Jessie Salas is a former firefighter and a Coach who is also the Program Director for Foundation Training, a program which uses simple corrective exercise to help people move free and easily without pain.
Jessie regularly works with people like you and I but also big wave professional surfers, professional athletes, active and retired military firemen, stuntmen, and celebrities like Josh Brolin, Madonna, and so many more. Using Foundation Training to help them be pain free, and to maximise their potential.
Jessie travels all over to work with clients and people of all types to teach them Foundation Training and is constantly self-experimenting with different remedies and modalities to get the most out of life.
Check out the Youtube video for Jessie’s demonstration towards the end of the podcast!
We discuss:
What is foundation training?
How did you go from firefighting to foundation training?
Pains and healing- corrective measures? Facilitate healing not fix.
What is mobility?
How foundation training is different when it is implemented in preparation for strength exercises (like pre-warm ups for compound lifts) verses how you would use it with mobility & recovery intentions!
What is it like working with such a wide range of ppl- big wave professional surfers, professional athletes, active and retired military firemen, stuntmen, and celebrities like Josh Brolin, Madonna, and so many more.
How can people use foundation training at home where does it fit with sports and protocols, what about injuries, how do you get around this?
What other things do you have to have in your life everyday to optimise your health and life!
What new things are you trying at the moment?
Your daily routine- what you can’t live without at the moment.
Where to find more information:
@coachjsalas
“On the Road to Wellness” Vlog
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