527: Walk, Don’t Run And Other Important Health Shifts With Mark Sisson
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
How is running bad for us? Tennis shoes aren't doing us any favors. Cold plunges may be overrated.
Mark Sisson is a pioneer in the ancestral health movement, known for his blog Mark's Daily Apple and the Primal Health Coach Institute. He is also the author of “Born to Walk”. Today, Mark highlights how good walking is for health and longevity.
He also does some myth busting when it comes to current health trends. A former triathlete, Mark has shifted and now recommends walking instead of running, minimalist shoes (or going barefoot) over tennis shoes and NOT cold plunging every day (even though this has grown in popularity). He also reviews how to make the most of walking. And he goes over common injuries like plantar fasciitis and why orthotics are never the answer. His recommended health shifts just may inspire your own.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts. |
| 0:13.9 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:23.6 | And now here is our host and producer Hilda Labrata Gore. |
| 0:28.6 | Hey, Hilda here. |
| 0:30.6 | Running, tennis shoes, cold plunges, and diet. |
| 0:34.6 | What have we misunderstood when it comes to cultivating well-being? What have we missed? |
| 0:39.4 | And what needs to be reconsidered? This is episode 527 and our guest today is Mark Sisson. Mark is |
| 0:46.9 | a pioneer in the ancestral health movement, probably best known for his blog, Mark's Daily Apple, |
| 0:53.9 | and the Primal Health Coach Institute. |
| 0:57.0 | He also recently wrote the book entitled Born to Walk, highlighting the transformative |
| 1:02.3 | power of this simple practice for health and longevity. |
| 1:07.3 | Today Mark does some myth-busting when it comes to what we apply in our lives for a healthier |
| 1:14.0 | lifestyle. Mark has shifted and now recommends walking instead of running, for example. |
| 1:20.0 | He suggests we use minimalist shoes or go barefoot more often over tennis shoes. And he's not |
| 1:26.1 | into coal plunging every day, even though this is trending. |
| 1:29.3 | He also reviews with us how to make the most of walking. Is it better, for example, to take one long walk in the morning or to take frequent walk breaks throughout the day? |
| 1:38.3 | Or to frequent walking breaks throughout the day. He also talks about planar fisciitis and how orthotics are not the solution for that. |
| 1:45.8 | He also goes over his own dietary shifts and why he started his Poluva barefoot shoe brand. |
| 1:52.9 | Before we get into the conversation, I want to tell you about a wonderful resource we have at the |
| 1:57.0 | West End A Price Foundation. It is called nourourishing Our Children. Are you a parent, a |
| 2:01.7 | would-be parent, a grandparent, or an adult interested in children's health? Nourishing |
| 2:07.3 | our children is a project of the West End A Price Foundation, established in 2005. It has a focus on |
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