MOVRS

Jul 09 2024 42 ep. 47 mins 13

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The mission of the MOVRS podcast is to educate listeners on the importance of movement and play in the lives of children. Listen as we interview leaders in the fields of education, movement, and play from around the world.

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Fixing Our Feet with Jim Dooner | Ep. 42

Jul 09 2024 42 mins

Jim Dooner is the Head Physiotherapist of The Foot Collective, a global health community whose primary focus is feet. Their mission is to "empower as many people as possible with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to create more foot and movement freedom in their lives."For the past few years I've been wearing Xero Shoes, and absolutely loving the freedom my feet feel while

Built to Move with Kelly and Juliet Starrett | Ep. 41

Jul 08 2024 75 mins

Kelly and Juliet Starrett are the founders of The Ready State, and authors of the New York Times' Bestseller Built to Move. "This is the first body book written for exercisers and nonexercisers alike. It’s full of foundational wisdom for everyone from professional athletes to gym haters and everyone in between. Built to Move introduces readers to a set of simple principles and pr

Quantifiyng Nature with Jared Hanley | Ep. 40

Jul 07 2024 31 mins

Jared Hanley is the Founder and CEO is NatureQuant, which "analyzes nature's impact to help improve health and well-being on a large scale. We focus on nature quantification and exposure assessment, innovative data sources, and analytical techniques. Derived from big-data and machine learning, our patent-pending technology optimizes the health benefits of nature.". Jared explains h

Soul Searching Adventures with Michael Cazayoux | Ep. 39

Jun 30 2024 61 mins

Michael Cazayoux is a former CrossFit Games champion, founder of the Brute Strength Podcast (now the Michael Caz Podcast), and co-founder of the nutrition coaching company Working Against Gravity. I listened to his podcast for years, consuming all the amazing content he put out there, and it was a huge inspiration for me creating this podcast and seeking to interview some amazing p

Kids' Nutrition with EC Synkowski | Ep. 38

Jun 09 2024 35 mins

Join us as we talk all about proper nutrition for kids; discussing school lunches, eating out, and how to get them to eat vegetables. I've been a long time fan of hers, first being introduced to her nutrition expertise in the CrossFit space. Kids' nutrition can be a delicate topic, and I was pumped to hear her insight on what she thought were best practices.EC Synkowski runs Optimi

Elevating Basketball with Mitchell Kirsch | Ep. 37

May 26 2024 50 mins

Mitchell Kirsch is a professional basketball player, basketball trainer, and founder of Elevate Academy. Elevate Academy is a community for basketball enthusiasts of all levels, from aspiring players to seasoned coaches and trainers looking for the best information, courses, drills, and resources to bring their game to the next level.I found Mitchell through his Instagram account @

Functional Fatherhood with Marcus Filly | Ep. 36

May 12 2024 54 mins

Please join us as I talk with Marcus Filly, founder of Functional Bodybuilding and former CrossFit games athlete. I have been following him for years, drawn to his unique programming that blends functional training, high intensity, longetivity principles, and fun. I wanted to pick his brain about how his training has evolved over the years, especially now being a father, and how he

The Open-Air Life (Friluftsliv) with Linda Åkeson McGurk | Ep. 35

Apr 28 2024 50 mins

I'm pumped to start of this next season with a returning guest, Linda Åkeson McGurk. She was a big inspiration behind our move from NY to Sweden, and it's so cool to be able to talk to her again after now living in Sweden for almost 2 years. We talk about some of our shared experiences living in the US and Sweden, and spend a lot of time talk about her amazing new book, The Open-A

Why We Moved to Sweden! Pt.1 with Brittany Lang | Ep. 34

Apr 14 2024 23 mins

It's been a while since our last podcast episode, but we are now back with a new batch of some awesome interviews!In the summer of 2022, we packed up and moved our family of 4 and 3 pets from our home Rochester, NY, where we had spent our entire lives, to Stockholm, Sweden. I accepted a teaching position there, and over the course of 2 months we sold our house, 2 cars, and all of o

There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather with Linda McGurk | Episode 33

Jan 16 2022 50 mins

Linda McGurk is the author of the best-selling book "There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)". This book has changed my life in so many ways, opening my eyes to the value of spending time in nature, regardless of the weather. As a child, I spent all day every day outside, even