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In this very special episode, we have guests, Dr. Duncan French and Dr. Roman Fomin. Duncan is the Vice President of the UFC Performance Institute and Roman the Director of Sports Science. We cover the state of Human Performance and the role the UFC Performance Institute plays in MMA and the progression of sports science in general. Brian and I also discuss what the heck we were doing there and the interesting projects we have planned with the UFCPI team. This one is sure to be a nerdfest of epic proportions.

On this episode we have the opportunity to speak with Dan Pfaff.  Dan is one of the most sought after thinkers in the performance industry with over 50 years of experience coaching and teaching.   We kick off reflecting on lessons learned from the 2020 summer Olympics for both coaches and athletes.  Dan walks us through how many different factors affect sports performance, many of which most of us don’t even consider. Our chat goes on to discuss athlete resilience and what lessons can be learned from battle field surgeons that apply to sports. We also dive into the place of mentorship for coaches and young people in general and how much learning is driven by our relationships with failure. Coach Dan is an incredible thinker and will certainly shift your perspective on what matters most in sport and life.

We kick this episode off withSecrets of the Samurai! We discuss the Japanese concept of haragei, the sum potential of all energy, and its pragmatic applications in modern life. We also jump into the irony of leaning on the crutch of scientific research and how broad concepts cannot be researched in the laboratory setting. We also cogitate the idea of metabolic energy following the same natural flow as money. We also pull some cards from Rob’s new critical thinking card deck and explore some fallacies in our thinking. We tidy things up with a discussion on outsourcing of both problems and solutions in the modern world and how individual participation ultimately leads back to how and where we spend our energy.

Brian and I actually talk breath!  On this episode we pull some sections straight from our breathing Bible - Breathing Pattern Disorders by Leon Chaitow. First we talk the overall importance of breath control for athletes and how essential it is not just for during play but for general base layers of health and awareness.  Then we talk “blood-stealing”; the effect of the diaphgram diverting blood from working muscles during exercise to keep breathing going. If you love learning breath facts, this episode is a must!

This special episode of SH//FT Perspective is with guest Robert Fortune.  Robert is the curator extraordinaire for the Human Health and Performance Foundation.  Robert is a wealth of insight and experience around all things breathing, meditation, and esoterics. We chat on oral tradition, mythology vs. physiology, and the middle management of ancient tradition.  The limits of methods, styles, and information ownership make for limitations in understanding. Robert and I also wax poetic on the dogma of research, how to spot a legitimate vs. phonie research as well as how to keep ones ego out of the search for improvement.  It was a grand ole time and we’ll be sure to chat with him again!

In this episode we pull back the covers and go deep on culture and evil. Starting off with a discussion around the dystopian classic, 1984 all the way to Stalinist Russia and the brutality of history in general. Things lighten up a bit after that with talk on critical thinking as well as the danger of too much intellectualization and disconnection from the body. This leads into the joy of simple housework. We finish up on our upcoming trip to Las Vegas and our plans to seek out the new Meowolf exhibit whilst we are in town!

This episode our dear friend from the Emerald Isle, Fergus Connolly joins us again. After catching up a bit on Connor McGregor and Bill Cosby we get deep into the Olympics and what is fair in sport.

In Ep. 32 Brian and Rob talk about tuning in and knowing when to taking breaks (even if it is at Dave and Buster’s). We reflect on the Daisy Fresh documentary series and the punk rock of jiu jitsu, Pedigo submission fighting. To finish things up we somehow find our way to taking agency over one’s own destiny and parental support through the path of life. Enjoy the show! We sincerely hope you hear something that shifts your perspective. 

Woo! What a chat challenge this one is.  Everything from changes in the media landscape to ultramarathons and the up and downside of discipline. Waxing poetic on tuning into cycles of nature and how that connects to biometric data.  We close it all out with the shortcomings of human time keeping and industrial vs. natural living. Enjoy the show!  We sincerely hope you hear something that shifts your perspective.  

This Episode of SH//FT Perspective has none other than SH//FT’s own Emily Hightower. Founder of Intrinsic Way and Creator of the Skill of Stress online course, Emily and has deep experience in breathwork, trauma, and somatics. The three of us recap our amazing experience in Texas the prior week and discuss the lessons we learned and how the whole experience impacted the attendees as well our plans for the future. Enjoy the show! We sincerely hope you hear something that shifts your perspective.