Ido Portal Teaches Movement Intelligence: Why You Must Train, Not Exercise

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Experience a rare, long-form movement lesson with Ido Portal, one of the most influential thinkers in human movement, coordination, and physical practice.CHAPTERS:00:00 - Introduction01:12 - Exercise 1: Right Side10:43 - Exercise 2: Left Side16:29 - Post-Exercise Discussion21:43 - How to Train Movement25:24 - Two Archetypes of Movers26:36 - Ipsilateral and Contralateral Training31:23 - Ipsilateral and Contralateral Game33:58 - Movement Intelligence Techniques38:20 - Variance and Control in Movement42:35 - Catch the Stick Game47:52 - Catch the Stick Game with Bilateral Squats53:13 - Breathing Techniques for Movement58:18 - Reaction Training Strategies1:07:15 - How to Improve Movement Quality1:13:00 - Importance of Reactionary Training1:17:21 - Openness to Play in Movement1:19:34 - Learning from Traditional Cultures1:23:10 - End of the First RecordingSpecial perks for our listeners below!🥩 HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN! 🍖 ➢ https://goodlifeproteins.com/ Code POWER to save 20% off site wide, or code POWERPROJECT to save an additional 5% off your Build a Box Subscription!🩸 Get your BLOODWORK Done! 🩸 ➢ https://marekhealth.com/PowerProject to receive 10% off our Panel, Check Up Panel or any custom panel, and use code POWERPROJECT for 10% off any lab!🧠 Methylene Blue: Better Focus, Sleep and Mood 🧠 Use Code POWER10 for 10% off!➢https://troscriptions.com?utm_source=affiliate&ut-m_medium=podcast&ut-m_campaign=MarkBel-I_podcastBest 5 Finger Barefoot Shoes! 👟 ➢ https://Peluva.com/PowerProject Code POWERPROJECT15 to save 15% off Peluva Shoes!Self Explanatory 🍆 ➢ Enlarging Pumps (This really works): https://bit.ly/powerproject1Pumps explained: https://youtu.be/qPG9JXjlhpM?si=JZN09-FakTjoJuaW🚨 The Best Red Light Therapy Devices and Blue Blocking Glasses On The Market! 😎➢https://emr-tek.com/Use code: POWERPROJECT to save 20% off your order!👟 BEST LOOKING AND FUNCTIONING BAREFOOT SHOES 🦶➢https://vivobarefoot.com/powerproject🥶 The Best Cold Plunge Money Can Buy 🥶 ➢ https://thecoldplunge.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save $150!!➢ https://withinyoubrand.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off supplements!➢ https://markbellslingshot.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off all gear and apparel!

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0:00.0	You gotta train. What is train? Practice.
0:03.0	I'm not in the business of beautifying the movements, but I'll go with some things which will
0:07.2	improve the beauty of the movements to a certain degree. The ground is even and the body is not.
0:12.4	And there is this interaction. Back, left, back, simple, right. The yogi should go do some
0:19.7	powerlifting and vice versa in order to get more into the movement game.
0:23.6	In the beginning of studying a new discipline, you get a lot of the general components and a little bit of the specific.
0:30.6	That's why I stopped specializing on things. I practice every day.
0:34.6	You said 10, 12 hours a day.
0:36.6	Yeah, sometimes more. Sometimes I practice officially 12, 15 hours.
0:41.3	Maybe what would be interesting to play with is actually, you know, sometimes people want to draw you into their area,
0:50.3	which is familiar, and try to get improvements.
0:54.6	But what would be more interesting is to open other ideas and thoughts, especially since
0:59.5	you guys talked a little bit about coordination, difficulty and stuff.
1:07.2	Yeah, let's start.
1:08.7	These are met's, right? Let's do something laying down for a moment before we start,
1:14.6	unlock a little bit and then we'll take it from there.
1:17.6	I like to lay down on the ground.
1:20.6	First thing in the morning.
1:22.6	Flip off the bed, lay down on the ground.
1:26.6	And examine a little bit what is there.
1:30.3	The ground is even and the body is not and there is this interaction.
1:37.3	So it actually gives us a lot of information about the state of the body.
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