TFC Audio Project

On this episode of #shoptalk, Mike and Nick talk about pain. They start by defining pain and how it's really an alarm designed to protect our bodies. They talk about the evolutionary benefits of pain, chronic pain, how pain does not equal damage, how the body learns from pain, and they cover how to use pain to your advantage. 

On this episode of Nerd Talk, Nick has a conversation with Emily Gooding. Emily is a local Foot Nerd from Ottawa and also the sleep team leader for the Foot Nerd Program. They talk about her own struggle with foot pain, what got her interested in the Foot Nerd Program, her love for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and they finish by talking about sleep and the powerful bits of information they've both learned so far about this very important yet very underappreciated pillar of health.

In this episode of #shoptalk, Nick and Mike talk about optimizing your learning. They start by defining learning and discuss learning as a skill, as well as how sleep and food affect your ability to learn. They talk about having a process and a method for acquiring knowledge and how training the mind for focussed attention is more important now than ever, especially now considering the fact that we live in an age of distraction. 

On this episode of Nerd Talk, Nick has a conversation with Clayton Weakly. They talk about climbing, their TFC Climb project that's aiming to improve the shape of climbing shoes, and the TFC manufacturing philosophy inspired by Patagonia. Hope you enjoy!

On this episode of #shoptalk, Mike and Nick talk about balance. Not balance in the sense of balancing on one leg, but balance in terms of work-life balance; seeking balance when it comes to food, technology, stress, and balancing training and recovery. Their goal was really to air out the process of working towards balance in life generally in the hopes that it would be relatable in your life. 

In this episode of #shoptalk, Mike and Nick talk about food. They did their first episode on nutrition a while back, and now that TFC is embarking on food education as part of their shift beyond feet and hips into the realm of health as a whole, their perspective on food is changing. As they learn, they have these conversations on the podcast to fill everyone in on the new stuff they are reading about. They talk about food as a whole, what the food problem is, they breakdown the ideology of nutritionism, and finish with tips on how to identify real food. 

In this short #solo episode, Nick riffs on squat mobility, active versus sedentary lifestyles, having a sense of purpose in life, the power of self regulation, meditation, and modern medicine. 

On this episode of #shoptalk, Mike and Nick start by defining psychology. They talk about locus of control and then get into addiction and the self-concept. A lot of people know what they need to do to be healthy, but few people are able to achieve those behaviors so this episode is all about exploring the psychological barriers to achieving health.