Move Your DNA
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Publisher Description
“Move Your DNA is a landmark in explaining biomechanics.”—Dr. Joan Vernikos former director of NASA’s Life Sciences Division and author of Sitting Kills, Moving Heals.
This expanded edition of the bestselling Move Your DNA includes an exercise glossary and three-level exercise program, available to audiobook listeners as a free PDF supplement.
Accessible and fascinating, Move Your DNA is a game-changer in the world of health, fitness, and movement science. Hailed as offering a pioneering and paradigm-shifting perspective on exercise, this book:
explains how movement works, right down to the cellular levelexamines the differences between the movements in a typical hunter-gatherer's life and the movements in a convenience-prioritizing lifestylediscusses the issues with using repetitive exercise as “movement vitamins” instead of addressing the deeper issue of a poor movement dietcontains a three-level movement program to help those of all strengths and fitness levels transition to a movement-rich lifestyle
Move Your DNA contains corrective exercises, habit modifications, and simple lifestyle changes to free ourselves from the diseases of affluence and discover our naturally healthy, reflex-driven selves.
Unique to the audiobook: a pedometer encouraging readers/listeners to walk our talk! Those who walk while they listen can take advantage of the mileage projections for each chapter of the book. An average walker will complete 20 miles while listening!
Customer Reviews
Good Book, Take with a Grain of Salt
She’s honest about more research needing to be done, and that we should question our assumptions. She knows food is not medicine, so she’s already doing better than a lot of fitness authors and influencers. She is right that what she talks about needs more research. She brings up some interesting points, good food for thought, that rightfully should be studied further, but since it would reduce pharmaceutical and orthotic use, people would lose money so the research will never be done.
She is correct that just because something is genetic, it doesn’t mean you can’t do something about that thing. This is true generally, but not always accurate. Yes, you can have the gene for something and not have that disease, but we often find out something is genetic only AFTER we have the disease or disorder, at which point you have treatment options, but you can’t change your genetics.
She has a very privileged stance on food. She is all about zero processing and fresh foods. She genuinely believes that if everyone cuts back on the things they don’t need, they will be able to afford higher quality foods. Spoken like a person who has never known financial insecurity. She doesn’t say this to be mean. She genuinely thinks it’s just that easy. Still, it’s kind of annoying, especially because she says with food insecurity and food deserts you just have to work with whatever you’ve got.
She claims breast cancer is caused by bras preventing our tissues from developing naturally. Her evidence, people who wear bras are way more likely to get breast cancer, and people with large breasts are more likely to get breast cancer and are also more likely to wear their bras longer. This is clearly a confusion between correlation and causation.
She is absolutely correct that in our modern world with all of our modern comforts, we aren’t moving enough. I will not be sleeping on the floor anytime soon. She is correct that we are completely disconnected from nature and natural variation, so many joint issues stem from our joints not ever getting used in totally normal positions she’s 100% on point when she says to keep sitting on the floor, because you can sit on the floor comfortably until you stop sitting on the floor. Just remember, these are generalisations and there could be totally valid reasons why this may never be the case for someone.
My biggest takeaway is that even with an hour or more in the gym every day, we sit too soon and too often, and we don’t move nearly enough. Once you stop moving, it’s hard to start moving again, especially as you age. I’m still not convinced you can “relax” your kneecaps (WTF), but to each their own.