Part 198 - Mark Sisson on Health From Your Feet On Up
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Brian Sanders
4.8 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Mark Sisson is a renowned health and fitness expert, author, and entrepreneur, celebrated for pioneering the primal lifestyle movements. Once a competitive endurance athlete who achieved a top-five finish in the Ironman World Championship, he is now a successful businessman who founded Primal Kitchen, a purveyor of paleo-friendly foods and supplements, bought by Kraft Heinz in 2018. In addition to his business ventures, he's a bestselling author, with works like "The Primal Blueprint" that promote ancestral eating and exercise habits for health optimization. Recently, Sisson embarked on a new entrepreneurial journey with his son, Kyle, to create Peluva, a better-for-your-body shoe company. He still produces content on his legendary blog, "Mark's Daily Apple," and is absolutely ripped and supremely healthy despite turning 70 next month.
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Video version: https://youtu.be/A3jQXP9y5Uo
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00:00:00 Introduction to Mark Sisson and his shoe company, Peluva.
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00:05:00 Talking about NoseToTail.org and the great products
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00:10:00 Sisson's insights on modern running shoes and his journey to designing minimalist shoes.
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00:15:00 Emphasis on foot health and the drawbacks of cushioned shoes.
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00:20:00 Sisson dispels misconceptions about orthotics, advocates minimalist shoes, and introduces Peluva's Strand model.
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00:25:00 Sisson discusses human feet evolution, barefoot experience benefits, and safe transition to minimal shoes.
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00:30:00 Importance of toe articulation and foot strength training, promoted through Peluva shoes.
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00:35:00 Overview of Peluva's different shoe models and their applications.
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00:40:00 Critique of cushioned shoes and the benefits of minimalist footwear for foot mobility.
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00:45:00 Sisson talks about the role of walking, exercise, and his personal dietary habits.
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00:50:00 Sisson outlines his daily routine, metabolic flexibility, and the value of nutrient-dense diets.
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00:55:00 Discussion on caloric value of nutrients, protein-centric diets, and metabolic flexibility.
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01:00:00 Closing with Sisson promoting Peluva (use code SAPIEN to get 10% off) and his ambition to globally improve foot health.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to Peak Human I'm Brian Sanders I'm the |
| 0:17.2 | creator of Nose to Tail the Food Lies six-part series and the Sapien |
| 0:22.0 | Center Health and Social Club here in Austin. |
| 0:25.0 | Please go back and start episode one, so many great episodes. |
| 0:28.6 | This podcast is meant for you to listen to all of them. |
| 0:31.6 | I only do good episodes. Maybe that's up for debate, but I think they're all great. I love my guests. I love my guests today, especially Mark Sisson. He's the man. He's the reason I got started in this |
| 0:44.7 | health world nine years ago when I read his book Primal Blueprint. So happy to have |
| 0:49.3 | him on the podcast again. You can go back and listen to my first episode with him. He really is my |
| 0:55.0 | hero. He's done so much. He's a legend in the space. He's a successful |
| 0:59.8 | businessman. He's absolutely ripped. he's 70 years old, next month. |
| 1:05.0 | He's an inspiration to millions of people. |
| 1:08.0 | He's the man. |
| 1:09.0 | And so glad to talk to him once again. |
| 1:11.0 | This time we talk about body mechanics and foot health and |
| 1:15.9 | barefoot shoes and all this type of stuff a bit different than the first |
| 1:21.0 | episode so you can go back and listen to that one, as I said. |
| 1:24.0 | And we also get to some other health content, what he's eating these days at the end of this episode. |
| 1:29.0 | But it's good to have a change of pace, talk about something different than just the health stuff, talk about the movement |
| 1:34.8 | side, the foot mechanics, the body mechanics stuff. A lot of people are into the more barefoot |
| 1:40.1 | shoes, minimalist shoes, that type of thing. |
| 1:42.7 | So this is really cool. |
| 1:44.2 | He's got a lot of insight on this because his new venture is a shoe company called Paluva. |
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