489: How to walk your way to a longer life | Mobility pioneers Kelly & Juliet Starrett

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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"Keep an eye on your muscle mass. Treat it like it is literally gold," says Juliet Starrett. Kelly and Juliet Starrett, mobility pioneers who have spent decades working with pro-athletes, Olympians, and Navy Seals, join us to discuss the daily movement tips that can literally save your life, plus: - Kelly & Juliet’s background and health journey (~01:59) - What we’re still getting wrong about movement (~10:20) - How to optimize your walk (~19:57) - The power of small movement breaks (~25:33) - The health benefits of fidgeting & perching (~28:23) - How to avoid & get rid of cankles (~31:32) - How to minimize the negative effects of sitting (~35:10) - How to promote better mobility & range of motion (~38:52) - How to dress up your daily walk (~45:55) - The real reason people get injured playing pickle ball (~50:40) - How to avoid injuries in an active lifestyle (~54:10) - Why you should do downward facing dog every day (~57:58) - Why jumping is the key to good health (~59:27) - The best mobility practices by decade (~01:05:27) Order a copy of my new book The Joy Of Well-Being at thejoyofwellbeing.com! Referenced in the episode: - Kelly & Juliet's book, Built To Move. - A study on 8,000 steps per day & longevity. - Follow Kelly & Juliet on Instagram. - Sign up for The Long Game. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wackeb, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:37.3	Hey everyone, I've said this before but if you're over 65 there's a one in four chance that you'll
0:43.4	fall and if you fall once you are twice as likely to fall again and if you fall and break your
0:50.4	hip there is a 30 to 40% chance you'll die within a year and you won't necessarily die from the fall
0:57.2	but it's all the things that can go wrong whether it's complications from surgery and infection
1:02.0	at the hospital or being a mobile and becoming depressed. Obviously we don't want that to happen.
1:08.8	So how do we prevent this reality and stay mobile as we age? While according to today's guests,
1:15.3	Kelly and Juliet star at the answer doesn't require hitting the gym. Yes you heard me no cardio,
1:20.7	no strength training. Don't get me wrong, Kelly and Juliet are definitely pro exercise but rather
1:26.2	than pumping iron for an hour and calling it a day they recommend a series of simple
1:32.1	everyday activities that enhance your capacity for free and easy movement. Kelly is a physical
1:38.0	therapist and Juliet is a certified precision nutrition coach and together this husband and wife
1:43.4	duo are considered mobility pioneers who spent decades working with pro athletes, Olympians and
1:49.7	Navy Seals. I love their latest book, Built to Move. It is an absolute must read if you want to stay
1:58.0	mobile as you get older and in this episode you'll hear all of their daily movement tips that can
2:04.1	literally save your life. Let's do it. Kelly, Juliet, welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you. It is so
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