The Movement Movement

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

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

Barefoot Running Secrets and Stories with the “Barefoot O.G.” Barefoot Ken Bob – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 141 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

Is Pronation Bad? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 140 with Rick Merriam Rick Merriam completed a 600-hour Massage Therapy Program at The Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy (CCMT) In 1994.From 2003 to 2009, he worked as an applied biomechanics consultant at ESPN. After a few years of serving as a consultant, his primary role at ESPN was to work with sports- and work-related injuries. Over the last few years, Rick has been quoted in Runner's World UK, Massage Therapy & Bodywork, Massage Magazine, IDEA Fitness Journal, Massage & Fitness Magazine, and The Guardian Liberty Voice. He has also served as an applied biomechanics consultant for the fitness staff at Canyon Ranch, The Greenbrier, and ESPN. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Rick Merriam about if pronation needs to be corrected when running. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How people must think beyond their joints and consider how force is being applied to their muscles

Proper Breathing Equals Proper Movement with Erin McGuire – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 139 with Erin McGuire Erin McGuire PT, OCS, has been a physical therapist for over 25 years.  Erin is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, creator of the core360 belt and a Prague School of Rehabilitation Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) international instructor and practitioner.   After more than 20 years at her private practice in Los Angeles, Back in Balance Physical Therapy, Erin recently moved her practice to Colorado where she will focus on teaching, the core360 belt and continuing to treat clients.   Her key mentors, Clare Frank PT, DPT and Pavel Kolar PT, PhD, greatly impacted the direction of her professional career and sparked her passion for understanding the nuances, motor patterns and interconnectedness of the movement system.  With the growth of her DNS practice, her interest and focus increased on assessment and training of the diaphragm muscle and it’s two key func

Confessions of a Shoe Salesman – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 138 with Joe Burnham Joe Burnham is the B2B Marketing Coordinator at Xero Shoes. There Joe cultivates abundance by rattling cages and dropping keys through deep connection and creative communication. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Joe Burnham about what it’s like to be a shoe salesman. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How minimalist shoes can help your feet and body feel better at the end of the day. - Why cushioned shoes make your body feel worse after a full day of wear. - How honesty is the best policy when making selling to someone. - Why it’s better to resolve an issue instead of trying to fix it with a Band-Aid. - How most shoe salesmen learn to sell shoes from other salesmen or the company that makes them, and why that’s a bad thing. Connect with Joe: Guest Contact Info Joe@xeroshoes.com  Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twit

Can You Exercise “Too Much”? Discover a Better Way… – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 137 with Jennifer Hicks Jennifer Hicks is an internationally recognized Nia movement instructor, trainer and Personal Trainer. When you find yourself getting a sweat on at one of her online Nia classes, you too will experience the profound connection between body self-awareness and recovery. Chances are, you’ll also enjoy yourself. Who knew healing could feel like this? Jenn does and soon, you will too. Classes are delivered in person and online. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Jennifer Hicks about the dangers of exercising too much. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - Why restricting portion sizes and food groups is not a healthy way to lose weight. - How exercising can become an addiction when you’re doing it solely to lose weight. - How difficult it is to live with an eating disorder, even if you don’t recognize you have one. - Why Nia fitness asks yo

What Podiatrists DON’T Know Will Hurt You – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 136 with Alissa Kuizinas Dr. Alissa Kuizinas is a board-certified podiatrist who takes a natural approach to foot problems. Focusing on gait analysis, movement patterns, lifestyle habits, and footwear, she creates whole body treatment programs for her patients. Her membership program, Transform Your Feet, has helped her clients regain their foot function and mobility and eliminate foot pain. Dr. Kuizinas also offers virtual consultations.  Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Alissa Kuizinas about why podiatrists should learn about natural movement. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How there are few lessons about footwear and how it affects the feet in podiatry school. - How people who tell you that you need support in your shoes don’t know what they’re talking about. - Why wearing shoes with arch support leads to foot pain later. - How people feel like they have mo

Get (Really) Grounded – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 135 with Emily Gooding Emily Gooding is a Movement Coach and a former Registered Nurse. She helps individuals with chronic pain, injuries, and movement dysfunction reclaim their quality of life through movement coaching, Thai massage, and environmental design. Emily's ongoing journey navigating her own chronic pain has led her to explore many modalities such as martial arts, cold therapy, and ground-living. She believes in fostering a culture of curiosity, learning, and openness to new ideas. Her objective is to help empower her clients to unlock their full potential so they can enjoy more of their lives.  Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Emily Gooding about getting grounded. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How you spend a lot of time on the ground if you practice Brazilian Jujitsu. - How we have spent most of human history close to the ground, so it makes sense to sleep there. -

Fix Your Calves, Fix Your Feet – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 134 with Butch Phelps Butch Phelps is founder of The Muscle Repair Shop and the Stretch n Release Technique. His mission is to help you regain the freedom of movement you once had and age more pain-free. He created the “Stretch n’ Release Technique” after 15 years of studying Aging Sciences, Neuromuscular Massage, Active Isolated Stretching, and how the brain affects our ability to release our muscles. This was out of necessity to solve his own pain, more than just pure education. Butch’s patients benefit from the release of pain through guided stretch sessions, daily homework, and instructional videos to support a healthy stretching habit. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Butch Phelps about how fixing your calves will fix your feet. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - Why you must use your muscles to make your bones work. - How going barefoot can help your muscles get strong

The SIMPLE Path to Healing and Wellness – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 133 with Graham Tuttle Graham Tuttle, known as the Barefoot Sprinter, is a strength and conditioning coach who is passionate about fitness, movement, and nutrition. He focuses on training athletes to stay out of pain, be stronger, and stay active with the sport they love longer. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Graham Tuttle about the simple path to healing and wellness. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How health and functionality should be so simple people can’t disagree with it. - How many wellness companies use fearmongering as a marketing strategy and why that’s counterproductive. - Why the fake food that wasn’t around 200 years ago is the real problem. - How there are six fundamental levers to being healthy and what they are. - Why some people can’t simply “listen to their body” when it comes to health. Connect with Graham: Guest Contact Info Links Mentione

Dr. Irene Davis’ Change of Heart from Orthotics to Natural Foot Movement – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 132 with Irene Davis Irene Davis is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. She is also the founding Director of the Spaulding National Running Center. Dr. Davis is a Professor Emeritus in Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware where she served on the faculty for over 20 years. Her research is focused on the relationship between lower extremity structure, mechanics, and musculoskeletal injury. She has pioneered the area of retraining faulty gait patterns in both walking and running. She has received funding from the Department of Defense, Army Research Office, and National Institutes of Health to support her research. Dr. Davis has given over 300 lectures both nationally and internationally and authored over 110 publications. She is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Biomechanics. She is also a Fellow of

The Physiology of Leadership – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 131 with Cody Wooten Cody Dakota Wooten, C.B.C. is the founder of The Leadership Guide where he helps Entrepreneurs, C-Suit Executives and Business Owners unlock their Heroic Potential, Evolve into Legendary Leaders, Forge Ahead and Flourish! He does this through his Legendary Leadership Coaching, Speaking, and on his Top 1% Podcast. Cody also started a project called, “Journey to the 7” where he is building a team to take on the world’s toughest endurance races while raising money for good causes. Cody began in Leadership Development where he discovered that it doesn’t work! With a 20% success rate, and the world falling into a leadership crisis, Cody knew he had to do something different. This led him to creating his Award-Winning Category, “Legendary Leadership”. It looks not only at skills, but also the Psychophysiology and the “Core” of Leadership. Cody has trained and certified with the greatest minds in Leadership and Psyc

Should Fitness NOT Be Your Goal? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 130 with Kyle Fincham Kyle Fincham is the creator of Infinite Play, a movement workshop that explores playfulness by reconnecting us with our creative, adaptive, and cooperative potential. Infinite Play workshops are accessible to all misfits, wildlings, and nonconformists.  Kyle also hosts Behind the Movement, a weekly podcast where he speaks with movement makers of all types about their stories, thoughts, and philosophies. He also regularly writes articles expressing his ideas and wonderings for his blog. Kyle aims to share and explore this passion for playfulness through all areas of his life, teaching, and art.   Kyle grew up in Lake Tahoe and found his passion for teaching while working as a ski instructor.  He studied theater at UCLA, where he could be found regularly in Vaudeville class.  In 2005 he moved to New York to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.  After almost 10 years of chasing laughs, he realized his fascina

Confessions of a Barefoot Podiatrist – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 129 with Paul Thompson Paul Thompson has been a podiatrist for 10 years, and despite having worn orthotics for most of his career, he kept getting aches, pains and started feeling old until he realized there was a better way. He’s tired of the over-prescription and over-reliance of orthotics in the industry and is on a mission to help people know there is a new (yet old) natural solution. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Paul Thompson about being a barefoot podiatrist. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How natural movement and the benefits of being barefoot are not taught to prospective podiatrists. - Why podiatrists should be more focused on helping patients than selling orthotics. - How the joints in your foot are meant to move and traditional shoes prohibit that. - Why minimalist shoes and being barefoot allows people to gain strength in their feet they didn’t have

Eat Better and Get Fit by Going Back in Time – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 128 with Jakob Roze Jakob Roze, CSCS, is the founder of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice. He began his practice in New York City as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and Wilhelmina Fitness Model.  RozeFit seeks to provide diet and movement solutions for individuals noticing age-related changes in their physique and physical abilities. With an emphasis on convenience, close communication, and empathy, Jakob coaches his clients with the respect they deserve. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Jakob Roze about eating better and getting fit by going back in time. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How middle-aged individuals can metabolic health through cardiovascular movement and weigh training. - Why finding a movement you enjoy will inspire you to exercise more. - How there are many ways to work around what you perceive to be limitations. -

Should You Change Your Gait? Can You? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 127 with Richard Diaz Richard “Coach” Diaz is often referred to as “the guy,” simply because it’s hard to encapsulate his many talents under one title. His experience and unparalleled diversity as a coach / clinician in endurance sport traces back nearly 40 years having conducted performance assessments for literally thousands of athletes from elite professionals to homemakers, is what defines him as the coach he is today. His focus is running mechanics and bioenergetics, which he believes are critical components of success in athletic performance. His decision to dedicate his life's work to the sport of Obstacle Course Racing quickly drew international recognition. Coach Diaz has traveled extensively all over the United States, putting on his highly acclaimed running clinics, turning mediocre athletes into Elite Competitors. His practice, Diaz Human Performance, is now based in Franklin Tennessee where he operates his “s

Do Less, Be More – Exploring Franklin Method and Alexander Technique – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 126 with Greg Dyke Greg Dyke is a software engineer, a former researcher in the learning sciences, and occasional partner dance teacher. He gave up downhill ski racing after leaving university and has not been running or gone to the gym since. He somehow found his way into partner dancing (Blues, Lindy Hop, Tango, Bal folk) and settled down into a sedentary lifestyle with occasional movement to music. Encounters with great teachers, Franklin Method and Alexander Technique transformed him from an ungraceful, nerdy dancer into someone who wears barefoot shoes, geeks out about somatic modalities, and is about to start training in Alexander Technique. Ten years later, he's still nerdy, but more graceful - and people seem to really enjoy dancing with him. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Greg Dyke about the Franklin Method and the Alexander Technique. Here are some of the bene

Strength, Agility, and Flexibility – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 125 with JujiMufu JuiMufu is an award-winning weightlifter who gained widespread recognition thanks to a viral video of him lifting 100 lbs while doing weighted chair splits. He competed on America's Got Talent season 11 where he showcased his talent on the show by lifting Heidi Klum over his head while simultaneously doing the splits. Jujimufu became an internet sensation with his acrobatic arts known as tricking, he built an online community of followers long before the evolution of social media. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with JujiMufu about becoming strong, agile, and flexible. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How having big muscles doesn’t mean that you can’t be flexible. - Why strength actually helps mobility and flexibility a lot. - How everyone can do the splits, their brain simply isn’t letting them. - Why people should think of stretching as another kind of

Why Shoes Don’t Fit (And How to Get the Right Size) – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 124 Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement about finding your correct shoe size. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: - How finding your shoe size isn’t as simple as measuring your feet. - How there are as many as 54 different foot types that must be accounted for. - How traditional shoes change shape over time, making you need a different size. - Why pointy toe-boxes are a problem. Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes