Katy Bowman: Move Your DNA.

Katy Bowman — biomechanist and author of Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement — stops by the show to discuss why you are how you move. This episode is pretty darn funny! 

Here's what we talked about: 

2:31 – How the science of biomechanics will make you way HOTTER.

4:10 – Floppy Fin Syndrome in captive whales and how it applies to you, me, and our DNA.

9:42 – “You don’t want to fix a problem in the same environment in which it occurred.”

10:57 – You are what you eat, but you are also how you move.

13:36 – Are bras and underwear partly responsible for the rise in cancers of the breast and testicles?

20:14 – How breastfeeding develops the jaw, sinus and facial muscles of babies.

22:58 – Why exercise in a modern context creates disease. (It’s not what you think!)

27:33 – What you can do at home or work to jump start your physical activity flatline.

29:42 – Is my standup desk any better than sitting at my desk?

32:54 – Why running on a treadmill and running over ground are two DIFFERENT movements.

38:28 – What REALLY pumps your blood. 

42:32 – How arterial plaque is a good thing … well, to a point.

45:55 – Order Move Your DNA!

Hosted by Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness.