How to Keep your Spark for Life & Walking Backwards Benefits! | Align Podcast with Ben Patrick

What if the solution to your chronic knee pain lies in how you exercise the often-neglected body parts, like your toes, feet, and ankles?
Whatever pain you're going through, there's always someone who can offer the tools for your own breakthrough. Ben Patrick (known online as "Knees Over Toes Guy"), the founder and CEO of Athletic Truth Group (ATG), worshipped basketball since he was a kid, but at 9 years old, chronic knee problems started crushing his dreams…or so he thought.
By 18, he had 3 surgical knee alterations and decided to quit basketball. Driven to heal himself naturally, Ben experimented with unorthodox methods and was introduced to Charles Poliquin's "knees over toes" training techniques - something prohibited in college sports. Despite criticisms, Ben kept doing his training and regained his athleticism. At 21, he was offered a full-ride basketball scholarship and transformed his basketball career. Not long after, Ben needed to let go of a full-ride D1 scholarship because of NCAA eligibility rules. Not to mention his strength coach then was against his knees over toes training, too.
Now in his 30s, Ben has a record-breaking 42-inch vertical jump even elite NBA players find hard to top. On a mission to educate people and alleviate the epidemic of knee surgeries, he spends countless hours producing free content and designing programs based on the knees over toes approach. Ben's methods focus on transforming one's athleticism by strengthening the body from the ground up, which means re-integrating the toes, feet, ankles, and the anterior tibialis. He explains why we need to practice walking backward and reveals the secrets to pain-free knees by doing backward sled drags and split squats.
Our conversation gets more personal as Ben reveals the driving force behind his epic wins and how he deals with pain and failures. He also looks back on his battle with depression and painkiller addiction and shares the most important lesson he learned from it.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to Ben Patrick
4:00 - What does "knees over toes" training mean?
8:50 - Reversing pain through manual therapy
13:00 - Exercises to banish your knee pain & reveal your weak spots
16:20 - What split squats are for & why you need to work on your anterior tibialis
18:15 - How to drastically improve your vertical leap & dunk like the world's top jumpers
20:00 - How to relieve tight hip flexors + Glute workout that’s perfect for the elderly
22:20 - No-nonsense tips to staying driven & motivated
27:00 - The "Sled" Metaphor: How to find light in your life's darkest moments
31:00 - Debunking popular myths about movement & sports training
33:50 - Why you need both strength & flexibility in sports & life
36:20 - Training advice for athletes & sports enthusiasts
Learn more from Ben Patrick:
Website: www.atgonlinecoaching.com/
KZbin: / thekneesovertoesguy
Instagram: @kneesovertoesguy
Book: “ATG For Life” by Ben Patrick (www.amazon.com/ATG-Life-Ben-P...)
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Aaron Alexander, Owner of Align Therapy, is a world-class movement coach and manual therapist.
He regularly works with both Olympic and professional level athletes to achieve optimal performance. He teaches movement based bodywork internationally and has helped thousands out of pain and into health. His approach combines mainly self-care with myofascial release techniques and functional movement practices. The system can be utilized anytime or place. His teaching at times can look like exercise but is so much more. Moving with integration will activate the body's ability to heal itself. If you suffer from chronic pain or just want get to be stronger and faster, this is the key. We see it relieve pain, enhance sleep, mood, libido, energy, increase strength, flexibility, balance and overall well-being everyday!
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On this KZbin channel, Aaron Alexander, brings to you his Align Podcast and Align Method. In the Align Podcast KZbin, Aaron interviews renowned speakers, colleagues and sporters on a whole range of subjects from mind and body podcast to best personal growth podcast and podcast about healthy habits. These podcasts will be part of the best podcasts 2022 and we will go on to give everyone the opportunity to learn and improve both his mental and physical state.
In the Align Method program, from which parts are released here, Aaron shows pain relief exercises and flexibility exercises to help persons with chronic pain or recover from a big injury.
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[@coreywalker7178]

Forget the command Mr. Patrick has over his physicality, I want the control he seems to have over his ego!

[@jayalanlife5926]

Clearly the best 2 health leaders on one podcast, easy to watch, love the fact that Ben's wife and child "and mom" are integral to his authenticity. Keep growing. Cheers Alan

[@positivo7360]

This guy is such a good human being and great example to humanity on how to service the world .. thank you for the interview 🙌🏽🔥🙌🏽

[@TheKneesovertoesguy]

Damn that means a lot! Thank you!!!!!!

[@AlignPodcast]

Agreed!

[@louiset3438]

YES, exactly!!!

[@ST69]

Agreed well said . He’s the man

[@chrisfisher32]

So insane that I just found this pod. Both of you are super knowledgeable. When Ben starting talking about certain injuries because of weak feet and ankles such as plantar fasciitis, Achilles issues, patellar tendon problems, etc. - that really spoke to me because I’ve dealt with all of them. I’m only 10 minutes into this and I feel like there is hope for my knees and lower extremities.

[@ThePetieProject]

Best questions from any Kneesovertoes podcast I've watched

[@parkharmon7971]

Ben your message is a type of hope for people to achieve the active lives they want, started moving backwards 3 weeks ago (have only missed one day), using the tread mill and increasing the incline over time, moving to the sled soon!

[@celesteschacht8996]

Good intentions always work out in the LONG run. thank you both!

[@TheKneesovertoesguy]

🙏❤️

[@AlignPodcast]

Thank you!

[@JoeBuys]

EXTREME KNOWLEDGE BOMBS. Thank you both!! 🙏🏼💪🏼

[@Smas-ds6pd]

I'm saving this for another time, but absolutely looking forward to it! Love eminates through both of you!

[@TheKneesovertoesguy]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AlignPodcast]

Appreciate that!

[@darrentimcoe7074]

this was an awesome podcast. I don't know the hosts name but man he asked some great questions. The baby opening the door was funny.

[@gregsheridan76]

These are two of my favorite people within the movement and wellness world. It is awesome to see you both together talking and the different perspectives you both have that blend harmoniously. I would love to see more of you both together.

[@troelsknudsen253]

This guy! He always says something that reminds me "oh right I'm not activating my big toes properly" and everything starts working better. thank you you two are a service to humanity

[@zwilliamsbrackett]

2:46am 😂and I’m about to buy this program

[@AlignPodcast]

Thanks, I hope you enjoyed it.

[@zwilliamsbrackett]

3 months in

[@B3nso90]

Ben Patrick! Thank you Sir

[@Odinson_89]

Brilliant conversation men! Thank you for what both of you are serving the world with.

[@AlignPodcast]

Thank you so much for that!

[@KsChina]

This was fun. I was amused by the reference to Rolf. Rolf also defined strength as resilience- how much stress or strain can be put into the system without the system suffering degradation or loss of integrity.

[@kevinl5171]

As a Massage Therapist I stress to my clients that massage/bodywork/manual therapy is almost entirely passive therapy and will never replace active therapy. All I can do is hope to influence behavioral changes over time, especially since I don't particularly support the theory of tissue change via manual pressure. Creating safer inputs via touch to allow the nervous system to recognize its over-reactive tendencies or potential for movement without provocation is my primary goal in a session rather than "creating symmetry" or "releasing knots/adhesions" etc.

[@AlignPodcast]

Yep, both are incredibly valuable!

[@Zenned-Out]

Thank you so much to the four of you. Next time please ask him about shoulder mobility, and rotator cuff rehab which unfortunately is the only part of the body you left out.

[@valentinlebeaupain4399]

Absolutely wonderful interview !

[@AlignPodcast]

Thank you!

[@timkleinmann15]

Awesome conversation. Thank you :)

[@AlignPodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gurvijaygill328]

Doesn't he look like a younger AthleanX

[@malachitisch7494]

What’s your opinion on ballet shoes, I know Ben says that “no movement is bad”, but crushing your toes together and going on Pointe seems to consistently destroy feet.

[@cameronwilliams8069]

I know what he means

[@angeazze6667]

U have a nice voice Aaron & speak really well 👏

[@AlignPodcast]

Thank you so much🙏🙏 appreciate that!

[@angeazze6667]

@@AlignPodcast ur welcome. Very attractive trait ☺️

[@Nuchimane305]

I know what you mean

[@taimybringas8314]

Something is wrong with the audio 😞

[@shanefitz21]

You know what i mean

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🎂

[@faithzubia1946]

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