234. What Your Body Can Tell You About Your Success with Dr. Matthew Zanis

Dr. Matthew Zanis is from Phoenix, AZ and is a Doctor of Human Movement and an expert in human performance. He is the founder of Rooted in MVMNT, a company that helps athletes, coaches, and other rehabilitation providers build confidence and trust is their bodies and practices through the 5 pillars of movement, vitality, mindset, nutrition, and training. Dr. Zanis works with a broad demographic from Olympians to the highest branches of military including Navy Special Warfare and everyone in between. His vision is to create an awareness of new ways of working with the human body in rehabilitation, performance, and coaching circles, and bring that alive through a philosophy that is rooted in movement.    Key Highlights 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Introducing Dr. Matthew Zanis 2:50 - Dr. Zanis’s Background, Baseball Aspirations, And Path To Physical Therapy 7:35 -  How Weight Training Affects Professional Sports 10:45 - The True Definition Of An Athlete 15:48 - How Playing Multiple Different Childhood Sports Builds Pattern Recognition 19:00 - Why Left Handed Baseball Swings Are More Fluid 20:40 - Why You Should Be Barefoot In The Gym  36:27 - Rooted In MVMNT  42:38 - The Definition of Vitality 44:00 - Tom Brady’s Five Pillars: Movement, Vitality, Mindset, Nutrition, Training 46:00 - Training with Olympic Athletes 49:15 - Athlete’s Mindset Towards Business  51:23 - Outro   Connect with Andy Neary: LinkedIn: ⁠Andy Neary⁠ Instagram: ⁠@andy_neary⁠ Website: ⁠andyneary.com