Dhru Purohit Show
The Top Signs and Signals You Aren't Aging Well with Dr. Kelly & Juliet Starrett (Rebroadcast)
11 Dec 2024
This episode is brought to you by Birch Living, One Skin, and Aqua Tru. When it comes to longevity, many of us envision a future where we can keep doing what we love—whether it’s gardening, hiking, skiing, or playing with grandchildren. Taking steps now to maintain our mobility is key to ensuring a long, active, and joy-filled life. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Juliet and Kelly Starrett to discuss their no-frills approach to promoting durability and mobility as we age. Drawing from decades in the wellness industry and insights from their new book, Built to Move, they share impactful diet, lifestyle, and movement strategies to help you build strength and move freely into your 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond. They dive into at-home mobility tests like the sit-and-rise test, the power of walking, and the importance of dietary fiber, protein, sleep, and resilience. Juliet and Kelly also highlight how simple dietary changes lay the foundation for true progress and sustainable change, helping your body bounce back from injuries and setbacks as you age. Juliet Starrett is an entrepreneur, attorney, author, podcaster, and professional whitewater paddler with three world championships and five national titles. Dr. Kelly Starrett consults with pro athletes, elite military forces, and corporations on health and performance and is the author of Becoming a Supple Leopard and Ready to Run. Together, they founded The Ready State, San Francisco CrossFit and co-authored the bestsellers Deskbound and Built to Move. In this episode, Dhru, Juliet, and Kelly dive into: Why the sit and rise test is a key marker of longevity (1:58) The major milestones where declines in mobility start to happen (13:06) The power of walking for longevity (26:09) How to build up your sleep pressure (30:24) Increasing your durability to aging (41:08) Fundamentals for longevity that make the biggest impact (45:26) Breaking free from diet culture and finding what works best for you (53:02) The 800 grams of fiber challenge (57:57) Why metabolic flexibility is the ultimate marker of a successful diet (01:19:01) Recommendations for sleep (01:30:53) Creating a movement-rich environment (01:34:49) Mobility for everyday movement (01:41:50) At-home tests for determining your range of motion (01:48:22) How to get started (01:56:07) Societal shifts for creating a healthier lifestyle for the next generation (02:02:06) Final thoughts and where to follow Juliet and Kelly’s work (02:08:53) Also mentioned in this episode: Builttomove.com Built to Move 21-Day Challenge Get Kelly and Juliet’s latest book, Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully, here. Juliet Starrett’s Instagram For more on Juliet and Kelly Starrett, follow The Ready State on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X/Twitter, and through their Website. This episode is brought to you by Birch Living, One Skin, and Aqua Tru. To get 20% off your Birch Living mattress plus two free eco-rest pillows, head over to birchliving.com/dhru today. Right now, One Skin is offering my community 15% off; just go to oneskin.co and use coupon code DHRU to save 15% and give your skin the scientifically proven, gentle care it deserves. AquaTru is a countertop reverse osmosis purifier with a four-stage filtration system that removes 15x more contaminants than the bestselling water filters out there. Go to dhrupurohit.com/filter/ and get $100 off when you try AquaTru for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hi, everyone. Drew Proat here. What are some of the top signals and signs that you aren't aging well? Well, on today's episode, we have a powerful rerun of one of our top podcasts that still so many of you have not heard. It's with Dr. Kelly Starrett and Juliette Starrett. And they're here to talk to us about some of the things that
are the basics of longevity that many people don't pay attention to, including how a simple at-home test is one of the best markers of longevity. And you can listen in and see if you can do it. If you can't do it, maybe this episode gets you motivated to work on some things that actually will make it easier for you to do it. It's a little bit of a tease, but I promise you it's worth listening to.
Another thing, my own mindset around the topics around longevity and aging and health and wellness, they've evolved over the last few years. And one of the things that I would say that I have doubled down on is actually this idea of doubling down on the basics.
And on today's episode with Kelly and Juliet, we talk about what are those basics that have so much evidence around them that are related to longevity. Sure, it's fine or okay to experiment with the latest technology or supplement or this or that, but we don't want to do those things at the expense of the basics. And that's what today's episode is all about.
With that being said, I think you're going to love today's episode. So let's jump in with our interview with Dr. Kelly and Juliet Starrett. Kelly, Juliet, welcome to the podcast. I want to jump right in on something that actually blew my mind when I read your book.
And it's the connection between longevity and something so simple that I think everybody should be paying attention to, but they may not know this connection, sitting down and standing up. Who wants to start off by explaining what that connection is?
So I'll start. We opened the book with something called the Sit and Rise Test, which is based on a 2017 Brazilian study that showed that people who could get up and down off the floor without putting a knee or hand down lived longer. And we also know that people who end up in nursing homes, the number one reason that happens is they've taken a fall. Or they can't get up off the ground.
Or they can't get up off the ground. And there's been a ton of press lately. In fact, we just saw this article in the New York Times that hip fractures in the elderly are expected to rise by something like 30% over the next 20 years.
And anybody who's been paying attention to the news knows that once you fall as an older person and then fall and break bones, that starts to be the beginning of the end. And so one of the reasons, though, we wanted to start our book with this was not to scare everybody and say, OK, you're going to die if you can't do this.
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