Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

I purchased this book in March 2023 and implemented several of the habits immediately, which I still maintain. I am a middle-aged, woman who likes physical activities (even though I am an uncoordinated, below-average athlete 😊). While I have always been active and quite flexible, I do have a desk job and sit a lot. This created an imbalance I was never able to “fix” with physical therapy, pilates, yoga, stretching, mobility, etc. The floor sits were the biggest game changer for me, I do them every day and have for about a year. Within 2 weeks I was amazed at how something so simple could be so impactful. I am now able to do a deep squat easily and no longer feel the imbalance from excessive sitting. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to be a better version of themselves with a few very easy habits that fit in to even the busiest life. This book really is for everyone, regardless of if you are active or not, and is very easy to read, understand and implement.

This is my go to book for information, motivation and encouragement - Kelly and Juliet's book is wonderfully written. Their voices come through the pages to engage the reader in an approachable and specific. way. You can learn, or learn again ways to recover from inactivity. Get the book and give it to your friends. I did!. Congratulation on one year anniversary and your well deserved sucess.

This book has given me a solid framework of physical practice that have has improved in my 60-year-old. Patty after years of Athletics. Do highly recommend

The book, “Built To Move, 'The 10 Essential Habits to Help you Move Freely and Live Fully'” was what I needed to add to my routine. The authors Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett introduced some new principles as well as some old ones that I didn’t know exactly why they were important. The health industry makes things so complicated that it is difficult to sift through it all. Everyone is trying to sell a product or a diet. Thank you for providing straight forward facts. I’m already incorporating a few of the principles. I’m ready for the 21 day challenge. I have gifted this book to my wife and two of my brothers already.

This book is great motivation and has so many ideas on how to keep moving. I only wish I had seen this book when I was younger!

I bought Built to Move last year after the Starretts were on the Ten Percent Happier podcast to talk about it, and boy, have I become a major fan! As I'm rapidly approaching 30, I decided that I likely need to explore my fitness outside of just, well, my fitness. When I started doing the "tests" in this book to check my balance and flexibility, I found that I failed a lot of them. After several months of incorporating these practices, I am now able to pass every single test in the book. Plus, I feel about 10 times better than I did this time last year. This book is super easy to read and comprehend, and I really appreciate the extra time that was spent to provide modifications and recommendations that don't require specific brands. You can really feel the care and love put into this book. I keep coming back to it to refresh my memory, and I've gifted this book to several people in my life. I can't say enough about how helpful this book was for me!

This hits a sweet spot between Katy Bowman's books and more technical/athlete-focused sources like Kelly Starrett's Becoming a Supple Leopard.Full of straightforward mobility exercises targeted on repairing ordinary damage done to our bodies by living a normal modern life. The exercises require simple or no equipment and seem easy to adapt to a wide range of ability.Great advice on breathing exercises (give them a try, they really make a difference), sleep, and ways to incorporate movement and mobility work seamlessly into your day.The only weak point in the book is the chapter on nutrition. This chapter is a mixed bag with a challenge to eat more fruits and vegetables (inspired by research) and advice to eat an unusually high amount of protein (inspired by anecdotal experience).Personally, I found the protein advice hard to follow. For my weight (healthy BMI), the recommendation worked out to the equivalent of 5-6 servings of chicken, or 6-7 servings of fish, or 19 eggs, or 8 cans of beans per day. (In all fairness, you're supposed to mix up your sources during the day, and they recommend protein powder if you have trouble eating this much.) Maybe it works for you. It reduced my energy and power in the pool and during the day. Something to think about, though: if you follow their advice you will avoid eating junk food--mainly because you'll be to full to eat any. :) Reminds me of a high-protein version of Tim Ferriss' beans and greens diet.

Though I'm a competitive athlete, I had some nagging mobility issues especially as I age that were starting to creep into my performance. Working through the evaluations in this book, I've verified my suspicions and corrected a lot of my balance and mobility issues, which really unlocked all-day performance in some pretty tough sports. The exercises are simple, easy to implement as habits, and straight forward to measure progress. That made for a great year of play and competition.The surprise payoff was when I was severely injured - I was already several steps ahead. I lost the use of one leg and could single leg squat and do a lot of things that would have otherwise been impossible had I not been working on balance and mobility prior to injury. What was merely really difficult would have been impossible.

I heard Kelly and Juliet talk on the plant strong podcast and immediately bought their book. I am quite fit and flexible for my age (66) but I thought I was getting some arthritis in my hips and just struggling a bit. Now I know it isn't arthritis because the discomfort I was feeling is gone after using their hip opening exercises. I am walking faster and moving easier already. I couldn't get up off the floor the way they do but in 5 days I have already improved. I was frustrated initially because I couldn't understand the pictures in the book but they give you a QR code and it explains with video's the mobilizations. The QR code wasn't easy to find and its essential for me anyway. The book and the video's together are perfect. Without the QR I think I would have sent the book back because I couldn't understand what they were asking. I started making some changes based on the podcast and now I am full on in this book. This is life changing especially as you age this can be the difference in mobility which is absolutely huge. Thank you so much Kelly and Juliet, I am benefiting so much.

Me gustó por lo práctico del libro y que me abrió los ojos de que para estar bien físicamente no es necesario pasar todo el día en el gimnasio. Entendible el libro.

The media could not be loaded.  Book binding is fully messed up. Need to read from last to first. Book is really built to move. Lol

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Movement is medicine! I’ve read all of the Starrett’s books and this one does not disappoint. They describe it as a prequel to there other books and I would agree. BASL is incredibly informative and gives detail explanation of movements and mobilisations but it isn’t the easiest read for your average person looking to move more and move better. Built to Move on the other hand is very easy to read and easy to apply, split into 10 chapters which describe 10 specific habits or “vital signs” with easily carried out protocols that you can fit into your day without being overwhelmed. It really is a guide to moving and living better.As a society as a whole we don’t move enough and this gem of a book will help you understand how to move more, eat better, sleep better, and just feel better as a whole. I would highly recommend this book to anyone and already plan to give it as a gift to a few family members who dare I say probably could use it.