Kelly & Juliet Starrett
Episode 29, Longevity, Aging, and Mobility
Aging and physical activity don't have to be mutually exclusive. According to exercise entrepreneurs and fitness power couple Kelly and Juliet Starrett, staying active and retaining mobility throughout a long life is possible for anyone.
A Sonic Journey
The key (question) is can you do the things you want to do when you want to do them until the day you die?
Kelly and Juliet Starrett are co-founders of Crossfit San Francisco and StandUpKids.org, and they developed The Ready State Virtual Mobility Coach, an online program that provides guided mobility videos designed and tailored to an individual’s body and lifestyle. Kelly Starrett also has authored two New York Times bestselling books, Becoming A Supple Leopard and Ready to Run. For over a decade, these fitness advocates have been promoting the notion of lifelong mobility. According to the Starretts, “sitting is the new smoking.” Our modern sedentary lives diminish not only mobility but health in general. They have expanded their messaging to include other critical pillars of good health such as nutrition, sleep, and hydration.
Aging is inevitable, but aging poorly isn’t. It takes commitment to stay physically active and hold onto what your body can do. Adds Kelly and Juliet, “You do not bounce back like you did when you were 17, you cannot do those things, but maintaining your range of motion and being a skilled mover ultimately doesn’t have to change. The goal is to live pain-free and feel pretty good, and then fall off a cliff at age 97.”
That’s a goal we all can live with.
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What you’ll learn
- Keeping mobility and range of motion as you age (0:05)
- What mobility means (1:36)
- When it comes to mobility—use it or lose it (4:12)
- How pain is often a request for a change in behavior or movement (7:30)
- Why it’s important to reconnect with our bodies and maintain the big pillars of health (10:33)
- The windows of opportunity to add movement into your day (13:52)
- How you’re capable of a lot more without having to do a lot more (15:57)
- Why sufficient sleep is so important (18:17)
- The catastrophe of too much sitting (19:27)
- The silver bullet for childhood obesity (49:36)
- Some simple tools to fix your body (56:24)
Resources
- StandUp Kids
- The Ready State with Kelly and Juliet Starrett
- Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World by Kelly and Juliet Starrett
- Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett
- Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally by Kelly Starrett
- CrossFit
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