Why it matters: This may have been my most impactful book I’ve read this year. Just so much good stuff on how to move.
#Things to consider
- Fluency in movement might be the most useful fluency of all.
- Just as you’re more likely to adhere to a diet if the food’s delicious, you’re more likely to keep moving if the movement’s delightful.
- The most direct, brute-force exercise to strengthen the gluteus medius is the side plank.
- When the hips don’t shift the force of landing to the glutes, impact forces travel up into the lower back, where they produce a terrifying sounding effect called anterior shear.
- A groin might need myofascial release; perhaps a glute med would benefit from weighted side planks; hip flexors often beg for pigeon pose.
- There’s a chicken-and-egg question about whether we need soft shoes because we are bad at managing big forces, or we are bad at managing big forces because we wear cushioned shoes.