Move Your DNA
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Average rating4.2
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Ratings5
Average rating4.2
"In Move Your DNA, biomechanist Katy Bowman explains our deep need for movement - right down to the cellular level. She also addresses up-to-the-minute questions, including : Is sitting really the new smoking? Are standing workstations helpful or harmful? What's the safest way to move toward minimal shoes? Are Kegels and core exercises solving problems or creating them? Do we really need cardio exercise? Does DNA predetermine our health as much as we are led to believe? Bowman also lays out a movement and lifestyle program accessible to everyone from the most sedentary to professional athletes."--Back cover.
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If ever there was a book that could benefit from a movie adaptation, this is it. Or at least a few companion videos. Or maybe Harry Potter-style moving photos?
At a high-level view, the content is enticing: we need to use our bodies more in ways that match our million-year history, relatively few millennia of which involve hunching over primitive keyboards. The details, though, are painful to read: when describing specific exercises her language is often impenetrable or ambiguous, the illustrations rarely helpful. It is really hard to figure out any particular exercise... and there are many such to figure out. My solution—or at least my intention—is to buy my own copy and start referencing it weekly, rereading key portions, working up little by little, maybe understanding better each week. Incorporating what I can into my yoga awareness, because I feel convinced that her perspectives and advice offer an important complement to my practice. Let's see if I remember to update this review in a year!
In the meantime, my favorite exercise is easy to understand and is one I already practice regularly: “You might not spend as much time checking out everyone's butt as I, but you should.” Important advice for us all.
