Episode 74: McGill We Go Again

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07/31/24 • 91 min

Movement Logic: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

Welcome to Season 5 and Episode 74 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this unplanned episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss Stu McGill’s recent appearance on the Huberman podcast. In Episode 62, we identified McGill’s big themes around movement. In this episode, we go through his appearance on Huberman to see if he’s still promoting the same ideas or if he has updated his approach.

You will learn:

Why we are once more deconstructing Stu McGill’s standpoint and outdated views on movement safety
Why a hyperfocus on potential future pain is not only unhelpful but can put people off from exercising at all
Why we need to be encouraging more people to lift weights vs scaremongering them away from it
How McGill seems to continue to characterize himself as a ‘healer’ when in fact he is often well out of his scope of practice
McGill’s continued overuse of anecdote and analogy in lieu of evidence and research
Whether we will cover it if and when McGill goes on Rogan next (spoiler: we won’t)

Reference links:

Episode 62: Make McGill Make Sense

Stu McGill on Huberman: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

You will learn:

Why we are once more deconstructing Stu McGill’s standpoint and outdated views on movement safety
Why a hyperfocus on potential future pain is not only unhelpful but can put people off from exercising at all
Why we need to be encouraging more people to lift weights vs scaremongering them away from it
How McGill seems to continue to characterize himself as a ‘healer’ when in fact he is often well out of his scope of practice
McGill’s continued overuse of anecdote and analogy in lieu of evidence and research
Whether we will cover it if and when McGill goes on Rogan next (spoiler: we won’t)

Reference links:

Episode 62: Make McGill Make Sense

Stu McGill on Huberman: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

Previous Episode

Episode 73: Posture Panic Pt. 1

Welcome to Season 5 and Episode 73 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this first part of our much-requested three-part series "Posture Panic," Laurel and Sarah dive into the history of posture. They discuss Beth Linker's book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, providing insights and context to how posture has been perceived and addressed through history starting around the turn of the century up until now.

You will learn:

The origins of "Posture Panic" around the turn of the century.
How Darwin's theories influenced the medicalization of posture.
The fear that human spines weren’t "ready" for bipedal stance, contributing to back pain and other issues.
Why we believe it’s important to move like animals and babies, and where these beliefs came from.
The intersectional impact of posture panic, affecting different races, classes, ages, and genders.
The critique of evolutionary anthropology and its perpetuation of race science.
The parallels between historical posture scrutiny and current fitness and diet trends like paleo, primal, and Crossfit.
How "primitive" and "natural" marketing terms are often used inappropriately and simplistically.
The evolution of posture surveillance from top-down to peer-based monitoring, emphasizing self-surveillance.
The controversial practice turned scandal of nude posture photography in colleges.
The historical use of posture as a symbol of civility and its implications for modern fitness standards.

Reference links:

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, by Beth Linker

Episode 62: Make McGill Make Sense

Laurel and Sarah’s interview on the Conspirituality Podcast - Episode 205: Dismantling Movement Dogma

Episode 60: Dismantling Long & Lean Pt. 1

Episode 63: Dismantling Long & Lean Pt. 2

Episode 66: Dismantling Long & Lean Pt. 3

Next Episode

Episode 75: Hypermobile People Are People Too

Welcome to Season 5 and Episode 75 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah are joined by Nikki Naab-Levy, strength coach and hypermobility specialist.

You will learn:

What is hypermobility and how does it differ from flexibility
What are the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and how do they differ from Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
Who can and can’t diagnose hypermobility
Whether hypermobile people should never lock out their joints
What are the most important considerations when working with hypermobile clients
The negative consequences of catastrophizing positions as safe or unsafe
Why social media focuses on the wrong issues for hypermobile people
Strategies for hypermobile people to sense what level of activity they should undertake on any given day

Reference links:

Nikki Naab-Levy on Instagram
Nikki Naab-Levy’s website