Tormented, Miserable, Exhausted, and Hungry
I started taking gymnastics when I was 5 and even then, I felt like my body was different than those around me. I felt bigger,…
Tag: original strength
Finding Motivation To Change
Our motivation for making a change has to be stronger than our motivation for remaining the same. This seems simple and straightforward enough, so why…
Motion vs. Action
A few years ago, I read Atomic Habits by James Clear, and it’s a book I come back to on a regular basis. In Chapter…
Benefits of Zero Drop Shoes
Our feet are our foundation. As OSI Coach Tristan Phillips says, “most people ignore their feet until they hurt.” Then, they’re all we can think…
Strong As A Mother
About a year ago, I saw a woman wearing a shirt that read ‘Strong As A Mother’ and I immediately wanted one. For a brief…
Kettlebell Hike Pass
We’ve started a new training block at OSI, which means a new set of exercises designed to make us stronger by the end of the…
All Weather Strong: How to Live Outdoors in an Indoor World
“The circadian system is trying to figure out where you are in time. This 24 hour clock in your brain that needs to be synchronized…
3 Tips to Achieve Those Elusive Results in the Gym
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Man/Woman is tired of being unhappy with the reflection looking back at them in the mirror. They…
How breathwork changed my life
If you can’t breathe there, you don’t belong there. This is a guest post originally shared on Forest Coaching and Studios website by our friend,…
Help your aging parent enjoy their golden years
I’ve had some conversations recently with some of my Generation X friends that got me thinking about my own parents. They’ve been gone for a…
Powerful Lockout
The pinnacle of double kettlebell training is a powerful lockout. Exercises like the military press, push press, and jerk finish with an intentional fixation of…
SuperPOWERED for Life: WHY you should train to be explosive
Authentic, explosive power. This is the one quality of human performance and ability that I think is least understood and undertrained. Not the kind of…
Walking Unicorns
Indian Clubs are great tools for shoulder, elbow, and wrist health. Really, they are fantastic for building a stronger and healthier nervous system. The circular…
You’re Either Really Strong or You’re Lazy
This one time, at kettlebell camp… This is a true story, to the best of my recollection which means it’s close to accurate. Several years…
Carry On
When is the last time you saw a fresh little, wobbly headed baby? They seem fragile, although they are more resilient than all get out.…
Play Like Your Life Depends on it (because it does!)
We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing -George Bernard Shaw When was the last time you…
The Freedom of Fasting (But not the fasting you’re thinking of)
Have you ever learned a huge lesson but it didnt take at the time? I once learned a valuable lesson, one that I should have…
Do you want to Become Bulletproof?
You may not know this, but this week something pretty cool is happening at Original Strength Institute. We’ve been challenging people to step up to…
