17 Dec Gary Ward – What The Foot? A Philosophy on Human Performance (Part I)
(#97) Gary Ward is a pioneer in human performance and he’s this week’s amazing podcast guest.
Gary is the author of an incredible book titled “What The Foot” which is a “game changing” philosophy on human movement to eliminate pain and maximize potential.
This session is the literally the “cutting edge” in performance and we covered a lot of ground in this interview, yet we truly only scratched the surface on his philosophy.
This interview is split into 2 episodes (Part I and Part II) because of the depth of information covered and I wanted listeners to be able to absorb the high value content and brilliant insight that Gary shares.
Part II will be released as a “special edition” episode shortly after this release, so you’ll definitely want to check that out to dive deeper into Gary’s approach.
Be open to learning and I recommend you drink some “brain fuel” while you listen to this session, as my brain was on “overload.”
Here’s some of what you’ll learn in Part I:
- How I discovered this amazing book
- How “ski boots” led to his discovery of optimizing human performance
- Why the “WTF” approach is different from anything else
- How a 1 mm change in the foot can impact the entire body
- Who benefits from his unique approaches
- How to make the foot (a complex structure) very simple
- Why most disregard the importance of the foot to the body as a whole
- Pronation in the foot – understanding what it is and is it a bad thing?
- Is a “neutral foot” achievable?
- How his approach improved a seasoned powerlifter’s personal best by 40 kg in 2 days
- Hear a detailed description of how a simple shift in the foot improves the dynamics of the body in motion
- The significance of “being centered” (a very important concept in function and performance)
- How this all relates to kettlebells, barbells, and performance training
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SHOW NOTES.
- To connect with Gary and learn more go to Facebook.com/garyalanward
- To learn more about Anatomy In Motion, check out Facebook.com/anatomyinmotion
- Find Gary on Twitter @GaryWard_AiM
- To get the book, “What the Foot” go to whatthefoot.co.uk
Make sure to check out PART II of this interview.
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