093: Dr. Kelly Starrett – The Ultimate Standing Desk • Sleep Better After Smashing Your Tissues • Create A Movement Rich Environment

On this week’s show, we are speaking with New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Kelly Starrett. He’s also a coach, physical therapist, and speaker.

Kelly founded San Francisco CrossFit in 2005 with his wife and fellow athlete Juliet Starrett. This athletic training center was one of the first 50 CrossFit Affiliates.

Today we are talking to Kelly about his new book, Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World.

In this episode, we discuss:

• When you sit the muscles in your lower body shut off
• One hour at the gym doesn’t make up for sitting all day at work
• We need to create a movement rich environment
• There are times we need to sit, so… how do we optimize this?
• Is there any legitimacy to the 10,000 steps a day trend?
• 1st graders running gait falls apart due to too much sitting
• Standing while you work increases your focus
• Static standing while working isn’t the answer
• Turn your current desk into a stand-up desk with things you already have around your home
• You should be standing and walking with your feet straight
• The ultimate standing desk
• Making the environment fit your physiology
• Getting stand up desks into the classrooms
• Arch supports suck
• Have flip-flops turned your feet into island feet?
• A simple test to see how healthy your feet are
• It only takes 10 minutes a day to maintain the health of your tissues
• Normal tissues aren’t painful to compression
• The best position to sleep in
• Smash your tissues to activate your parasympathetic nervous system before bed
• Smashing vs. stretching your tissues
• Kelly’s morning routine
• Better absorb the water you drink by adding in a pinch of sea salt

Related links:

Dr. Kelly Starrett – Deskbound (book)
Dr. Kelly Starrett’s website (Mobility|WOD)
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Dr. Kelly Starrett – Ready to Run (book)
Standup Kids – Kelly’s nonprofit
Listen to Vani Hari (Food Babe) previously on TUHP ( episode #020)
Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs, and Steel (book)
Dr. Nicholas Romanov (books)
Fully (formerly called Ergo Depot)
Listen to Katy Bowman previously on TUHP (episode #064)
Christopher McDougall – Born to Run (book)
Sunwarrior <== 20% off all Sunwarrior products & free shipping over $50 (US only)
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043: Ben Greenfield – Raising Children 2.0 | Biohack A Healthy Home | Cholesterol… Redefined
116: Dr. Michael Breus – The Mystery Of Sleep • What Is Your Chronotype? • The Best Pillow And Mattress
052: Shawn Stevenson – Sleep Smarter | Living Spring Water | Solutions For Snoring

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