526: What If You Could Feel Good Again? How Foundation Training Reverses Pain and Builds Real Strength | Eric Goodman, DC
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Struggling with back pain, tightness, or posture issues? Eric Goodman, DC breaks down the Foundation Training method that has helped millions rebuild their bodies, improve mobility, and finally move without pain.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, everybody? It's episode 526 of The Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:06.0 | En-Sai Genius Affleman. |
| 0:10.5 | Max Lugamere. |
| 0:13.0 | Max. |
| 0:14.0 | What is the Genius Life? |
| 0:18.0 | The Genius Life. |
| 0:23.0 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:24.4 | I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and welcome back to The Genius Life. |
| 0:27.8 | My guest today is Dr. Eric Goodman, the creator of foundation training, a system of movements and decompression breathing. |
| 0:34.8 | That's helped everyone from pro athletes to firefighters to weekend warriors |
| 0:38.3 | get out of back pain, reclaim their posture, and feel at home in their bodies again. But what |
| 0:44.1 | you're going to hear first is Eric at his most human, 15 years of crippling performance anxiety, |
| 0:49.2 | saying no to interviews, vomiting backstage, and what happens when he tries a tiny dose of a beta blocker for |
| 0:55.0 | the first time in his life live as we record. The first part of our conversation is a must |
| 0:59.7 | listen for anybody with anxiety, performance, or otherwise. And then we get into the meat of Dr. |
| 1:04.2 | Goodman's work, which is focused on keeping you out of pain long term. You'll hear why |
| 1:08.4 | constipation and blood sugar swings can drive back pain, why squeezing |
| 1:12.5 | your shoulder blades together is the worst posture cue ever, and how to use quote unquote |
| 1:16.9 | internal chiropractic breathing to literally create space for your nerves and organs, and why walking |
| 1:22.3 | done right might be the most underrated medicine you're not taking seriously enough. If you've |
| 1:27.3 | ever dealt with public speaking, anxiety, chronic back pain, sciatica, foot issues, or you just know your posture is trash from phones and sitting, this episode could be a game changer. Eric shares protocols you can start using today, plus the research showing how foundation training is holding up in real world labs and fire departments. |
| 2:01.1 | Listen all the way through to the end, you're not going to want to miss a beat. And as always, don't forget to share this episode with friends and loved ones who are struggling with pain or anxiety and need some hope. Hit that follow button on your podcast app of choice, subscribe on YouTube. And now let's dive in with Dr. Eric Goodman. Here we go. Dr. Eric Goodman, what's going on? Welcome to the show. Thank you, Max. |
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