Why You Don't Exercise Even Though You Know You Should. And Strategies To Get Over the Hump. | Katy Bowman

Why You Don't Exercise Even Though You Know You Should. And Strategies To Get Over the Hump. | Katy Bowman

A toolkit for bringing more movement into your life.

Katy Bowman is a biomechanist who runs a movement education company, called Nutritious Movement. She's the author of 11 books, and her most recent is I Know I Should Exercise, But...: 44 Reasons We Don't Move and How to Get Over Them.



In this episode we talk about:

  • What a biomechanist does
  • What Katy means by "movement as nutrition"
  • How to determine your "movement diet"
  • The distinction between movement and exercise
  • Why people don't exercise
  • Strategies for consistency
  • The role of values and attention
  • How to move if you don't like sweating
  • How to find time to move
  • The technique of "stacking your life"
  • Overcoming embarrassment and shame related to movement
  • Strengthening your "so what" muscle
  • Getting comfortable with discomfort
  • What to do when you're addicted to your screen
  • And much more


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