I do some version of a year recap every December. I used these “Health Recap” questions back in 2011 (I haven’t looked at my answers back then but I just *know* that there will be…
Day 6: Don’t HEAD OUT on a walk.
When I’m in a hurry, I tend to walk with my torso and head leaning slightly forward. I see this in other people too. Leaning forward to reduce work is totally natural, but the way…
Day 3: Gait Datahead
Walking provides many different “movement nutrients” but not all walking is equal, meaning the “nutrients from walking” depends on how you do it (joint positions used, speed, terrain, etc.). The natural walking speed for a…
Day 2: Articulate each “vertebrae” of your “foot spine”
In gait analysis there are two points of foot contact analyzed during landing—heel strike and foot flat (where the ball of the foot comes down to the ground), but really there are 17 joints between “heel…
The Car Show, Podcast Ep. 12
DANI: Hey, there! It’s Dani again and I’m talking with Katy. How’s it going? KATY: Good. It’s always good. What would you do if I said terrible? DANI: Well, you know, I’d probably try to…
EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2014: GAIT
I love movement and I love celebrating, thus I always strive to create movement-rich celebrations. For years, I’ve done a movement advent calendar at the end of the year as a thank you to my…