The Tim Ferriss Show

#85: Kelly Starrett on the 80/20 of Mobility and Performance

Jul 1, 2015

59:14

Episode guests

Kelly Starrett

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

The importance of fish oil and supplements for sleep and health

00:49

Time and Commitment: An Example of Overcoming Physical Limitations

00:53

D what ends of happenings? We see adaptation airs

00:48

Identifying and Addressing Bottlenecks in Life

00:53

Introduction

2min

Five Bullet Friday Podcast

2min

The First Standing Desk Only Elementary School in the World

3min

Ten Questions With Kelly Starret for Mobility Wad

5min

Shoulder Rotation

5min

What Are the Top Three to Five Mobilizations?

6min

Is There a Pattern Develop Around Sitting?

4min

The 80/20 Analysis of Post Workout Recovery

2min

What Ends of Happenings?

6min

10.

What Is the Best Position to Sleep?

4min

11.

Are You Sleeping on Your Stomach?

4min

12.

The Role of Personalized Supplementation

4min

13.

Getting Your Kids in Flat Shoes

2min

14.

The Power of Habit Is an Amazing Book

4min

15.

When You Can't Go Barefoot?

2min

16.

How to Train Your Kids to Walk With Straight Feet

2min

17.

Getting Kids Into Formal Movement Practices

5min

By popular demand, this episode features Kelly Starrett. He’s trained CrossFit athletes for more than 130,000 hours (!) and his clients include Olympic gold medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world record holders in Olympic lifting and powerlifting, Crossfit Games medalists, professional ballet dancers, and elite military personnel. In this episode, we cover: - The 80/20 of mobility and the movements you need today - How Kelly fixed himself as an athlete - Kelly's picks for easy-to-add mobility movements - And much more... Even if you have zero interest in "mobility," this conversation invites you inside the mind of one of the world’s top coaches. Kelly discusses habits, strategies, and thinking that can be applied to nearly everything. Please also check this out -- Kelly and I are joining forces to build the first standing desk-only elementary school in the world. We're almost there. Please click through and help! This episode is also brought to you by Audible.com/tim. Be sure to check out some of my favorite audiobooks, including The Graveyard Book and Vagabonding.

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