#128 - Founder of Apiros Movement Training Austin Einhorn

The Art of Something

On this week's episode, Harvey shares a conversation with the brilliant Austin Einhorn - Founder of Apiros Movement Training in Santa Cruz, California.  During his tenure of coaching movement, Austin has had the privilege to help athletes and organizations in every major professional sports league in America; including the PGA, Seattle Seahawks, Houston Rockets, US Men's National Volleyball Team, Stanford Men's Volleyball Team, Chinese Olympic Committee, and professional surfers.  

Before finding his career in natural movement training, Austin had a decorated career playing volleyball at the University of California - Santa Cruz.  He garnered a 3-time All American status, helping the program finish 2nd and 3rd in the NCAA Tournament.

Austin's journey growing up as a naturally curious kid, as well as his passion for athletics led him to constantly internally challenge the current movement training paradigm.  He views the path of athletic mastery as an "encompassing blissful journey where we progressively improve our beliefs, movements, language, the optimization of our cellular and mitochondrial health, psychology and more."

As Harvey and Austin dive deeply into the nuance of movement, they discuss the misunderstanding of shoulder movement, the value in learning how babies move, the evolution of movement through in history and through a lifetime, and Austin's quest to minimize non-contact injury.  Check out where to find the key insights below!

Key Insights:

0’ – Introduction

4:30 – Founding Apiros and the Meaning Behind It

6:28 – How Austin Got To Where He Is and the Foundations of His Training Philosophy

9:20 – Finding Movements That Have Stood The Test of Evolution

13:40 – A Massive Misunderstanding of The Shoulder

15:30 – The Nuance of Moving Athletes From Devolving into Evolving

20:19 – The Value of Practicing Bar Hanging, Climbing

22:50 – The Intuitive Process of Confidence In Our Journey

25:30 – Detachment As A Way of Finding Mental Clarity To Learn

30:00 – The Foot Tells A Good Story of The Rest of The Body

32:50 – The Caution of Being Barefoot and How Our Environment Dictates Foot Function

36:20 – What Would Happen If We Didn’t Have Furniture? (Ask Austin)

42:00 – No Need For Soft Tissue Work?

44:15 – Finding A Middle Ground With Nature and Adaptation

45:00 – How Babies Move: If The Movement Works

47:10 – The Secret of The Most Intelligent Kids

48:20 – The Importance of Attention For Learning What To Ignore

50:05 – Allowing Athletes To Fail By Taking A Hands-Off Approach

53:30 – Austin’s Purpose – Curing Non-Contact Injury

57:45 – Austin’s Series of Values and Non-Negotiables

61:15 – Austin’s Vision For The Future

63:55 – Where To Find Austin/Apiros

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Where to Find Austin Einhorn and Apiros:

Website: www.apiros.team

Instagram: @apiros.team

Twitter: @AustinEinhorn

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