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In this episode of Modern Wisdom podcast, Kelly Starratt discusses his thoughts on the Game Changers documentary, his recent movement from Mobility WOD to the Ready State, and his principles for maintaining good health and fitness.
After 10 years of experience, this project has helped people improve their pain, move more efficiently, and enjoy their fitness and wellness. Improved thinking and refinement have allowed for new methods to emerge in the health and wellness industry.
Going to the gym offers more than just physical benefits, as it provides individuals with a supportive community and a place to focus on improving weaknesses, discussing nutrition and sleep, and reducing stress.
The speaker reflects on their personal experience of using exercise as a form of self-medication and how being a part of a supportive community has helped them. They also discuss how some people in the fitness industry can become "bro lifters" and burn out by their late 20s.
The founder of San Francisco CrossFit shares the history of kettlebell training and how it influenced the evolution of his gym's core values.
The advancements in modern medical technologies suggest that people can live past the age of 100. Embracing fitness and training can help to improve one's chances of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in their later years.
The guest emphasizes the importance of creating better movers and athletes starting from schools, and highlights the need to shift away from perpetuating the same old unhealthy habits in physical culture, towards a group effort to improve people's wellness and athletic abilities. He also shares the importance of coming together to solve problems and improve knowledge in a critical manner.
The ideal model for functional movement involves being explanatory, predictive and repeatable. It is important to prioritize being a more functional human being in order to avoid physical limitations in the future. The conversation then changes to the topic of Brexit.
The idea that gladiators were vegetarians is a myth, and in fact, they ate the whole animal, including the organs and brains. Additionally, people have been surviving on non-meat based diets for centuries.
The podcast discusses the importance of considering the health risks that come with experimenting with different running techniques and how to approach these experiments in a safe manner.
The podcast discusses the benefits of a plant-based diet for children and highlights the importance of including a variety of fruits and vegetables while consuming high-quality fats and grains.
The best upgrade a person can give themselves in the 21st century, for optimal performance, is a sustained period of sobriety with a clear reason for doing so. This is because maintaining proper sleep, hydration, nutrition, stress levels, and physical activity all contribute to peak performance, and excessive alcohol consumption impedes these factors.
Ready State is offering a free two week mobilization course that is designed for people who are new to the practice, as they believe in evolving the application of the core principles.