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Be The Reason That Someone Hits Their Goal This Year

1/2/2023

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By Ryan Humphries
​Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics

​This week, thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people are taking the first steps towards building a better life. The experiences and interactions they have with their friends, family, and often even strangers, could dictate whether or not they’re still on that path three months from now. In short, YOU could be the reason that someone achieves their goals this year. 




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Rest Days, Ladders, And What It Means to "Feel The Burn"

5/8/2022

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By Ryan Humphries:
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics

If you’ve been around a while, you know that the Axistence Coaches are into education...

On a fairly routine schedule, we run off to seminars, learn from the best in the industry and then bring back what we can incorporate into the Axistence programming. It could be a new technique, an entire new methodology, or maybe a just a new way of looking at things. If we think it can help our members, then we figure out a way to work it in.

This is how the Axistence method has been built over the last decade. From CrossFit to MovNat to StrongFirst to TRX to Olympic Weightlifting to Strongman and more, we like to take what works from the best systems in the world and trim off what doesn’t.


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Hit A Plateau With Your Strength? Answer Me, These Questions Three...

4/6/2022

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics

​There are many principles in the world of strength, my favorite of which happens to be
"The Principle Of Initial Gains".

Here's how it works. When a newbie to fitness (or someone who's been out of the gym for a while) starts working out, they'll see rapid decreases in fat loss, while at the same time experiencing rapid increases in muscle gain. The only other time that  this phenomenon happens is with performance enhancing drugs. So either being a newbie or taking time off and coming back is kinda like taking human growth hormone :) Then......well, then things slow down.

When you first start training, you're likely to hit PRs on the reg. Especially if you're hitting the gym a few times a week. All of a sudden you'll start to be able to do things you couldn't before. You'll get your first push-up or maybe your first 10 push-ups in a row. Your first pull-up, or maybe even your first set of 10 pull-ups. You'll hit a bodyweight deadlift and you'll feel pretty good....then you start getting curious as to what you're capable of. Eventually you'll get comfortable with certain movements and you'll end up working with the same weight on the same lifts. You'll feel pretty strong, but eventually you'll feel like you may not be progressing as fast as you once were. That newbie high is over. However, maybe you're not quite satisfied with where you are and you feel like you've been stuck lifting the same weight for a while.

It's possible you've hit the dreaded, dare I say, Plateau..


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Six Famous Vegetarians You Didn't Know About

1/25/2022

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics

​It seems to be all the rage to do what famous people are doing. Maybe it's what they're wearing, driving, or even what they're eating.

Recently, I've seen an excessive number of memes, blogs, and videos promoting specific ways of eating, specifically highlighting famous people that chose a vegetarian or vegan diet.


Apparently, its hip to draw correlations between “WHO” someone is a person and “WHAT” it is that person eats. I’d say that’s a pretty bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off!
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Do you know what Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Betty White all have in common (besides making the world a better place)? They were all vegetarians!!! That’s right. These three pillars of greatness all decided not to eat animal products.


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Five Secrets to Business Longevity I Learned From Hip Hop Artist KRS-ONE

1/3/2022

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics
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Step into the Personal Growth section of any book store and you’ll see names like Tony Robbins, Brene Brown and Tim Ferris filling the shelves. A name you probably won’t see however is Lawrence Parker (better known as KRS-One.)


KRS-One (also known as Teacha) has been dropping knowledge bombs since he helped create Boogie Down Productions in the mid 80s. His lyrical wisdom has been directed toward questioning everything from religion to violence. However, for anyone paying attention, KRS-One (short for Knowledge Reigns Supreme over Nearly Everyone) has been teaching business lessons at the mic since day one.

In 1995, KRS-One released his self-titled album. Although the whole album could facilitate a personal growth seminar that would rival any of the authors on similar topics, track number 14  “Health, Wealth, Self” is unique in that it lays out five “secrets”...


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The Most Potent Psychedelic...

1/30/2021

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics

​Amid the chaos of the second decade of the 21st century, a renaissance is upon us... Several cities (and the entire state of Oregon) have recently changed the laws when it comes to how they prosecute things like mushrooms, peyote, and other psychedelics. But don’t dust off your Pink Floyd albums just yet.


This post isn’t necessarily about indulging in plant medicine (although to be clear, I am not opposed to a journey into the deep...) Instead, I’d like to share  why I think there’s been a resurgence of psychedelics, as well as how we may be able to tap into a very similar consciousness by making just a few tweaks to our daily lives.

Ready for a little trip? Let’s roll...


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Chasing the Dragon: How your MetCons may be doing you more harm than good

1/15/2021

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Founder: Axistence Athletics

​Some people use exercise to get off of medications, some use it to lose weight, and some do it just to make themselves feel really good...
kinda like how people use cocaine. 

When it comes to how people live their lives, I like to take a pretty libertarian approach. That is to say, if you want to feel good from time to time, and you're not hurting yourself or anyone else, I say go for it! 

Here’s the thing though, if you go chasing dragons too often, you’ll find yourself in a very dark place. 
Tired of my vague fitness and drug references? Keep reading and it’ll all make sense 😊  ​

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Not with that attitude: Choose your thoughts wisely

1/4/2021

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right"
- Henry Ford

If you've ever dropped the C-Word in a session with me, then you've likely heard my snarky comeback:

"Not with that attitude" 

Yeah, its cheesy and I say it with a smile, but I'm also 100% serious. If I hear someone saying out loud that they CAN'T do something, then they're already two steps closer to NOT doing that thing...


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Chase Strength

12/17/2020

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By Garrett Sylvester
Co-Owner: Axistence Athletics
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Ever wonder what separates someone who is next level strong who can perform feats of strength that you can only dream of? Feats of strength like a strict muscle up, a heavy clean and jerk, or even a handstand push up? Those who have a strong foundation of strength in the basics. Chasing strength in the basics will yield dividends in the long haul.  

Getting strong in the basics is what going to level you up in all areas of your life. Here are five reasons you want to get strong in the basics and build a strong foundation.

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Measurements & Movement Standards

12/10/2020

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By Ryan Humphries
Co-Founder: Axistence Athletics

​If you haven't read the previous post: (Please Step Away From The Scale: How To REALLY Measure Your Progress), please do so now.

*Disclaimer* Not every human needs to test themselves with every movement listed.

However, excluding injuries and mobility limitations, I do beleive most adventure athletes who want to level up should indeed get curious as to where they stand with the following: 


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