What Programs Are You Running?

We are programmable hardware. What I mean is that our bodies express the programs our minds run. The programs our minds run come from the world, and/or we generate them in our own minds. Once a program…


Why You Shouldn’t Stretch Tight Muscles

The body is full of wisdom, wisdom we don’t always understand. It is designed to move and function optimally, it is designed to survive times of threat, and it is designed to thrive in times of peace.…


The Fountain of Youth is Within You

I recently did a BodCast Episode about the Vestibular System. If you want to catch a glimpse of the wonder inside of your design, you may want to listen to it. It’s full of “neat” tidbits about your…


Marathon Man

When I was a kid, I walked into the living room where my dad was watching The Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman. I came in at the scene where this dentist kept asking Dustin Hoffman, “Is it Safe.” I…


The 12 Steps - A RESET

I don’t know why, but I felt like looking up the “12 Steps” from Alcoholics Anonymous. Not because I’m an alcoholic but because I have many addictions. Maybe we all do. I’m addicted to habits, thoughts,…


Change Your Programs

When Original Strength first got started, we often explained it as a series of movements that reset the original operating system of the body. The movements seemed to clean the body’s hard drive, restore…


A Deep Down Reset

There are two things I’m always contemplating, partly because I believe that these two things are long-lasting reset buttons. That if you can press them, you are free to move and be. Anyway, these two…


A Question about Becoming Bulletproof and Discovering You

A friend of mine recently wrote in a question about my latest two books, The Becoming Bulletproof Project and Discovering you. I thought it was worth sharing on a larger platform in…


It’s Okay in 2023

I’ve not been myself. For about three whole years now, I’ve been “weighted down.” I took the great shutdown pretty hard. In March 2020, when our studio had to close for over six months, it wounded me.…


Magic and Miracles

In our Breathing Course, we talk about the magic of exhalation. Slowing down the exhalation is powerful in helping our nervous systems to feel safe. It can help us mitigate fear, anxiety, anger, and…