A different kind of activity tracker -or- are your kids moving all their parts?

I listened to this episode of the Move Your DNA podcast by Katy Bowman a while back and found her different ways of categorizing movement quite interesting. I’ve thought about aerobic vs. strength training before, and outdoor vs indoor time, but she has a bunch of important categories on her tracker that I’ve never thought that much about before, like whether the thighs are in front of the body or behind the body and whether the arms are in a fixed position or hanging or above the head or dynamic. She discusses the categories more in the podcast and explains why she thinks they are important.

Ever since I listened to the podcast episode I’ve been meaning to think about her categories in terms of the activities Chickpea engages in in a typical week.