Making Your Movement More Nutritious With Katy Bowman

In this episode, Breaking Muscle Radio speaks with biomechanist Katy Bowman. Katy has earned an international reputation for reducing pain, increasing bone density, improving metabolic health, and solving pelvic floor mysteries.

• 00:13 - Introduction to Katy Bowman
• 01:05 - Katy's journey from bookworm to natural mover
• 06:43 - Our innate human instinct to not move
• 08:17 - Movement as nutrition
• 11:45 - Exercise versus movement
• 14:05 - A nutritious day of movement
• 15:23 - Thinking outside the exercise box
• 17:37 - How to put nutritious movement into practice on a daily basis
• 19:43 - Why feet are important and how can we help them do their job
• 22:52 - How to transition to nutritious movement without causing other problems
• 26:00 - How minimizing the furniture you use can help
• 29:20 - The distinction between moving and how active your muscles are
• 32:51 - Why the squat is such an important movement
• 36:30 - Squatting, kegels, pelvic floor health, and muscle tension
• 40:55 - What a healthy pelvic floor requires
• 42:43 - Squatting during pregnancy
• 47:34 - Kids and movement
• 54:15 - Choosing not to be captives of our environment
• 56:34 - Katy's details and upcoming projects