Movement Podcast
Human movement is complex, fascinating, and affects us all. Our hosts, Gray Cook and Dr. Lee Burton, have dedicated their lives to understanding movement and have trained thousands of fitness and healthcare professionals worldwide with their holistic philosophy and approach. Listen as they discuss topics, speak with other industry experts, answer questions & give practical advice on how you can optimize the human body to be the best it can be.
Movement Podcast
Fitness Data Overload?
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Gray Cook and Dr. Lee Burton
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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From wearable devices to the scale in your bathroom, there are a ton of tech choices in the fitness world these days.
But as we continue to track ourselves more, is there such a thing as too much data? We explore that idea on today’s episode.
Gray and Lee discuss how devices can motivate us and can also overwhelm and potentially shame us, which metrics to focus on, the importance of how we consume our data, and what our devices don’t tell us.
So let’s get going with today’s Movement Podcast -- powered by FMS.
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What Gray uses to track his fitness
Tracking devices.. Good thing?
Female users analytics
Consume your data with wisdom instead of intelligence
American way to consume something to up your energy level
Intermittent Fasting
3 things to help increase energy level
Start with the basics
Heart rate variability for finding balance
HRV on movement screen/stretching
Andy Roddick /Tennis down regulating example
Weed through the minutia
Natural immunity boosters
What’s the issue… Obesity or behaviors that lead to obesity?
Data isn’t bad.. But focusing on the wrong data does nothing.
Insight on where to start....
Phil Plisky reseach: Soldiers risk factors
The responsibility to catch risk factors
Looking at the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Make skill the spotlight after general physical prepardness
Back pain... Compensations and imbalances
Current trend in sports science
Resourcefulness
Lee’s role with Gray
Sally meets her step goal
If tech helps you become more self aware, good.
Don’t let the data overwhelm you
What Gray still struggles with
Set a baseline, then turn it off
Find activities that no one needs to distract you from