140: Zig Ziegler on Athletic Performance From the Ground Up | Sponsored by SimpliFaster

Today’s episode features kinesiologist Zig Zeigler.  Zig is an expert specializing in kinesiotherapy, sports performance, post rehab conditioning, and corrective exercise with over 27 years of experience.  In his career, Zig has assisted many thousands of athletes, including some of the world’s best in professional sport. Zig is currently the host of The RunRite Challenge on airing every Saturday morning 7:00 am- 8:00am MST on ESPN Radio-Denver.  He also competed collegiately in Track and Field earning All American honors in the Long Lump, 400M Hurdles and 110M Hurdles.  You can find his “non-orthotics” on barefootscienceusa.com and his personal website, fitnessfromthegroundup.com. If you haven’t guessed it by listening to this podcast thus far the feet are absolutely critical in nearly every aspect of athletic performance. When it comes to training the feet, Zig is one of the leading experts in the world, especially in connecting foot training to athletic performance.  As is a trend on this show, I enjoy steering towards this topic since it is both critical to performance, and also not talked about nearly enough.   Ever since I read an article Zig wrote on not squatting through the heels, I’ve had my own interest sparked on how the foot impacts our experience of resistance training and beyond. Today’s episode draws strong links between the foot and biomechanics, and we also dig into Zig’s favorite strength and sensory modalities to restore foot function to its optimal state.  This is an absolute must-listen for any coach, trainer and athlete, as there is so much that we just cannot make up for properly if our feet are not working correctly. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more. View more show notes at just-fly-sports.com/podcast-140-zig-ziegler