The MOVEMENT Movement

Ironman World Champ Shares Secrets for Increasing Energy and Performance – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 090 with Pete Jacobs Pete Jacobs is the Ironman World Champion and a Health and Performance Coach. In 2012 Pete won the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, improving from 2nd the year before, and holds one of the fastest ever marathon splits at the World Championship event, a 2:41:05, at the end of the Ironman, in Hawaii! Since then, Pete has learnt endlessly about health and performance to overcome fatigue and inflammation that had troubled him since he was a teenager. Now a certified MAF Coach, certified Health Coach, & calls himself a Performance Coach for anyone seeking more energy, through his business Live Your Own Fit | LYF Performance co-founded with his wife Jaimielle. Pete has always run in the most minimal shoes he could. Even when sponsored by a major shoe brand, he chose racing 'flats' for all his training and racing, and even modified those to make them more minimalist. Pete loves being barefoot, running barefoot on grass tracks, or using minimalist shoes when he does wear shoes, casually, or in training. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Pete Jacobs about secrets for increasing energy and performance. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - How our brains create stress that doesn't exist and leads to misplaced emotions. - Why being able to de-stress is so important for people to master. - How people need to become more present and lie in the moment. - Why people should work on improving their posture when they rest. - How mindset can be one of the most limiting things, especially on race day. Connect with Pete: Guest Contact Info Facebook facebook.com/liveyourownfit Links Mentioned: liveyourownfit.com Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter @XeroShoes Instagram @xeroshoes Facebook facebook.com/xeroshoes

How to Get Fit After 40, or 50, or 60 Without a Gym – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 089 with Rodrigo Gallego Rodrigo Gallego is a personal trainer, movement coach and the creator of Barefoot Movers. He offers live online group training for adults interested in staying active, capable, feeling good and performing well for the long term. His mission is to help people change their relationship with movement, their bodies while re-connecting with the joy and benefits of moving better. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Rodrigo Gallego about getting fit over 40 without a gym. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - Why it's important for people to really focus on how their body moves during training. - How people shouldn't have to give up the movement they love as they age. - Why people need to find time in their day to do the activities they enjoy. - How training shouldn't feel like a task, it should be fun and enjoyable. - How many people are resistant to removing their shoes at first. Connect with Rodrigo: Guest Contact Info Instagram @barefootmovers Links Mentioned: barefootmovers.com Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter @XeroShoes Instagram @xeroshoes Facebook facebook.com/xeroshoes

How to Find and Fix the REAL Cause of Your Aches and Pains – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 088 with Frank Titus Frank Titus is the founder of Titus Motion Therapy (TMT), a long-term solution that treats the causes of chronic pain and a proven method for eliminating pain. With an over 95% client success rate, Titus Motion Therapy offers the Los Angeles area a convenient, centrally located, and comfortable setting for TMT sessions. If you are not in Los Angeles, you can still receive direct treatment via Skype. Titus has perfected the process of treating clients throughout the world via Skype consultations and has had clients as far away as Europe, New Zealand. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Frank Titus about finding and fixing the real cause of your pain. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - How today's physical therapy focuses on symptoms rather than weakness throughout the body. - Why minimalist shoes embrace people's feet instead of bracing them. - How there is an entire kinetic chain linked to your body's movements. - Why a break in the kinetic chain leads to weakness and dysfunction in the body. - How our body's foundation comes from proper hip placement and posture. Connect with Frank: Guest Contact Info Twitter @franktitus Facebook facebook.com/frank_titusmotiontherapy Links Mentioned: titusmotiontherapy.com Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter @XeroShoes Instagram @xeroshoes Facebook facebook.com/xeroshoes

Strengthen This/Not That: Fitness Secrets from SUPER Strongman, Chris Duffin – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 087 with Chris Duffin Chris Duffin went from body building to building a business empire. After becoming a superstar in the world of fitness, and one of the most respected strength coaches in the world, he became a best-selling author and has created and turned around companies in multiple industries ranging from shoes and supplements to Aerospace and High-Tech. Now retired from competing, he uses his MBA, his engineering background, and hands-on knowledge to provide industry-changing innovations and education, entrepreneurial coaching, and leadership. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Chris Duffin about the parts of the body that should be strengthened. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - Why people should build resilience through stress and adaptation in life. - How pushing extremes helps people find perfection in form and technique. - How technology can interfere with people's respiration patterns and mess up their breathing. - Why back pain is the number one healthcare cost in the America. - How people can't control their foot and ankle complex if it's in something binding. Connect with Chris: Guest Contact Info Instagram @mad_scientist_duffin Facebook facebook.com/chrisduffinstrong LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/chris-duffin-ab92997 Links Mentioned: christopherduffin.com Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter @XeroShoes Instagram @xeroshoes Facebook facebook.com/xeroshoes

Do Carbon Fiber Shoes Make You Weak? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 086 Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement about whether or not carbon fiber shoes make you weak. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - How winning a race is not determined by the shoes someone wears. - How carbon plates in shoes are not springs or fulcrums as some claim. - How orthotics with arch support end up contributing to muscle loss - How walking in minimalist shoes can build intrinsic foot muscle in 8 weeks. Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter @XeroShoes Instagram @xeroshoes Facebook facebook.com/xeroshoes

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