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Nutritious Movement With Katy Bowman, Ep 6

Primal movement, pelvic floor health, and how to perform and feel better? What more is there to talk about?

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on October 14, 2014

In this episode, Breaking Muscle Radio speaks with biomechanist Katy Bowman. Katy has earned an international reputation for reducing pain, increasing bone density, improving metabolic health, and solving pelvic floor mysteries.

In this episode, Breaking Muscle Radio speaks with biomechanist Katy Bowman. Katy has earned an international reputation for reducing pain, increasing bone density, improving metabolic health, and solving pelvic floor mysteries.

When Katy combines biomechanics with her passion for problem solving, and applies both to the human race, the insights she discusses with Managing Editor Becca Borawski Jenkins and Coach Nicole Crawford are astounding.

Press play to hear what Katy has to say.

From self-confessed bookworm to all-day natural mover, Katy’s journey has been from someone who hated running to someone who can see and explain the value of movement with clarity and insight. Katy’s metaphor of movement as nutrition is a useful and accessible way to consider how movement affects our daily lives.

  • 00:13 – Introduction to Katy Bowman
  • 01:05 – Katy’s journey from bookworm to natural mover
  • 06:43 – Our innate human instinct to not move
  • 08:17 – Movement as nutrition
  • 11:45 – Exercise versus movement
  • 14:05 – A nutritious day of movement
  • 15:23 – Thinking outside the exercise box
  • 17:37 – How to put nutritious movement into practice on a daily basis
  • 19:43 – Why feet are important and how can we help them do their job
  • 22:52 – How to transition to nutritious movement without causing other problems
  • 26:00 – How minimizing the furniture you use can help
  • 29:20 – The distinction between moving and how active your muscles are
  • 32:51 – Why the squat is such an important movement
  • 36:30 – Squatting, kegels, pelvic floor health, and muscle tension
  • 40:55 – What a healthy pelvic floor requires
  • 42:43 – Squatting during pregnancy
  • 47:34 – Kids and movement
  • 54:15 – Choosing not to be captives of our environment
  • 56:34 – Katy’s details and upcoming projects

Katy’s writing explores the relationship between cultural habits, movement, and disease, and includes Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief: The New Science of Healthy Feet, Alignment Matters: The First Five Years of Katy Says, and Move Your DNA.

Katy is the creator and talent of the Aligned and Well series, and blogs regularly at Katy Says.

Click Here to Read Articles by Katy Bowman

Mindith Rahmat

About Mindith Rahmat

Mindith is a born mover. She has spent her life exploring various athletic disciplines, starting with ballet and modern dance from an early age. She went on to become a E-RYT 500 certified yoga therapist and teacher and discovered CrossFit after the birth of her daughter.

Mindith coached CrossFit at a number of boxes near her home in Southern California, which lead to her involvement in Russian kettlebells and Olympic weightlifting. She has coached a wide variety of populations and cares deeply for women’s health, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum fitness. She is currently studying the principles of Natural Movement and Kettlebell Sport, and is working to complete an additional teacher training in the Taoist art of Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink.

Mindith founded Breaking Muscle in 2011. Over 5 million people a month have visited the site, hundreds of thousands of them follow Breaking Muscle on social media, nearly 2,000 coaches have written or appeared on its pages, and there are thousands of free, fully-formed training plans freely available. Breaking Muscle has won numerous awards in the industry and is recognized for pioneering new approaches to fitness and coaching techniques. In 2021, Breaking Muscle was acquired by Barbend. Mindith continues to devote time to her kids, pursue her doctorate in psychology, do research, and teach.

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