November 4, 2017
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She taught us how to look like a million bucks from head to toe in the podcast episode: “Making Biomechanics Fun: How to Fix Your Body, Align Your Posture and Look Like a Million Bucks From Head To Toe.“
Then she told us why kegel exercises suck, and why most ab exercises are useless in the podcast: “Why You Shouldn’t Suck In Your Stomach, Why Standing All Day Is Bad For You, And How Kegels Are Killing Your Core.“
Today's she's back to take a deep dive into her new book “Movement Matters: Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement“. And her name, if you haven't guessed yet, is Katy Bowman.
Part biomechanist, part science communicator, and full-time mover, Katy has educated hundreds of thousands of people on the role movement plays in the body and in the world. Blending a scientific approach with straight talk about sensible, whole-life movement solutions, her website and award-winning podcast, Katy Says, reach hundreds of thousands of people every month, and thousands have taken her live classes. Her many books, including bestsellers like Move Your DNA, Diastasis Recti, Movement Matters, and Dynamic Aging, Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief, Don’t Just Sit There, Whole Body Barefoot, Alignment Matters, and Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief, have been critically acclaimed and translated worldwide.
Passionate about human movement outside of exercise, Katy volunteers her time to support the larger reintegration of movement into human lives by providing movement courses across widely varying demographics and working with non-profits promoting nature education. She also directs and teaches at the Nutritious Movement Center Northwest in Washington state, travels the globe to teach Nutritious Movement courses in person, and spends as much time outside as possible with her husband and children.
Movement Matters is a collection of essays in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking investigation of the mechanics of our sedentary culture and the profound potential of human movement. Here she widens her “you are how you move” message and invites us to consider our personal relationship with sedentarism, privilege, and nature. Bowman explores:
-How convenience often means less movement, not more time
-The missing movement nutrients in our food
-How to include more nature in education
-The impact of adding movement to permaculture and ecological models
-Our need for vitamin community and group movement
Unapologetically direct, often hilarious, and always compassionate, Movement Matters demonstrates that human movement is powerful and important and that living a movement-filled life is perhaps the most joyful and efficient way to transform your body, community, and world.
During our discussion, you'll discover:
-Why Katy got rid of all her furniture and temperature regulators in her house…[10:05]
-Why Katy's kids go to nature school, and how you can replicate forest school or nature school at your home if your kids don't have a nature school…[17:45]
-The fascinating foraging scenarios you can create for your family…[28:50]
-What Katy would update from her old popup books on muscle from the 80's…[33:55]
-The new idea of a mechanical trigger as a vasodilator (because up to this point, most folks only talk about chemicals like nitric oxide as vasodilators)…[40:30]
-Why weight training “counts” as cardio…[45:45]
-Why your grip strength is so important and practical methods you can use to make your hands far stronger…[49:35]
-What Katy means when she says bone is made up of “goo”, and why you should focus on having “wet bones”…[58:36]
-Why you should not always use a food processor or blender or grinder and instead force yourself to chew your own food…[63:40]
-And much more…
Resources from this episode:
-book: Movement Matters: Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement
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Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Katy or me? Leave your comments below and one of us will reply!
Great podcast!! I just want to know where I can get some of that gum you were discussing?
It's called Simply Gum.
Awesome story once again! Thanks=)
*proceeds to double down on ionic trace minerals for bone health*