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I didn't read this book. I did, however, check it out of the library because I was highly tickled by what I felt was a somewhat unchecked use of hyperbole. I perused the very expressive text, looked at the pictures and giggled (yes, all at the same time.) Then I returned the book to the library -lugging the enormous tome in my bike panniers. Following, a curious thing happened: I started using the laptop bars at cafes as standing tables, I discovered ways to stand and do work at my local librari...
★★½The content of this book, at best, deserves to be no longer than 30 pages long (that's just me being polite, I think this book can be summarized in one of those fact filled images you see on Instagram). Although the message it wants to convey is important, and it's tips are useful, but flipping through 360+ pages long is not worth it. I'd just suggest the reader to Google this shit and save their time.
I read the book in ebook format, which I regret doing. This format is not well suited for the book as it encourages constant flipping between pages and the images were hard to see on kindle (they were just too small and when enlarged you had to scroll around).The book itself was well written and during the introduction and setting of the situation it read like a doomsday story, making you feel bad about yourself and your sedentary future.I came to this book as an active person who recently (18 m...
"Sitting is the new smoking"... yeah, yeah - we see this everywhere. At least this book gives you some practical exercises and adjustments that can help you do something about it, since for most of us, our day jobs aren't going to chance anytime soon.I like that he acknowledges that not everyone can go immediately from sitting to standing all day, that you can create bad standing habits as well, and it's more about moving more that will be the most beneficial.I've started doing the exercises; it...
This is a super comprehensive book and was too much to get through on a limited library loan period, but I do recommend it for anyone who is looking to realign their bodies and get healthier from the inside out!
What a bunch of quackery. It's been a while since I've read of page of this, and I've since learned that most of what is in this book is crap and exaggerated.See the following links for much less biased information (backed by non cherry-picked sources, and meta-studies) than what is present in this book:https://www.painscience.com/articles/...https://www.painscience.com/articles/...DNF.
Amazing. Ten stars. This book literally changed my life. I am so grateful that Kelly Starrett wrote a book for people who are not athletes. I never knew how to care for my body, and as I got older it had become a challenge to figure out how to get in shape without hurting myself. I had terrible back problems - to the point I couldn't get dressed or out of a car without pain - until I found this book. I've learned how to work my muscles in ADDITION to stretching to find relief and allow myself to...
This book has some really good tidbits, but he wants you to read the whole thing in order and it is very, very long. It covers avoiding systemic causes of being sedentary and loosening up muscle tissue, but nothing on strengthening and stretching postural muscles which is a puzzling omission. I hope he revisits this topic and writes something much shorter yet more comprehensive.
I didn't read from cover to cover but I read about half and skimmed the rest.Whilst I believe in the central concept of the book, sitting for long periods of time is detrimental to our health, I am unconvinced by Starrett's extremely prescriptive approach to solving it. After the first chapter, he forgoes any references or scientific reasoning for why his approach is good. A lot of his ideas do not seem to be evidence based and I do not buy into the idea that his way of standing is fundamentally...
Important stuff! I will probably be using this as a reference for years to come. My posture has already improved, and I am continuing to make progress, both on my range of motion and on combatting my sitting habits.
Clear directions on how to transition to a standing desk, how to help you in airplane seats and driving in a car.The first elementary school that only has standing desks and how much healthy the kids are.
Easy to read, easy to apply. The advice resonate with my beliefs and the mobilization techniques were particularly useful. This book is a good reference for taking care and doing something for the body.
Comprehensive and eye opening, this is a good resource for those struggling with postural related physical ailments. The text is presented in typically well organized Starrett fashion and if this is your first exposure to the MOB WOD guru then there’ll be a lot of value here. But, if you’re like me and many others and have already worked on much of the Supple Leopard material, there isn’t going to be a lot to add to your already vast library of mobilization tools and strategies. I commend what K...
Thanks to Erin Mullaney for recommending this. I agree that anyone who sits at a desk should read this. It was worth it just to learn how to stand properly without getting tired. I had to return it to the library before I got to follow any of the"exercise prescriptions" but I'd like to try them sometime.
Good booking showing the importance of standing and moving compared to the sedimentary lifestyle. The mobility techniques at the end are all very similar to his 1st book Becoming a Supple Leopard. Key Take Aways:Stand if you canEvery 30 or so minutes, mobilize for 2Pushups & Squats are great for you15 minutes a day for daily maintenanceProper prosture is crucial and will help eliminate pain.
The biggest take-away is that yes, we should stand more, and not just 2-3h a day, but more than we sit. The other huge take-away is that you should have a stool in front of you to lean your knees on, to allow yourself more different standing positions. Tools for your feet to fidget with, are a good idea too. Those things alone made a huge difference to me. I just push my chair under the desk and lean against it sometimes to change how I stand.The first 2-3 weeks are hell as you get used to it, b...
I just finished this book by genius physical therapist Dr. Kelly Starrett. The book postulates that much of our physical dysfunction is rooted in the fact that we sit at desks (or behind the wheel of a police cruiser) for too much time. The book provides specific prescriptions to counteract the damage of sitting too much. It goes beyond that, however. If you have random knee pain, an aching low back, TMJ issues, or even "tennis elbow" from shooting too much, this book has a prescription to fix i...
Here's the way I see it: most of us spend the majority of our lives sitting (yes, we sit more than we sleep or do any other activity), so we should spend at least a few hours reading about how to do it.The great thing about Deskbound is that it looks at the whole picture when it comes to our relationships with our chairs: posture, body mechanics, risks, exercise, prescriptions. I would take it a step farther and say that this book should be titled The Office Worker's Manual for The Body.
I only have one word for this book: Essential
Found Kelly Starrett through youtube video, than his website and finally this book.Usually health books tend to push some products, some more aggressive than others, but most annoyingly they use words like: probably, should, maybe and expressions like: not researched, but I believe, I'm sure that, other stuff is well researched but I don't believe it...and so on. None of that here.The author gives pure advice from years of experience of working with patients of all ages. Nothing ground breaking