The Art of Manliness

The Essential Habits for Becoming an Agile, Vital, and Durable Human Being

Apr 5, 2023

Kelly Starrett, a doctor of physical therapy and co-author of Built to Move, shares insights from his experiences training elite athletes. He discusses essential habits for maintaining health as we age, revealing the importance of mobility and daily movement. Starrett highlights key practices, including the 'sit and rise test' for assessing mobility, breathing techniques to enhance performance, and specific exercises like the couch stretch to improve hip health. His focus is on integrating these habits into daily life for lasting vitality and well-being.

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Essential Habits for Young Athletes

01:06

Importance of Breathing in Improving VO2 Max and Mechanical Ventilation

01:41

Tests for Athleticism: Squat and Old Man Balance Test

01:10

Prioritizing Durability Over Performance in Fitness

01:38

Intro

6min

Empowering Health Through Movement

11min

Breathing for Health and Performance

5min

Enhancing Hip Mobility for Optimal Body Function

2min

Enhancing Vitality and Shoulder Health

8min

Enhancing Mobility and Balance for Lifelong Health

19min

Integrating Health into Daily Life: The Power of Routine and Nutrition

4min

Kelly Starrett, a doctor of physical therapy, has trained professional athletes, Olympians, and military special operators, helping them unlock peak performance. But as he approached his fifties, he started to see cracks appearing in the health of the folks around him. What had worked for his peers in their 20s and 30s, wasn't working anymore; they were gaining weight, having surgeries, and just didn't feel good.

So he and his wife and fellow trainer, Juliet, decided to write a book — Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully — that took all that they've learned from training elite performers and distilled it into the foundational practices that everyone, at every age, can use to develop lasting mobility, durability, and all-around health. Today on the show, Kelly unpacks some of those essential physical habits, sharing the "vital signs" — tests that will help you assess how you're doing in that area — as well as daily practices that will help you strengthen and improve that capacity.

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