Chasing Function, your guide to health and wellness

In the medical word, they have certain words for diagnosis that Noah and Kye just do not agree with. Therefore we explain what those words are, the definitions and why we dislike them so much  Enjoy!

Do you drink coffee/caffeine?  Eat sugar often?  On your phone an excessive amount?  Seeking physical intimacy often and dont know why?  We discuss all of these things and how to address them in your life to start creating a solution 

In this episode we talk about sleep and breathing How breathing can effect your sleep as well as how sleep can effect your breathing

In this episode we have a fun conversation with Elisa Rhynedance, former U.S. Air Force, Gymnast and Weightlifter.  We talk about Identity and how that ties into how to set goals for yourself and how to truly be YOU.  This was such a great conversation and for anyone listening that knows someone coming out of the military and needs help finding themselves send this podcast to them and contact Elis...

We get into the science of touch and what that means for Edward  Edward is on the forefront of teaching other practitioners on how to be more trauma informed so that they can help so many people that are touch deprived, have trauma and need the services of many manual therapists and massage therapists.  Here is his instagram handle and website, give him a follow! @scienceoftouch sci...

Why is it important that we do heart-focused breathing?  Why should we care?  How does this effect our lives? 

Heart focused and all about down regulation.

How do we mess up our breathing without even knowing?  How can we become aware and change the way we breathe to help our day to day lives? We go over all of it in this episode and share some stories on how breathing can effect change 

Attachment styles and relationships  Are your relationships Helpful, Harmful, or Healing? Types of Attachment Styles  Avoidant - Needs time to themselves Anxious - Needs partner to feel safe and secure Combo of both Secure 

A look into muscle function and accessibility

In this episode we dive in with some Black Swan moments.  Black Swan moments are game changing, life changing, mindset shifting moments in our life that progressively move us forward, but we must be prepared for when these moments happen in our lives.  How can we prepare? Become more self-aware and start to work on yourself. When you are constantly growing and adapting and learning, the...

3 Types of Muscle Contractions  Concentric - SHORTENING Eccentric - LENGTHENING Isometric - EQUAL AMOUNT OF FORCE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS What do they do?  Why do we care? What do we think about them? How do we utilize them in our life? All of those answered in this episode, hope you enjoy!

Today we interview Chase Cameron  Chase is a wealth of knowledge in the strength and conditioning world and also just a great human being  Kye and Chase met at a gym called Elev8 and instantly connected through basketball and just sharing knowledge in the health and fitness industry  Chase is always hungry to learn more and get better which is why he is such a phenomenal coach ...

In this episode, we go over the questions that we have been getting from our listeners that want to know more on the auto regulation protocol.  Noah goes into depth on how and why we do this protocol in a certain way.  This is a must listen if you want to maximize your results throughout the protocol!

This week we interview Mike Douglas, the owner of Crossfit Pandemic. Noah and Mike go way back to when Mike made the decision to get out of Mortgage and into Health and Wellness. We dive deep into Mike's story of how he got there, how the pandemic has effected not only him and his business, and also where Mike is going now.  Some of Mike's achievements in Crossfit  2017 Crossfit Regionals  2018 Gr...

In this episode we interview Garrett Woods, a close friend of Kye's. They met because Kye started taking a course that Garrett had already gone through and Kye wanted to practice with someone close by. After meeting they connected on a deeper level of understanding and began to work together. Garrett is a wealth of knowledge in the stress/trauma world and utilizes hypnotherapy, psychology and just...

What an amazing podcast with the wonderful Jay Johnson!!! We talk about her past and how it has shaped who she is today, dive into CrossFit and weightlifting, then we take a turn into religion, spirituality and just LIFE and LOVE.  Hope you guys enjoy this, both me and Noah agree this was one of the best experiences we have had doing this podcast. Much love to Jay and her journey! You can fin...

FOOD  A template in which we believe will help you with sleep, circadian rhythms, possibly heal your digestive issues and other issues dealing with food and how it is processed in the body. This episode is meant to simplify your nutrition habits to help you create a better machine and to take control over your body.  Carbs- Movement/post-workout Fats- throughout the day for cognitive function Prot...

In this episode we dive into how Kye got into what he go into and how he utilizes all of the different tools he has acquired over the years.  Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT)- http://muscleactivation.com/ Proprioceptive- Deep Tendon Reflex (PDTR)- https://pdtr-global.com/about-pdtr/what-is-p-dtr/ Creative Emotional Wizardry  Emotional Wellness coaching

In this episode we interview a Collegiate athlete, Grant Calcaterra.  Grant has an extraordinary story! He played at Santa Margarita Highschool and went on to play at University of Oklahoma and played 3 seasons with them and was going to be drafted. He was ranked as the nation's No. 6 Tight End, had 958 yards (No. 13 among TE's nationally), on 57 receptions as a senior.  But adversity struck when...

In this episode we talk about Noahs journey into FRC (Functional Range Conditioning) and Kye's influence in how he learned about FRC. Then we talk about the different uses of this FRC tool and how Noah utilizes it with his patients. 

In this episode we talk about some cool stuff about water, water sommeliers and we wrap up with our trio of pain stimulus: Biological Pain. 1. What is it?  2. 2 different types of ways we get pain/injuries 3. What can we do about it? 

In this episode we have a very special guest from the North, Brad Thorpe. Please excuse Noahs dog around 39:13 Brad has stirred up the world of physical fitness and exercise with a concentration in isometrics. He believes that we must have a foundation of capacity and stability first before movement.  "Isometrics is the preparation for movement, dynamics is the practice of movement"  Bra...

In this episode we talk Isophit and how much fun it was to play around with. About how external social environments trigger pain and also how pain can trigger a psychological and social pain.

In the episode we go deeper into what Task Positive and Task Negative are and how they relate to pain. We also introduce the 3 different types of pain we experience  1. Biological/Physical Pain 2. Psychological/Emotional Pain 3. Social Pain  We will be diving deeper into these types of pain in the next few episodes  As always we love the feedback we are getting and would love more! Feel free to DM...