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8 Essential Strategies To Maximise Your Fitness - Kelly Starrett - #612

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Kelly Starrett is a physical therapist, speaker, author, and considered one of the most influential voices in the fitness industry.  Deep down we know we should take better care of ourselves. The random aches, pains and cracks many of us have become accustomed to simply shouldn't be a part of our everyday experience. Thankfully, Kelly has broken down his philosophy into simple vital signs you should focus on to move smoother, sleep better, live longer and train harder. Expect to learn how to fix your posture if you sit at a desk all day, what nutrient dense foods you need to be eating more of, why you need to spend more time on the ground, how to burn an extra 100,000 calories per year with one change, the simplest way to hit 10k steps per day, the most important health metrics you need to be tracking, how to stay disciplined with your new fitness habits and much more... Sponsors: Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:42) The Consequences of a Sedentary Lifestyle (14:35) Strategies for Standing & Moving More (18:13) How to Exercise for Mobility (24:15) What People Get Wrong About Breathing (27:41) How to Remind Yourself When You’re in the Wrong Position (30:10) The Need to Get Your Feet Off the Ground (37:39) Strategies to Walk More Often (41:03) What Kelly Looks For When Helping Athletes (46:19) Easiest Ways to Increase Macro & Micronutrients (58:14) How to Prepare Properly for Sleep (1:03:02) How to Recover After a Break in Routine Extra Stuff: Buy Built To Move - https://amzn.to/437sM6D  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Kelly Starritt, he's a physical

0:05.7

therapist, speaker, author and considered one of the most influential voices in the fitness industry.

0:11.6

Deep down, we know that we should take better care of ourselves. The random aches, pains and

0:16.0

cracks many of us have become accustomed to simply shouldn't be a part of our everyday experience.

0:21.2

Thankfully, Kelly has broken down his philosophy into simple vital signs that you should focus on

0:26.5

to move smoother, sleep better, live longer and train harder. Expect to learn how to fix your

0:31.9

posture if you sit at a desk all day, what nutrient-dense foods you need to be eating more of,

0:36.8

why you need to spend more time on the ground, how to burn an extra 100,000 calories per year

0:43.0

with one change, the simplest way to track 10,000 steps per day, the most important health matrix

0:48.0

you need to be tracking, how to stay disciplined with your new fitness habits, and much more.

0:54.4

In other news, this episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. We all can need help at some point in

0:59.9

our lives, whether it's because of stress at home or work or loneliness, it can be invaluable to

1:04.6

know that there's someone professionally trained who can help us get through whatever we're facing.

1:08.8

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plus you can schedule weekly video or phone sessions so you don't even have to leave the house.

1:46.1

Also, you can get 10% off your first month and there is a free quiz that can explain all of the

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