A Die Mighty Manifesto
By Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner
By Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner
OS Lead Instructor, MFF
Coach, Master RKC, Master DVRT
We all come to fitness with our
own agenda, our own stories and our own goals.
For many, you will be
looking to lose weight, or get bigger muscles, or a combination of both. In my opinion, those are absolutely legitimate
ambitions to have. As your coach, I will do whatever it takes to safely,
efficiently and intelligently get you the results you’re looking for. Together
we will slay whatever dragons try to stop you from being your best self. With
trust, patience, and consistency, we will meet your agenda.
And destroy it!
You’ve already done
something remarkable. You’ve done what millions of people don’t do and won’t
do. You’ve taken the first step by investing TIME into fitness. Whether you
signed up for a gym, personal training, classes or a yoga mat at home, you have
taken the most crucial step of any race… you crossed the STARTING line.
What about the millions of
folks still waiting on tomorrow?
“I don’t have the time.”
“I don’t have the money.”
“I’m too old for that.”
“My back hurts.”
We all have our own agendas,
stories and reasons for NOT getting into fitness. I get it. I do. Been there. I
was stuck allowing age and injury to govern my being until I found my own agenda
to train. My why.
I revised my story. I
crossed the starting line.
What set me on this path?
My daughter. One day, my
back and right shoulder started to hurt while carrying her on my shoulders. She
was only 6 months old and couldn’t have weighed more than 25 pounds. Right then
and there, I decided I needed to be a strong dad. For me, it wasn’t about
getting lean or jacked. It was about being a healthy and capable parent for as
long as I possible can. I wanted to be a role model. I was not going to allow
myself to fall apart and submit to aging the way most do. To quote Henry Rollins lyrics:
“I
don’t wanna die in the Wreck-Age. I don’t wanna go down in the Wreck-Age.”
I now have two kids in
elementary school. I’m in my mid-40s and I can still carry them on my shoulders,
play and keep up with them. I am strong for my kids. From the bottom of my
heart, I believe that we parents are obligated to be strong for our kids. Being
a parent is a great responsibility. To switch up Spider-Man’s classic line:
With
great responsibility, comes great power.
We all need to tap into that
power. My unexpected journey into strength has led me all over the United
States and around the world. I have learned, met, worked with, taught and become
friends with many wonderful human beings. Over the years, my training and life
philosophies have coalesced. Training and life are not separate entities.
Strength is all empowering in every facet of our life. If I can embrace
strength and fitness in my life, anyone can.
I am not an athlete. I am
not physically gifted. I am you. We are the same.
I will help you lose weight.
I will help you put on muscle and lift heavy things if those are your goals. Yet,
there is so much more to strength.
Now I want to SHARE what
strength has done for me.
Here it is everyone! My
agenda. My philosophy. My dream. My mission!
I want you to be 95 years old at Disney Land with
your great-great-grandkids and not need a scooter. No kids? Great. Hit ALL the
rides without fear of falling or getting hurt. I want you to live a long and
vibrant life.
I don’t want you to live strong. I want you to DIE
MIGHTY!
When my clock is finally up, I want to walk myself
into my own grave.
We all have a choice as to how we live.
I choose to be strong.
I WILL DIE MIGHTY!
Where am I going with this?
Die Mighty is the Tao of Fury and my training philosophy. With the support of
my family at Original Strength, I am going to share my Die Mighty training principles,
concepts and ideas with you through blogs, online training, videos, courses and
books. I’ve worked with hundreds of trainers over my career, now I want to make
myself more accessible to everyone.
We all know someone that
could use fitness in their life. Maybe it’s your mom, a brother, a friend or
the face in the mirror. Die Mighty will work for them and you. Please share, like,
comment and spread the message to anyone you think we can help.
I will meet you at any
level. Together we can change your life for the better. But you have to cross
the starting line and invest time in yourself to do it. Be that strong parent.
Be that strong partner. Be that strong you!
The coffin comes to us
all. How we live between now and our final moment is on us. Will you be bold
enough to grasp the sword and fight for every moment with those you love? Or
will you sit back and go quietly into the night?
I will Die Mighty.
Will you?
-Fury
#diemighty
Along with creating Die Mighty, Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner is
a trainer at Mark Fisher Fitness in NYC and is an Original Strength Lead
Instructor, a Master RKC Kettlebell Instructor and a Master DVRT Ultimate
Sandbag Training Instructor. Through his leadership roles, Fury travels
throughout the U.S. and internationally to teach. Fury has also written for
Mark Fisher Fitness, the RKC, DVRT Ultimate Sandbag Training, Bodybuilding.com,
Details Magazine and his own site.
He’s also a big Godzilla fan.
Want to dive deeper into Die Mighty? Fury is available for
online training and is teaching workshops.
Follow me at: coachfury.com, FB/coachfury, IG@iamcoachfury/, twitter@coachfury
Show the world you chose the
sword with I WILL DIE MIGHTY shirts!
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