Pisani Movement

05/04/2026

Athlete training is for EVERYONE!

Preparation for sport requires specific training components that are often missing from general fitness programs. Three important aspects of athlete training include:

1. Tracking

Athletes know how strong or conditioned they are based on results that are tracked. Weightlifting numbers, running times, and total sessions are a few of the things that get tracked for athletes. But many gyms and trainers working with the general population do not track these things which makes understanding results impossible.

2. Specificity

Athletes perform exercises that will have direct benefits for their sport or position. A lot of gen pop fitness programs use exercises that don’t necessarily help the participants in their day to day lives. Whether it’s keeping up with your kids, performing at work, or playing rec sports, your fitness program should make you stronger outside of the gym.

3. Testing

Athletes get tested. At certain points in their program, there is time for testing. Whether it’s a max effort lift or reaction time exercise, testing happens. But often there is not a test for the average gym goer. Scheduling testing for clients gives them something to aim for while also allowing them proper preparation and deloading periods. If you haven’t been tested at your gym, it’s impossible to know where you truly stand.

If your gym or program is not doing these three things, you are leaving improvements on the table.

Fortunately, at .athletics we help people train like athletes. Workout tracking, life-specific exercises, and testing weeks are all part of the adult training program.

If you know you can get stronger or more conditioned but your current plan is leaving you wanting more, shoot us a message or stop into the gym. Nothing is harder than the sport of life, and you deserve a staff and facility that is prepared to get you ready for it!

04/30/2026

Training got me feeling way more !

Since learning the methodologies recently, training has been SICK!

Coiling. Torsion. Fascia. Things that I wasn’t thinking much about with training prior the learning from the guys.

My power and fluidity are reaching new levels, and I’m just getting started.

If you want to take your training to the next level, do not hesitate to take a course from Chris and David.

Huge thank you to the guys!

01/07/2025

04/27/2024

Such an amazing story from Northeast Passage at my alma mater, UNH. Been looking for this video for years!

1999 Trek to Galehead with Northeast Passage at UNH. This piece won a variety of honors, including a Boston/NE Emmy for Sports Feature.

06/12/2022

Heard this quote on a podcast recently. Made a lot of sense. Maybe some of y’all will like it🙏🏽

05/29/2020

About 10 years ago exactly.

I was just beginning to learn about health, but it’s interesting to note that my body was resistant to improper footwear even back then. I elected to wear these TOMS the entire year, through winter, and even while walking dozens of miles through Baltimore here.

If Toms were a bit wider in the toe box, they would be incredible.

Anyway, 10 years later and I’m still just trying to be a more natural human in body and mind.

That’s all, I hope everyone is well!

And thank you to Mimi for the photo and a wonderful time at prom😙

05/27/2020

We evolved to walk and run and squat and stand.

The naked foot is the perfect platform for these movements and positions.

We added protection along the way to prevent cuts and blisters, and that was helpful.

But at some point we normalized foot deformation. And that is not cool.

If you have trouble walking or squatting or moving in general, suboptimal footwear may be to blame.

Check out for more info and feel free to message me with questions🙏

05/20/2020

On Sunday I ran 15 miles. That is the longest distance I have ever run, and I did it in Earth Runners sandals with no socks.

This was obviously the longest run I have done in the sandals, and I actually got a couple painful blisters on my left foot. One was on my second toe, and the other was towards the outside of my foot.

The pain lasted for a couple hours, but eventually went away. So much so that I walked about 3 miles on both Monday and Tuesday. My muscles and feet felt great, even though I pushed myself hard on Sunday.

This is because running and moving in sandals or other forms of natural footwear allow your feet and body to move the way they evolved to. Toes can splay, the feet can land properly, and everything flows nicely.

can still lead to blisters, but that is fine! Blisters will heal, and in my case they will turn into calluses which will allow me to run even longer in the future. They are a form of adaptation. But improper footwear will cause things like or which will cause even worse pain and can side-line you for a while. Not to mention, doctors might suggest that you need surgery to correct these issues, which is usually not true.

So show off your blisters. What activities do you do that cause blisters but don’t deform your feet and prevent your body from moving as it evolved to?

Use the ‘BlistersOverBunions’ hashtag and let me know what you are getting into.

Shout out to The Foot Collective, The Urban Barefoot, Vivobarefoot, and the other awesome people leading the charge.

05/19/2020

Great post from !

This is pretty disturbing, but not surprising. I’ve seen people wear some heinous footwear, but it seems like women suffer disproportionately. Most of the “fashionable” footwear that I’ve seen advertised towards women does not come close to fitting the human foot appropriately.

And beyond foot pain, the dysfunctional gait and damaged structures will lead to bigger problems for the hips and knees.

Get yourself into wider shoes and you won’t believe how much pain you can resolve for yourself.

That’s all for today🤙

05/18/2020

So apparently I am running a next month AND this month lol.

Yesterday I went on what I thought was going to be a roughly 10 mile training run with my friend Stephen. When we got to mile 12 though, he said we should just do 13.1. And I thought, why not just do the longest run of my life?

So I did. I tacked on about 3 more miles to the run and finished at right around 15. It was the longest run of my life and the longest I’ve done in my Earth Runners and it felt good!

I really learned that I enjoy the discomfort of running long. I got to a point where I knew I couldn’t go any faster, but if I stayed at my natural pace I could continue through the pain.

I’m very interested to see how this long run will affect my training and the half next month. All in all, pretty wild Sunday.

Crush your week peeps🤙

05/17/2020

Another .

Next month on June 9th myself, Stephen P Brady, and a few other runners will be running a social distancing half marathon. Not sure what time it will start, but I will keep everyone updated.

As per usual, I am underprepared for this haha. So I’m gonna train hard over the next 3 weeks and use the Strava app to track my training. If you would like to see what I’m doing, you can follow me on the app @ Mike Pisani.

I will also be running in my Earth Runners sandals. I’ve been doing all of my runs lately in these sandals and they feel terrific. Check out the company and please look into sandals and if you want to optimize your life.

That is all for now, I hope everyone has a great Sunday!