Episode 13 - Building Your 'Foot Core' with AFX Founder Matt Ferguson

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

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🗓️ 1 February 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Current research shows that strengthening the small stabilizing muscles around the arch and plantar fascia can improve ankle stability and balance - but it's often neglected.

So I invited Matt Ferguson, the founder of AFX, on the Strength Running podcast to discuss several topics around foot strength:

How to build strength in these oft-neglected muscles
Mistakes to avoid and myths that can derail your progress
The value of being a "cautious minimalist"
How to choose shoes that are right for you personally

We also dive into the history of running shoes and why they look very different today than they did 40 years ago.

Enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.8	This is episode 13 with the entrepreneur behind the ankle foot mobilizer,
0:09.6	Mr. Matt Ferguson. All right. We have a great episode for you today with the founder of the AFX, the
0:29.6	ankle foot mobilizer, Matt Ferguson. Now before you think this is just a promo for the
0:34.8	AFX product, believe me it's not. Instead, we're mostly talking about shoes,
0:39.7	running form, lower leg and foot injuries, and how to build your foot core to reduce your risk of getting a running injury.
0:47.0	And what I think you're going to find really interesting is the historical perspective we gave to running shoes because they didn't always
0:54.4	look the way that they do now and that has a big impact over how we run today.
0:58.8	More topics include minimalism, barefoot running, and exercises you can do at home to improve your
1:04.8	foot strength.
1:05.8	Okay, let's dive in guys.
1:07.4	Please enjoy my conversation with Matt Ferguson.
1:10.2	All right, Matt, thanks so much for speaking with me today.
1:12.3	I really appreciate your time.
1:13.4	Oh, my pleasure, Jason. It's a pleasure to be on the podcast.
1:16.7	So we're talking about feet today and why they're so important for runners and I think I want to start with a broad historical look at
1:26.3	running shoes because I think if we can get a good idea of why some lower leg injuries occur, then we'll have a better understanding of kind of the whole
1:36.4	area.
1:37.5	And you know when we look back on, you know, the Nike boom in the 70s and that first introduced this mass market running shoe
1:46.2	that had a significant heel wedge and that was the beginning of the shoe industry really spending
1:52.0	a lot of money over the following decades on shoe research
1:56.1	and building more and more bulky motion control shoes.
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