain says, this is safe, so that you actually have tendons and ligaments that can do what tendons and ligaments can do, and fascia that can be springy.

borrow another sort of Katie Bowmanism, if we have a movement language, an actual language made up of words, how many words are you using today? And most of us aren't using that many words. So very few words. So I sit, I stand, I walk very slowly. I sit, I stand, I walk very slowly. So everything is just in those few – and then I go exercise. Using the same words, I'm on the exercise bike.

borrow another sort of Katie Bowmanism, if we have a movement language, an actual language made up of words, how many words are you using today? And most of us aren't using that many words. So very few words. So I sit, I stand, I walk very slowly. I sit, I stand, I walk very slowly. So everything is just in those few – and then I go exercise. Using the same words, I'm on the exercise bike.

borrow another sort of Katie Bowmanism, if we have a movement language, an actual language made up of words, how many words are you using today? And most of us aren't using that many words. So very few words. So I sit, I stand, I walk very slowly. I sit, I stand, I walk very slowly. So everything is just in those few – and then I go exercise. Using the same words, I'm on the exercise bike.

I'm on an elliptical, which doesn't actually ask me to have any hip extension. And suddenly you can see that our movement language, which we're really codifying under intensity, load, we're becoming very competent in these adaptation positions, sitting. What ends up happening? Well, we start to see that our bodies are adaptation machines, and they just begin to adapt.

I'm on an elliptical, which doesn't actually ask me to have any hip extension. And suddenly you can see that our movement language, which we're really codifying under intensity, load, we're becoming very competent in these adaptation positions, sitting. What ends up happening? Well, we start to see that our bodies are adaptation machines, and they just begin to adapt.

I'm on an elliptical, which doesn't actually ask me to have any hip extension. And suddenly you can see that our movement language, which we're really codifying under intensity, load, we're becoming very competent in these adaptation positions, sitting. What ends up happening? Well, we start to see that our bodies are adaptation machines, and they just begin to adapt.

And so suddenly what we have is a human body that doesn't express normative range. The brain may not think that that range is even safe and put there. Then we start to sort of minimize the movement choices that the brain has, the movement options that the brain has. So really the question is – You know, at low loads, let's establish things.

And so suddenly what we have is a human body that doesn't express normative range. The brain may not think that that range is even safe and put there. Then we start to sort of minimize the movement choices that the brain has, the movement options that the brain has. So really the question is – You know, at low loads, let's establish things.

And so suddenly what we have is a human body that doesn't express normative range. The brain may not think that that range is even safe and put there. Then we start to sort of minimize the movement choices that the brain has, the movement options that the brain has. So really the question is – You know, at low loads, let's establish things.

At low loads and low speeds, you can get away with everything. Why? Because this body is rad. And it's designed, it's durable, it's not fragile. It's designed to be ridden hard and put away wet for a long time. Remember when you were 17, we'd cut off your hand? It would grow back the next day, right? You would. Think about the falls you took skating. And you'd be like, oh, that sucked.

At low loads and low speeds, you can get away with everything. Why? Because this body is rad. And it's designed, it's durable, it's not fragile. It's designed to be ridden hard and put away wet for a long time. Remember when you were 17, we'd cut off your hand? It would grow back the next day, right? You would. Think about the falls you took skating. And you'd be like, oh, that sucked.

At low loads and low speeds, you can get away with everything. Why? Because this body is rad. And it's designed, it's durable, it's not fragile. It's designed to be ridden hard and put away wet for a long time. Remember when you were 17, we'd cut off your hand? It would grow back the next day, right? You would. Think about the falls you took skating. And you'd be like, oh, that sucked.

The next day, you put your shoulder back in, you just kind of respawn. So what is it that we need to put into our movement diet? And then we can start to separate out, should that be exercise or should that be movement?

The next day, you put your shoulder back in, you just kind of respawn. So what is it that we need to put into our movement diet? And then we can start to separate out, should that be exercise or should that be movement?

The next day, you put your shoulder back in, you just kind of respawn. So what is it that we need to put into our movement diet? And then we can start to separate out, should that be exercise or should that be movement?

And now the real filter that we should be beginning these real and earnest conversations about is what is it in the environment, given that I'm a busy working person, and maybe I have some agency in the morning, And maybe I have some agency in the afternoon. But let's take exercise out of it. The one-hour discreet, working on zone two cardio, working on my evidence-based practice.