Movement and exercise are separate ideas. There are three different useful definitions when it comes to moving more.<ol><li>Movement is the broadest category. It is any time you change the load on your body parts. </li><li>Physical activity is within the broader frame of movement. It is any time you move your body to get something done, whether that’s exercise or chores around the house, etc.</li><li>Exercise is a sub-category of physical activity. It usually has a predetermined duration and mode. “I’m going to take a walk for 20 minutes.”</li></ol> From a public health standpoint, we need to do physical activity.

How to move more

There is a range of nutrition that we need. If kale is the best food and you only ate kale, you’d be ill because kale is not enough by itself. Movement nutrition is the same way. You could be a regular exerciser and not get enough elbow extension and flexion. Maybe your left ankle, even tho you take a walk every day, doesn’t move very much. Perhaps you cycle every day, but it doesn’t help the hip bones in terms of weight-bearing.

Not just moving but getting more of your parts moving

Our day can be broken into five categories:S - Sleep timeL - Leisure timeO - Occupation or our workT - Transportation, moving from point A to point BH - Home We need to get movement in all our domains. Exercise will fit into the leisure category. We can opt for active transportation, such as walking somewhere or riding a bike.

The SLOTH economical model to get more movement

Ageing is for everybody. However, you can have two people of the same chronological age, they’re the same years on the planet, but if you look at their cells, one person might have a lower biological or cellular age. Making different lifestyle choices will affect your biological age.

We have two ages

Our bodies need a lot of movement to operate fully. In almost every single medical issue, movement is listed as something that can prevent or restore an issue.  <ul><li>Movement protects muscles and joints.</li><li>A lack of exercise can affect the health of your eyes, your brain, and your digestion.</li><li>It can negatively impact your energy levels, lipid panel results, or how well you feel each day.</li><li>A lack of exercise can cause your cells to age faster. </li></ul> This doesn’t mean that we need to be marathon runners. Instead, we need to find ways to increase our habitual activity levels.

Our bodies require movement

Most of our culture will see itself as promoting convenience,  yet convenience is almost always about reducing the movement it takes to do something. In our modern culture, we do many things with the movement of the finger, such as using our smartphone or iPad or even ordering food or groceries. Before, we had to walk into a grocery store and move around.

Movement and culture

You’re never not moving. We’re under a gravitational load all the time. But if you’re sitting in a chair for nine hours a day, that is the movement food you’re eating the most.  So if you’re sitting at your desk all day, maybe stand for a portion of work or adjust your position in the chair a bit. Or schedule a time to take a lap around the office.

You're Never Not Moving

Each cell in our bodies has a limited number of times it can divide. The number of times your cells can divide is determined by the rate of loss of the protective caps of each chromosome at each cell division.  These caps are called telomeres. Telomeres are similar to the plastic cap on your shoelaces that prevent the lace from fraying. Once the telomeres are gone, the DNA is unstable and stops dividing. Lifestyle factors like poor diet, inflammation, or lack of movement can increase your cell divisions and the rate you’re losing the telomeres on your chromosomes.

Why we age

Biomechanist, author, and movement expert, Katy Bowman, M.S. on how to age dynamically.

For some context, this was how Katy's talk was written up by the presenters at the library: Biomechanist, author, and movement expert, Katy Bowman, M.S., will provide an engaging and interactive presentation on how to age dynamically. Katy will cover the difference between movement and exercise, why both the whole body and each body part needs its own dose of movement, and how to fit more movement throughout each day. Katy’s books, including Dynamic Aging, can be found in print and eBook at the library.Find all of Katy's audiobooks at nutritiousmovement.com/audiobooks

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For some context, this was how Katy's talk was written up by the presenters at the library: Biomechanist, author, and movement expert, Katy Bowman, M.S., will provide an engaging and interactive presentation on how to age dynamically. Katy will cover the difference between movement and exercise, why both the whole body and each body part needs its own dose of movement, and how to fit more movement throughout each day. Katy’s books, including Dynamic Aging, can be found in print and eBook at the library. --Find out more about the Wheat Retreat at https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/product/wheat-retreat/

Although the world is becoming mostly sedentary, our bodies still require a wide variety of daily movements in order to work well. Many of us struggle to get regular exercise, but even that can fall short of nourishing the body from head to toe. How can we move more—a lot more—when we have sore, stiff parts and overly busy lifestyles?  Join Katy Bowman M.S., biomechanist, author, and movement educator as she combines big-picture lessons on biomechanics, kinesiology, physiology, and natural human movement with simple and practical solutions and exercises to get all your body parts moving better. Katy’s lighthearted and funny approach helps us all put the movement back in our lives, and the joy back in our movement!