Walking provides many different “movement nutrients” but not all walking is equal, meaning the “nutrients from walking” depends on how you do it (joint positions used, speed, terrain, etc.). The natural walking speed for a…
Day 2: Articulate each “vertebrae” of your “foot spine”
In gait analysis there are two points of foot contact analyzed during landing—heel strike and foot flat (where the ball of the foot comes down to the ground), but really there are 17 joints between “heel…
EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2014: GAIT
I love movement and I love celebrating, thus I always strive to create movement-rich celebrations. For years, I’ve done a movement advent calendar at the end of the year as a thank you to my…
From the Bio Beat
This week I spent my writing juices finishing up a little book on transitioning to minimal footwear, but here’s some interesting stuff I’ve been thinking about. I posted a lot of this on Facebook, but…
Floor bored.
The following is a short list of the most challenging things I have done with my body. 1. Half marathon 2. Triathalon 3. Natural birth 4. Vipassana meditation course 5. Laying plank wood floors Only one…
Thinking outside the (classroom) chair.
Change isn’t easy, or pain-free, or even without consequences, but still, it needs to happen in many areas of our lives. In light of the research on the negative impact sitting has on our health,…
Taking August Off
I’m tired. Like really tired. Like, more tired than I was when I had a newborn tired. And I was really tired when I had a newborn. This is a list of all the work…
Carrying Kids and Wrist Pain
This post was updated February 2020 to update its resources. Carrying stuff in your arms can be tough. And by carrying I don’t mean picking up heavy stuff 5 to 20 times in a row,…
Don’t Just Stand There
In June 2020 this article from 2014 was lightly edited with updated resources, photos, and tips. I’ve been working my a$$ off the last six weeks and I’ve been totally neglecting my own health practice…
Scissor kicks.
Movement classes are great because an instructor is there to lead you through a balanced flow of exercises. Do this on the right, and then left. Try this standing on your left leg, and then…
Fun on the swings
So, maybe the weather is nice-ing up where you are and maybe you’re starting to think about being outside more. And maybe you’re thinking, hey, I’d like to start doing MORE with my body–not only…