HeyJaredBetter Movement
Writing about the science of movement practice, chronic pain, evolution, play, and complexity.
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Jumping (opens the original)
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Note: This is the eleventh chapter of my serialized book Healthy Movements for Human Animals. You can find an archive of previous chapters here.Jumping is an explosive version of one of the most fundamental movement patterns of land animals: pushing the body away from the earth by extending the hips, knees, and ankles. In humans
Help me Improve the Book (opens the original)
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I’m now more than halfway through Healthy Movement for Human Animals. Part of my reason for putting the book online chapter by chapter was to get reader input as I wrote. That feedback can help improve upcoming chapters, as well as the final print version I plan to create after the online version is finished.With that in mind, I thought I’d ask for some feedback on what I’ve written so far. You can leave a comment below or respond by email. In particu
Running: Born to Race (opens the original)
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Note: This is the tenth chapter of my serialized book Healthy Movements for Human Animals. You can find an archive of previous chapters here.Of all the movements in this book, running is perhaps the one most closely associated with testing the limits of the human body. In natural settings, there is rarely a good reason to lift the heaviest possible object, or climb until your grip fails. In either case
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