2025 Recap + The Rules for a Stronger 2026

About this episode

Katy and Jeannette reflect on 2025 and set movement intentions for 2026, sharing key movement rules and health insights.

As we wrap up 2025, we’re doing a shortened version of our annual recap—part reflection, part intention. Katy and Jeannette share their biggest movement wins, smartest health decisions, and one-word themes for the year, then look ahead to what they’re prioritizing in 2026 (strength, power, simplicity, and efficiency). Then we distill the past year’s episodes into a clear set of movement rules for 2026 including: movement works locally (not just systemically) , the 5 S’s of aging (strong, steady, straight, supple, swift) and the reminder that there will always be something else… move anyway . If you only listen to one episode to catch up on the year and set your movement intentions for the next, make it this one. Enhanced Show Notes and Full Transcript 06:25 Katy and Jeannette review 2025 and look ahead to 2026 20:40 The Dynamic Collective 22:36 Movement Rule Number One: Movement works locally, not just systemically 32:05 Movement Rule Number Two: You should be getting the 5 S's of aging 38:46 Movement Rule Number Three: It's not the mode, it's the load 43:13 Movement Rule Number Four: The upward climb – why you need to exercise more as you age 51:29 Movement Rule Number Five…

People in this episode

Host: Katy Bowman

Guest: Jeannette

Topics covered

• year recap
• movement rules
• health decisions
• aging
• exercise

Keywords

• movement
• health
• exercise
• aging
• strength
• 2026 intentions

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