Super Shoes & Form: How New Shoe Tech Alters Running Form with Chris Napier, PhD
Release Date: 10/09/2025
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Brodie Sharpe is a physiotherapist, the host of the , and author of . As a Physical therapist who specializes in endurance runners, Brodie Sharpe takes a holistic approach to . He helps runners learn how to correct mistakes and work with their bodies to get healthy. Brodie emphasizes the importance of looking at training as well as your lifestyle around it, since every aspect of what you do impacts how you feel and perform. This episode focuses on how to learn from a running injury: how to figure out what caused it the training changes needed to prevent it from recurring how to update...
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Super Shoes & Form: How New Shoe Tech Alters Running Form with Chris Napier, PhD
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Chris Napier is the author of , a professor of physical therapy, practicing physiotherapist, 2:33 marathoner, and medal winner at the Canadian Track & Field Championships in 1996 and 1997. He is also a scientific advisor to , the world’s smartest running shoe (I'm also an advisor!). Today's focus is on super shoes and how they affect your running form: The specific form changes that happen due to high-stack foam and carbon plates Specific injury risks from super shoes How often Chris recommends wearing super shoes Training changes that while wearing super shoes Extra Resources: ...
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info_outlineChris Napier is the author of Science of Running, a professor of physical therapy, practicing physiotherapist, 2:33 marathoner, and medal winner at the Canadian Track & Field Championships in 1996 and 1997.
He is also a scientific advisor to Avelo, the world’s smartest running shoe (I'm also an advisor!).
Today's focus is on super shoes and how they affect your running form:
- The specific form changes that happen due to high-stack foam and carbon plates
- Specific injury risks from super shoes
- How often Chris recommends wearing super shoes
- Training changes that reduce injury risk while wearing super shoes
Extra Resources:
- Geoff Burns, PhD on the science of super shoes (podcast)
- The main reason runners get injured (video)
- Chris Napier's first podcast appearance (podcast)
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