The MOVEMENT Movement

Brendan Brazier, the Paleo Vegan Triathlete (it IS possible!) – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 085 Brendan Brazier Brendan Brazier is the co-founder of Vega, Pulp Culture, and Fire Road, bestselling author of the Thrive book series, Editor-in-Chief of alive magazine, and an Executive Producer of The Game Changers film. He’s also a former professional Ironman triathlete and a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion. Brendan is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on plant-based performance nutrition, and now invests in and works with socially responsible food & tech companies whose mandate is to fix our food system and reduce the environmental strain of food production. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Brendan Brazier about how it is possible to be a paleo vegan triathlete. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How a paleo diet is more specific than a vegan diet alone. - Why people should be eating high net gain foods. - How our ancestors thought of food as synonymous with nutrition. - How having high cortisol levels makes it hard to gain muscle and lose weight. - Why eating a whole unrefined diet increases people’s protein intake. Connect with Brendan: Guest Contact Info: Twitter @brendan_brazier Instagram @brendanbrazier Facebook facebook.com/brendanbrazier LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/brendan-brazier-9508921b Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

Will Running Make You Slim? Advice for Overweight (AND other) Runners. – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 084 Dr. Heather Vincent Dr. Heather K. Vincent is the Director of the UF Health Sports Performance Center, Human Dynamics Laboratory in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Florida. She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Massachusetts, Doctorate at University of Florida and Postdoctoral fellowship at University of Virginia. She is an active researcher of the health benefits of exercise and running using physical activity to prevent injury and fight diseases like obesity and osteoarthritis. She is active at the national level with organizations like the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. With foundation funds, NIH funding and other support, she has published over 130 papers in the area of exercise science. Since 2008, she has served the community with innovative health assessment services, running medicine, consultations and exercise prescription for people from all over the United States. She and her husband (also Dr. Vincent) and three sons are proud to be Gators and believe in all things exercise for kids to the elderly. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Heather Vincent who gives advice for overweight and other runners. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How a person’s mentality after an injury will dictate and shape their recovery. - Why people shouldn’t stop running because they are overweight and afraid of injury. - Why people shouldn’t let others tell them they are running incorrectly. - How it’s important for overweight people to listen to their body and run slowly to control impact. - Why weight and size doesn’t dictate if people can run marathons. Connect with Heather: Links Mentioned: pmr.med.ufl.edu Guest Contact Info: Twitter @ufhealth Facebook facebook.com/UFHealth Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

What Makes a Harvard Doctor Start a Shoe Company? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode Dr. Casey Kerrigan Dr. Casey Kerrigan is co-founder of OESH Shoes. She is a Harvard M.D., an N.I.H. supported biomechanist, and a lifelong runner since her track star days in high school and college. After publishing numerous medical research studies linking traditional women’s shoes to serious long-term health problems and disability, she gave up her coveted position as the first woman tenured professor and chair in the school of medicine at the University of Virginia, to develop truly healthy shoes for women. Shunned by the shoe industry for her research, she built her own factory and company, OESH Shoes, where she develops not only the shoes but also the machinery, processes, and materials to make them. OESH is the only shoe company to be recognized by the National Science Foundation for its sustainable zero-waste 3D printing and 3D knitting processes. Making and selling its first batch of shoes in 2011, OESH has a community of now thousands of women who believe that fashion should be dictated, first and foremost, by health.  Listen to this informative The MOVEMENT Movement episode with Dr. Casey Kerrigan about what makes a Harvard Doctor start a shoe company. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How many people don’t understand the basic mechanics of walking and running. - Why reducing someone’s joint torque reduces arthritic pain. - How even the most expensive running shoes increase joint torques. - How even the smallest amount of arch support increases joint torques. - Why many big shoe companies are so threatened by natural movement. Connect with Casey: Links Mentioned: oeshshoes.com Guest Contact Info: Twitter @oeshshoes Instagram @oeshshoes Facebook facebook.com/OESHshoes Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

Barefoot Running Secrets and Stories with the “Barefoot O.G.” Barefoot Ken Bob – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 082 Ken Bob Saxton Ken Bob Saxton is the leading instructor of barefoot running in the United States of America, featured on ABC World News (2005), NPR, Runner’s World magazine, The New York Times, and many other newspapers, magazines, radio, and television appearances/mentions locally and around the world, as well as being acknowledged as the “great bearded sage” of barefoot running in the bestseller Born to Run, by Chris McDougall, who calls Ken Bob “The Master of Barefoot Running.” Listen to this episode The MOVEMENT Movement where Ken Bob Saxton discusses barefoot running secrets and stories. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How the barefoot running movement began in 2009. - Why you should start slow and listen to your soles when barefoot running. - How ten steps barefoot on rough terrain teaches people more about their running than 10 miles on smooth surfaces. - Why grass and soft sand are the worst places to begin barefoot running. - How barefoot running creates runners who look like they are having a good time. Connect with Ken Bob: Links Mentioned: barefootrunning.com Guest Contact Info: Facebook facebook.com/BarefootKenBob Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

Vibram FiveFingers: Behind the Scenes – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 081 Tony Post. Tony Post is the Founder and CEO of Topo Athletic, a footwear brand with a unique fit and feel that encourages instinctive and natural movement.  Competitor Magazine called Topo ‘a stunning modern take on minimalism.’  Topo has won many editor’s choice awards from Runner’s World, Outside, Women’s Running, Health Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, and many more.  Most recently, Topo’s new Trailventure boot received the REI Co-op Editors’ Choice Award for 2021.  In July of 2013, Tony launched Topo following successful leadership roles at Vibram USA and The Rockport Company. During his 11 years as president and CEO of Vibram USA, Tony not only helped establish Vibram as a premium sole supplier to footwear brands around the country, he sparked the natural running movement with the introduction of Vibram FiveFingers®.  Time Magazine named Vibram FiveFingers one of the best health and wellness inventions of 2007, and Vibram was named the 2010 footwear Brand of the Year by Footwear News.  Under Tony’s leadership, the outdoor retailer REI selected Vibram as their ‘brand partner of the year’ in both 2010 and 2011, distinguishing Vibram among more than 1,300 brands. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Tony Post who gives a behind the scenes look of Vibram FiveFingers. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - Why being required to wear shoes at the gym is ridiculous. - How regular running shoes can deteriorate your form and posture. - How shoes that support natural movement decrease pain and help people run longer. - Why it’s about using the correct form and not about the footwear. - How traditional shoes cause muscle atrophy in people’s feet. Connect with Tony: Guest Contact Info: Twitter @TonyPostTopo Instagram @mistatopo Facebook facebook.com/TopoAthletic LinkedInLinkedin.com/in/tony-post-a5b0966 Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes  

Improve Your Breathing to Improve Your Running – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 080 Amy Novony Dr. Amy Novotny founded the PABR® Institute with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her unique approach comes from her experience treating in a variety of settings and with a wide range of patient populations over the past 12 years. Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and most recently, chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute gave her the foundation to develop this treatment method to address a wide variety of painful and restrictive conditions. Her methods have helped countless people reduce and eliminate pain, stress, anxiety, orthopedic surgeries, sleep issues and the need for medications. She co-authored two Amazon #1 Best-Selling books Don’t Quit: Stories of Persistence, Courage and Faith and Success Habits of Super Achievers, which share her journey on how and why she developed the PABR® Method. Her ability to speak French and Spanish has allowed her to communicate with and help various clients from all around the world, including France, Mexico, Central America and South America. She has a variety of interests including running 40+ marathons, running 10 ultra marathons (including two 100 milers), completing an Ironman triathlon, photographing wildlife and landscapes all over the world that has led to several of her images being chosen as Photos of the Day, most notably National Geographic Your Shot World Top Photo of the Day. Visit her photography portfolio at www.amysimpressions.com! Listen to this informative The MOVEMENT Movement episode with Amy Novonty about improving your running by improving your breathing. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How taking away the flight or fight sympathetic tone out of your muscles allows them to contract voluntarily without tension. - Why changing your breathing helps calm your nervous system down and improves your running. - Why your knees should be higher than your hips when you are in a seated position. - How it’s important to keep your ribs and shoulders down when you’re inhaling. - Why you need to work on relaxing your back muscles, so they aren’t in a flight or fight position. Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

Does Neil DeGrasse Tyson NOT Know Physics? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 079 Listen to this informative The MOVEMENT Movement episode where Steven debunks the myth on energy return. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: How energy return is a term created by big companies to make more sales. Why anything that has a little bit of flexibility sucks energy out of you. How a higher energy suck means your body has to work harder. How running speed comes from your stride length and frequency. How trampolines and foam slow down how much energy you have Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

If you want to be a faster runner, it's really simple, you gotta go to Harvard. I'm going to tell you why in this episode. I'm Steven Sashen from XeroShoes.com, your host of The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast. If you have questions for me about the show, please email me, Steven Sashen, at move@jointhemovementmovement.com, or visit the website at www.jointhemovementmovement.com, and find what's going on, be part of the family of helping people discover and rediscover that natural movement is the obvious better healthy choice, just like natural food is... If you want to be part of the tribe, please subscribe.

Stretching, icing, all that sort of massage, all that kind of rehab stuff, super, super important, right? Maybe it's the worst thing you could be doing for yourself, if you're trying to be a healthier, better human being, let alone athlete. We're going to find out more about that on today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast. Today I am chatting with Brianne Showman, PT, DPT, a Physical Therapist by trade, but what she primarily does, is coach runners and obstacle course racers. Many years ago, Brianne was a traditional therapist who saw the injured person in an insurance-based clinic, and she got very fed up with what insurance companies do to control us. She got very fed up with just fixing broken people constantly, so she became a coach to get people on the front end of things in order to make more resilient athletes rather than constantly fixing broken people. If you have questions for me about the show, please email me, Steven Sashen, at move@jointhemovementmovement.com, or visit the website at www.jointhemovementmovement.com, and find what's going on, be part of the family of helping people discover and rediscover that natural movement is the obvious better healthy choice, just like natural food is... If you want to be part of the tribe, please subscribe. For more information on Brianne: Dr. Brianne Showman Brown has been a licensed physical therapist since 2006. Since that time, she has been helping active adults and athletes get back to the activities they love. As ideas and theories in rehabilitation, functional movement, and nutrition are constantly changing, she is constantly searching for the new information in order to get you back to the activities you love as quickly (but safely) as possible. Being a CrossFitter and runner herself, she also understands the desire to want to push through the pain, not wanting to take time off, and wanting to get back to activity as soon as possible when required to take time off. She does her best to keep you active in the things you are able to do, modifying as necessary, but not taking you completely out of the gym, off the track/field, or off the road. Website: https://getyourfixpt.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.ocr.doc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianne-showman YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GetYourFixPhysicalTherapy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetYourFixPhysicalTherapy  

Now, I'm not suggesting that if you put on a pair of traditional running shoes, your IQ will go down, you won't get into the college of your choice, or you won't be able to fill out a tax form or a crossword puzzle. But, I'm going to talk about two other kinds of stupidity. And when I talk about traditional running shoes, traditional is sort of a funny word to use because what most people think of as a running shoe, thick, padded, motion control, arch support, elevated heel, things like that. Frankly, that's actually not traditional. For most of human history, we ran in shoes that looked frankly more like the minimalist shoe, just enough to protect you from the ground and hold that protection onto your foot. So what I'm talking about with traditional running shoes... And here's one of the ways they make you dumber, because they have all that cushioning, which we think we need, we think. Well, Cushing is good, because running must be hard on the joint, so we need cushioning, right? Well, it's a great idea, but the reality is, it doesn't work that way at all, because when you have all that cushioning, there are a number of things that happen, one, you tend to land harder because your brain is trying to get feedback from the ground, and with all that questioning, you can't feel it. You have more nerve endings in the sole of your feet then anywhere but your fingertips and your lips. That's so that your brain knows how to use the rest of your body correctly. So if you make it dumb by making it numb, sometimes you'll land harder just to get that feedback that you need for balance and agility, but of course with all that extra padding, you don't have the balance with all that extra height, you don't have the balance. If you have questions for me about the show, please email me, Steven Sashen, at move@jointhemovementmovement.com, or visit the website at www.jointhemovementmovement.com, and find what's going on, be part of the family of helping people discover and rediscover that natural movement is the obvious better healthy choice, just like natural food is... If you want to be part of the tribe, please subscribe.