#69 - Dani Almeyda: Women's Movement Collaborative

In the 69th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, the Co-owner of Original Strength and The Founder of The Women's Movement Collaborative, Dani Almeyda will talk about The 3 Pillars of Original Strength, the importance of mobility, preventing injuries by rolling and if is Tim Anderson a weird guy?

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter you will discover: 

1:00 Mike introducing the Co-owner of Original Strength and The Founder of The Women's Movement Collaborative, Dani Almeyda @daninicolea

1:10 Mike is a fan of original strength

1:10 Remembering Tim Anderson @original_strength https://www.buzzsprout.com/1860981/10161505 

1:30 Dani Almeyda’s Origin Story

1:40 Before Original Strength was Original Strength

2:10 Is Tim a weird guy?

3:20 Tim was always open to share

3:50 Pressing Reset by Tim Anderson @original_strength and Geoff Neupert @geoff.neupert https://www.amazon.com/Pressing-Reset-Original-Strength-Reloaded/dp/1624220290 

5:40 Dani was trained by American Gladiator in High School

6:00 Mike’s also a fan of the American Gladiators show

7:55 “Movement is medicine” - Dani Almeyda

8:45 Coaching vs Reacting

9:40 The importance of Mobility

10:20 How mobility impacted my body

11:20 How crawling has leveled up my game

11:40 FMS assessment

12:10 Controlled hypermobility

12:50 How original Strength was created

13:30 “The kettlebell industry is always the student” - Dani Almeyda

14:00 Shout out to Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69

14:45 “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - Da Vinci

16:00 “When something is so simple, you don’t believe it will work until you try it” - Dani Almeyda

16:40 Reset

17:50 The power of breathing

20:00 Preventing injuries by rolling

21:00 Original Strength in the education system

23:00 We are creating movement ambassadors

23:50 COVID rehabilitative program by Johns Hopkins

27:40 Everything I can look at, I do it from a very specific lens

27:40 Original Strength's 3 Pillars: Diaphragmatic breathing, Engage the contralateral movement pattern, Stimulate the vestibular system

28:50 Functional approach

29:40 Corrective exercises

30:10 Don’t only put yourself into one lane at a time

31:00 The Women's Movement Collaborative

31:30 A safe space where women can come and learn

34:48 “We’re trying to improve life” - Michael Kurkowski

36:25 “A lot of people aren’t trying something new” - Dani

36:48 In the Women's Movement Collaborative we have everyone from an ultra runner to someone that did parkour

37:00 We teach women how to ripe apples in a half 😀 

37:55 Shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

38:50 “We’re all in it to help people” - Dani Almeyda

41:40 Dani dealt with cancer

44:00 Dani having surgery and maintaining strength

45:30 Dani tore her Achilles tendon

46:55 Strength is the foundation

48:45 The sun is gonna come up the next day no matter what

49:00 Mastery is falling in love with the process

49:20 “Just be present in your process in this very moment” - Dani Almeyda

50:00 Where to reach out to Dani Almeyda @daninicolea