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Gray Cook Radio

Gray Cook is a chatterbox on the phone, assuming you can catch up with him when the phone rings. Once you get a hello, it’s usually clear sailing for a good conversation. After we finished our Movement book project, our conversations got a little less focused, and I began getting some exceptional advice from a guy who can tell at a glance what’s going on physically, and what I should be doing about it.

A couple of months ago, we realized some of these conversations might be valuable to others, so we started recording them. These are weekly eight- or ten-minute discussions in which I ask him a question and just sit back and let the tape roll. If I’m on the ball, you may get a follow-up question, and heck, once in a while the follow-ups might even be related.

We’ve got ten episodes online now ranging from breathing to body proportions, core firing to stability versus motor control, self-limiting exercise to increasing weight in the getup. Oh heck, here’s the list…

Episode Ten:
In this episode, Gray begins to develop the topic of breathing

Episode Nine:
What to expect from a Functional Movement Screen Workshop

Episode Eight:
Does Gray have a Daily Desk Jockey movement prescription?

Episode Seven:
What’s on Gray’s bookshelf as we move into spring?

Episode Six:
How do body proportions factor into movement screening?

Episode Five:
Planks, pushups, core firing and more

Episode Four:
Here Gray explains the difference between stability and motor control

Episode Three:
Dan John asks: Tell us more about the concept of self-limiting exercise

Episode Two:
Why does Gray suggest the heels-in, toes-out stance in club swinging?

Episode One:
In episode one, Gray describes how to move to a higher weight in the Kalos Stenos GetUp

And here’s the link to the Gray Cook Radio page.

Well, anyway, once in a great while I have something to offer him in return, usually involving some kind of technology. Or words.


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