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The recent scientific as severe shocked me and probably will shock you as well. Women have no feet. Yes, you would be right. Women have no feet at least, that seems to be the way big footwear companies treat women and their feet. And we're going to find out more about that on today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement, the podcast for people who want to know the truth about what it takes to have a happy, healthy, strong body starting with the feet first, because those things are your foundation. Today I am by someone who I've known for a number of years and really, really admired. I'm really thrilled to have Geoffrey Gray as my guest. Geoffrey is the Founder and President of Heeluxe who started the company by building custom high heels in a garage. He is the driving force behind Heeluxe’s mission to “Make Better Shoes.” Dr. Gray is inspired by the works of Salvatore Ferragamo and Bill Bowerman and their efforts to create footwear that is inspired by the human body. His background in Physical Therapy, professional athlete rehabilitation, woodworking, and classic car building give him a unique skill set to progress the research and design of all styles of footwear. As a speaker Dr Gray makes shoes science easy to understand which is why he is selected to speak at footwear brands, conferences, and television shoes all over the world. Here on the The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast, we break down the propaganda, the mythology and sometimes the outright lies that you've been told, about what it takes to walk, to run, to hike to dance, to play to do yoga to do crossfit, whatever it is you'd like to do, enjoyably, efficiently, effectively. And that's why we're here. I'm Stephen Sashen and your host of The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast, the CEO of XeroShoes.com. And more importantly, what we're doing here, we call it The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast because we're creating a movement about a movement. Visit us at: JointheMovementMovement.com

You buy a new pair of running shoes or even walking shoes, or any kind of shoe frankly. And you go for a walk or a run and at a certain point, the shoes get bad. And what could happen to you if you don't replace them in time, and when do you replace them? Well, I have answers to both of those questions in today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast, the podcast for people who like to know the truth about what it takes to have a happy, healthy, strong body, starting with the feet first, because those things are, you may have noticed your foundation there at the bottom of your body. We also break down the propaganda, the mythology and sometimes the outright lies that you've been told, about what it takes to walk, to run, to hike to dance, to play to do yoga to do crossfit, whatever it is you'd like to do, enjoyably, efficiently, effectively. And that's why we're here. I'm Stephen Sashen and your host of The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast, the CEO of XeroShoes.com. And more importantly, what we're doing here, we call it The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast because we're creating a movement about a movement. Visit us at: JointheMovementMovement.com

Could the way you breathe be hurting...not only your health but even your performance? Do you breathe in then out? Or do you breathe out then in? Whichever one you do could make a difference. Kidding, that has nothing to do with it, but you're going to find out more on this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement podcast for people who want to know the truth about what it takes to have a happy, healthy, strong body. Typically starting with the feet first, because those things are your foundation. But now we're going to get into your lungs which are in a way also your foundation, without your lungs, your feet don't really matter too much. So this is the podcast for people who want to know what it takes to run to walk to hike to do Yoga, CrossFit, you name it enjoyable helpfully efficiently and if you're already part of what we're doing take, for being here, if you don't know what we're creating MOVEMENT Movement. We're trying to make natural movement, the obvious better healthy choice, the way natural food is. And we call it a MOVEMENT Movement because, well, the first part is about movement. The second part is that it's about you creating this movement, so if you want to be part of the tribe please subscribe, go to www.jointhemovementmovement.com to find previous episodes to find out all the different places that you can engage with this on YouTube, and Facebook, and Spotify and iTunes and everywhere that you get your podcast. You know how to do that and leave reviews and tell your friends and we hit the bell on YouTube. So, you find out about new episodes, you know how to do all this stuff. I don't need to tell you. This is kind of part two on breathing, but this one's going to be a whole different game. And so, let me introduce our guest for today, Dr. Artour Rakhmov sharing the Dr. Buteyko's breathing method.

With all the uncertainty and anxiety and confusion, and sometimes sheer panic about what's happening with the COVID-19 Virus, I do not have a solution for you, but I do have something that hopefully will be helpful on today's somewhat somber episode of The MOVEMENT Movement, the podcast that is typically for people who want to know the truth about having a happy, healthy, strong body, feet first. But of course, in this case, what's going on with your feet really has nothing to do with what happens with the virus. Actually, there may be a little something that may be useful. We'll get to that. I'm not offering solutions. I just want to offer something that may be a little respite for your stressful day and somewhat ironically it's about, we'll talk about a movement that's the most fundamental movement that we do and that is breathing, that is in and out, and in and out. Thing that we do with oxygen and nitrogen and carbon dioxide and all the other things that are in the air on a regular basis now is a time, especially when we're really anxious or panicked, that our breathing tends to suffer. And that can be a vicious cycle. Breathing restrictions can make you more anxious and again, it can roll down the hill until things are really, really bad. So, I am not, again, suggesting that by breathing differently, you're going to prevent the coven virus or protect yourself from it. If you hear people making claims like that, please, I mean, jeez, report them to the police. There's a lot of people who are making claims that are absolutely at the very least irresponsible and certainly not based on anything resembling science or facts or something useful. So please do be careful. This is just a really simple one. When you're stressed out, you're typically not breathing. I want to help you breathe a little better. Get a few moments in your day where you can relax, and I'll add one other thing that may be helpful. There's a little science behind it as well. So, we'll see. So, let's just start with breathing and I'm going well, it's real easy to put your hand, one hand on your chest and the other hand on your belly button and just leave it there for a second. Just breathe. Don't try and change anything. Don't try and do anything. Just, you know, keep one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly button and take a couple of breaths and see how you feel though. One thing I want you to notice and look for and pay attention to is as you're breathing, which hand moves first, is your chest or is it your belly that's moving first? And what I want to suggest and recommend that you do is make sure that it's your belly that's moving first. This is not rocket science. Many of you who, if you've ever done yoga or Tai Chi or anything, we know about the idea of belly breathing. But just pay attention right now. And if your belly isn't moving first, then relax. Take a breath into your belly and let it be the thing that initiates this breathing motion. Now we're not leaving out the chest, we're just starting with the belly. If actually if your chest hand doesn't move, that's kind of okay, but if you really want to get a good full breath, start with the belly and when that seems to be full, keep breathing in the chest is going to move after that and then just relax and let it out. Don't worry about whether your chest hand or belly hand moves first. Just relax and let that breath just go and try it again. Just breathing in the belly moves first and the chest finishes and then just let go. If you want to add a sigh, a sigh sometimes, that's really necessary at times like this against a breath in belly moves first and then the chest and let it go. Now if your belly isn't moving first, that means you're tightening up all around your core and just shake it out. Just, you know, give your head a roll. Just move your shoulders, do a little dance in your chair. Stand up and just move everything just to let your whole body just loosen up for a little bit. And when you breathe the belly first and chest, and then relax. Now I want to add two things to this. If you have already done this, you're familiar with some of this, but now let's add a little spinal motion. So, as you breathe in, just arch your back slightly. Let your head go back slightly. This is not a big thing just to give yourself some more room when you breathe. And as you breathe out, do the opposite, kind of curling just a tiny bit. So, breathing in belly and chest with a slight arch in your back. and then compressing slightly as you exhale and one more belly first. Then chest, slight arch. Exhale and compressed slightly by curving your back. Here's one other thing you can try. Put your arms up over your head and same idea, just belly first slight arch and then pull your arms back slightly to really open up that thoracic spine as you breathe, compress and slightly on the way out. Once more. And as you do that little thing with your arms, what you're trying to do is kind of squeeze your shoulder blades together just a little bit to just open up your chest. Your belly is going to be open. Let your chest open as well. Squeeze your shoulder blades a little as you are slightly, get a little more room, even into the very top of your chest, right underneath your collarbones there's some room for air. And then relax and just do one more belly chest. Squeeze your shoulder blades a little bit. Keep breathing in so you get air all the way up into your collarbones is what it'll feel like. And then relax. So, every now and then you might want to set an alarm. I don't set an alarm. That'll be stressful. Every now and then remind yourself in whatever way works for you. Just take a few breaths, hand on your belly, hand in your chest, do a couple, then do a couple with a slight arch and then do a couple with your hands over your head. Letting your shoulder blades contract a little so you really get as much room as possible, to get as much air as possible, and just let it go. So hopefully that'll help with dealing with the, there's one other thing you can do dealing with stress. That is, it’s known to be actually a help to improve your immune system, and wherever and whenever you can go take a walk. Ideally in something like nature, where there's trees around you or a big body of water around you, or, we don't where we live, we don't really have any trees. We just have a big open plain, but even that will do the trick and there's no magic about whether you're wearing shoes or being barefoot. Don't get hung up on that. Just get out around nature, obviously ideally not around other human beings. And just 20 minutes has been shown to, especially if you do it like three times a week, has been shown to improve immune function. So, get out and give it a shot, and while you're out there, do your breathing exercises as well. I'm not going to get into any theories about what it is about being in nature that makes bodies and minds feel better, not worth getting into that conversation, or sometimes argument. I'm just saying during these very difficult and stressful times, here's some things that you can do to be good to yourself. if you can't go outside, there's some exercising you can do inside as well. We're going to, we'll do more about that later, but most importantly, just want to give you a little something, as I've said, and now way too many things to help deal with everything that's going on in your body and mind right now. Hopefully this will all pass with relative ease and we'll all get through this. My fingers are crossed. I just hope the best for you and your loved ones and frankly, even people you don't love, for everyone really. And so, while this is all going on, treat yourself well, be nice, be smart, wash your hands, do a little social distancing and to the extent that you can, continue to live life, feet first, hope this is helpful. Man, I wish I could even think of anything more to say or something entertaining to say, but these are trying times and I hope this is something, or there's something, I'm doing to help try to try to be helpful. Thanks again. If this is useful, feel free obviously to like and share and pass it on. I'm not going to do a big pitch. This is not the time for that. If you don't know where to find us, go to www.jointhemovementmovement.com, you can find previous episodes. You can find how to spread the word and cross your fingers and keep me posted about how well you're doing. Okay? Be well.

This was one of our most listened to episodes from season one. We would like to share with you again, what are 'Minimal Barefoot Shoes'? You may have heard about minimalist shoes or barefoot shoes. Do you want them? Which ones do you get, which are good, which are bad, which aren't even what they say they are? That's what we're going to find out in today's podcast. Welcome to The MOVEMENT Movement, the podcast for people who want to know the truth about what it takes to have a healthy, happy, strong body, and The MOVEMENT Movement podcast. We're going to be cutting through the mythology, the confusion, the propaganda, sometimes the outright lies that people tell you that keep you from enjoying doing what bodies like to do, which is move. Walk, run, swim, hike, play, lift, whatever your body likes to do. We're here to have you do that. I always like to say, let's start The MOVEMENT Movement with some moving. So, do something. Anything. What you want to do, whenever you can, for moving is break out of patterns that you've already had. If this whole idea of natural movement resonates with you, then Subscribe, click Like, Friend, Share, whatever it is that you're doing depending on the platform that you're engaging with us on right now. Come to our website, jointhemovementmovement.com and that will point you to all the different places, all the different social channels where you can participate with us. If you have any suggestions or questions, send them over to move@jointhemovementmovement.com.

If you don't know physics, you shouldn't be buying running shoes. I will tell you why, and I'm also going to teach you a little bit of physics, enough to be really obnoxious at parties. And just a few minutes here on this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement, the podcast for people who want to know the truth about what it takes to have a happy, healthy, strong body starting with the feet first, cause those things are your foundation. Here's where we break down the propaganda, the mythology, sometimes the outright lies that you've been told about what it takes to run, to walk, to hike, to dance, to do CrossFit, to do yoga, to power, lift, to do dance, dance, revolution, whatever it is that you like to do and do that enjoyably healthily and efficiently. I'm your host Steven Sashen. Remember to join the tribe and subscribe at https://jointhemovementmovement.com.

If there was just science proving that running barefoot, or in truly minimalist footwear was good for you, then everybody was switch, right? Okay. We're going to take a look at that in today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement, the podcast for people who want to know the truth about what it takes to have a happy, healthy, strong body starting with your feet first, because those things are your foundation. Nike sponsored a study, they call it an independent study that they sponsored, which in and of itself is kind of fascinating. I talked about it, the React Infinity Run and they said that that shoe reduces injury rates by over 50% and if you look at the research, I just saw the abstract. I didn't see the entire research paper, but according to the abstract that the researcher gave me, it's true that that shoe reduced injury rates by 50% but that's not the important part. The important part is what they did is, they compared people in that shoe to people in Nike's best selling motion controlled running shoe and yes, the React Infinity Run, the people running in it had a 50% lower injury rate than the people in the other shoe. This is during a 12 week half marathon training program and people in the other shoe, over 30% of them got injured in 12 weeks, actually in less than 12 weeks because the only way that they could have done the study or qualified as injured is having something like three or more missed sessions in a row. So basically it had to be no more than 10 maybe 11 weeks tops, roughly 10 weeks. So in less than 10 weeks, approximately over 30% of the people who got injured in the best selling motion control running shoe and in the React Infinity, okay, about 15% got injured. How is this good? Listen in, I'm your host Steven Sashen. Remember to join the tribe and subscribe at https://jointhemovementmovement.com.

You've just gotten out of big, thick, padded motion control shoes. Maybe you're running barefoot, maybe you're running in a truly minimal shoe, like Xero Shoes. You've had incredible experiences. Injuries might have gone away. You feel better, you're having more fun. So you want to tell everyone, right? Yeah. Shut up. Don't do that. We're going to talk about why on today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement, the podcast for people who want to know the truth about what it takes to have a happy, healthy, strong body, starting with the feet first.

As we come to the end of our second season, I wanted to share with you the episode with the MOST downloads, not only in Season Two, but in Season One as well. I want to thank you for listening to the show these last two seasons and hope you will stick with me as we enter Season Three with more insights to natural movement and amazing new interviews to help support you in having a happy, healthy, strong body. Starting with the feet first, because those things are your foundation. The most downloaded episode info: The woman and man that I'm going to be chatting with in this podcast are doing the stupidest research in the history of human biomechanical research, and what can we learn about natural movement from people who don't move naturally at all? We're going to find out both of those things on today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement podcast.The woman and man that I'm going to be chatting with in this podcast are doing the stupidest research in the history of human biomechanical research. And what can we learn about natural movement from people who don't move naturally at all? We're going to find out both of those things on today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement podcast. I'm Steven Sashen, your host for The MOVEMENT Movement, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them at all the various places you can. If you have something you want to email us, drop an email to move@jointhemovementmovement.com and again, if you want to be part of the tribe, please subscribe and like and share and review and do all those things that you know how to do, but most importantly, enjoy. Have fun and live life feet first.

Could the secret to getting stronger and fitter be doing less than you ever thought was realistic or possible, or made any sense whatsoever? Maybe. We're going to find out today on this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement podcast. I'm Steven Sashen from XeroShoes.com, the host of this podcast. And today I am speaking to Tim Anderson and Dani Almeyda of OriginalStrength.net. Please share and like and review and give a thumbs up and ring the bell If you're watching this on YouTube. As I always say, if you want to be part of the tribe, please subscribe. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email at move@jointhemovementmovement.com. And as always, go out, have fun and live life feet first.