131: Becoming a Supple Leopard
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2014
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Are you as supple a leopard or as bendy as a tortoise? The “supple leopard” himself, Kelly Starrett, joins YOGABODY for an insightful class on the importance of listening to your body whether practicing yoga or working out. Kelly is a coach, physical therapist, author, speaker, and creator of MobilityWOD, an amazing online resource center for athletes, cross-fitters, and anyone who is obsessed with movement and performance.
Learn how to bridge the divide between fitness folks and yoga students, finding the similarities and differences between the two practices. You’ll discover why self-care is essential and how to avoid potentially dangerous movement patterns, particularly if you’re a newbie. Kelly is the author of, Becoming a Supple Leopard a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, and he's got a new book out now called, Ready to Run.
In this Show, You'll learn:
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Why “corrective exercise” is a form of self-administered physical therapy
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How to stay safe with any movement practice (yoga included)
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Why body workers and therapists are there to help, not heal you
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Why the traditional R.I.C.E advice for recovery is completely flawed
Links & References from the Show
www.MobilityWod.com
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| 0:00.0 | Yoga students, if you're looking to advance your yoga practice, improve your health, |
| 0:04.3 | and explore mind-body wellness at the deepest level, then welcome to the yoga talk show, my friend. |
| 0:08.9 | I am your host, Lucas Rockwood, and my aim is to make your yoga practice just that much easier. |
| 0:16.4 | So hello and welcome everyone Lucas Rockwood here. |
| 0:18.6 | This is the yoga talk show. |
| 0:20.2 | Thanks for tuning in. |
| 0:21.2 | The topic of today's class is becoming a supple leopard and I am joined here by the |
| 0:26.4 | supple leopard himself. Kelly Starit. Kelly is a coach, a physical therapist. He's an author, a speaker and |
| 0:32.4 | he's the creator of Mobility WOD, which you've probably seen, |
| 0:37.0 | whether you knew it or not, I'm sure you stumbled across some of Kelly's videos. |
| 0:40.0 | It's an amazing online resource center for athletes, for cross-fitters, and it's become this |
| 0:45.5 | place where anyone who's obsessed with movement, with physical performance, with rehabilitation |
| 0:50.0 | just kind of ends up inevitably. |
| 0:51.8 | He's the author of becoming a supple leopard, |
| 0:54.0 | which is kind of this cult classic. |
| 0:56.0 | It's become this New York Times bestseller, |
| 0:58.0 | Wall Street Journal bestseller. |
| 0:59.0 | It's now getting into the yoga community, |
| 1:01.0 | which is pretty rare |
| 1:02.0 | when fitness books cross over into the yoga community which is pretty rare when fitness books |
| 1:02.6 | cross over into the yoga community so I'm excited about it and he's the |
| 1:05.2 | author of a new book which I haven't read called Ready to Run which I'm excited to |
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