What Dancers Can Teach You About Healthy Feet

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 151 with Emily Kent

Emily Milam Kent graduated Magna Cum Laude, earning a BSEd in Dance Education from the University of Georgia. She began working with Pilobolus in 1999 working first as a dancer and collaborator and then Teaching Artist.   She has created original works for high school and university dance companies for Pilobolus and as an individual artist. She has set classic Pilobolus repertoire on high school and university students; she and her partner Matt Kent, were the first to have the process notated by a Laban Notator. During her career with Pilobolus she has created new programs to share the Pilobolus Method to people of all ages and abilities to people around the country: Pilobolus @ Play, the flagship touring education residency, Connecting with Balance, aprogressive program for the aging population, The Pilobolus Teaching Manual, to share our techniques with teachers. She spends her days teaching and training teachers to bring Pilobolus’s ideals of collaboration and improvisation to young and old.  

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Emily Kent about what dancers can teach you about your feet.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How many dancers have been taught to move in certain ways, and how they can move away from that.

- Why it’s a good idea to tell people they are playing games in a dance class.

- How movement and dance classes teach people how to have better balance.

- How everyone at any age can benefit from taking a dance and why you shouldn’t be afraid to.

- How pointe shoes can really mess up your feet and how they aren’t part of modern dance.

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Born to Run 2 Authors Share Secrets of Happy Running (and More)

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 150 with Chris McDougall and Eric Orton

Trained as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, Christopher McDougall covered wars in Rwanda and Angola before writing his international bestseller, Born to Run. His fascination with the limits of human potential led him to his next book, Natural Born Heroes. McDougall also created the Outside magazine web series, "Art of the Hero."

Eric Orton’s experience with the Raramuri and his study of running, human performance, strength, and conditioning have led him to the cutting edge of the sport and made him a go-to for athletes everywhere. The author of Born to Run 2 and The Cool Impossible, Orton travels the World speaking on running and personally trains athletes from recreational runners to elite ultramarathoners.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Chris McDougall and Eric Orton about their book, Born to Run 2.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How Born to Run kicked off the barefoot running movement in 2009.

- Why it’s important for people to see others running who aren’t fitness models.

- How great athletes can use their athleticism to run long distances.

- Why people should be having fun when they run ultra-marathons.

- How Born to Run 2 is about so much more than just running.

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Better Than Biohacking

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 149 with Nick Urban

Nick Urban is a Biohacker, Data Scientist, Athlete, Founder of Outliyr, and the Host of the Mind Body Peak Performance Podcast. He is a Certified CHEK Practitioner, a Personal Trainer, and a Performance Health Coach. Nick is driven by curiosity which has led him to study ancient medical systems (Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hermedic Principles, etc), and modern science.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Nick Urban about how biohacking isn’t the best way to optimize your health.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How biohacking and the wellness world rely on placebos for treatment.

- Why newborns and animals aren’t affected by placebos in the same way as adults.

- How being a bio-harmonizer is different than being a biohacker.

- How the core principle of bio-harmonization is that everything in the body serves a purpose.

- Why modern humans have lost the ability to assess what’s going on inside us. 

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The “Basic” Plan to Get Fit at Any Age

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 148 with Tony Bevilacqua

A former overweight, beer loving, cancer patient who went through hell and back in his late 20's, Tony Bevilacqua eventually came out the other side with incredible insight about living a life full of health, opportunity, and service to others. Today, with 23 years of professional coaching experience under his belt, Tony has helped 1000's of athletes from every sport imaginable, at every level imaginable, maximize their potential to look, feel, and perform their very BEST. Most recently, Tony has worked extensively in the realm of CrossFit and Weightlifting, where he has developed and coached some of the best athletes in the World in BOTH sports. Tony is now bringing his knowledge and expertise in all things nutrition, fitness, and recovery to guys over 40 to help them discover their previously untapped potential so they can build a body that is strong, lean, and high-performance for life.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Tony Bevilacqua about the “basic” plan to get fit at any age.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How most men in their forties and older didn’t grow up with good strength conditioning program.

- Why having a good strength conditioning program is so important.

- How people must have comprehensive training that includes nutrition and good sleep habits.

- Why the barbell is the most efficient tool at the gym and the different ways you can use it.

- How it’s important to add speed to the strength that you’ve developed over time, creating power.

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How to Make Fitness Fun

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 148 with Mason Bendewal

For over 20 years Mason Bendewal has helped build top fitness companies and coached trainers to become on-camera fitness stars. He’s crafted innovative programs that shattered sales records beginning with the home fitness sensation P90X. Mason went on to become the Chief Production Officer of Daily Burn (an IAC Company) and launched the first fitness streaming service of its kind; he built the entire streaming library, creating the most comprehensive modern fitness catalog ever, training 13 world-class trainers, and creating 18 programs with over 200 workouts.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Mason Bendewal about how P90x made fitness fun again.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How fitness has evolved over the last thirty years.

- How people, especially older individuals, are more aware they need exercise in their life.

- Why pushing yourself to extremes during fitness is not the right move to make.

- How talking about our differences can lead to deeper and more fulfilling connections.

- Why you should find a way to exercise that you find fun and entertaining.

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Handball. Your New Favorite Sport

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 146 with Ebiye Udo-Udoma

Ebiye Udo-Udoma is a national hero for American Handball, and equally an inspiration for athletes who also want to make a business impact in their respective sports. EJ is the model for how sports with an established international professional & Olympic presence can grow in the United States. The day will come when Team Handball & Beach Handball will be as big in The States as Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League. When that day comes, it will because of athletes & strategists like Ebiye Jeremy Udo-Udoma. 

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Ebiye Udo-Udoma about playing handball in Xero Shoes.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- What handball is, it’s history, and how it is played today.

- Why it’s important to have an efficient and controlled offense in handball.

- How it’s risky and could lead to injury trying to recreate what Olympic athletes do.

- Why the degree of difficulty can be lost if you’re doing something no one else does.

- How playing handball in Xero Shoes has been beneficial.

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Vibram FiveFingers: Behind the Scenes

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 145 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.

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Why MMA Fighter Raufeon Stots Wears Xero Shoes

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 144 with Raufeon Stots

Raufeon Stots is an American mixed martial artist and graduated collegiate wrestler currently competing in the bantamweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is the current Interim Bellator Bantamweight Champion. As a wrestler, he is a two-time NCAA Division II champion. As of June 28, 2022, he is #10 in the Bellator men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Raufeon Stots about why he wears Xero Shoes.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How Xero Shoes are appropriate for all different kinds of athletes.

- Why the way you move is an important part of mixed martial arts.

- How being an MMA fighter can impact how you attack different parts of your life. 

- How Xero Shoes help you discover the mistakes you’re making when you run.

- How Xero Shoes allow Raufeon Stots to run better, train better, and spar better.

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You Have the Wrong Health Goals

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 143 with Griffin Coombs

Griffin Coombs is a movement, breathing, and wellness coach based in Tangier, Morocco, whose work centers around guiding all types of people to “level up” their bodies by closing gaps in some of the most overlooked areas of their wellbeing. 

While it might sound like a disadvantage to grow up without much interest in conventional sports (especially in a town like Boston), this is what allowed Griffin to develop an intentional relationship to physical exercise that emphasizes physical freedom, discipline, and authenticity.

“If your goal isn’t aligned with your well-being, our first job is to change your goal,” says Griffin, and no one leaves one of his training sessions without learning something new about their body. His eclectic and nuanced approach to training is built on the foundational values of focused awareness, holistic understanding, and a health-first mindset – and is supported by a breadth of experience in corrective exercise, yoga, martial arts & combatives, breath training, and several other movement disciplines.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Griffin Coombs about why you should re-evaluate your health goals.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How people who work out shouldn’t focus so much on losing weight.  

- Why it’s important for people to understand exactly why they want to change their body.

- How our psychology can affect the perception we have of our bodies.

- How people and trainers might want to rethink mainstream personal training philosophies.

- Why convincing people that barefoot shoes are the best can be challenging at times.

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Feet and Footwear in the World’s Fastest Sport

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 142 with Xinyu Cheng

Xinyu Cheng, a semi-professional Chinese table tennis player, starts playing ping-pong at 7 years old. Over the past several years, he has played in the league in both China and Spain. Xinyu has a great passion for sports and fitness, he is also a table tennis coach apart from being a player. Currently, Xinyu is playing for the club Fuencarral in the national league of Spain.

At the beginning of the new season of 2022-2023, he won the men's singles champion at the Madrid Open table tennis tournament on behalf of his club.

Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Xinyu Cheng about footwear in table tennis.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How a lot of movement is involved when people play table tennis.

- How to play table tennis and the ins and outs of the sport.

- Why choppers and defenders wait for their opponents to make a mistake instead of playing table tennis aggressively.

- Why wearing minimalist shoes when playing table tennis is beneficial.

- How the modern athletic shoe has led more athletes to more injuries than before it existed.

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