A FRESH PERSPECTIVE

A Die Mighty Manifesto           

By Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner

OS Lead Instructor, MFF Coach, Master DVRT, Master RKC

Skateboarding provided me with the gift to view my surroundings with a fresh and different perspective. Where most would see an empty parking lot or curb, we skaters would see hours of endless possibilities. The curiosity, creativity and freedom skating engrained in me, also pervades my interest in fitness.

Though fairly common now, kettlebells were not widely accepted as safe and effective implements when I started. However, I knew there was something to the cannonball with the handle as soon as I picked one up. I saw hours of endless possibilities. The same gut reaction I had to kettlebells would lead me to Ultimate Sandbags, Original Strength, TRX, Indian Clubs and back to barbells among other things.

Curiosity. Creativity. Freedom.

RESULTS.

Here’s the thing most “fitness” folks don’t want you to know:

You don’t need much to make progress.

What you do need is a smart plan of attack, intensity and, most importantly, consistency.

With Die Mighty, I meet people with three main factors in mind: What do they have access to? What can they realistically commit to? Can they approach fitness with a fresh perspective?

It doesn’t need to be fancy. It doesn’t need to be pricey. Give me the equivalent of an empty parking lot and a curb and I will design a program that works for you. Could you achieve better results with some gear or a gym membership? Maybe, but ask yourself how many gym memberships or fitness dvds have you left unused? Do you still have a VCR hooked up for those Tae Bo tapes?

As always, I don’t aim to shame. However, we need to be realistic when we get started. You need to be in this for the long haul. We want to DIE MIGHTY! Not have a fairly mighty summer.

Let’s start simple. Let’s start with what you CAN commit to. We can look into gear once you have several sessions under your belt. Let’s dive in and actually get started instead of prepping for a well intentioned future start date. Make no mistakes about it, my approach serves the purpose of excuse removal. Time and money are hot commodities for anyone, especially parents. I do my best to minimize excessive need on either. Excuse removal. No retreat. No surrender!

Hopefully you’ve read some of the other Die Mighty Manifestos by now and you are getting sense of who I am, where I come from and what I have to offer.

Going forward, here are some concepts to ponder as we start training with a fresh perspective.

1.    Running can be great but it’s not the magic bullet to renewed health and fitness that most view it as.

2.    You don’t need to sit in machines to get strong.

3.    What you eat will account for the vast majority of your waistline.

4.    Pain is not weakness leaving the body. Pain is your body telling you you’ve been a dumbass.

As simple as those concepts seem, many people will bash my take on them. That’s fine. People used to think it was cool for Doctor’s to leech folks too.

What will we focus on in Die Mighty?

1.   Breathing well.

2.   Moving well.

3.   Eating well.

4.   Sleeping well.

5.   Being awesome!

It can be that simple. Not easy. Simple. 

Will you approach your fitness with a fresh perspective? Will you find the time? Will you stop making excuses?

Will you choose strength? WILL YOU DIE MIGHTY?!

I am here to help you.

Please like and share if you get the message. 

Thanks for your time. 

-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 website.

He’s also a big Godzilla fan. Duh!

Want to dive deeper into Die Mighty? Fury is available for online training and is teaching workshops.

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