My Perfect Movement Plan: The Move Your DNA All Day Workbook by Bowman, Katy

Description: Do you need to move more or move better?Movement feeds yourbody. How's your movement diet? Whether you know it or not, everyone hastheir own unique movement diet--the balance of types and amounts of movementthat make up your days and nights.Think about a healthy food diet. Eatingbroccoli for every meal would be great for getting certain minerals and vitamins, but it can't comprise a complete diet; there are other nutrients your bodyneeds that broccoli doesn't contain. It's the same with movement: getting 30minutes of cardio each day doesn't guarantee that you won't have a problembending over to touch your toes or getting up and down from the floor withease. And a regular yoga practice may keep your spine feeling great, but not beenough to keep your bones strong or help develop the grip strength needed foreveryday activities.If "movement calories" are the volume of movement and"movement nutrients" are the different shapes your body flows through to createthat movement, which of these sounds the closest to your current situation?High-calorie, low-nutrient movement: You move a lot every day--maybe your work or lifestyleinvolves lots of physical labor. You might be on your feet all day, rarely ifever sitting down for hours at a time! However, the way you move is repetitiousand uses the same body parts or patterns over and over again, leaving some ofyour parts strong and other parts lacking.Low-calorie, low-nutrient movement: Mostof your time is spent sitting--at home, work, and most places in between. Evenif you do get up to exercise for a dedicated hour each day, the rest of thetime around that session is back in the chair or couch. Because you don't moveyour whole-body much, many of your parts are also not regularly involved inmovement.Plentiful, nutrient-dense movement, i.e. a well-balanced movementdiet! You move your body regularly throughout the day, in a way that nourishesall the different body parts and tissue-types, and also develops (or maintains)the movement skills necessary to live your life in a way you find meaningful.Withthis practical workbook, biomechanist and bestselling author Katy Bowmanprovides a tool that anyone can use to track how you are moving, how you aren'tmoving, and--perhaps most importantly--how to fit the movements you will discoveryou need into your everyday life.Enhance conventional movement groups-cardio, strength, and flexibility-with practical, skill-based "macronutrients" walkingand balance, getting to and from the floor with ease, carrying well, andsupporting yourself with your arms. And find ways to incorporate the"micronutrients" that are often left out of exercise routines but are essentialfor overall well-being. Are you moving your eyes enough? Or your wrists, or thebones and muscles in your feet? Are your jaw muscles, fingers and toes, hips, spine, and shoulders getting the full range of movement nutrients they need tofunction their best?Also covered: Finding your deepest movement "why"--beyondjust "getting healthy"Tracking and being mindful of your body shape throughoutthe dayReal-life strategies for increasing the "movement density" of everydayactivitiesHow to rest more while still getting the movement you needAdjusting amovement diet to the different ages and stages of your lifeWith self-assessmentexercises, guided observations, and dozens of specific examples, Katy Bowmanworks with you to analyze your current movement diet and then guides you to understandmovement in a new way--a way that changes not only how you move, but how you thinkabout movement, and where it "fits" into your life.My Perfect Movement Plan isyour guidebook to a movement-rich life.

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