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Quotes About Movement

When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once, my brain isn't going blehblehbleh all the time. Everything quiets down, and the only thing going on is pure flow. It's jus time and the movement and the motion.That's what love--just being a barbarian, running through the woods.
~ Christopher McDougall
Running should be free, man.
~ Christopher McDougall
Running is the heart of what it means to be human.
~ Christopher McDougall
Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain.
~ Christopher McDougall
Solvitur ambulando: "When in doubt, walk.
~ Christopher McDougall
Everyone is built for running.
~ Christopher McDougall
We do not stop running because we get old, we get old because we stop running
~ Christopher McDougall
When he zoomed in, he was startled by what he found: instead of each foot clomping down as it would in a shoe, it behaved like an animal with a mind of its own—stretching, grasping, seeking the ground with splayed toes, gliding in for a landing like a lake-bound swan.
~ Christopher McDougall
You could literally halt epidemics in their tracks with this one remedy," he said. He flashed two fingers up in a peace sign, then slowly rotated them downward till they were scissoring through space. The Running Man. "So simple," he said. "Just move your legs. Because if you don't think you were born to run, you're not only denying history. You're denying who you are.
~ Christopher McDougall
E atat de simplu. Trebuie doar sa-ti misti picioarele. Pentru ca, daca nu intelegi ca te-ai nascut pentru a alerga, nu-ti negi doar istoria, iti negi propria fiinta.
~ Christopher McDougall
that it took him nearly the entire walk to notice what was happening: his back didn't hurt. Didn't hurt a bit. Heyyy … Ted thought. Maybe I can
~ Christopher McDougall
As much for his mind as for his body, Erwan likes to run it barefoot.
~ Christopher McDougall
Your foot is perfectly happy molding itself around rocks. All you've got to do is relax and let your foot flex. It
~ Christopher McDougall
as shoes wore down and their cushioning thinned, runners gained more foot control.
~ Christopher McDougall
Think of these runs as dance rehearsals rather than exercise: your goal is to master moves and rhythm, not just bash out distance.
~ Christopher McDougall
Running isn't about making people buy stuff. Running should be free, man.
~ Christopher McDougall
Nem?žeš b?hat do kopce a mít špatnou biomechaniku," vysv?tlil mi. "Prost? to nefunguje. Když se pokusíš s nap?ímenou nohou p?istát na patu, p?epadneš dozadu.
~ Christopher McDougall
slova sociologa Erika Hoffera: "Vše velké za?íná jako hnutí, m?ní se to v podnikání a kon?í jako kšefta?ení.
~ Christopher McDougall
Nep?estáváš b?hat proto, že zestárneš. Zestárneš, protože p?estaneš b?hat. (Dipsea Demon)
~ Christopher McDougall
My arms floated until my hands were rib-high; my stride chopped down to pitty-pat steps; my back straightened so much I could almost hear the vertebrae creaking.
~ Christopher McDougall
running shoes may be the most destructive force to ever hit the human foot. Barefoot
~ Christopher McDougall
When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once, my brain isn't going blehblehbleh all the time. Everything quiets down, and the only thing going on is pure flow. It's just me and the movement and the motion. That's what I love—just being a barbarian, running through the woods.
~ Christopher McDougall
If there's any magic bullet to make human beings healthy, it's to run.
~ Christopher McDougall
Fascia knows where you are in the world; it's loaded with position sensors that contribute to your sense of balance and feeds those bearings directly to that fear-conditioning corner of your brain, the amygdala. Any movement grooved into the fascia feels soothing, gratifying, efficient; try to unlearn it, as any batting coach or ballet teacher will tell you, and you're in for a struggle. New movements, no matter how necessary or logical, just feel wrong.
~ Christopher McDougall