Future-Proof Your Body: Become Durable, Mobile, and Pain-Free with Dr. Kelly Starrett
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
What if one of the keys to sustaining high performance wasn’t just about going harder, but learning how to recover smarter—and move better—every single day?
This week, we’re pulling one from the Finding Mastery Vaults. It’s a conversation I had with Dr. Kelly Starrett—performance coach to some of the world's top athletes, Olympians, elite military personnel, and corporations, bestselling author of Built to Move, and co-founder of The Ready State.
We originally recorded this in the summer of ‘23 back in our old Mastery Lab studio—but in a time when burnout, physical stagnation, and chronic stress are on the rise, it feels even more relevant now. Kelly’s work bridges the gap between elite performance and everyday movement, helping us all move, feel, and live better.
As you listen, notice how Kelly reframes recovery and mobility as essential daily habits, not extras—and think about the “session costs” in your own life. Are your small behaviors helping you feel ready for the demands of your day… or adding to the strain? Let’s jump into this epic episode from the Finding Mastery vault with Dr. Kelly Starrett.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're digging deep into the Finding Mastery Podcast Vault for another of our favorite episodes. |
| 0:05.6 | I think that every human being should know how to take care of themselves. |
| 0:10.0 | When your knee hurts, you don't have to freak out and get an MRI. |
| 0:12.6 | If you kid has a fever, you're like, here's some Tylenol. |
| 0:14.6 | Your back hurts and you're like, ooh, it must be rabies. |
| 0:17.4 | What if one of the keys to sustaining high performance wasn't about going harder, |
| 0:22.5 | but learning how to recover smarter and move better every single day. |
| 0:26.4 | Welcome back. |
| 0:27.0 | Or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm your host, Dr. Michael Jervais, by trade and training a high performance psychologist. |
| 0:33.0 | And this week, we are pulling one from the Finding Mastery vaults. |
| 0:35.8 | It's a conversation I had with Dr. Kelly |
| 0:37.6 | Star, performance coach to some of the world's top athletes, Olympians, elite military personnel |
| 0:42.7 | and corporations. The people who can adapt to these higher workloads reduce the session |
| 0:47.4 | cost over time. Those people actually make more progress because they can work harder at higher |
| 0:52.6 | intensity longer and be fresher. |
| 0:54.4 | We originally recorded this in the summer of 2003, back in our old Mastery Lab studio. |
| 1:00.2 | Now, in a time when burnout and physical stagnation and chronic stress are on the rise, |
| 1:05.6 | this conversation feels even more relevant today. Kelly's work bridges that gap between elite performance and everyday |
| 1:12.5 | movement. The number one reason people end up in nursing homes is they can't get up off the ground |
| 1:16.1 | independent. Whoa! I think you should be able to squat with your feet forward and your heels on the |
| 1:20.9 | ground, Astagrass to grass. As to grass. As to grass. As you listen, notice how Kelly reframes recovery |
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