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Featuring guest: Katy Bowman
http://www.katysays.com/
http://www.restorativeexercise.com/
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Check out Katy’s book Move Your DNA
Questions:
[8:23] Best footwear for hard surfaces
Artur says:
I just heard Ben Greenfield mentioning on other podcast standing matt called Kybounder, which was developed to strengthen feet muscles. The same company also sells shoes and they provide proper cushioning while our feet can feel the surface. Any thoughts on that product? Alternatives?
[12:35] Recurring Lumbar Herniated Discs
Joe says:
I have problems with recurring lumbar herniated discs….what movement should I be working on to improve this? Is there a simple answer or does it require an in person assessment?
[18:26] Impact on biomechanics from wearing backpack
Erik says:
Hi
First off, I enjoy and learn a lot from the show, keep up the good work!
It would be great if you could discuss the impact on biomechanics and possible negative (and positive) consequences of moving a lot with a backpack – possibly touch on differences in wearing and not wearing a hip strap to take the load off the shoulders, in the context of wearing low profile zero-drop shoes.
I find that I end up doing most of my walking with a backpack, be that with laptop and books on the way to class, carrying equipment on the way to work, carrying home groceries and on weekends and holidays hiking with tent and food. Pack might weigh anything between 5 and 20 kilos, might end up walking with it 5 to 15 kilometers a day, sometimes jogging a fair bit of the distance if speed is needed.
Thanks again!
Erik from Denmark
[29:30] Squatting
Alice says:
I’m incredibly envious of my flat footed, squatting Sister in Law! She has Chinese heritage and this position is her preferred resting pose. I however try and squat for about 15 mins everyday and wonder how long it will take to coax my heels to the floor. Are there extra stretches I can do to minimize the time I spend on the balls of my feet. I am so thankful for everything you do, thank you Katy.
[39:12] Pressure Systems and Lymphatic Flow
Cindy says:
If this is two questions, please choose one, but I think they are related:
Please elaborate on pressure systems within the body and how they are changed/improved by movement, and how these changes in pressure can improve lymphatic flow throughout the body.
[48:10] Squat mechanics
Joseph says:
I can squat with parallel feet just fine (which I do at the recommendation of the lovely Mr Starrett). Adding weight, I end up on the outside edges of my feet; my toes really want to be pointed out. Should I squat with pointed toes, or will that exacerbate my lack of mobility?
[56:40] Mechanotransduction
Raphael says:
Hi Robb/Katy,
Please expand upon mechanotransduction and specifically about how it relates to health issues which may not necessarily be associated with ‘movement issues/injuries’. For example, how would inappropriate tissue compression or sedentarism induce changes in a cell which could be characterized as a diseased phenotype?
Robb & Katy are awesome – rock on!
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Links are for podcast 275, not 276.
Download link comes up for episode 275. Here’s the link for 276:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/robbwolf/PaleoSolution-276.mp3
Yeah, my podcast software picked up 275, too. It is pointed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobbWolfThePaleoSolution
Just FYI. I’ll use craig’s link for this episode.
Sorry, it’s fixed now.
Katy and Coach Sommer are absolutely the two best guest you’ve had on the podcast. I think they say the same exact things, but just with a different language…..
What was the book about Iceland that Katy was referencing?
Well, she did a trip there…not sure I remember a book. She talked to someone and they described a “winfall” in Icelandic to be “a whale washes up on the beach.” Shows how austere the environment is.
She has made me think beyond my workouts. Really enjoyed this!
Hi Lindy, totally agree. I’m really paying much more attention to my “downtime” (in)activity now.
The book on Icelanders I mentioned was http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-Book-Icelanders-Days-ebook/dp/B00L8A3F1M
Started following Katy after her first appearance, great stuff! I’ve even got my wife walking. Well, until the mosquitoes got too bad. Thanks!
Whilst much of what Katy talked about went way over my head (most stuff does), I took two mindblowing learning points away from this podcast.
The first, as mentioned by Lindy above, is that we are training our bodies 24 hours a day, not just when we are conciously training, so we have to be very mindful of what we are doing for the other 23 hours in the day.
The second is the idea of movement “nutrients”. I love that analogy, it really works for me in making sense of what I’m doing in terms of both variety and quality. I link this to the first point by telling myself that there’s no point giving myself some lovely gym time nutrition if I’m wiping out the benefit by 23 hours of anti nutrients. Awesome Katy, thanks.