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| 19 Oct 2022 | Corrective Foot Techniques with Erson Religioso | Taking the Right Steps to Improve Your Foot | 01:03:08 | |
We are delighted to have as our guest a gentleman from America, Erson Religioso, who is a physical therapist of great renown and he has a whole other list of activities and things that he treats, which we learn more about in this episode. We learn that variety is the spice of life and that in order to have lower probability of injury or pain, you need to change up what you’re doing in order to remain at your best performance. Learning to wear the right shoes plays a huge factor in preventing injury and Erson says that if you wear the shoes that you personally find most comfortable, then you’re less likely to be injured. His background 2:08 Making things about the approach and not the tool 6:41 Exceeding bodily capacity 8:52 Hardcore barefoot running 22:24 Corrective techniques 31:34 Proper shoes and learning to move properly 42:49 Shoe testing 53:43 Follow Erson 59:12 “If you did a lot of gardening, and then you did a huge kettlebell workout where you’re doing a bunch of swings, or a lot of dead lifts and you’re essentially doing a lot of forward bending, a lot of spinal unloading, then you went and you binged on the latest Netflix show and you watched like 3 hours of that. You essentially just never did enough upright, you never did enough of the opposite. That’s when the cup overflows.” Edgemobilitysystem.com @modernmanualtherapy | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Barefoot Training with Jeff Stapleton | Believe and Achieve | 00:59:01 | |
We have an awesome guest in this episode today by the name of Jeff Stapleton, who is a barefoot lifetime runner, lifetime sports coach with a fantastic background in fitness and training, and he has some great stories to tell us. Jeff and Katie have known each other for a while now, he being her snowboarding trainer for the olympics and helped train her as an olympian. Jeff came from an athletic background and got his Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology at Western in London, Ontario, Canada. Katie’s concussion 4:01 Switching on the bottom of the foot 6:50 Training tennis players, or people who can’t be barefoot 12:58 Injuries you can’t resolve barefoot 21:13 Letting the training keep you calm 28:21 Cognitive training 32:45 Fight or flight reflex 46:03 The squat scoot 52:18 “You end up with kids who come to me and I can see their confidence levels have been torn down quite a bit. So it’s more about building back up their confidence, and again the ‘Believe and achieve.’ I just keep coming back to that phrase, and then build them up gradually by having them succeed when they fail.” 37:06 | |||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Co-Host Introduction: Katie Tsuyuki | 00:14:57 | |
This episode is for our listeners to get to know us. Join us today and meet Katie Tsuyuki, one of the co-hosts of the Born to Be Barefoot podcast. Not only is Katie an Olympic snowboarding alumni, she’s an avid outdoor adventure seeker. Tune in as Katie talks about her sporting background, how her injuries led working with barefoot trainers and sports scientists, and how her journey has influenced her current path in life. These days, Katie lives in New Zealand with her husband & son. In between spending time in the mountains & the ocean, she makes time to host the Born to Be Barefoot podcast and share her expertise with our listeners! | |||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Co-Host Introduction: Stuart Gordon | 00:44:35 | |
This episode is for our listeners to get to know us. Join us today as we introduce Stuart Gordon, sports therapist, expert physio, and the UK based co-host of the Born to Be Barefoot podcast. Today, Stuart talks about his own experience – as a former athlete turned sports therapist, how did he add podcast host to his resume? Spoiler alert – the mechanics of barefoot science may have had a little to do with it all: “It’s not enough just to tell them (my patients) what’s wrong. We need to provide them with a solution.” With over 30 years of experience in his field of movement, therapy & functional medicine, he’s treated people from all walks of life – from football stars to Sunday golfers, Ultra-trail runners to superstar veterinarians and everyone in between: Stuart helps bring the science behind balance, movement and Barefoot Science to life. | |||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Prepping for the Climbing Olympics | Guy Davenport from White Spider Climbing Gym | 00:58:43 | |
Today I have a few guests with me and the first one is Guy Davenport, who is one of the most successful coaches in the UK climbing world for youth athletes and climbers. Two of his superstar climbers are also with us in this episode, Isabel Edgington, who just a few days before recording this has flown back from Dallas from the World Youth Championships, and along with her is Jessica Ward, who Guy has coached for 4 years now, and so far she has won every single competition she has entered this year. We discuss what it has taken them to reach the level of skill that they’ve achieved, which has them on track to be competing in the Olympic Games. Why Guy contacted Stuart 4:20 Qualifying for the GB Team 9:03 Helping athletes when they freeze up 19:00 Under pressure 28:29 The isolation zone and warming up 34:31 Testing and assessing balance 44:32 “I kinda liken it to learning to drive a car. You get in the car and suddenly the instructor sets you right, you come out to a roundabout, you gotta change gear, you gotta look in your mirror, you gotta put the clutch down, you gotta do all these things in a certain sequence, whereas now we get in a car and we don’t think about it. It’s just second nature and I want this kind of approach to climbing for my squad, for it to be kind of a second nature, that breathing process they go through.” 25:43 | |||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Introduction to the Born to be Barefoot Podcast | 00:01:43 | |
Welcome to Born to Be Barefoot where you’ll hear stories of athletic journeys, disruptive technologies, and adventure from every corner of the globe as we chat with cutting edge sports scientists, top performers, and out-of-the-box thinkers. Every week we interview athletes, healthcare professionals, and people who are living interesting lifestyles. Listen in to hear stories of those who have gone through intense training, overcome career threatening injuries, and undergone soul searching experiences to achieve their goals. Join us every Wednesday for informative and entertaining discussions that will showcase how you can enhance your natural moving abilities for life long activity. | |||
| 04 Oct 2022 | Running for Any Body Type with Mirna Valerio | Just Get Out There and Move | 00:57:31 | |
We have a wonderful guest today, Mirna Valerio, who is joining us from Vermont. She is an American and has been running since 1989 who advocates for inclusion in the running community towards people of all races, sizes, genders, and backgrounds. We discuss with Mirna how running can make one feel and she talks about her own body, being made for running and that running just makes her feel alive. She decided to join the cross country team in school because it just looked more fun and chill than something like soccer and now she coaches cross country and accepts anyone into the sport, regardless of body type or whether you’re really good/bad at running. Where the running all started 1:13 Going into a different brain level in running 13:31 Are other body types in the media becoming more accepted? 16:38 Her injury and getting into additional sports 24:31 Body size and close mindedness 34:21 How our insoles can help 46:18 What’s next for Mirna 51:00 “We as humans react to things that are not in our experience, that we have not yet experienced, or a frame of reference for. So that’s what the criticism is about, and all of the learning we’ve done about what nutrition is and the fact that you run so much, ‘Why aren’t you thin?’ That’s a huge question that people have and I think that is what bothers people.” 35:30 @themirnavator themirnavator.com | |||
| 26 Oct 2022 | Best Methods for Assisting Athletes with Scott Grisewood | Athletic Training Techniques | 01:07:12 | |
Today we had the privilege to interview our amazing guest, Scott Grisewood, who is a very knowledgeable sport science technologist that has been in the bio performance game for the last 28 years. Initially specializing in fascial release and biomechanical coaching, Scott has become North America’s most experienced shockwave therapy practitioner with over 50 million shocks delivered to date. Many athletes out there will be performing at the highest levels in the world, but their technique or movement methods aren’t always the best and often are the cause for future injuries, which is where Scott comes in to help them improve their technique. Helping his guys reach their performance goals 3:11 Load response and pre swing 10:24 How someone can perform at the top level, yet still have so many problems 16:28 Concussions 23:57 Testing 32:07 Working on the OptoGait system 38:00 Live time neuromuscular feedback 39:40 Working with powerlifters 46:42 Taking things to a higher level with combat athletes 54:48 Concussions 57:51 “Luckily we’re getting into an era in time where that doesn’t have to be the way going forward, especially when we get our hands on the younger kids as they’re growing up and we get them balanced out going forward, and my hope is that we’ll start seeing better and better performances once we start working with the younger crowd and they grow up.” 17:44 hptherapy@rogers.com | |||
| 02 Nov 2022 | About Katie Tsuyuki | Snowboarding in the Olympics | 01:02:46 | |
In this episode Stuart interviews his co-host Katie Tsuyuki, an Olympic snowboarder for Canada, because they hadn’t met before they did this podcast and she has a great background and story, so they decided to get an insight into what it takes to become an olympian. We wanted to find out how she got there, what she did, the dedication it took, what sacrifices she had to make, what the training schedule looked like, and just a picture of what it was like being in that Olympic village. Katie’s Olympic journey 1:28 Going to the Olympics and doing well 11:22 Becoming good enough at snowboarding as a kid 15:39 Her family and sports 21:58 Things are still competitive 31:32 How things went in Quebec 36:01 Being at the top of the half pipe and doing well 43:20 Doing the tricks, but not quite high enough 51:31 The silver lining 55:19 “I was in tears, my mom was in tears, my parents were over the moon and same with everyone. I had so much support from Canada and my support staff. Like I said it seems like it’s an individual sport, but you have all of these amazing people with years of experience behind you.” 47:02 | |||
| 09 Nov 2022 | Getting You Back into Balance with Rae Reynolds | Connect with Yourself | 00:36:23 | |
Our guest on this episode is named Rae Reynolds and largely we’re talking about people achieving all sorts of things in endurance athletics, adventuring, and all sorts of different sports and activities. Of course for every one of those people that achieve something in their sport or activity, there’s somebody in the background who’s helping them achieve that, whether it’s a coach or a doctor, or in Rae’s case, massage and shockwave therapy, and other esoteric therapies. Rae puts everybody back into balance and gets people back to normal when life and sports are just throwing them off in the various ways that life and sports do. What she does 1:14 Her average working day 8:16 Energy work 14:00 Ancient therapies and connecting with yourself 22:53 Listen to your own breath and meditate 29:57 “One of the simplest things that you can do is listen to your own breath. If you can’t get outside, and that’s part of what meditating is is connecting to your own breath. So when you’re walking, when you’re doing whatever, if you can’t get outside because some people I’m sure are in places that they cannot, listen to your own breath. If it’s labored, if it’s shallow, breathe deeper.” 29:58 raereynolds.ca | |||
| 16 Nov 2022 | Long Distance Running with Tony Green | Training and Undertaking Marathons | 00:53:02 | |
Our latest guest today is a gentleman by the name of Tony Green, who coaches in Australia and we discuss how he got into running, his experience as a runner, his advocacy for minimal shoes, and what advice he has for the minimal shoe and how it has affected him and his coaching. He had a lot of issues with getting injured from running, such as a stress fracture, or shin and back alignment problems, so he decided to change his shoes, which he suspected were a culprit to these difficulties. How Tony got into running and his journey 1:54 What he got out of running 6:08 The type of injuries he was getting and changing shoes 11:15 How his training has changed as he has gotten older 23:51 Rest 29:55 Heart rate 33:58 Helping your kids and not wearing shoes 39:27 Some of his biggest accomplishments 42:38 “What’s an easy run for you?” “Just a pace that I could hold a conversation with someone if I’m running with them. So easy pace, that’s when I’m gonna listen to a podcast if I’m by myself, and probably just 40 minutes to an hour, conversational pace and not too hectic at all.” 30:31 | |||
| 23 Nov 2022 | The Secret of Longevity with Richard Pady | Thriving in Distance Sports | 01:10:18 | |
We are delighted to have Richard Pady on the podcast today, who has got the most astonishing background in endurance sports. He’s got a background in skiing, cross country running, and then a very, very high level international, professional tri-athlete. He then moved on to iron mans, ultras, duathlons, and just about anything you can think of that involves a lot of running, swimming, and cycling. Join us today to hear Richard’s story of how he got into endurance athletics and the great things he has learned and experienced. What got Richard into endurance athletics 1:53 Sports becoming higher end 7:23 Kinesiology 13:05 A snapshot of his training level 18:55 Injuries 21:35 Moving toward coaching 24:29 The mental journey after the accident 27:10 The children’s cancer charity 31:55 Where he’s at now 34:31 What has attributed to his success and long life in sport 44:24 Some advice 49:00 “I had a close friend who was a high level athlete, tell me before my first iron man. He said ‘Enjoy the naiveness of this moment.’ It was literally as I was walking to the start line, and he said ‘You will never feel this naive in an iron man ever again. From this moment forward, you will know exactly how much pain you will be going through.’ And it was so true. You see it in a lot of everyday athletes that they do better in their first one than necessarily in their second one because they put expectations on the second one.” 6:03 | |||
| 30 Nov 2022 | Ultra Running with Jeff Browning | Going the Distance | 01:19:10 | |
We have the pleasure of talking to Jeff Browning today. Jeff grew up around sports in a very sports driven family, always doing stuff outside and just naturally came to love all kinds of sports, such as football, rock climbing, mountain biking, and many others. He always ran on the side and has come to really love running, doing a lot of trail running and triathlons now. Jeff is at a point now where he will do 100 mile runs, which has taken a whole lot of training, but he is now at the point where he is able to handle a lot of abuse from this kind of exercise. What got Jeff into running 2:17 Jeff’s training 11:45 Different diets 20:40 Predators and close encounters with animals 33:06 Strength training 42:55 Get in contact with Jeff 72:20 “The backpacking trips we had taken would be like 20, 30 mile loops where you’re doing 7-8 miles a day with a giant pack on, and it sucks. You have blisters and you’re sore, and all of the sudden you could put like a couple pounds of water and a few gels in your pack and run that whole loop in a day. So that’s what really attracted me to the sport in the first place is that background in endurance that I already had, kind of putting all those different disciplines together into one sport.” 10:46 @gobroncobilly gobroncobilly.com | |||
| 07 Dec 2022 | High Endurance with Brian Wood | 35 marathons in 35 days | 01:04:16 | |
We’re delighted to have on Brian Wood who is a holder of the military cross for various acts of gallantry in the Iraq conflict and who decided on his return to the UK that he wanted to raise money for military veterans who have struggled with life after the forces. Brian’s way of helping with this is to run a lot and regularly, and to run a lot of marathons. This year he has completed 35 marathons in 35 days. We discuss his diet, his training regimen, the people who supported him, and his routine of running and preparation he has followed to get to where he is now. Why he’s running these marathons 1:29 The first prep wasn’t that great 6:05 Two different start locations and giving back 16:11 Eating and diet 22:33 Fasting now that running is less 33:19 Resilience in the army and working hard 36:25 Get a hold of or follow Brian 40:45 Did the insoles help? 51:55 “I just had to focus and knuckle down, put my music on, and just yeah I rolled out the miles. That’s what it was, I never ever looked at that 35 days…but I took each day as it came and each mile as it came and I didn’t ever look at the sort of challenge as a whole. I just looked at each day, and then took it from there.” 13:44 @brianwoodmc brianwoodmc.co.uk | |||
| 14 Dec 2022 | It’s All about Mindset with Sharny Kieser | Driving Confidence and Health | 01:14:53 | |
We have a lovely guest by the name of Sharny Kieser from Australia. She has an amazing history of helping people regain health and fitness, particularly ladies after childbirth looking at pelvic floor problems, looking at stomach problems, and she’s set the world alight with all the things she’s doing. Sharny talks about the various feelings and insecurities that women get after childbirth or from just being a woman, and then what kind of thinking a woman should use to change her mindset and be in a much healthier mental place, viewing their body as beautiful no matter what state it’s in or what it’s gone through. Sharny’s amazing program 1:14 Coming out the other side thinner and healthier than ever 8:42 5 minute special of her program 19:16 Getting comfortable with self massage 24:57 5 minute fitness section for a busy mom 32:52 Traveling and taking a scale 41:31 Recovering after a baby and helping your kids be comfortable with their body shape 50:46 Helping your children be giving and caring, and creating your best life 60:10 Feeling beautiful 65:33 Get in touch 71:13 “I really want other women to not hide themselves because of what their body’s gone through. Remember, you’re a girl, and then you become a woman, and a woman is beautiful. They’re more experienced with life, they’ve lived life. My husband always says to me ‘Your body tells a story, and that story is wonderful.’” 9:45 @sharnyandjulius sharnyandjulius.com www.sharnyandjulius.fit | |||
| 21 Dec 2022 | Going the Distance with Zach Bitter | Running Ultramarathons | 01:00:15 | |
We have a fantastic gentleman with us today by the name of Zach Bitter, who is a phenomenal ultra runner. He’s a world record holder, he represented the US in ultra running, and is a national champion. An ultramarathon is any footrace longer than the typical 26 miles (42 kilometers) and Zach tells us all about how he got into these long distance races and how his journey to becoming a national champion has gone.
“I wouldn’t do my short intervals right away in that plan, I would be doing a lot of foundational development early, and then as I get closer to competition time is when I start doing those short interval events because those are gonna be much closer to the rate stay intensity. Kind of the same mindset with the hundred mile, but hundred miling, for me specifically, I’m very rarely going to cross my aerobic threshold on race day for something like that, so the intensity just tends to be kind of lopsided and that kind of puts it in a position where if you’re gonna really prepare for what you’re gonna do on race day, you need to be doing a lot of that when you’re, say, 6-8 weeks out.” 19:03 zachbitter.com @zachbitter | |||
| 28 Dec 2022 | Starting to Run Later in Life with Hernan Rozemberg | Training and Development | 00:57:55 | |
Today we have a fantastic gentleman from San Antonio, Texas, Hernan Rozemberg. He’s 45 years old and can run a marathon in 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 16 seconds, which is really great, especially given the fact that he started running a bit later in life. Hernan realized he was good at running when he was younger, but didn’t decide to pursue the sport of running until he was in his late twenties, which is when he really got the running bug. He tells us about his flat feet and how he has been able to improve that issue using shoe insoles and the benefits he has experienced.
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| 04 Jan 2023 | Going Barefoot with Paul Thompson | The Benefits and Challenges of Natural Footwear | 01:00:25 | |
Today we had the privilege of speaking with Paul Thompson, who is a podiatrist of over 10 years and the owner of the Barefoot movement, which is exactly as it sounds: being barefoot as much as possible and moving while barefoot. We discuss the difference between using insoles and other options like lifting shoes, and Paul explains why some of these options are better than others. For a big portion of Paul’s life, he has pushed wearing orthotics, but now he says all orthotics do is act as a brace, so there’s a much better way.
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| 11 Jan 2023 | Helping People Improve Themselves with Jeff Stapleton | Finding Mental Motivation to Exercise | 01:08:24 | |
We have Jeff Stapleton back on our show today, who is a barefoot lifetime runner, lifetime sports coach with a fantastic background in fitness and training, and he has some more great stories to tell us. Jeff talks about running in the middle of winter wearing basically nothing but shorts and the various health benefits he has experienced from this. Exercise can be done by anyone, even people who don’t like it very much, and all you have to do is start with something simple and small and first build the habit. Once that habit is established, you’ll start to find it’s a lot easier to slowly raise the effort you’re giving to that exercise, or even other aspects of your life. Jeff and Katie discuss the importance of thinking positively and winning the mental game to be able to reach your potential.
coach@thenaturalrunning.com naturalrunning.ca | |||
| 18 Jan 2023 | Unlocking Your Running Potential with Coach Tyrone Edwards | Proven Techniques for Success | 01:00:11 | |
Today we have a running specialist and Optimize Potential Training owner, Tyrone Edwards. He started this business to be able to give back to young athletes and help them to understand the processes of making it to the next level, whatever that was, and to help them run as fast as they can. He started focusing later on adults, and now he wants to teach all people what it’s like to run again and pain free. So many people lose that ability to run for a long time, and without pain, so Tyrone’s focus is to help them achieve that again.
www.optimizepotential.com @optimizepotentialtraining | |||
| 25 Jan 2023 | Unlocking Athletic Potential: A Conversation with Coach Ian Hosek on Performance Engineering | 00:49:25 | |
In this episode we have Ian Hosek, who comes from the mountains of Idaho. Ian went through engineering school, but realized he didn’t want to be a standard engineer, so he went and worked at Nike for a number of years, and then started up his own coaching business. While he was at Nike, he had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s leading physiologists, and then shortly after this he started coaching athletes and really fell in love with this line of work. So he now has his own coaching business and is definitely a performance endurance athletic coach.
@ocr_hosek www.hosekpe.com | |||
| 15 Feb 2023 | Life Altering Treatment of Chiropractic Work with Catherine Quinn | Adjustments and Treatment for Athletes | 00:57:41 | |
Today we are delighted to have our guest, Catherine Quinn, with us who is the President of the British Chiropractic Association, a very busy lady with her own chiropractic business. She helps with professional football clubs, she helps with Winter sports international competitors, and she was formerly a world champion in martial arts, so we dip into all these different areas. We talk about concussions and how these are treated/approached, using methods such as SCAT5 (Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5) testing.
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| 08 Mar 2023 | Surface Electromyography with David Lemke | Understanding Proper Function and Body Movement | 01:17:03 | |
Today we have the privilege of meeting and talking with David Lemke, who we could describe as a wizard in body work. He’s a technical wizard using a method of technology called Surface Electromyography (SEMG), EEG, and various other things. Electromyography means muscles that are monitored and Surface means we’re monitoring from the surface and not putting needles in your body and all through your motions. It’s a listening device and they use wireless systems so you can move pretty much completely unimpaired while they monitor electrical activity in the muscles. They add in kinesiological surface EMG because it’s, in effect, a way of studying movement and they’re using that technology to study what’s happening in muscles during movement. Join us as we discuss David’s story and this treatment he does to improve athletes’ results.
www.davelemke.us bioperformancetx@gmail.com | |||
| 15 Mar 2023 | Prolong Your Life with Erson Religioso | Utilizing Movement for Optimal Health | 01:01:14 | |
We are delighted to welcome back a guest from earlier in the season, Erson Religioso, a physical therapist with whom we spoke about using the insoles of our sponsor. We talk about the differences between Manipulation and adjustment, which are the different methods that physical therapists and chiropractors use. We talk about running methods and the effect on the body someone’s running style can have, including keeping the feet underneath the body as one runs to avoid upper body pain, or other issues. “People who work out intensely once a day are less healthy overall than people who just move regularly throughout the day.” 29:15
@modernmanualtherapy EdgeMobilitySystem link - promo code "Barefoot12" for 12% Off | |||
| 22 Mar 2023 | Exploring the Physical Demands of Golf with Andrew Coltart | Staying Fit and Injury Prevention | 00:41:06 | |
We are absolutely delighted to have Andrew John Coltart on the podcast. He is a Scottish professional golfer and TV commentator. He had a successful amateur career and played in the 1991 Walker Cup, and as a professional he won twice on the European Tour, the 1998 Qatar Masters and the 2001 Great North Open, and played in the 1999 Ryder Cup. We talk about his golfing career and how he is able to make sure he’s in peak physical condition in order to keep his mind in the right place when playing well really matters.
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| 29 Mar 2023 | Shredding the Halfpipe | Crispin Lipscomb's Snowboarding Journey and Mountain Adventures | 01:22:02 | |
Today we have a wonderful guest from the Canadian snowboarding world who featured in a previous podcast episode if you want to go listen to that one. Crispin is a former Olympic snowboarder and a partner in crime for Katie, specializing in the halfpipe event. Lipscomb made his World Cup debut in December 2002 at Whistler, and made his first podium later that season, with a bronze at Serre Chevalier. Crispin tells us about his experiences in the olympics, injuries and how they have been handled, and then we discuss skiing and sledding in the mountains with a snowmobile and how to make sure you don’t end up with a stranded machine.
@crispinlipscomb | |||
| 10 May 2023 | Sports Training with Joe Vecchione | Helping Athletes Avoid Injury | 01:07:36 | |
In this episode we have the privilege of speaking with a Canadian soccer coach by the name of Joe Vecchione, who has a diverse background in conditioning from soccer to swimming. We discuss women’s sports and the idea that often there isn’t much incentive for women to keep playing beyond a certain point because of dead ends they might find there. We talk about various exercises, such as those that have to do with your groin, quads, or hamstrings, that athletes should be doing to avoid injuries. Getting stronger in a sport or technique, you also have to make sure you’re preparing with the additional issues that may arise from developing yourself in order to balance things out and be prepared to avoid injury.
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| 17 May 2023 | Injury Prevention and Recovery with Katie and Stuart | Athletic Performance and Healing | 00:30:42 | |
In this episode join Katie Tsuyuki and Stuart Gordon as they chat about some of the things that have popped up in the other podcasts talking about injuries and how we can help avoid those injuries and keep people recovering from them. Katie experienced some injuries during her snowboarding career and needed some help recovering, which happened when our previous guest, Joe Vecchione, introduced her to the Barefoot insoles. We discuss the importance of brain speed and being able to process things mentally, which can really affect an athlete’s performance and how well they do.
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| 24 May 2023 | Hiking and Foot Health with Morgan Brosnihan | Helping You Prevent Injury | 00:57:44 | |
Today we welcome our wonderful guest, Morgan Brosnihan, who has been a physical therapist for 6 years and is passionate about helping her patients make progress to keep doing what they love. She is currently living the van life, so she’s always on the move and going all over the place on adventures and half of what she does is by telehealth. We discuss many of the reasons hikers and athletes injure their feet, such as wearing the wrong size shoes and not letting your toes spread out, which can cause issues and eventually injury.
@blazephysio campsite.bio/blazephysio blazephysio.com | |||
| 21 Jun 2023 | An Honest Conversation about Running with Kelly Roberts | Let’s Take a Different Approach | 00:51:25 | |
Katie and Stuart sit down with Kelly Roberts who is the Founder of Badass Lady Gang, a running community created by women for women. This foundation was created to help women find joy in the struggle, providing women of all athletic levels a safe space to have fun and belong. There are some crazy health fads out there and ideas that pop up and grow popular on social media, such as the one where people were pushing the idea that you don’t need much sleep and can be more productive because you’ll have more time, but people weren’t realizing the bad health consequences one can experience when neglecting sleep. Kelly explains bluntly that running is hard and often just isn’t fun, but it’s OK to acknowledge this and just keep moving forward. She has a love/hate relationship with running, but she keeps doing it because she needs it and it gives her fuel for success in her life.
“You’re never going to get away from that feeling of extreme discomfort and pain, and fear when you’re trying to run as fast as you can in 26.2 miles. That’s just the way it is when you’re doing something like that, but you can change your attitude around it.” 32:17 @badassladygangwww.badassladygang.com | |||
| 28 Jun 2023 | The Truth about Your Shoes with Steven Sashen | How to Improve Your Step | 01:32:58 | |
Today we talk to Steven Sashen who is the co-founder and CEO of Xero Shoes www.XeroShoes.com. Steven and his wife, Lena Phoenix, started the company after discovering the comfort, benefits, and fun of natural movement, by getting out of thick, padded, motion-controlled shoes. Steven got back into running later in his life and was having all kinds of issues and injuries until someone suggested he try running barefoot to better understand his form in running. He was then able to see clearly that his form was wrong, which naturally corrected itself as he paid attention to this, and then he stopped getting injured and became a better runner.
“The way our product line developed is from people saying like you said, ‘I can’t wear anything else, but now I need a shoe for this thing that you don’t currently do.’ That’s how we’ve developed a product line is based on people saying ‘What am I gonna do if I have to go to work and I need a leather shoe?’ OK well we just made a leather casual shoe for you.” 27:05 @xeroshoesxeroshoes.com | |||
| 19 Jul 2023 | Mountain Running with Grayson Murphy | Developing Athletic Talent | 00:49:13 | |
Grayson Murphy is astonishing. She is a current world champion in mountain running, which is a new sport to us, but we’re excited to talk to her about it. She got a bronze this year in the vertical climb for mountain running, and she tells us all about her experience going through the championships. She’s now training and has even recently qualified for going to the Olympics, but has also dealt with some injuries and nerve issues that prevented her from competing and it took a long process of trial and error, but eventually she was able to figure it out and continue training.
“I figured out I had choked out a nerve and so I couldn’t feel a lot of things and I couldn’t get the muscles to turn on, so that’s why it felt dead. It took 4 months of kind of trying to figure out what was wrong, and then once I figured it out it only took 4 weeks to get it up and running again, but it was a long process of trial and error.” 30:36 @racin__grayson | |||
| 02 Aug 2023 | Helping You Move and Feel Better with Graham Tuttle | The Importance of Continued Activity | 01:02:58 | |
In this episode we had the opportunity to speak to Graham Tuttle, a trainer who helps people move and feel better. His goal is to figure out this athleticism thing and how he can teach it to the people like him who missed that boat early on in life, and also work to create a more well rounded understanding of health and aging with activity. You see, as a kid starts to develop an awareness that they can control outcomes and not get hurt by not participating, they become more stiff and uncertain, while the kids who are more “Tarzan” looking can roll around and are just more loose and ready to tackle the physical challenges they face.
“A relationship with the ground is one of being able to relax and melt into a harder, flat, non-yielding surface to some extent, which we try to then soften with shoes, and orthotics, and the big pillows and mattresses and paved surfaces and carpet, and all that stuff. So it’s ironic to look at the progression in that sense, but it is a rejection of the sensation of the ground.” 34:10 grahamtuttle.com @thebarefootsprinter | |||
| 23 Aug 2023 | Mindful Movement with Brea Johnson | Unveiling the Secrets of Yoga and Body Smart Practices | 01:01:57 | |
Mindful Movement with Brea Johnson | Unveiling the Secrets of Yoga and Body Smart Practices Stuart and Katie had the opportunity to sit down with Brea Johnson, who has been a yoga teacher and movement educator for well over a decade. With a love for learning and studying the human body she continues her on-going education in yoga, anatomy and biomechanics and is also a certified Restorative Exercise Specialist. We discuss the importance of mobility and keeping your body moving. Brea mentions how in our culture there’s this belief that we have to get that one hour or so of movement and exercise in our day and we’ll be good, but she says that movement should be spread out throughout the day instead of just concentrated all in one session because little movement more often has more benefits.
@heartandbonesyoga www.heartandbonesyoga.com | |||
| 20 Sep 2023 | Dealing with Injuries | The Importance of Proprioception and Brain Speed | 00:30:28 | |
In this episode Stuart and Katie have a chat about some of the things that popped up in other episodes when talking about injuries and how those can be avoided, as well as helping people recover from those injuries. They discuss women’s health and how their cycle can affect vulnerability to injury, and then how strengthening the muscles around ligaments is a good way to prevent injury, before also getting into how to increase brain function and speed by focusing on stimulating the proprioceptive nerve. “Getting the brain tuned through stimulating that proprioceptive nerve is absolutely fundamental.”
“At the end of that program their average brain speed had come down to I think it was 80 milliseconds, which meant in real terms they were seeing the ball a third of the way down the bat distance from pitcher to batter, so that gave them the other 2 thirds of the time to figure out what they were gonna do, where they were gonna hit it, and bang, off they went. They actually tested them just after wearing the insoles and even just wearing the insoles had actually given a measurable brain speed change in the first week.” 14:50 | |||
| 18 Oct 2023 | Wisdom of a Paralympian | Chatting with Evan Strong | 00:57:21 | |
Katie and Stuart had Evan Strong on this episode of the podcast, who is an olympic superstar that won a Gold medal in the 2014 Sochi Olympics & a Silver medal in the year 2018 in Paralympic Snowboarding. He has done everything that involves a board including skateboarding, surfing, and even playing on chess boards. Join these 3 as they discuss human prosthetics, education, and different living conditions to improve and even help your own kids better develop.
“Nobody has ever thought of ‘Oh, let’s build a prosthetic based on natural biology and actually the natural physiology of a human,’ and they always just think of it around the shoe or the modern shoe.” 42:35 @evan_strong pacificbirthcollective.org | |||
| 25 Oct 2023 | Understanding Muscles with a Compass | Another Conversation with David Lemke | 00:30:40 | |
Today Katie speaks with a previous guest we’ve had named David Lemke, who we have described as a wizard in body work. He’s a technical wizard using a method of technology called Surface Electromyography (SEMG), EEG, and various other things. David grew up in a cold place, trained as a bodyworker, was injured as a young athlete, became an EMG technician and describes himself now as a body explorer with a compass who has treated, assessed, and helped tens of thousands of people from very high performance athletes to your everyday people.
“Your core is not your abs and your butt. Your core is your whole central processor and soles of the feet are just as critical, if not one of the most critical input sites to your autonomic nervous system. I like to compare wearing shoes to having your phone in airplane mode and you’re wondering why you’re not sending and receiving calls, but you’ve actually turned off a key antenna. The soles of your feet are how your whole system knows whether you’re upright or not.” 10:26 | |||
| 01 Nov 2023 | Veteran Advice from TOPGUN Pilot Mike Whetstone | Physical Health in the Military | 00:54:24 | |
In this week’s episode Katie and Stuart interview Mike Whetstone, who has over 25 years of military leadership and training experience and is a former FRS and TOPGUN instructor, and owner and president of BMK Ventures, a Vetfirst certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. A big part of his business is helping prepare the medics in the field by putting together these kits that they can acquire, which contain all the resources they may need when faced with tough or intense physical situations on the battlefield.
“It’s a young man’s game and I’ll tell you what, I creak and crack, and I pretty much blame pulling Gs on that.” 8:45 “Believe it or not, I told myself I was gonna run a marathon before I turned 40 and on my 40th birthday I hadn’t run one, so between 40 and 41 I ran 5, and then I kept running them until I messed my knee up. Now I stick mostly to the halves.” 34:27 bmkventures.com@bmkventures1 | |||
| 31 Jan 2024 | Return of Bronco Billy | I Can Go the Distance | 00:56:58 | |
We have a returning guest on the podcast this week, Jeff Browning, who is a master long distance runner. Many know Jeff as “Bronco Billy” and royalty of the ultra marathon category. He has finished around 200 ultra marathons, which includes 52 one-hundred-mile-plus ultras. He has come in first place in 30 of those races, so we are so honored to be speaking with a world champion today. Jeff and Katie talk about everything from getting in the right mindset to foot care and the importance of heart rate variability.
“I think everything in life prepares you, I think working on your mindset all the time, and that’s being willing to embrace hard things in your life, whether that’s learning something new or figuring something out. Always having a positive attitude is important, and positive mental speak as much as possible. It’s easy to say, hard to put into practice, to really be positive daily.” 6:51 @gobroncobilly www.giddyupultra.com | |||
| 14 Feb 2024 | Building a Fitness Community | Insights from Highland Fitness and Wellness | 00:59:36 | |
We have 2 lovely guests on the podcast today named Kristi Harrison and Matthew McKeown, who are co-owners of Highland Fitness and Wellness, a personal training studio and fitness community in Scarborough, Ontario. They fill us in on some great tactics of how they’ve been able to build their gym culture in the best way possible, and then we get into what to focus on when helping your clients in improving their physical health. Movement is very necessary for each day, especially for those who are working a sedentary job 8 hours a day and they give some good examples of how to do that.
“I think the hardest thing is teaching people there’s more of a mental side that this is the rest of your life. Not meaning that you have to use the rest of your life, but the goals you want to accomplish, they need to be the rest of your life, and you can’t convince them on that. You can maybe show someone that, but you have to get someone who’s pretty much there already, that they know ‘I need to make significant changes and I know this is gonna take long term.’” 17:18 www.highlandfit.com@highlandfitto | |||
| 21 Feb 2024 | Pioneering Pain-Free Performance | Insights from Dr. Britni | 00:52:00 | |
Today we are proud to present our guest Britni, of Denver, CO. She is a doctor of physical therapy and a pain free performance strength coach. After about 3.5 years of working in the traditional outpatient clinic model Britni started to feel burnt out and began to shift outside of the traditional clinic setting. Britni started online coaching in 2022 working with active adults who are struggling to manage pain/injury. In 2023 after moving to Denver, CO, Britni also started a cash based practice which she now operates inside of two different gyms in the greater Denver area. When she's not working Britni loves being outdoors hiking, snowboarding, exploring Denver or reading a good book. Tune in this week to hear this interesting conversation.
“Would you say having a designed warmup might be more important than a designed workout?” “I think both are important, but I think if you have a poorly designed warmup, that’s essentially not setting you up for the best success that you could have in your workout, which kind of has a bigger impact, I guess you could say, than a poorly designed workout.” 17:20 @britnib.dpt riseptconsulting.com riseperformanceandpt.com | |||
| 28 Feb 2024 | Insights from Dr. Courtney Johnson, the Female Athlete Doctor | Pelvic Health and Pregnancy | 00:26:12 | |
This week Katie had the privilege of meeting with Dr. Courtney Johnson, also known as the Female Athlete Doctor. She is a doctor of physical therapy who specializes in pelvic health, women’s health, particularly in general active women in all walks of life, such as women in pregnancy, postpartum, or women who are diagnosed with some sort of pelvic floor dysfunction. Courtney helps women be active again and get back on their feet, which is often where these issues usually occur or originate from.
“When you think of a sports team, a sports team has everything and a coach for everything. For every position in a football team. They have a recovery squad, an athletic trainer, they have a doctor on staff, they have a physical therapist, so we should approach pregnancy and postpartum with the same mindset. Who is on your team? I know when that time comes for me, I’m gonna have X-Y-Z all lined up and I’ll be ready to go.” 11:10 thefemaleathletedpt.com @thefemaleathletedoc | |||
| 06 Mar 2024 | From Diagnosis to Determination | Dani Bryant's Journey with Rheumatoid Arthritis | 00:43:01 | |
We have an interesting guest on the podcast this week by the name of Danielle “Dani” Bryant and many may know her as the founder of MAKE IT COUNT 4 Dani Foundation. Dani was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 16, which is when life as she knew it came crashing down around her. Despite a devastating diagnosis of this disease, which dashed her dreams of continuing her athletic career, she refused to be defined by her illness. Instead, she embarked on a journey of self-discovery and resilience, confronting her disease head-on. She now dedicates herself to helping countless women around the world to deal with the same issues, and continues to live a happy and fulfilling life.
“I do try to not react back to people who do a lot of things to be unkind because I know what they’re feeling and going through, but I also don’t want people to live in that space. I want to motivate them to move out of it. Our minds and what we tell ourselves can be so powerful on how we move forward.” 32:00 @makeitcount4danimakeitcount4dani.com | |||
| 10 Apr 2024 | Journey to Wellness | Insights from Shockwave Therapist Rae Reynolds | 00:41:14 | |
In this week’s episode Katie welcomes guest Rae Reynolds, a shockwave therapist and massage practitioner, who shares insights on her profession. Rae discusses her experiences with shockwave therapy and her journey to becoming a healer, emphasizing self-healing and empowerment. Through anecdotes and discussions on topics like cellular inflammation and childhood trauma, Rae underscores the importance of balance and self-awareness in achieving overall well-being, challenging societal norms and advocating for personal responsibility in health and healing. They discuss her book and its themes of self-discovery, healing, and empowerment. The book touches on personal experiences, childhood trauma, and the journey towards self-love. It encourages readers to start a conversation with themselves, prioritize their health, and embrace their authentic selves.
“I literally have [Barefoot Science products] in everything. I don’t put anything on my feet that doesn’t have Barefoot Science. I paddleboard in them, I ski in them, I do everything in them and every person that pretty much walks into my clinic, regardless of why they’re there, they’re gonna walk out with a pair of Barefoots.” 2:13 www.raereynolds.ca | |||
| 25 Apr 2024 | Stories from a River Excursion | The Adventure of Bruce and Maggie Tate | 01:02:45 | |
This week we are delighted to welcome a couple of intrepid travelers from Chattanooga, Maggie and Bruce Tate, who took 9 months off work to travel up the East Coast on something called The Great Loop. They followed this route, circling the eastern North American landmass by boat. Their decision to embark on this adventure was sparked by a book titled "From What Is to What If?" which encouraged them to embrace imagination and possibilities. Throughout their travels, they encountered challenges, forged deep connections with fellow boaters, and discovered the importance of curiosity and forbearance in fostering meaningful relationships.
“One of the things that really struck me is that if I want a better neighborhood, I need to be a better neighbor, and to carry some of that stuff that we got from all the community that we had daily on the loop, and to try to bring that back home in the regular life.” 18:35 Discount Code for 10% off: BTBBPODCAST @currently_the_boat www.currentlytheboat.com Scho and Jo youtube channel | |||
| 15 May 2024 | Empowering Endurance | Taren Gesell's Training Revolution | 00:39:23 | |
Taren Gesell started out as a complete non-athlete who was 215lbs and couldn't run to the end of the block. He later became a top 1% in the world amateur triathlete and in the process shared everything he learned on the Triathlon Taren YouTube channel, which became the second largest triathlon YouTube channel in the world. He published four books and created the MOTTIV training app which are all designed specifically for everyday amateur endurance athletes who want to reach their goals but don't know where to start. Join Stuart and Katie in this exciting interview with such an amazing individual.
“About a year ago I had a pretty severe rolled ankle that exasperated a lot of the dorsiflexion issues I had and really struggled with that and had basically only gone on 6 runs since that time go figure I’m 40 and injuries don’t heal like they used to 25 years ago, but I went on a hike last saturday with the insoles and normally after a hike, that ankle I have trouble with gets achy, and I didn’t feel it at all this weekend.” 33:10 www.youtube.com/c/triathlontaren @triathlontaren mymottiv.com | |||
| 22 May 2024 | Embracing Discomfort | Lessons from Endurance Athlete Jonathan Levitt | 00:48:07 | |
This week we are delighted to welcome our guest, Jonathan Levitt, who is currently in Boulder Colorado and a fantastic endurance athlete and cyclist. Jonathan didn’t always love running, but back in 2013, he did his first half marathon and steadily started to develop a love for it. He has a podcast focused on discovering why people run and delving into the deep reasons that motivate people and push them to continue this healthy practice. People get not only physical benefits from running, but benefits from doing something hard and pushing that limit so that you have a greater capacity to do hard things in other areas of life.
“We grow via stress. Physical stress, mental stress, and we adapt to hard things. My reason, and I’ve noticed this with a lot of people, is that running is this sandbox that we get to experiment in and the stakes are pretty low. It doesn’t really matter if you don’t PR, get injured, or don’t win a race…it’s the muscle memory of getting uncomfortable that allows us to be better at getting uncomfortable in other aspects of life.” 34:38 @jwlevitt | |||
| 29 May 2024 | Breaking the Injury Cycle | Jason Fitzgerald on Overcoming Setbacks | 00:50:29 | |
Today Stuart and Katie have a very quick marathon runner (sub 2:40) as a guest by the name of Jason Fitzgerald. He is an extensive writer of articles about endurance running and has his own website by the name of Strength Running. After finishing the 2008 New York City Marathon in 2:44, Jason developed a severe ITB injury. He was sidelined for six months, wondering if he would ever be able to run pain-free again. But that injury transformed his thoughts on running healthy and injury prevention. Jason’s training changed dramatically and he finally “cracked the code” of his constant injury cycle. Listen to this engaging conversation we had and learn something new with us!
“Yeah I think [getting blood work done] is a really good idea, especially if you’re training really hard or maybe if you just ran a hard marathon, or ultramarathon, you kinda wanna see, ‘OK, what did this do to my body?’ A blood test is gonna really answer that question and give an insight into how much stress you experienced, what’s going on inside your body. Do you have low testosterone? High levels of cortisol? Or many other things going on in your body that could be either A, just generally unhealthy, or B, something that’s actually inhibiting your ability to train.” 35:55 strengthrunning.com @jasonfitz1 | |||
| 05 Jun 2024 | Meet Reese David Jones | Ultra Runner and Triathlete Extraordinaire | 00:48:54 | |
We’ve got a lovely young gentleman from Utah by the name of Reese David Jones joining us today who is a runner, a tri-athlete, an all around fitness fanatic, and has a professional career on the side making a living as a salesman. Reese ran 10 marathons in 10 days, which blew both Katie and Stuart away and is hard to fathom, but that’s just the kind of man he is. Listen to this fascinating conversation Katie and Stuart had with a guy who is young of body, but mature of mind and spirit and who had some great wisdom to share with us all.
“If you wore a cast for 20 years, your arm would obviously atrophy. When you’re wearing these shoes from the day you’re about 3 years old because your parents think they’re cute, and you’re in this foot cast, you don’t have the opportunity to use the 20+ muscles in your feet. So many problems could be solved if we had a better foundation.” 7:13 @reesedjones | |||
| 31 Jul 2024 | Michael Adeniran’s Journey into Endurance Sports | Balancing Running, Strength Training, and High Endurance Sports | 00:46:48 | |
Today Stuart and Katie had the opportunity to talk with Michael Adeniran, who is a weekend warrior as they call it. A while back he got into running, and then triathlons, ultra running, iron mans, Spartan races, obstacle courses, and so forth. He’s got a lot of experience now with all these different events and with that, a substantial amount of wisdom to share with us and our listeners.
“The more you get into the running life, you seem to stop doing as much strength training, and that’s where the injuries start happening. I remember in the early days of running, I didn’t have any injuries whatsoever, but that’s because I was more a strength trainer doing some running, but as I’ve become a runner doing a little bit of strength training, you see the differences in your body strength, and imbalances that come.” 29:15 www.instagram.com/theurbanchallengertheurbanchallenger.com | |||
| 21 Aug 2024 | Barefoot Benefits | Unlocking Peak Performance Through Foot Function | 01:06:03 | |
Today Katie and Stuart have a lovely guest from the United States named Heidi van Mastrigt, who is a fitness trainer that focuses massively on foot function and myofascial tissue function as well. The feet are our one point of contact with the ground. Everything starts with the feet. Heidi learned this the hard way from breaking her foot at the peak of her dance career and suffering for years with overuse injuries without realizing her foot was the root cause. Heidi works with athletes of all levels that want to improve their movement integrity and prevent injury in the long run. It is her goal for people to have longevity in their sport and do what they love for as long as possible.
“A lot of people who have worn shoes their entire lives, are introduced to this, ‘Train barefoot!’ it’s better, you’re going to stimulate the muscles, even like up the chain, your glutes are going to fire a lot better if you don’t have socks and shoes on, and to see the light bulbs go off and see people then prefer, like ‘Oh my gosh!’ It’s like a whole new world for so many people because they’ve just kinda been locked up in socks and cushioned heeled tapered toed shoes.” 25:55 www.thatbarefootcoach.com @thatbarefootcoach | |||
| 28 Aug 2024 | A Deep Dive into Natural Running with Ken Bob Saxton | Step Lightly | 01:09:29 | |
On this week’s episode, Katie talks to the barefoot running sensation and “original” barefoot runner, Ken Bob Saxton. When Ken Bob began racing exclusively barefoot in 1997, he found that people had a lot of questions, so he decided to compile all his answers in one place, which led him to founding the website barefootrunning.com in 1997. Ken is someone who will go shoeless at every opportunity he can and he has even done multiple marathons while barefoot. Join us to hear the benefits and great things he has to say about barefoot running.
“The odd thing that I tell people and people have trouble with this concept, is lift your feet before it lands. Trust me, it will still land, but as you’re coming down to the ground, you’re starting to lift your feet to your body, but your body is also coming down, so all you’re really doing is slowing down the impact. You’re decelerating your foot as it lands. So you’re coming down, bending your knee, but you’re not actually bending your foot up. You’re just slowing its descent down so that it touches gently. It’s really difficult for people to get that.” 38:49 barefootrunning.com | |||
| 02 Oct 2024 | Back on Track | Stephanie Mellinger on Healing Through Movement | 01:02:20 | |
Katie and Stuart talk to special guest Stephanie Mellinger, a back pain exercise specialist. She’s a certified personal trainer who's passionate about helping those with back pain find joy in movement again. After a personal journey overcoming a debilitating back injury, our guest discovered the powerful benefits of strength training in the healing process. Now a certified personal trainer and specialist in corrective exercise, mobility, and pain-free performance, Stephanie has dedicated the past five years to working with clients alongside medical professionals to optimize movement, build strength, and promote overall well-being. Tune in to hear her insights on resilience, the importance of collaboration in training, and strategies for sustainable fitness and recovery.
“I have somebody in my program who was traveling, sat in the car for a long time, was standing up at work, and her hips were really stiff and she was feeling really down. There’s a big piece of acknowledging someone’s feelings of course, and then helping them get through that and figure out how to move through and get through to the positive end of it. There’s a huge mental coaching capacity. The mindset is huge when recovering from an injury.” 19:53 @the.backpain.trainer www.thebackpaintrainer.com https://www.thebackpaintrainer.com/barefoot https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221018131143.htm | |||
| 09 Oct 2024 | Mastering Movement | From Circus Arts to Stunt Work with Yuri Marmerstein | 00:50:55 | |
We have a very special guest on the Barefoot Science podcast today by the name of Yuri Marmerstein, who has performed extensively as an acrobat, is very much involved in teaching the physical arts, and he has veered into stunt work with film and TV. Surprisingly, Yuri wasn’t very active as a child and the skills that he now has were mainly all developed in his adulthood, and for the most part he is self taught. Listen in today to hear the various interesting ideas and concepts Yuri shares with our hosts!
“One of the main differences between stunts and the circus is in the circus you’re trying to look good, pretty, and controlled, but for stunts you’re trying to look as out of control as possible while still being in control. So that’s a pretty interesting performance characteristic.” 2:50 @yuri_marmerstein www.yuri-mar.com www.youtube.com/@yurimar/videos | |||
| 16 Oct 2024 | Healing Through Simplicity | Yoshua Greenfield on Music, Barefoot Living, and Mindfulness | 00:54:26 | |
Listen to Katie and Stuart who had the pleasure of talking to Yoshua Greenfield, who is a holistic lifestyle guide who helps people reconnect with their authentic selves through practices like mindful cooking, barefoot living, and music as a tool for healing. He offers workshops, retreats, and free resources that promote simplicity, self-awareness, and living in alignment with nature. His teachings focus on questioning societal norms and embracing a life of truth and mindfulness. He’s also all about that barefoot lifestyle, so join them and listen to this awesome conversation!
“I just started getting so many questions. What do you do about glass? What do you do about cactus? What do you do about snow? I just started researching it and offering people advice. I’m no expert by any means, but this is my experience and if it makes sense to you, cool.” 36:28 Instagram: @youenjoylife www.fermentingwithyourfriend.com www.youenjoylife.us youenjoy.life | |||
| 13 Nov 2024 | The Science of Running | Recovery, Training, and Peak Performance with Lindsey Parry | 00:46:36 | |
In this episode Stuart had the privilege of speaking with South African Lindsey Parry, who is a very renowned coach of runners, from marathon runners of the professional/olympic level, to your average, middle of the pack runners. He was a fairly competitive school athlete who was always interested in all kinds of sports, which all included running, and ultimately led him to continue running. He’s always considered running as a type of therapy, he’s always loved the human body, and in University he began to coach and do therapy.
“You can’t improve from the training you’re doing if you do not recover from that training.” 15:50 www.youtube.com/@CoachParry coachperry.com @coachparry | |||
| 01 Jan 2025 | Katie with The Running Hub | Marathon and Distance Coaching Tips | 00:52:59 | |
Our hosts, Katie and Stuart, had the pleasure of meeting with running coach and marathon trainer, Katie Down from The Running Hub. Listen to these 3 discuss online coaching, nutrition support, and a community for runners of all levels. Katie Down and her team offer personalized training plans, live and on-demand classes, and a supportive network to help athletes achieve their goals, improve performance, and stay injury-free. Services include strength training, running guidance, expert workshops, and race preparation.
“On the start line, I was trying to turn down the brightness of my phone to save battery so that I could record the run, and somehow deleted the Nike app off of my phone, so I had to just run the marathon blind. Not literally blind, but blind to pace, or naked as they now call it, and somehow managed to run even splits the whole way and finished in 3:54. When they say listen to the body, I think that’s one of my best achievements to date.” 17:44 @run_with_coachkatie therunninghub.co.uk | |||
| 22 Jan 2025 | The Science of Running | Insights from a Clinical Biomechanist | 01:00:36 | |
In this week’s episode Stuart had the opportunity to meet with a clinical biomechanist and physical therapist with a PhD in bio mechanics, Irene Davis. She was previously at Harvard medical school and founded the Spalding National Running Center, and she is now at the school of physical therapy and rehab sciences at the University of South Florida. You could say she really knows her stuff! So join these two as they discuss, from an expert point of view, the science of running and foot health, and topics such as running shoes, minimal shoes, orthotics, etc.
“We do isometrics, we do concentric, we do eccentrics, we do them with our knees bent and our knees straight. Heel strikers come and they are weak in their calves. The primary weaknesses we find when someone is a habitual heel striker, is weakness in their hips and in their calves.” 47:15 | |||
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