#69 - Dani Almeyda: Women's Movement Collaborative The Strength Connection

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