OS/DVRT: WHY DYNAMIC STRENGTH?

By Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner

Original Strength Instructor, Master DVRT, Senior RKC, MFF Coach

I’ve been very fortunate in being able to teach several Original Strength and DVRT workshops and certifications over the last couple of years. At each course, I would have an “aha” moment regarding the connections between OS and DVRT. I’m going to share those moments with you at the OS/DVRT: DYNAMIC STRENGTH workshop.

One big way that these two systems sync together is in the goal of building reflexive strength to improve all movement. We want to make you strong from the inside out. As our reflexive strength improves, our mobility and stability improve as well. When you add those benefits together, you will move with greater ease.

Chasing maximal strength is a solid goal to have but having a triple bodyweight deadlift doesn’t necessarily equate to moving well. Using the OS resets and DVRT together will help you move more efficiently with less compensations. Do you think that would add some pounds to your deadlift?

Yep! No matter what your strength or fitness goal may be, OS and DVRT will help you achieve it. 

Here’s how the collaboration works. The OS Resets and DVRT will begin to take the brakes off of your bodies limitations. At the same time, we’re working within the developmental sequence, we want to start establishing functional movement patterns. As we establish a baseline in these patterns we will want to find the most effective way to challenge them. We’ll then load these movements with the Ultimate Sandbag (USB). The USB is a constantly shifting unbalanced load that adds an intense challenge to both the resets and our function al movement patterns. The DVRT System provides us the perfect road map of progressions and regressions to select the proper challenge levels.

Together Original Strength and DVRT Ultimate Sandbag Training will set you up for success.

Please join me at the first OS/DVRT: Dynamic Strength Workshop at the Original Strength Institute in Fuquay-Varina, NC on February 5^th.

*Please note that the OS Pressing Reset or OS Foundations 1 Workshops are a prerequisite for Dynamic Strength. 

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I hope to see you there! Thank you for your time.

-Fury

Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner’s superhero headquarters is Mark Fisher Fitness in NYC. Fury’s an Original Strength Instructor, Master DVRT, and a Senior RKC . He is available for classes, semi-privates, instructor training and programming at MFF. Check out coachfury.com, facebook.com/coachfury Instagram@iamcoachfury and Twitter @coachfury for more info.

INTRODUCING THE OS/DVRT: DYNAMIC STRENGTH WORKSHOP

By Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner

OS Instructor, Master DVRT, Senior RKC, MFF Coach

My training isn’t based on trends. When something interests me, I’ll spend the time to investigate, learn, study and do my best to master it before I share with others. I want to be sure my methods are safe, effective and work. For those reasons, it has been no secret that Original Strength, DVRT (Dynamic Variable Resistance Training) and Ultimate Sandbags play a huge role in my life as professional fitness enthusiast and coach. As an instructor for both systems, I’ve had the fortunate and unique opportunity to travel and teach both OS and DVRT workshops and certifications. Each time I teach one of these courses, the ways in which OS and DVRT connect and strengthen each other become clearer. Now with my new workshop I get to share those connections with you. It is my pleasure to introduce to you the OS/DVRT: DYNAMIC STRENGTH workshop!

Steve "Coach Fury" Holiner, Master DVRT, OS Instructor and Sr. RKC

Here’s the deal, both OS and DVRT Ultimate Sandbag Training have a core philosophy on movement over muscle, building reflexive strength and stability and a heavy use of x-patterning, midline crossing and contralateral movements. Once you’ve built proficiency with the OS Resets, DVRT Ultimate Sandbag Training is perfect way to add resistance to the resets. Dynamic Strength focuses on loading your X! The same reasons that make the Ultimate Sandbag the perfect implement for DVRT are also why it’s excellent for OS too.

An Ultimate Sandbag (USB) is an unbalanced living weight. As you move, the sand will shift inside the USB resulting in no two reps being the same. The dimension of the USB will also have a dramatic effect on how a movement hits your body. Ultimate Sandbags are not balanced like a bar or a kettlebell. The shifting sand and dimension create a high demand on your reflexive strength and stability to achieve a movement. Oh yeah, the USBs are loaded too. USBs come in four sizes and can go anywhere from five to one hundred and fifty pounds. Does that not sound heavy enough for you? Trust me, fifty pounds of Ultimate Sandbag glory feels way heavier than fifty pounds of iron.

The Dynamic Strength Workshop is aimed at anyone ready to take the OS Resets to the next level. In the workshop, we’ll look at different movement patterns, how they relate to Original Strength and how to load and progress them with DVRT.

We’ll take a deep look into:

Squatting

Vertical Pushing

Horizontal Pushing

Lunging

Fellow Master DVRT and OS Instructor Seth Munsey

OS/DVRT: Dynamic Strength launches during OS Recess Week on February 5 at the Original Strength Institute in Fuquay-Varina, NC. There will be an opportunity to buy Ultimate Sandbags at a special price for course attendees.

*Please note that the OS Pressing Reset or OS Foundations 1 Workshops are a prerequisite for Dynamic Strength. 

CLICK TO REGISTER!

Come join the fun.

Thanks for your time. I hope to see you there!

-Fury

Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner’s superhero headquarters is Mark Fisher Fitness in NYC. Fury’s an Original Strength Instructor, Master DVRT, and a Senior RKC . He is available for classes, semi-privates, instructor training and programming at MFF. Check out coachfury.com, facebook.com/coachfury Instagram@iamcoachfury and Twitter @coachfury for more info.