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Been lingering on this book for too long. Giving the final surge to finish this today!

Picking this back up after a long hiatus. I love Beau, but having been a fan of his videos and having watched them each multiple times, a lot of this is rehashing what I know, so it's a struggle.

Lot of characters out of the gate, introduced by name. Hard to keep track. It seems like most of them are not POV characters, so we'll get there. Just noting that it's hard.

This book is phenomenal. I know it's ultimately about raising children to be healthy and mobile, but I think adults (especially adults that don't do a lot of physical activity) could read and apply to their own lives.

It sounds patronizing - applying this book about raising children to your own life - but it's not meant to be, and the book definitely won't make you feel that way.

Every night I've been reading 10-20 pages with my 7 year old. It's been great, especially to see his reading comprehension of this story.

For me, I'm shocked at pieces of this story I've utterly forgotten after nearly 30 years.

This book is becoming tougher to get through. The last few chapters have basically been mile marking a few of Beau's adventures - page after page talking about this leg then the next leg then the next. It's fine, it's entertaining, but I keep hoping to get some interesting tangents.

Some of this is made tougher by knowing his films fairly well.

Reading this outloud with my son is a much different experience than I remember in my youth

Pandemic reading is slow these days. But I'm still loving this book.

One thing I struggle with is, having been a fan of Beau's and having watched his videos, a lot of this is rehashing his videos. Of course, he gives us a lot deeper insight into them, but I find myself yearning for something new I haven't seen yet, ya know?

As a fan of Beau's videos, much of the content is familiar territory so far, but the way he talks about things is not.

Of course, the whole book has his very distinct style of meandering sentences that seem to bounce from silly to profound.

I have skimmed / stolen from this book in the past, but I am actually sitting down to read it cover to cover now.

Still going strong. Great book for nutritional information, I highly recommend it.

This book is shaping up to be a great summary/overview book on nutrition, that goes in the pantheon with Pollan's _Food Rules_. Plus, as I said before, the Socratic method is a fun way to read this.

I'm excited to start this one, and am in love with the Socratic method of presenting the information via a Q&A with the reader.

Through the first two principles (ground living, nasal breathing) and onto the third (hip hinging).

I'm liking this book. He's not too preachy like a lot of these authors. He presents each principle and supports it with evidence, gives you some tests and exercises, and moves on. Later in the book he brings it together (I hope)

As a parent of young children who is also into fitness and the outdoors, I am not finding a lot in this book that is surprising. Still, it's great to see it codified and spelled out like this.