Simple and proven physical practices designed to improve the way your body feels—less stiffness! fewer aches and pain!—and boost the overall quality of your life, no matter how you spend your time. From the innovators behind The Ready State and the movement bible Becoming a Supple Leopard.
“The definitive guide for building an all-around healthy and high-performing body and mind.” —Andrew Huberman, Professor of Neurobiology, Stanford University & Host of The Huberman Lab Podcast
After decades spent working with pro-athletes, Olympians, and Navy Seals, mobility pioneers Kelly and Juliet Starrett began thinking about the physical well-being of the rest of us. What makes a durable human? How do we continue to feel great and function well as we age? And how do we counteract the effects of technology-dependence, sedentary living, and other modern ways of life on our body’s natural need for activity?
The answers lie in an easy-to-use formula for basic mobility maintenance: 10 tests + 10 physical practices = 10 ways to make your body work better
The book offers:
- Easy mobilization practices to increase range of motion and avoid injury
- Intuitive ways to integrate more movement into your daily life and escape sedentary habits
- No-fuss guidelines for improving nutrition and sleep
- Basic breathing practices to manage stress and pain
- Quick and simple assessments to gauge progress and what needs improvement
- Tips and perspectives on healthy aging
It’s full of foundational wisdom for everyone from beginners to professional athletes and everyone in between. Built to Move introduces readers to a set of simple principles and practices that are undemanding enough to work into any busy schedule, lead to greater ease of movement, better health, and a happier life doing whatever it is you love to do—and want to continue doing as long as you live. This book is your game plan for the long game.
But I was shocked at all the great info and advice to practice that I found in this book. I am 58, in great shape, long time cross fitter . But I gave it partly because my body kept having painful “injuries” ( no broken limbs, but other things).
Now I started incorporating a few things as I am listening and already feeling a different in aches and pains. Beating techniques with wh are totally new to me. So, I bought the actual book now and can’t wait to fully Duce in.
The only thing I would say needs improvement is the pictures of exercises are ok, but not precise , so, so for example: the hip extension /runners lunge is not clear whether you keep your stretched out leg elevated or you can put knee down .
Otherwise, I highly recommend this very practical adjunct to all your other longevity info.
Nothing the authors are suggesting one do are complicated or would seem to do anything but improve one’s life and future health.
As a society as a whole we don’t move enough and this gem of a book will help you understand how to move more, eat better, sleep better, and just feel better as a whole. I would highly recommend this book to anyone and already plan to give it as a gift to a few family members who dare I say probably could use it.
Buy it, do the moves, reap the rewards.
Full of straightforward mobility exercises targeted on repairing ordinary damage done to our bodies by living a normal modern life. The exercises require simple or no equipment and seem easy to adapt to a wide range of ability.
Great advice on breathing exercises (give them a try, they really make a difference), sleep, and ways to incorporate movement and mobility work seamlessly into your day.
The only weak point in the book is the chapter on nutrition. This chapter is a mixed bag with a challenge to eat more fruits and vegetables (inspired by research) and advice to eat an unusually high amount of protein (inspired by anecdotal experience).
Personally, I found the protein advice hard to follow. For my weight (healthy BMI), the recommendation worked out to the equivalent of 5-6 servings of chicken, or 6-7 servings of fish, or 19 eggs, or 8 cans of beans per day. (In all fairness, you're supposed to mix up your sources during the day, and they recommend protein powder if you have trouble eating this much.) Maybe it works for you. It reduced my energy and power in the pool and during the day. Something to think about, though: if you follow their advice you will avoid eating junk food--mainly because you'll be to full to eat any. :) Reminds me of a high-protein version of Tim Ferriss' beans and greens diet.
I have an office job, exercise daily but still sit a lot throughout the day. This book opened my eyes about all the negative long-term effects of a seated lifestyle and that you cannot undo it with an hour of exercise in the morning.
I immediately integrated some of the mobility and balance exercises in my daily routine and bought a height-adjustable desk for my homeoffice. With this kind of actionable insight the time reading this book was well spent.
Move and keep your body healthy...and do it at home..
Great information but would be better as dialogue over video.
The book includes simple tests that you can use to see where you sit on the health and wellness scale, and things you can do to improve your "score". There are very simple suggestions throughout the book, and they do an excellent job of explaining the "why" behind them.
This book is much more than just a mobility book. Whether you are an athlete, a parent, a CEO, or someone that just wants to have less pain, this book will benefit you. There is advice on sleep, nutrition, breathwork, and how you can fit all of these things into your life, even if you are extremely busy.
If everyone could pick just ONE THING from this book and incorporate it into their life, the world would be a much healthier and happier place.
Quite possibly the best book ever written on fitness and wellness. I would give it six, or even ten stars if I could. You need to read this book.
Let me start off by saying that I am a personal trainer and what I love about this book is that it's partitioned out into 10 very easy to access tests that I can perform with each client or have them perform on their own; and based on their results, recommend some easy and effective ways to make improvement in either their mobility, nutrition, breathing and/or sleep. It's literally taken the guess work out and given me "x-ray vision" into making the unknown known.
I've started incorporating 1 test per session with my clients at the end of each session and using this as an opportunity to talk about the topic we are testing. Note that not everything can be tested during our session in which I will assign them homework to do and we have a date in which the assignment needs to be completed where we will then do a debrief. Not only does it improve the quality of our session time together, my clients have been thoroughly enjoying the education and conversation around the principal and purpose of each test we perform.
If you are at all on the fence to pick up this book, take this as a sign to add this to your toolkit. This is a book that will yield HUGE returns for your time invested with yourself and your clients.
I triple dog dare you!
Ed Lai, California
When I heard that Kelly and Juliet Starrett were coming out with the Built to Move book & challenge, I knew this was the catalyst to get me back on track. Specifically, I like how the book incorporates mobilization and breathing exercises into movement activities. Something that I mostly ignored in my 20's and is becoming more critical as I approach 40.
I am excited to change my path to a happier and healthier tomorrow.