Why You Shouldn't Suck In Your Stomach, Why Standing All Day Is Bad For You, And How Kegels Are Killing Your Core.
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🗓️ 11 March 2015
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Woo boy. Talk about shattering the myths of movement.
From sucking in your stomach, to the problem with standing workstation to why Kegel exercises aren't all that great, my guest Katy Bowman author of the book "Move Your DNA" joins me in this podcast episode to introduce some very controversial thoughts on the way we move our bodies, including: -Why standing is the new sitting, and the problem with standing all day... -Why could be a big heart attack issue to sit for awhile then go for a run... -Why Katy says "core activation-schmore activation" and why sucking in your stomach could be bad for you... -When it comes to your eyes, why it isn't enough to just take occasional computer breaks and go outside... -Why Katy isn't a fan of pillows... -Why Kegel exercises could be creating some seriously problems for men and women's pelvic floor... -Why Katy's kids go to "outdoors school"...
Katy first appeared on the podcast episode Making Biomechanics Fun: How to Fix Your Body, Align Your Posture and Look Like a Million Bucks From Head To Toe. Her new book "Move Your DNA" explains the science behind our need for natural movement - right down to the cellular level. It examines the vast difference between the movements in a typical hunter-gatherer’s life and the movements in our own lives Move Your DNA shows the many problems with our fixation on exercise over all-day movement, and how very much out of nature our bodies are living in this movement-\xaddrought culture, we restrict our bodies in chairs and shoes and cars for the vast majority of our lives. The book contains the corrective exercises, habit modifications, and simple lifestyle changes you need to make in order to free yourself from disease and pain and discover your most healthy, thriving, natural, reflex-\xaddriven bodies.
Resources we talk about in this episode: -Move Your DNA book -Anti-fatigue mat you can stand on while at a desk or workstation -Biomat -Apps like Awareness, WorkRave, Time Out, and ProtectYourVision -The Vision Gym -Forest Kindergarten
Do you have questions, comments or feedback for me or Katy about this interview? Then leave your thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com, and be sure to grab Katy's book "Move Your DNA".
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| 1:01.5 | Podcast. You're putting in kinks into your hose and your hips and in your knees and these areas |
| 1:07.4 | correlate to the highest areas of black occurrence. You can think of it less as I need to get my heart |
| 1:13.9 | right up as opposed to can I just break up my geometry. Not just looking away from your computer, |
| 1:19.2 | but looking at something really really far away. It becomes uncomfortable on the floor without a |
| 1:25.5 | pillow. There's these natural signals to change position that are muted, you know, by sleeping on. |
| 1:29.8 | Pillows are mattresses. High for tenacity of the pelvic floor is a very large problem in men and |
| 1:35.5 | women right now. A lot of people are trying to work on constipation while they hold their stomach |
| 1:40.8 | tight all the time which creates an upward force opposite to the direction of where the food's trying to go. |
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