It''s been said ''we must learn to walk before we run'', but we rarely hear Born to Walk ''s important message: running isn''t required. We can just keep on walking, or, we can return to walking when running doesn''t pan out the way we thought it would. -- Katy Bowman, M.S. , author of the bestselling Move Your DNA As a physician for US military veterans, lifelong competitive marathon runner and longtime coach, I can tell you that running is not for everyone. Trying to run 30 miles a week off of a sedentary-dominant lifestyle and poor overall functional fitness is a recipe for recurring overuse injuries and hormonal burnout. On the other hand, frequent everyday movement is the key to health and longevity; emerging research suggests general movement is more important than adhering to a serious workout regimen. Born To Walk explains the rationale for slowing down and getting fit the right way.

-- Dr. Mark Cucuzella - Physician, Professor, author, runner, health advocate Mark Sisson is always disrupting and innovating health & fitness culture. Born To Walk comes at an opportune time, as many endurance athletes are rethinking their extreme approaches that lead to exhaustion and burnout-myself included. It''s time to respect a broad-based, ancestral approach to fitness, with walking as an absolute non-negotiable centerpiece. -- Thomas DeLauer - YouTube Fitness leader, nutrition and athletic performance expert Born To Walk is a great concept for a book! I''m constantly converting my runners into brisk and athletic walkers. Thanks to our egos and the overzealous fitness movement, many people push too hard. From a medical perspective, I can assure you that this does more harm than good in the form of injuries, hormonal and metabolic problems, and higher dropout rates. -- Dr.

Ronesh Sinha - Internal Medicine Physician, author of The South Asian Health Solution, host of the Meta Health Podcast, Director of Corporate Wellness for Sutter Health in Silicon Valley In books like Becoming A Supple Leopard , Deskbound , and Built To Move , we stress the importance of a lifestyle of constant movement. This simple suggestion is now the gold standard to support general health, peak performance, recovery, and injury prevention. Fancy training protocols are great for elite athletes, but most of us simply need to get up and start moving more every day. It starts with walking, especially in barefoot-style shoes, to reawaken your kinetic chain functionality. Born To Walk is a great guide for getting fitter and avoiding overtraining. -- Dr. Kelly Starrett, DPT , and Juliet Starrett , mobility coaches, founders of TheReadyState.com and 3x bestselling authors As a lifelong powerlifter and bodybuilder, the gym has always been the centerpiece of my fitness experience.

However, I have always had an innate sense that walking was an extremely important element of overall fitness and health-a fantastic complement to the power-oriented workouts in the gym. Walking has been a mandatory part of my daily routine for years-so much so that I was able to pick up endurance running quickly and achieve my crazy goal of completing the 2023 Boston Marathon. Born To Walk will give you a sensible and sustainable way to get fitter than ever. -- Mark Bell - The "Meathead Millionaire", Power Project podcast host, world-record powerlifter I''ve certainly pushed the limits of human peak performance in a variety of extreme, mildly masochistic athletic challenges, but walking is now my absolute foundation. I try to step as much as possible throughout the day as a top full body health and mobility priority. My friend Mark Sisson has once again succeeded in challenging flawed and dated conventional wisdom about fitness in his new book Born To Walk, which will help awaken you to an empowering new approach to an enjoyable, time-efficient, active, energetic lifestyle. -- Ben Greenfield - Coach, speaker, bestselling author of Boundless , host BenGreenfieldLife.com As a doctor specializing in metabolic health it''s heartbreaking to see people coming in with preventable injuries that ultimately derail their fitness dreams, often for years if not permanently.

Too many programs fail to meet people where they are or take their age, weight or sex into consideration. Walking is the first step toward reducing your risk of the prevailing metabolic and cognitive disease patterns of sedentary modern humans. Born To Walk is a great guide for how to improve your lifestyle with a simple plan to move more and sit less. -- Cate Shanahan , MD, bestselling author of Deep Nutrition and Dark Calories.