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Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life

LaunchPod Media

Welcome to the Born to be Barefoot podcast, where we thrive on adventure, and strive to spread knowledge in the ways of optimal movement, balance, and longevity in activity. Your guides, Stuart Gordon and Katie Tsuyuki are dedicated to taking you on a journey of wild stories, and informative tips and knowledge from other forward-thinking trail-blazers. Tune in each week as we meet with courageous guests like Olympic snowboarders, extreme runners, cross-country backpackers & people who enjoy an

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54:24

Veteran Advice from TOPGUN Pilot Mike Whetstone |...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/11/01

In this week’s episode Katie and Stuart interview Mike Whetstone, who has over 25 years of military leadership and training experience and is a former FRS and TOPGUN instructor, and owner and president of BMK Ventures, a Vetfirst certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. A big part of his business is helping prepare the medics in the field by putting together these kits that they can acquire, which contain all the resources they may need when faced with tough or intense physical

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30:40

Understanding Muscles with a Compass | Another...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/10/25

Today Katie speaks with a previous guest we’ve had named David Lemke, who we have described as a wizard in body work. He’s a technical wizard using a method of technology called Surface Electromyography (SEMG), EEG, and various other things. David grew up in a cold place, trained as a bodyworker, was injured as a young athlete, became an EMG technician and describes himself now as a body explorer with a compass who has treated, assessed, and helped tens of thousands of people from very high

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57:21

Wisdom of a Paralympian | Chatting with Evan Strong

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2023/10/18

Katie and Stuart had Evan Strong on this episode of the podcast, who is an olympic superstar that won a Gold medal in the 2014 Sochi Olympics & a Silver medal in the year 2018 in Paralympic Snowboarding. He has done everything that involves a board including skateboarding, surfing, and even playing on chess boards. Join these 3 as they discuss human prosthetics, education, and different living conditions to improve and even help your own kids better develop. About Evan 1:20Living in Maui, Hawaii

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30:28

Dealing with Injuries | The Importance of...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/09/20

In this episode Stuart and Katie have a chat about some of the things that popped up in other episodes when talking about injuries and how those can be avoided, as well as helping people recover from those injuries. They discuss women’s health and how their cycle can affect vulnerability to injury, and then how strengthening the muscles around ligaments is a good way to prevent injury, before also getting into how to increase brain function and speed by focusing on stimulating the proprioceptive

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61:57

Mindful Movement with Brea Johnson | Unveiling the...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/08/23

Mindful Movement with Brea Johnson | Unveiling the Secrets of Yoga and Body Smart Practices Stuart and Katie had the opportunity to sit down with Brea Johnson, who has been a yoga teacher and movement educator for well over a decade. With a love for learning and studying the human body she continues her on-going education in yoga, anatomy and biomechanics and is also a certified Restorative Exercise Specialist. We discuss the importance of mobility and keeping your body moving. Brea mentions how in

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62:58

Helping You Move and Feel Better with Graham Tuttle |...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/08/02

In this episode we had the opportunity to speak to Graham Tuttle, a trainer who helps people move and feel better. His goal is to figure out this athleticism thing and how he can teach it to the people like him who missed that boat early on in life, and also work to create a more well rounded understanding of health and aging with activity. You see, as a kid starts to develop an awareness that they can control outcomes and not get hurt by not participating, they become more stiff and uncertain,

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49:13

Mountain Running with Grayson Murphy | Developing...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/07/19

Grayson Murphy is astonishing. She is a current world champion in mountain running, which is a new sport to us, but we’re excited to talk to her about it. She got a bronze this year in the vertical climb for mountain running, and she tells us all about her experience going through the championships. She’s now training and has even recently qualified for going to the Olympics, but has also dealt with some injuries and nerve issues that prevented her from competing and it took a long process of trial

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92:58

The Truth about Your Shoes with Steven Sashen | How...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/06/28

Today we talk to Steven Sashen who is the co-founder and CEO of Xero Shoes www.XeroShoes.com. Steven and his wife, Lena Phoenix, started the company after discovering the comfort, benefits, and fun of natural movement, by getting out of thick, padded, motion-controlled shoes. Steven got back into running later in his life and was having all kinds of issues and injuries until someone suggested he try running barefoot to better understand his form in running. He was then able to see clearly that his

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51:25

An Honest Conversation about Running with Kelly...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/06/21

Katie and Stuart sit down with Kelly Roberts who is the Founder of Badass Lady Gang, a running community created by women for women. This foundation was created to help women find joy in the struggle, providing women of all athletic levels a safe space to have fun and belong. There are some crazy health fads out there and ideas that pop up and grow popular on social media, such as the one where people were pushing the idea that you don’t need much sleep and can be more productive because you’ll have

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57:44

Hiking and Foot Health with Morgan Brosnihan |...

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2023/05/24

Today we welcome our wonderful guest, Morgan Brosnihan, who has been a physical therapist for 6 years and is passionate about helping her patients make progress to keep doing what they love. She is currently living the van life, so she’s always on the move and going all over the place on adventures and half of what she does is by telehealth. We discuss many of the reasons hikers and athletes injure their feet, such as wearing the wrong size shoes and not letting your toes spread out, which can cause

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30:42

Injury Prevention and Recovery with Katie and Stuart...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/05/17

In this episode join Katie Tsuyuki and Stuart Gordon as they chat about some of the things that have popped up in the other podcasts talking about injuries and how we can help avoid those injuries and keep people recovering from them. Katie experienced some injuries during her snowboarding career and needed some help recovering, which happened when our previous guest, Joe Vecchione, introduced her to the Barefoot insoles. We discuss the importance of brain speed and being able to process things

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67:36

Sports Training with Joe Vecchione | Helping Athletes...

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2023/05/10

In this episode we have the privilege of speaking with a Canadian soccer coach by the name of Joe Vecchione, who has a diverse background in conditioning from soccer to swimming. We discuss women’s sports and the idea that often there isn’t much incentive for women to keep playing beyond a certain point because of dead ends they might find there. We talk about various exercises, such as those that have to do with your groin, quads, or hamstrings, that athletes should be doing to avoid injuries

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82:02

Shredding the Halfpipe | Crispin Lipscomb's...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/03/29

Today we have a wonderful guest from the Canadian snowboarding world who featured in a previous podcast episode if you want to go listen to that one. Crispin is a former Olympic snowboarder and a partner in crime for Katie, specializing in the halfpipe event. Lipscomb made his World Cup debut in December 2002 at Whistler, and made his first podium later that season, with a bronze at Serre Chevalier. Crispin tells us about his experiences in the olympics, injuries and how they have been handled, and

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41:06

Exploring the Physical Demands of Golf with Andrew...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/03/22

We are absolutely delighted to have Andrew John Coltart on the podcast. He is a Scottish professional golfer and TV commentator. He had a successful amateur career and played in the 1991 Walker Cup, and as a professional he won twice on the European Tour, the 1998 Qatar Masters and the 2001 Great North Open, and played in the 1999 Ryder Cup. We talk about his golfing career and how he is able to make sure he’s in peak physical condition in order to keep his mind in the right place when playing well

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61:14

Prolong Your Life with Erson Religioso | Utilizing...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/03/15

We are delighted to welcome back a guest from earlier in the season, Erson Religioso, a physical therapist with whom we spoke about using the insoles of our sponsor. We talk about the differences between Manipulation and adjustment, which are the different methods that physical therapists and chiropractors use. We talk about running methods and the effect on the body someone’s running style can have, including keeping the feet underneath the body as one runs to avoid upper body pain, or other

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77:03

Surface Electromyography with David Lemke |...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/03/08

Today we have the privilege of meeting and talking with David Lemke, who we could describe as a wizard in body work. He’s a technical wizard using a method of technology called Surface Electromyography (SEMG), EEG, and various other things. Electromyography means muscles that are monitored and Surface means we’re monitoring from the surface and not putting needles in your body and all through your motions. It’s a listening device and they use wireless systems so you can move pretty much completely

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57:41

Life Altering Treatment of Chiropractic Work with...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/02/15

Today we are delighted to have our guest, Catherine Quinn, with us who is the President of the British Chiropractic Association, a very busy lady with her own chiropractic business. She helps with professional football clubs, she helps with Winter sports international competitors, and she was formerly a world champion in martial arts, so we dip into all these different areas. We talk about concussions and how these are treated/approached, using methods such as SCAT5 (Sport Concussion Assessment Tool

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49:25

Unlocking Athletic Potential: A Conversation with...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/01/25

In this episode we have Ian Hosek, who comes from the mountains of Idaho. Ian went through engineering school, but realized he didn’t want to be a standard engineer, so he went and worked at Nike for a number of years, and then started up his own coaching business. While he was at Nike, he had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s leading physiologists, and then shortly after this he started coaching athletes and really fell in love with this line of work. So he now has his own coaching

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60:11

Unlocking Your Running Potential with Coach Tyrone...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/01/18

Today we have a running specialist and Optimize Potential Training owner, Tyrone Edwards. He started this business to be able to give back to young athletes and help them to understand the processes of making it to the next level, whatever that was, and to help them run as fast as they can. He started focusing later on adults, and now he wants to teach all people what it’s like to run again and pain free. So many people lose that ability to run for a long time, and without pain, so Tyrone’s focus is

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68:24

Helping People Improve Themselves with Jeff Stapleton...

Born to be Barefoot | From Science to Life ·

2023/01/11

We have Jeff Stapleton back on our show today, who is a barefoot lifetime runner, lifetime sports coach with a fantastic background in fitness and training, and he has some more great stories to tell us. Jeff talks about running in the middle of winter wearing basically nothing but shorts and the various health benefits he has experienced from this. Exercise can be done by anyone, even people who don’t like it very much, and all you have to do is start with something simple and small and first build

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