EPISODE 390
You Can't Fire a Cannon From a Canoe: The Core Truth Elite Athletes Learn Too Late With Paul Chek
When people have a hard time dealing with back pain that keeps them from doing the tasks that make up their day, they rarely think about the health of their core, the locus of their body’s visceral somatic expression.
In this very special solocast, Paul shares a wealth of knowledge he’s accumulated for more than a quarter-century about the core and explains why doctors and therapists commonly misdiagnose the origins of back pain and assorted injuries this time on Spirit Gym.
This episode is also available as a video on Paul’s YouTube channel. To see the graphics he talks about, download the accompanying handout here.
After you listen to the podcast, take a few minutes to complete the NLC CHEK Health Index — an official CHEK Institute assessment tool — at this link.
SHOW NOTES
3:17 Mapping out your core, the foundation for your arms and legs.
6:42 Why many physicians and therapists misdiagnose core dysfunctions like back pain.
9:00 The CHEK Totem Pole.
15:09 The most unstable part of your body and spine.
25:43 Why it’s common to see hip, knee, ankle and foot injuries originate in the spine and low back.
28:24 How the inner and outer unit muscles work.
37:10 “You cannot fire a cannon from a canoe!”
44:14 The RC Factor.
51:43 Functional exercise and infant development.
1:02:53 The Primal Pattern™ movement system.
1:15:31 One of the most dangerous things you can do in a gym.
1:21:44 The human microbiome.
1:28:33 Without healthy glands and organs, optimal conditioning and strength development cannot happen.
1:48:59 Fear changes everything from your breathing to your muscle tone, posture and hormones.
1:52:53 Achieving balance between the right and left hemispheres of your brain.
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
The filum terminale
The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky (FREE PDF link)
Breathe to Succeed in All Aspects of Your Life by Tania Clifton-Smith
How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy (20th Anniversary Edition)
Advanced Program Design (2nd edition)
Scientific Core Conditioning (2nd edition)
Scientific Back Training (2nd edition)
The work of Major Bertrand DeJarnette
Paul’s podcast conversations with Mike Salemi and Matt Sorenson
Paul’s podcast on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman
Manipulative Therapy in Rehabilitation of the Locomotor System by Karel Lewit
Wisdom of the Body Moving by Linda Hartley
Biotra: An Approach to Healthy Living in a Modern World by Nick Dawe, Ryan Barraclough and Nathan Siles
Life is Movement: The Physical Reconstruction and Regeneration of the People by Eugen Sandow
The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy by Cyndi Dale
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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music
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- You’ve had, what I like to call, The Pull. What I mean by that is you know you’re meant for something more—you feel it, maybe you’ve felt it for years—but you’re stuck in work that doesn’t align, unclear about your exact purpose, and you don’t know how to bridge the gap between where you are and where you are being called to.
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- You want to live a life where you’re not trapped anymore. One where you wake up in the morning doing work that actually matters to you. Work that aligns with who you are. (Want to feel energized by what you do? You can!) And one where you finally have clarity, direction, and a path forward.
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- You want to learn from someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. I’ve spent 40+ years helping people find their path and live aligned with their purpose—in all sorts of situations and life stages (some challenges you may have never even heard of!). I know what it takes to go from stuck to living your purpose, and I’m going to show you exactly how.
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