We focus a heck of a lot on mobility at Beyond Strength. Healthy joints that move well are the foundation of an active life. We layer strength and endurance on top of them, but you ain’t building strength and endurance without healthy joints – at least not with any kind of longevity. So, we build...Read More

Let’s begin with a thought experiment.   Try to remember a day that you spent in total comfort. Not a pinch, not an awkward seat, not a weird sense of pressure, not a worry and not a care.   Can you remember the day? I doubt it. But let’s say that you did.   Remember...Read More

There are no ways around uncomfortable truths. We can avoid them and we can pretend that they don’t exist. But the truth is the truth whether we like it or not. And it always comes knocking even if we lock the door. It will find its way in.   I spent much of my adult...Read More

I’m starting this party with a seemingly contradictory statement: We’re a gym, but we’re not, like, gym people.   To us, training is a tool that builds our bodies and minds so that we may live the fullest possible life. And while we enjoy training, it’s not entirely an end in itself. It is a...Read More

Have you been told that it’s important to stretch? Maybe you heard this from an old P.E. teacher you had growing up. Maybe it was from a doctor, personal trainer, or just a friend that mentioned it. Regardless of who told you, it’s a common recommendation: you should stretch because stretching is good for you....Read More

Neal was overweight and out of shape. And he hated that. What upset him most though, was that he let this happen. Just a year ago he was leaner. Not washboard abs level of lean, but non-overweight level of lean. Neal wanted to get back to that weight. He used to exercise consistently. He used...Read More

Diet program this, diet program that—I can’t remember the last time I was standing in line at the grocery store and DIDN’T see a beautiful man or woman posing on the cover of a magazine, inviting me to try a diet that will solve all of my problems. We are constantly bombarded with choices, most...Read More

“What do I do on my off days?” Members of Beyond Strength asked that question often in the past. They would come in, crush their small group training, and then… that was it. There was uncertainty around what to do in between sessions. And while we gave some recommendations (do some mobility work, go for...Read More

Overnight success stories are like mirages in the desert: they seem real at first, but everything is not as it seems. “Overnight success” is a misleading phrase. A more accurate phrase would be an “overtime success.” As in, over a certain period of time—days, months, years—success is achieved. The idea of an overnight success is...Read More

You’re stuck in a world of COVID coping, and you’re not doing so hot. You’ve been staring at the same room in the same house for a week now. You can’t sleep. Your mind is a whirlwind of thought, worry, and confusion. A few moments ago you heard your child sneeze in the room next...Read More