Movers + Mavericks

Thoughts on Jill Miller Podcast 

Welcome to this weeks weMove podcast. Is something in your body hurting or not clicking right, are you ready to unwind your old assumptions about your body and movement to move forward. This episode might be just what you re looking for. On reflection into how I have tended to do things, I have, up until the last few years been very singular in my activities, life was all about climbing, then about developing a business, that led to running and on and on this went until I felt like I got to the end of the tracks for that way of being. I had no idea what the cost was of the movement/activities I was doing because that was all I was doing. In every instance it led to imbalances and an inevitable break down of the vehicle I was travelling in. My body. And lo and behold this episode is about ways and strategies to regain balance, resilience and connection to what can be done. We are speaking with Jill Miller co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the self-care fitness formats Yoga Tune Up® and The

Thoughts on Coach PJ Nestler podcast with Chris and James

How much in your life do you do that just sucks or you go out of your way to avoid? For the most part we live in or very close to, states of underlying fear, overwhelm and anxiety and they affect our ability to live in our potential and take ourselves to another level. It isn’t the removal of the situations which cause these states that is the key but rather developing the ability to stay calm within ourselves and adapt to the situation which presents itself and move through it with the minimum amount of friction. And we can do this with the right training, the right people around us and as our mentor Tony Molina says, when we have got to the point where we know that change is required and we no longer want to go on living the way we are. And it is under that premise that we release this weeks conversation with performance director for the performance and longevity protocol XPT, Coach PJ Nestler. We have watched XPT develop for a few years now and with two of our good friends @kimmy.moss and @richienorton_ XP

Thoughts on Kimmy Moss Podcast with Chris and James

This weeks podcast is with Kimmy Moss who is one of the team at Deuce Gym, founder of Breath & Exposure and a kindred spirit for her love of the ice bath and what it does for anyone who steps in and goes inside. We met Kimmy like many of our LA friends through Carl Paoli when he hosted his new seminar the Freestyle Insider in London back in early 2019. Shared ideas and a connection over soccer, for Chris and Kimmy at least led us to want to sit down with Kimmy when we were back in LA and hit record. We talk about her transition from the soccer field to the position of coach and how this has created within her a definite ability to support her athletes to realise something more within themselves, the hidden potential that lies deep beneath the layers of our conditioning and what we think we can do. That idea is something Chris and I believe greatly in and that is also the challenge that we all face to realise the potential inside, the challenge being peeling back those layers that we add over time. And thi

Thoughts on Caro Burckle podcast with Chris and James

Hey There, and welcome to this weeks episode on the weMove podcast. This is the third podcast from our recent trip to the US.Back in Issue 1 we hung out with Carl Paoli, the former gymnast, turned movement specialist. He said often that we should move by feel, and that whilst there are principles of movement, these are often lost in the desire to follow the method verbatim, with little appreciation for the principles which the method is based upon. Inevitably this leads to a robotic like pursuit of something that is unknown, a hollow approach to experiencing something so physical. And that is where we are exploring today with former Olympic swimming medalist, Caro Burckle. For an Olympian athlete under the spotlight, she experienced the intensity required to meet the requirements of others. The requirement to win, and with it the mechanistic approach that performance is given, forgetting the importance of feel and focussing on splits, times, weight and distance. Caro’s performance lay in her intuitive approac

Thoughts on Cara Miller and Logan Gelbrich podcast with Chris and James

Hey there and welcome to this weeks weMove podcast and this is the second podcast from our 2019 US trip. For those new to listening our intention with the podcast and the publications is to inspire and nurture through movement but more often than not we realise that movement is just a tool to strip away the layers of our identity in order to get to our true potential. This episode started off in the movement space with our friendship with one of the guests that has led on to a deeper understanding of what he is building in the physical culture space with his growing number of gyms, strengthening culture and thriving community, and more importantly the principles behind it. Because the principles enable us to go beyond what we thought was possible, and going beyond rarely goes in the way we have been told to expect it and what we talk about in this episode is no different. In San Diego we sat down on the comfy seats of Cara Millers office with Logan Gelbrich to talk why constructive criticism won’t move the ne

Thoughts on Mark Twight and Micheal Blevins podcast with Chris and James

This episode is taken from our most recent trip to the US. Every time we go away it’s a new trip with new insights and new perspectives. Increasing our awareness of the connections between the methods and ideas of the creators. Relentless in their pursuit of the creative endeavor. Their art form if you will. This was the midway point of our road trip having come from Colorado, through New Mexico and then across the mid West to Salt Lake City Utah to meet Mark Twight and Michael Blevins. For some these names will mean nothing, for others who were climbing in the 90’s Marks name will ring a bell and for others who are fully in the deep end of physical culture Mark created Gym Jones. An idea and philosophy of training, constantly asking questions and testing ideas formed from the depths of pushing and suffering in the mountains. Mark met Michael through Gym Jones and these two went forward creating something purer, deeper and richer in the world of physical culture with Nonprophet, an evolving stable of mediums,

Thoughts on Perry Nickelston podcast with Chris and James

Thoughts on Jami Tikkanen podcast with Chris and James

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. Have you had a time in your life when you are managing pain, through a new or old injury or some other kind of pain that just appeared and it has just lingered? Chances are you have had one of those and this weeks episode is absolutely worth a listen. This week we are speaking with Perry Nickelston aka @stopchasingpain. We have been following Perry for a while now and he comes up in conversation when I’m training at my local box. The work Perry is putting out is incredible, he is a chiropractic physician who specialises in supporting people to get out of pain. Not pain free as he says during the podcast but able to manage and move through pain. I’ve struggled with a dodgy knee for a couple of years now, since dislocating it and it has been a constant niggle in my performance. But since following Perry and delving deeper into why the pain is there and where it actually begins has been a fascinating journey. Like many other of the minds we speak to, he references the

Are you prepared to do what is necessary in order to become the best version of yourself? This question jumped out at me as I was listening to todays episode of the weMove podcast with Jami Tikkanen, performance coach to the elite CrossFit athletes Annie Thorisdottir and BK Gudmundsen. We have been waiting for over 12 months to sit down with Jami after first meeting him for Issue 1 of our publication back in 2015. Since then he has been perpetually on the road, refining the training of his athletes to compete at the highest level in the world of CrossFit and it is clearly working. OF course we aren’t all going to be elite level performers, that as we hear is a perfect blend of factors, but we can effect our performance and potential as our selves and Jami outlines ideas as to how we can. And these are the very same as he applies and develops in the athletes he trains to become their own potent best. We cover some ground, from the positive effects of Trust and belief, to the mental skill of performance on dema

Thoughts on Brian Mackenzie and Rob Wilson podcast with Chris and James

This week's podcast is a conversation about principles and philosophies. When we started weMove 4 years ago Chris and I were fortunate enough to get to spend some time with Wim Hof at a time he was relatively unknown and the concept of breathing as a practice outside of yoga and pranayama was really in its infancy. This started us off on a journey to discover how our breath and the various techniques can support us in realising the potential we have as individuals to change for the better. That search and journey lead us to meet Brian McKenzie in the wilds of Oregon for issue 2 which you can download in digital format on our website and when we met Brian it was clear that there was more to breathing that wasn't always being explained. Brian is passionately interested about the transformative power of breathing and how it's at the centre of literally everything we do. THe word Inspire literally means 'to take breath in', so with everyone talking about being inspired they are often over

Thoughts on Sophie Everard Podcast with Chris and James

hey there and welcome to another episode of the wemove podcast. this week Chris was in conversation with Sophie Everard @Sophiemadtolive, surfer, snowboarder and world adventurer. Sophie I would say is cut from a similar cloth to Richie Norton in many ways, with the belief that when we move ourselves, when we move our bodies we in turn move our mind, and change our chemistry inside and how we see the world outside. Chris and Sophie talk about growing up with a dad and a mum who were both super active, entrepreneurial and pro discovering who you are and living in the present moment. There's a lovely little bit on fear and what fear is. Mental health and building mental resilience which ties into @tiffanysoi podcast she did for us, so this is one of those podcasts that has links into many other podcasts whilst also learning about Sophie and her journey to how she sees the world. It's a great conversation that I have listened to a few times this last week with some different perspectives on many things