390 — You Can't Fire a Cannon From a Canoe: The Core Truth Elite Athletes Learn Too Late With Paul Chek
Spirit Gym with Paul Chek
Paul Chek
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 123 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirit Gym. What if your back pain isn't a physical problem? What if your anxiety and your |
| 0:07.4 | bad posture and your terrible digestion aren't three separate issues, but one issue wearing three |
| 0:14.3 | different masks? In this solo cast with Paul, he explains the system he created that connects |
| 0:20.6 | your jaw, your eyes, your organs, |
| 0:23.5 | your emotions, your musculoskeletal system and your beliefs into a single map, a map that helps |
| 0:30.4 | explain why the human body breaks down. For over 40 years, Paul has used his system to help some |
| 0:36.7 | of the world's greatest athletes |
| 0:38.4 | find the real cause of their chronic pain. |
| 0:41.4 | He's rehabbed professional fighters, Olympic athletes, NFL players, people who had everything, |
| 0:48.3 | including five surgeries on the same knee, and was still broken. |
| 0:52.5 | And in almost every single case, the answer wasn't in the |
| 0:56.3 | gym. It wasn't on the operating table. It was somewhere no one thought to look. This episode is |
| 1:02.7 | best watched on Paul's YouTube channel at Paul Check Live, as there are a number of visuals |
| 1:08.5 | and illustrations that Paul refers to. |
| 1:15.7 | If you are listening on a podcast channel, then please visit the show notes page at paulcheck.com forward slash podcast to access the PDF accompaniment to this episode. |
| 1:22.5 | Before we dive in, we'd like to say thank you for listening, |
| 1:26.5 | as this podcast would not be possible without you, |
| 1:29.6 | our subscribers and followers. We'd also like to thank our sponsors, Czech Institute, Organify, |
| 1:36.1 | bioptimizers, Paleo Valley, Wild Pastures, Peak Life and Correct. You'll hear their special |
| 1:42.5 | offers and discounts throughout this episode, |
| 1:45.1 | or you can visit the show notes page at Paulcheck.com forward slash podcast. And now here's Paul, |
| 1:52.7 | the man who pioneered the use of the Swiss ball in athletic training in the early 90s, |
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