Episode 75: The Tai Chi Secret to Stronger Glutes

I often talk about how feet are the most important thing, but I also talk about how glutes are the most important thing. And, maybe to train your glutes, you need to train your feet. To train your feet, you need to train your glutes, what's the connection? We're going to find out more about that on today's episode of The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast with my special guest Chong Xie.
Chong Xie practiced Wushu as a child in Beijing Sport University, is an avid researcher and student of Tai Chi, he has a bachelor degree of science from Binghamton University. With his ebook "Secret of Athleticism" Chong Xie makes an honest endeavor to help all of us understand and discover a path to superior athletic performance without the expense of injury.
Connect with Chong Xie:
Website: www.secret-of-...
KZbin: / @hyperarchfasciatraining
Chong Xie Bio:
Chong Xie is the author of “Secret of Athleticism”, inventor of the Hyperarch Fascia Training System and founder of the page “secret-of-athleticism.com” a website and discussion group founded to understand more about the foot, and its relationship to athleticism, as well as best training practices. Chong has a computer science degree and has been working as a technical analyst in the software industry for the last 10 years. His interest in the foot was piqued by seeing the large discrepancy in athletic performance, and Chong has spent many years on a quest to unlock the “secret” of athletic performance that is hiding beneath our shoes.
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[@pdfbrander]

I know nothing about this subject, I just want to share an observation. What he is talking about at 8:20, I was suffering from. I realised this after trying to stand on one leg. My ankle would tremble badly, and I could only manage around 15 seconds. I started using a rebounder every day, and within about a week my ankles has strengthened. I can now "can can" on one leg until I get bored. Rebounders are fantastic tools.

[@mattmcginnis7048]

Excellent episode, guest had a lot of great insight!

[@sutekh7890]

As a Taiji practitioner from Boulder and a wearer of Xero’s I LOVE this! Thank you two so much for your time and effort! 🏔️⛰️💚

[@priapus1298]

Ah ha... I got here trying to find out why my glutes are so tight and tired after two weeks of Tai Chi. Think they're working naturally for the first time in ages.

[@johntay3831]

What exercises did you do in taichi to feel the glutes tighten? just curious. Horse stance? Bow stance?

[@mrzack888]

Chong's stuff changed my life!

[@chillier8363]

Did you do his coaching program?

[@SteelMaceNationPodcast]

Foot strength/ health and strong glutes..... VITAL!

[@vlum1]

Guys, thank you so much for this talk. Steven, me and my girlfriend have been enjoying and benefitting from many of your shoes, and Chong Xie, I will be "spunging up" your work as of tomorrow. The reason I am writing these lines is actually in hope of gaining any kind of helpful info regarding the situation I've been in for the last 3 years which keeps me from progressing in my barefoot/minimalist running journey: I've picked up "Born to Run" in 2017" and just before I've started transitioning into the minimalist & barefoot lifestyle I've had a Mt.bike accident, going downhill on an asphalt road losing the front wheel in a turn. Somehow I was able to prevent the first impact by catching the initial fall (a very strong whip effect had built up) by stomping my right foot instinctively straight down into the road. I felt the shock of the force shoot up the right side of my body, still crashed afterwards with my back wheel being bent in half by the rest of the momentum, I guess. (Btw, I apologize for the long explanation, but I'd like to give an accurate picture to what happened for anyone out there who could maybe give some advice... ) So basically, if you'd take a sledge hammer and pound straight onto the bottom of my right foot I guess would be a comparable force of impact. I was still able to walk afterwards, but my ankle felt compressed and just off. Hoping it would sort itself out, I've waited a few months to then end up at the physical therapist after all. One memorable experience was the first time she decompressed my foot by pulling it with efficient technique to make it pop followed by instant relief. (It was such a loud crack that I couldn't believe my ears, we even had an echo in the room, lol!) I had my girlfriend try to do it thereafter, but she could hardly ever build up the necessary torque to get it to pop, that's how compressed it was. I've tried MRI's, X-Rays, several different specialists, but nobody could and still can't tell me what I'm dealing with. But I couldn't go back to ordinary shoes anymore, and started running in KSO Evo's in hopes to condition my feet&body and subsequentially heal myself. Well, just like you can ride a bike with a slightly misalligned wheel for a period of time without noticing, the same thing happened to me with my body, it gave out. After about a year (I was up to 10k runs regularly 2-3 times a week), and of course I understand now I did way too much too quick, I ended up with the typical plantar-fasciitis, the ankle pain persisted and later I insured/possibly broke my 2nd metatarsal which forced me to take serious time off and start from the beginning (with the OK from another specialist!) several months later. Soon thereafter, just as I got in shape again, I developed an overnight calcaneal issue which forced me out for at least another 6 months. It still feels that the bottom of my right heel has some added grown bone tissue with a string of tendendants running over it, shooting up pain every time I step on it. I can even hear them crackling from side to side when grinding my heal on the floor... So finally, after another long break and educating myself further I slowly started running unshot on the track, developing better form and technique in order to transition into minimalist shoes later.(Unfortunately unshot running is impossible around my neighborhood except on the track due to a long winter season with gravel all over the roads). But I've hit a plateau real quick, because apart from the former mentioned issues which are better but still not completely gone, now my right knee is hindering me to go more than about 10 laps on average since it's basically shutting down at that point. No idea if it's a meniscus or fascia issue, but it feels as if something is grinding underneath the outside of my kneecap and then feels instantly enflamed, so I can hardly walk back home anymore. What's really odd about it too is that I can't walk downhill at all anymore without it acting up instantly... As far as my knee allowes it, I also mix in running uphill and walking downhill in the woods, btw. So this is where I am now, limited to 10 laps unshot on the local track once a week, with ankle, heal and knee issues (all on the right side). I will keep grinding for more information on the webs and a big THANK YOU to anyone who went through the lengths of reading this post! Respect and I appreciate your input! # "Who runs with the earth can run forever"... Well, some day!

[@mysterybeta]

Excellent guest and episode!

[@davideloro6486]

Are Kettlebell swings more fascia driven than muscular ?

[@dx5292]

❤ love this. Wisdom

[@flameace]

Well, sh*t. Ihave been trying to increase dorsiflexion of my ankle (and big toe) to run better barefoot. Well, I have learnt that increasing big toe dorsiflexion is not possible without breeaking something and increasing ankle dorsiflexion just don't seem to happen. This stiff ankle stuff sounds better.

[@peter-5354]

Glutes or feet (toes). Chicken or egg? Where do we start?

[@pandaman1677]

🙏🙏🙏