Dr. Eric Goodman and Jessie Salas: Foundation Training, The Endocannabinoid System, and Balancing the Nervous System

2023-02-08

In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder podcast, we are joined by Dr. Eric Goodman and Coach Jessie Salas. The two join host Dr. Scott Sherr to discuss Dr. Goodman’s book “Foundation of Health” and the Endocannabinoid System, the beginnings of the foundation training, cannabis, the importance of activating your parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, and so much more. Dr. Eric Goodman is the creator of Foundation Training and the author of “Foundation”, “Foundations of Health”,...

In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder podcast, we are joined by Dr. Eric Goodman and Coach Jessie Salas.

The two join host Dr. Scott Sherr to discuss Dr. Goodman’s book “Foundation of Health” and the Endocannabinoid System, the beginnings of the foundation training, cannabis, the importance of activating your parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, and so much more.

Dr. Eric Goodman is the creator of Foundation Training and the author of “Foundation”, “Foundations of Health”, and“True to Form”. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a bachelors in health sciences, Physiology. Under his degree is a chiropractic degree at Southern California University.

Coach Jessie Salas has worked with Dr. Goodman as an understudy and partner in growing the world's knowledge on Foundation Training. He is Dr. Goodman's Chief Operating Officer, who first discovered Foundation Training as a means to address injuries sustained on the job. After seeing its impact on his own injuries, Salas led a 17-year career as a firefighter before turning his attention to coaching others through Foundation Training.

What we discuss:

00:01:20 - How Eric transitioned from Foundation Training to learn the Endocannabinoid System and how the two came together

00:09:02 - The connection between cannabis and Foundation Training

00:09:29 - How Eric came up with the postures and movements within Foundation Training

00:10:57 - Eric’s experience with Cannabis

00:19:37 - The relationship between the Endocannabinoid System and adaptability

00:23:12 - Coach Jesse’s experience reprogramming pain

00:32:01 - Breathwork balancing of the autonomic nervous system

00:41:00 - How Foundation Training can help kids with A.D.D.

00:46:26 - Foundation Training combined with heat and sauna

00:49:31 - The Benefits of traditional and infrared saunas

00:58:16 - Creatin a path that is more optimal for your own health