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156: How To Stay Active As You Age With Dr. Kelly Starrett (A "Founding Father" of Mobility Training)
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- The Better Man Podcast
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- Jan 9, 2026
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- 3981
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Summary
Today's episode features a legend in the mobility space, one of the "founding fathers' of mobility training himself, Dr. Kelly Starrett. Besides being a renowned mobility expert, Kelly's also the founder of The Ready State. In this episode, Dr. Starrett shares practical strategies for adapting workouts, prioritizing mobility, nutrition, sleep, and recovery, and building a resilient, adventure-ready body. We also cover the evolution of fitness, the pitfalls of outdated routines, and the importance of foundational habits over trendy hacks, offering actionable advice for lifelong health and functional movement. If you want to keep your mobility as you age (so you can do all of your favorite activities and hobbies), listen now. The highlights include: How to adapt your workouts as your body changes: Learn specific modifications for joint health, muscle maintenance, and injury prevention tailored to each decade of life (3:15) Step-by-step mobility, warm-up, and recovery routines proven to reduce injury risk if you're over 35 (6:30) The essential "NSM" trio: Here's exactly how much sleep, what types of foods, and which daily movements are most effective for boosting long-term health (10:00) The weird reason we're not getting healthier even as fitness knowledge peaks (and how to create a wellness blueprint that actually makes you healthier in your real life) (16:54) The "8's Plus Weights" method for totally simplifying your fitness without sacrificing your results (and, in most cases, actually improving your results) (21:18) Why you need to eat more protein, not less protein, as you get older (23:55) Simple ways that don't take any more "time" from your regular life to walk at least 8,000 steps per day (this is the "magic number" of steps per day because it drops your all-cau…