📚 4 Books mentioned in "Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility" of Huberman Lab

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Episode: Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility

Published on December 9, 2024

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Anatomy Trains

by Thomas W. Myers

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One of the things that we want to look at is... and this is a Philip Beach muscles meridian idea — there are contractual fields, and this goes along with if we look at Thomas Meyer's Anatomy trains of seeing the system as a system of systems. So we start to look at your back and your erectors, and then we tie that into the glutes, and then we tie that into the hamstrings and tie the calf.

In this discussion, Kelly Starrett references 'Thomas Meyer's Anatomy Trains', suggesting it is a seminal book or methodology while explaining the fascial connections throughout the body.

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Becoming a Supple Leopard

by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza

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In today's episode, there's an immense amount of actionable information that I'm certain all of you will benefit from. Dr. Kelly Starrett has authored several best-selling books, some of which you may know, such as 'Supple Leopard.' He was actually one of the first people to become synonymous with the use of a lacrosse ball or foam roller.

In this episode, Andrew Huberman highlights Kelly Starrett as the author of several best-selling books, notably including 'Supple Leopard.' He emphasizes Starrett's significance in popularizing the use of tools like the lacrosse ball and foam roller for mobility and flexibility.

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Eat Smarter

by Shawn Stevenson

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Sean Stevenson wrote a beautiful book about creating a table culture and a culture around eating for your family. For me, the functional unit of change is the household; that's where I want to invest my energy. That's how we'll transform society—one household at a time.

In this segment, Kelly Starrett talks about Sean Stevenson’s book that focuses on fostering a family-oriented dining culture. He emphasizes the importance of household dynamics in promoting healthier eating habits.

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The Spinal Engine

by Serge Gracovetsky

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Um, really a book that makes the rounds from time to time is a book called The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky, and he really talks about the trunk as a driver of power, not just as a chassis of which the big engine moves, and that really is a nice conceptual way of simplifying movement!

In this segment, Kelly Starrett discusses the book 'The Spinal Engine' by Serge Gracovetsky, highlighting how the author emphasizes the importance of the trunk in human movement, describing it not merely as a passive component but as a key driver of power.

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