1. Get your body into different shapes
People mostly move from lying down to sitting in a chair to walking around a bit. Modern environments don’t really ask much of the movement language of our bodies. Most people are only using a few words that their bodies could write.
One of the easiest ways, for example, that we think would foundationally change society is if people sat on the ground in the evening, for 20 or 30 minutes while they were watching TV, while they’re reading a book. “And that could be leaning up against the couch; it doesn’t have to be in a strict lotus.”
2. Hang from a bar 3 minutes a day
If you’re experiencing aches and pains in your shoulders, neck or back, Start to hang for three minutes a day.
3. Walk more
To keep stiffness at bay and maintain your mobility, Starrett advises everyone to do plenty of walking every day.
4. Play more
We started to treat the health of the body as like some onerous task, noting that play has been lost in our modern lives. When’s the last time you did a sport or jumped into a dance class.
5. Don’t neglect the basics
Recommended aiming for 800 grams of fruits and vegetables a day. That could be frozen, that could be fresh, that could be beans, that could be potatoes, that could be fruits and vegetables. It’s about fiber and micronutrients. I need you to have all the vitamins and minerals on board so that you can have healthy tissues.
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