The Lancet - Rethinking Our Approach to Physical Activity

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”
— Plato

Thousands of years later, those words still ring true. And perhaps now, more than ever, they’ve become urgent.

We are living through a silent health crisis — one shaped not by genetics or bad luck, but by how little we move. In fact, recent research published in The Lancet revealed that physical inactivity is now responsible for as many global deaths as tobacco.

But this isn’t just about exercise. It’s about the deep relationship between the human body, our environments, and the way we live. And it’s time we rethought it entirely.

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What This Series Is Really About

This isn’t a campaign to hit the gym. It’s not about training for a marathon. And it’s definitely not about “burning calories.”

This series — inspired by The Lancet’s 2012 article — is about movement as a birthright. Movement as medicine. Movement as a way of remembering who we are.

We’ve engineered movement out of our lives — with cars, screens, escalators, and sit-down jobs. But our biology hasn’t changed. We were designed to move.

To walk often.
To run sometimes.
To exert ourselves in daily life — not in isolated, structured sessions, but as a natural rhythm.

And when we don’t, we suffer. Our energy drops. Our systems slow. Our mental health declines. And our sense of vitality disappears.

Why This Matters to Me

I was once on the same sedentary path most people are on — sitting for hours each day, feeling drained and disconnected from my own body. But I found this research early on. And it saved me.

Not because it gave me a fitness plan.
Because it reminded me that movement is how life flows through us.

That’s why I’ve built my work around helping others reconnect with natural movement — not as a task, but as a way of being in the world.

Watch the Full Video

In this opening video, I unpack why this topic matters so much — and why I believe it needs to be part of our public health conversations, not just fitness trends.

You can watch the full video here:

Rethinking Physical Activity: Why Not Moving Is Worse Than Smoking

Want to Go Deeper?

Read the full article that inspired this video:
Rethinking Our Approach to Physical Activity – The Lancet

And if this speaks to you — if you’re feeling stuck, still, or simply curious — join the conversation. Share your thoughts in the comments. Or reach out and tell me what’s in your way.

We weren’t meant to sit still.
Let’s move — back into alignment with life itself.