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Why You Don't Exercise Even Though You Know You Should. And Strategies To Get Over the Hump. | Katy Bowman

Jan 12, 2026 · 1h 18m

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A toolkit for bringing more movement into your life. Katy Bowman is a biomechanist who runs a movement education company, called Nutritious Movement . She's the author of 11 books, and her most recent is I Know I Should Exercise, But...: 44 Reasons We Don't Move and How to Get Over Them . In this episode we talk about: What a biomechanist does What Katy means by "movement as nutrition" How to determine your "movement diet" The distinction between movement and exercise Why people don't exercise Strategies for consistency The role of values and attention How to move if you don't like sweating How to find time to move The technique of "stacking your life" Overcoming embarrassment and shame…