|| 4.5 ⭐️ ||

Remarkable book on “ancestral” movement. I’m pretty well versed in ancestral nutrition at this point, but movement is an area that I have not explored extensively yet. So every little bit of information presented in this book was totally, mind-bogglingly new to me. I learned so many new things about how modern furniture leads to sedentary muscles and bones, and gained plenty of tools for developing a healthy posture, standing and sitting stance, walking gait, squat, and ultimately just increasing my range of mobility. I had no idea how stiff and shrunk some of my muscles were until going through some of the assessments. But I’m now looking forward to expanding my mobility little by little.

My limited knowledge of muscle anatomy did have me confused at some points, no matter how well she tried to explain it for the layperson. Katy Bowman is incredibly knowledgeable in the field of biomechanics and practically a genius. It was difficult to understand some of the movements from just reading descriptions and looking at images… video explanations might add a lot of value here.

I’m very interested in reading more of Bowman’s books, especially Whole Body Barefoot since I’m already wearing minimalist shoes and would like to nerd out on that subject a little more. I just feel like there’s so much to learn from this woman!