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Revised and expanded edition! Improve your athletic performance, extend your athletic career, treat body stiffness and achy joints, and rehabilitate injuries - all without having to seek out a coach, doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist or masseur. In Becoming a Supple Leopard , Kelly Starrett - founder of MobilityWod.com - shares his revolutionary approach to mobility and maintenance of the human body and teaches you how to hack your own human movement, allowing you to live a healthy, happier, more fulfilling life.

THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The definitive guide for building an all-round healthy and high-performing body and mind." Andrew Huberman, professor of neuroscience, Stanford University, and host of the Huberman Lab podcastThe sit-and-rise test that can predict your likely lifespanThe one-leg balance that indicates your risk of being seriously injured in a fallThe floor-sit and squat moves that could reduce your chance of arthritic hip pain by up to 90%Your body is built to move, but do you know how to give it what it needs for lifelong strength and mobility? After decades spent working with pro-athletes and Olympians, mobility pioneers Kelly and Juliet Starrett began thinking about the physical wellbeing of the rest of us. What makes a durable human at any age? How do we continue to feel great and function well as we grow older in a world of technology-dependence and sedentary living?The answers lie in a simple formula for basic mobility maintenance: 10 tests + 10 physical practices = 10 ways to make your body work better. These tests involve no cardio, no strength training and are achievable at any fitness level.Organised around ten assessments and ten physical practices that anyone can do, Built to Move is designed to improve the way your body feels - less stiffness! fewer aches and pains! - and boost the overall quality of your life, no matter how you spend your time.This book is your game plan for the long game."There is no body this book will not revolutionise."Melissa Urban, cofounder of Whole30"My dream come true - a way to get ahead of injuries before they happen."Christopher McDougall, bestselling author of Born to Run

With the proper combination of motor control skills and ranges of motion clicking into place, running will cease to be a joyless, grinding mill for injuries that wreak havoc on your athletic life.

Sitting can wreak havoc on your health. Recent studies show that too much sitting contributes to a host of diseases - from obesity and diabetes to cancer and depression - and literally shortens your life. In Deskbound, Dr Kelly Starrett - author of Becoming a Supple Leopard (Victory Belt, 2015) - unveils how your sedentary lifestyle is killing you and, more important, what you can do to change it. Provides creative solutions to reduce the amount of time you spend perched on your backside, as well as strategies for the workplace that will improve your overall health.