Episode 312: Vinny Crispino - Broken Back To Ultramarathon
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
Zach Bitter
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2022
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Vinny Crispino founded Pain Academy after breaking his back while surfing. As a former D1 Swimmer, he didn't want to accept defeat and began a journey to fix his issues. Vinny shares his journey and how he has helped people who don't move like they used to and struggle with chronic pain, nagging injuries, or other movement issues. We also dive into the mental aspect of running an ultramarathon.
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter. |
| 0:09.8 | All right, folks, welcome back to another episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | I'm your host, Zach Bitter. |
| 0:15.5 | And today I have a guest interview for you. |
| 0:18.5 | Today's guest is Vinnie Crispino. |
| 0:21.2 | Vinny is a former Division I swimmer. |
| 0:24.1 | After college, he felt burnt out from swimming and decided to move out to California and learn how to surf. |
| 0:30.5 | He ended up injuring his back after getting cast onto a rock from his surfboard. |
| 0:35.7 | This spurred a 10-year journey to fix the subsequent issues |
| 0:39.2 | and avoid having discs fused. Along the way, Vinnie founded the Pain Academy, where he |
| 0:45.1 | helps people find ways to avoid pain from injuries and lifestyle. Vinnie is now training for his |
| 0:50.8 | first 50-mile ultramarathon after solving his back injury. |
| 0:54.9 | I have been working with Vinny after his interview to help him get dialed in and I'm really |
| 0:59.0 | excited to see how he does on his first 50-mile and if he'll become a repeat ultramarathon runner. |
| 1:06.4 | Before we get into the interview with Vinny, a few notes. |
| 1:10.0 | If you are interested in catching some of the episodes before they hit all the platforms |
| 1:14.9 | in YouTube, you can get early release episodes and add free audio versions of the show over |
| 1:21.5 | on the show Patreon page. |
| 1:23.1 | Right now, there are a couple interviews up there. |
| 1:25.9 | One is with Stuart Chutter. |
| 1:27.4 | Stewart is an |
| 1:28.1 | ultramarathon runner, a Spartan athlete. He also does things like marathons, all sorts of running |
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