040: Becoming a Supple Leopard - Dr. Kelly Starrett

Aug 3, 2015

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• What does it mean to "Become a Supple Leopard"?
• JULIA: I have a desk job and my husband is police officer. What are we supposed to do? What tips do you have for people who get up, drive to work, work, drive home and sit?
• PHILIP: I have a full time office job and I am a distance runner. Isn’t my activity level enough to balance out the sitting?
• JAKE: We now hear that “sitting is the new smoking.” Are we supposed to stand all day?
• SARAH: I hear mixed reviews on barefoot shoes. What’s your take on minimalist or barefoot shows for every day use and/or running?
• ELLA: What functional movements should every BODY at every age be able to do?
• JAMES: I fly a lot – at least 8x a month, and I’m not a superfit guy. I am not at all flexible. What tips do you have for me before, during and after plane travel?
• ELLA: What can people do to “perform basic maintenance” on themselves?

Kelly Starrett is a coach, physical therapist, author, speaker, and creator of the Mobility WOD blog, which has revolutionized how athletes think about human movement and athletic performance. His blog is featured in Tim Ferris’ The 4-Hour Body, Inside Triathlon, Outside Magazine, Details Magazine, Power Magazine, and the Crossfit Journal. He teaches the wildly popular Crossfit Movement & Mobility Trainer course and has been a guest lecturer at the American Physical Therapy Association annual convention, Google, the Perform Better Summit, the Special Operations Medical Association annual conference, police departments, and elite military groups nationwide. In his current practice, Kelly works with Olympic gold-medalists, Tour de France cyclists, NFL players, world and national record holding Olympic Lifting and Power athletes, Crossfit Games medalists, ballet dancers, military personnel, and competitive age-division athletes.