In this episode of #shoptalk, Mike and Nick unpack the concept of lifestyle. They go over what lifestyle means, how changing your lifestyle really means changing your identity, and how we inherit our lifestyle but can always change it. They finish with some actionable tips for each pillar of health to give you ideas on how to get started changing your lifestyle in order to benefit your health. 

Nick and Clayton go deep with a conversation centered around the concept of mobility. They talk about mobility training, how to make your mobility gains stick, using lifestyle to  avoid losing mobility, and they unpack the powerful benefits of a daily practice to maintain your joint mobility in the same way most of us have a daily practice of brushing your teeth. 

In their first time speaking together, Nick and Moses get into the weeds on how to rebuild a broken healthcare system from the ground up. They cover the fundamental problems in today's system, some first principals and assumptions that they know to be true, and they talk about how the entire education system from kindergarten all the way up to medical school needs to change in order to achieve sustainable health by shifting our cultural values. 

The human mind is bias to zone in on short-term benefits and we aren't great at seeing the long-term effects of our immediate behaviors which can end up having some negative effects on our health over time. Nick and Mike talk about why we've evolved to be that way and more importantly how we can broaden our perspective towards thinking long term. 

Tim's a physiotherapist, a Foot Nerd, a good friend, and in this episode Nick and Tim talk about the Foot Nerd Program, the evolution of his treatment approach, lessons learned as a wrestler, and habits.

John Lindsay is part of the TFC Footwear squad and he's been putting out awesome content on Instagram. Nick and John decided to connect so he could share his story and they had a great conversation about his movement journey, daily habits, and some principles that he uses to guide him in his training. 

On this episode, Nick chats with Clayton Weakley about building habits, dialing in a morning routine, the pros and cons of working from home during strange times like this, and how to build a better relationship with social media. Clayton's a Foot Nerd, a mobility coach, he's obsessed with rock climbing, and he's been on the podcast before.

On this episode of #shoptalk, Mike and Nick have a conversation about immune function and do their best to simplify the biology of the immune system. They talk about how the five pillars of health influence the immune system and what you can do to create a more resilient defense system so that you can be ready for battle if you do come into contact with something like a virus. They finish the episode by making some observations about how the pandemic is being managed in their own hometown, and how we can all do our own part to ask questions and make sure the best interest of the public is being served with decisions made by country leadership. 

On this episode originally recorded from March 19, Nick redefines what it means to be "healthy". He unpacks the concept of movement snacks, talks about the importance of doing fun stuff everyday during these strange and uncertain times, talks about connecting with others during isolation, and last but not least some live Q&A at the end. 

On this episode of Nerd Talk, Nick chats with Mark Sharafinski Jr. Mark's a physician, Foot Nerd, and he's got a great running story that he shared in this episode. They talk about the Foot Nerd program, using movement to enhance learning, potential solutions to the health problem, and they finish with a chat about key habits that he implements on a daily basis. This was one of Nick's favorite conversations to date on the podcast, and we hope that you all enjoy it and find the content useful.

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