Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully Hardcover – April 4, 2023

Very accessible for the non-athlete and has good pictures so you know what your'e doing. I got on a recommendation and am slowly folding in the stretches and exercises.

I really enjoyed this easy to read book with great actionable ideas. Well done.

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The book, “Built To Move, 'The 10 Essential Habits to Help you Move Freely and Live Fully'” was what I needed to add to my routine. The authors Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett introduced some new principles as well as some old ones that I didn’t know exactly why they were important. The health industry makes things so complicated that it is difficult to sift through it all. Everyone is trying to sell a product or a diet. Thank you for providing straight forward facts. I’m already incorporating a few of the principles. I’m ready for the 21 day challenge. I have gifted this book to my wife and two of my brothers already.

Kelly and Juliet provide interesting and helpful information on how to stay healthy and move for the rest of your life. Even though they deal with professional athletes a lot, they break down what they know for the average person trying to increase their mobility and health at home.

This hits a sweet spot between Katy Bowman's books and more technical/athlete-focused sources like Kelly Starrett's Becoming a Supple Leopard.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 just received my pre-order and I am blown away. I wasn't really sure what to expect and how this book could be for athletes as well as people that don't really have a fitness plan. But just skimming through the TOC and some of the chapters, I'm starting to understand how they've broken down some daily habits that are critical for every human. They make a solid case for the importance of getting tons of movement (not formal exercise!), and simple tips for how to hit the goals they recommend - turns out, if you don't sleep well, you probably need to move more. If you have aches and pains, more movement will probably help a lot. There are tests in each chapter, and after giggling my way through the sit-and-rise test a couple of times (not as easy as I thought!), I'm looking forward to trying each of the tests and then incorporating the habits designed to help you get better at each. What I love about this book, is that it doesn’t appear to be a program that will require tons of time to work in. Making different movement choices throughout the day, and even getting some mobility work in while watching TV at night seems very achievable. And the nutrition recommendations are more about expanding what you eat, not restricting. All in all, this is a GREAT book if you are looking to build SIMPLE habits that are gonna help you move BETTER and move LONGER, even into old age. I can’t wait to read through the entire book and look forward to gifting it to my Mom!

I bought Built to Move last year after the Starretts were on the Ten Percent Happier podcast to talk about it, and boy, have I become a major fan! As I'm rapidly approaching 30, I decided that I likely need to explore my fitness outside of just, well, my fitness. When I started doing the "tests" in this book to check my balance and flexibility, I found that I failed a lot of them. After several months of incorporating these practices, I am now able to pass every single test in the book. Plus, I feel about 10 times better than I did this time last year. This book is super easy to read and comprehend, and I really appreciate the extra time that was spent to provide modifications and recommendations that don't require specific brands. You can really feel the care and love put into this book. I keep coming back to it to refresh my memory, and I've gifted this book to several people in my life. I can't say enough about how helpful this book was for me!