Is it OverUse or OverRide?

Have you ever been injured? Injury is what started this whole amazing Original Strength journey for me. So not all injuries, if any, are bad. Some can be diamonds wrapped up in coal. Anyway, have you…


Unleash Your Potential

What if you were supposed to be good at anything? Anything you wanted to be good at, that is. I guess a better way to ask is, What if you were meant to be able to express yourself well…


The Braided Body

A cord of two or three strands is not easily broken. It’s a deep saying I heard once. It has meaning on different levels, but I actually want to talk about the surface level; the strength of the cord.…


The Way of Strength

A friend of mine recently told me he was “tired of the gym” and he asked me if he could get strong by walking. He had become disenchanted with weight training but he really enjoyed walking so he started…


The Extremes of Division

We like to rate things, judge things, and label things. We call it the way we see it; “Good or Bad,” “Right or Wrong,” “Pass or Fail,” “Us or Them.” We label things with our solid and accurate judgement…


Slow Down to Speed Up

And now, a guest post from Richard Macaulay, Scottish speaking OS Certified Pro. Please read with a funny accent... Slow down to speed up. Mull that one over for a few seconds….does it…


The Natural State of Breathing

In OS, we teach what we believe to be the natural state of breathing; in and out through the nose with the tongue on the roof of the mouth, pulling air down into the belly with your diaphragm to fill…


Why Sometimes It Needs to Hurt

And now, a guest post from Chad Faulkner, Retired US Army, author of Original Strength for the Tactical Athlete, and OS Coach…. If you know my background…


How To Become _______________.

Have you ever wanted something so bad and worked very hard to get it only to be frustrated or irritated or dejected when you didn’t get, or couldn’t get what you wanted? Let me be more specific. Have…


Why Your Head Is Kinda Important

And now, a guest post from Australian OS Instructor, Piers Kwan. Read carefully. He talks funny.... I was recently driving to work when a car popped out from a side street and gave the…