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The Ready State Podcast

Chris McDougall: Running, Bodysurfing, and the Magic of Human-Animal Relationships

The Ready State Podcast

Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9623 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Christopher McDougall is a former war correspondent and the author of Born to Run, the most popular book ever written about the sport of running. McDougall has also explored the ancient art of the hero in Natural Born Heroes and animal-human partnerships in Running with Sherman. He’s currently on a new project that involves big waves, deep bruises, and the occasional shark.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Kelly Starrett.

0:06.8

And I'm Juliette.

0:08.3

And you're listening to The Ready State Podcast.

0:11.8

You've got it.

0:13.5

You've got it.

0:17.2

This episode of the Ready State podcast is brought to you by Element.

0:21.1

So check this out. That's L-M-N-T.

0:24.1

You should think of yourself as a bio-electrical mechanical person.

0:29.5

It means your whole body runs on an electric current, and that's driven by, wait for it, salt.

0:34.7

Yeah, 100%.

0:35.6

You ever heard of the sodium ion channel?

0:37.7

I never have.

0:38.7

Well, that's how the whole system works, how your nervous system works.

0:53.5

So it's not an accident that there was this thing called the salt trade, the salt routes. That person is worth their salt. I wonder where that comes from. You know what comes from? Salt. Yeah. We used to have people show up at the gym and they were sucking.

0:59.0

And we would give them a little bit of salt underneath their tongue and they would come back to life like Lazarus.

1:04.3

You also know that feeling at like four in the afternoon when you're at work and you think you need a cappuccino or a bunch of chocolate.

1:06.5

Maybe what you really need is actually salt.

1:08.3

You need salty chocolate.

1:10.2

And like super tasty salt.

1:10.7

Yeah. The kids at element have created, I think is like the salt lick for humans. But in like less weird deer form, there's not like a block. Our daughters have been experimenting with this. And I actually, I think you should do it too. Before a big workout effort, go ahead and just pound some salt. Get some LMNT in a glass of water, eight ounces.

1:28.9

It can be strong.

1:30.2

You don't have to drink a gallon of water to make this thing work. I guarantee you you're going to feel better and perform better. And we also literally eat at least one packet of L-L-M in a day. We love it so much in our household. We're literally drinking it every day. If you want to get some element, right now you can order a sample pack for just the price of shipping, which is $5 in the U.S.

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