Exercise and Strong Skin: Are Calluses a Problem or Essential for Strength?
Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman
Nutritious Movement
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🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Katy Bowman and Jeannette Loram explore skin strength, focusing on what a callus is, how calluses form on the hands and feet, and how it affects circulation. They also discuss the pros and cons of calluses, comparing them to a weight belt for your skin—reinforcing, protecting, and ultimately enabling your body to do more.
They share personal stories—from rowing and kayaking to gardening—highlighting how it's often skin, not muscles, that limits activity. Katy also chats with Karri Bowen-Poole, founder of Smart Playrooms, about designing home spaces that promote hanging, build skin strength, and support kids’ physical and cognitive development. They cover equipment ideas, dynamic home design tips, and draw inspiration from Ninja Warrior athletes.
Enhanced Show Notes & Full Transcript
CHAPTERSÂ
00:04:30 - The Dynamic CollectiveÂ
00:08:20 - What is a Callus? And the Listener Question on calluses & circulation brought to you by Sweet SkinsÂ
00:22:30 - Updated insights about the Callus, skin strength and its relationship to whole-body movement Â
00:35:25 - Skin Tissue and Thoughtful Progression
00:42:00 - Interview with Karri Bowen-Poole, founder of Smart Playrooms
BOOKS & RESEARCH PAPERS
Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman
Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief by Katy Bowman
Callus Formation by Kim et al (2010)
Blood Flow In The Skin in relation to temperature and pressure by J Petrofsky (2012)
Foot Callus and Tactile Sensitivity by Holowka et al (2019) - Daniel Lieberman group
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, podcast listeners, this is a live event announcement. I am headed to North Carolina this |
| 0:06.9 | October to lead a three-day dynamic aging retreat of the serene Art of Living Center in the Appalachian |
| 0:13.5 | Mountains. Aging is for every body. While we can't stop the sands of time, there is a difference between the effects of age and the effects of years, accumulating sedentary habits. |
| 0:26.4 | This is my third time offering this event, the first time at the Art of Living Center. |
| 0:31.5 | You'll learn to nourish all your parts with movement, feet, ankles, knees, hips, back, shoulders, pelvic floor, and all the |
| 0:38.1 | bits in between, and restore loss function due to inactivity. In addition to gentle, |
| 0:44.7 | head-to-to-co, corrective movements will also be working on practical movement skills like balance, |
| 0:51.2 | fall-proof gait patterns, boosting the amount of play in your life, and how to make |
| 0:56.4 | the movements you need fit easily into the activities of daily living. I could go on and on about |
| 1:01.9 | the benefits of the content that we'll cover, but I know you want to get to this podcast episode, |
| 1:06.2 | so if you're keen to know more, go to nutritiousmovement.com and click on events. There you will find more |
| 1:12.9 | information. Retreats are different from vacations where you're looking to just get away. They are |
| 1:18.5 | time set aside from the regular grind and dedicated to practicing something that you don't |
| 1:23.3 | often have time to focus on in daily life. Movement retreats let you focus on building a toolkit |
| 1:29.0 | that will serve you again and again long after you've left the event. I hope you can join me. |
| 1:35.0 | We're going to have a blast. This is the Move Your DNA podcast, a show where movement science meets your everyday life. |
| 1:46.5 | I'm Katie Bowman, and my hands are riddled, just riddled with calluses. |
| 1:53.0 | And I'm Jeanette Lorham, biologist, movement teacher, and I have well-caliced feet. |
| 1:58.4 | Every body is welcome here. |
| 2:01.6 | Let's get started. |
| 2:06.2 | All right, today we're talking about calluses. |
| 2:09.2 | Skin, skin, really. |
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