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

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

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

Who is Dr. Eric Goodman?

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.

Who is Coach Jessie Salas?

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 discovered Foundation Training like most people do: 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 Did Dr. Scott Discuss With Dr. Eric Goodman and Jessie Salas?

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 - Cannabis and Foundation Training

00:09:29 - How did Eric come up with the postures and movements that people would do?

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

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

00:21:27 - What could’ve been the name of the Endocannabinoid System?

00:23:12 - Coach Jesse’s experience working with people with a lot of pain and reprogramming that pain

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

00:41:00 - How Foundation Training can help with 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 - A path that shifts in homeostatic balance to one that is more optimal for their own health

01:02:49 - What’s next for foundation training?