Don't Just Sit There by Katy Bowman, (00) Foreword, Notes

Post date: Jul 18, 2016 1:14:52 PM

Don't Just Sit There by Katy Bowman

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Foreword by Mark Sisson

• • Our genes are calling for variations in positioning and routine.

  • “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” -- Robert A. Heinlein

  • Humans are designed for a fractal existence featuring an assortment of daily movement and physical challenges, spontaneous challenges that get the body moving in new and extraordinary ways.

  • We have a hardwired preference for an active and spontaneous, playful existence.