583: Kelly Starrett- Human Movement and Athletic Performance Icon

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin interview mobility pioneer and superstar Kelly Starrett. Kelly is a coach, physical therapist, author and speaker and has been instrumental in revolutionizing how athletes think about human movement and athletic performance. His 2013 book, Becoming a Supple Leopard has become a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Kelly’s clients have included Olympic gold-medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world and national record holding Olympic Lifting and Power athletes, Crossfit Games medalists, ballet dancers, military personnel, and competitive age-division athletes. Check out Kelly at www.mobilitywod.com and his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/sanfranciscocrossfit. TONS of awesome and actionable information.

• What got him into what he is doing now? (3:38)
  • Obsessed with mechanics
• What got him to writing Supple Leopard? (14:37)
  • Kids aren’t enriched enough
  • Why are we training in the first place?
• With kids starting sports at early ages, is there a fear of creating imbalances early? (20:24)
  • Need to make a generalist to make a specialist later on
  • Strive to develop good athletes
    • Train year-round
• What do you do with athletes already established, with these imbalances from years of cheating? How do you change patterns and not change the athlete’s mechanics? (27:20)
  • Strength and conditioning
  • Position transfer exercises
  • Getting athletes in more functional positions
• How important is the priming of getting ready for a workout? (36:06)
  • Find a program that you like
  • Shift in mentality
  • Ability to maintain a position
• How did he get involved in CrossFit? (46:46)
  • Mobilizing for position
• How do you train Olympic lifts to fatigue? (52:48)
  • Cross purposes around the patterning
  • Treat it as a practice
• When you look at CrossFit as a whole, what are the things you love about it and what can be changed? (59:00)
• How much of a role does individual variance play into training? (1:01:25)
• What are some of these foundational positions that you have identified, what people should be able to do? (1:04:52)
  • Categorize movements
• What is some of the common knowledge you see now that you think is bullshit? (1:08:04)
  • Sold people that think things that look difficult are real fitness
• Do you have any predictions on trends you see? (1:16:28)
  • Coaching is the most important thing
  • Believe in the home gym
• What are you currently struggling with in business? What are you currently happy about? (1:21:41)
  • Ripping each other off

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