Pressing Reset: Original Strength Reloaded

by Tim Anderson, Geoff Neupert

Your body has a reset button. The fact is, you were created to move! You were also created to be strong enough to do what you need and want to do. After your years of playing then sitting and whatever you do, your body changed. Original Strength teaches you how to PRESS RESET and help your body once again remember how to move, find hope, and share joy with those you love and truly care about. Pressing Reset, Original Strength Reloaded is about restoring your body's abilities the same way you did the first time you learned to walk. Now is the time to restore your Original Strength to do everything you do in life BETTER!

Genres: Fitness, Health, Nonfiction

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 14, 2018

About the author

Tim (co-founder of Original Strength Systems) has worked in the health and fitness industry for almost 20 years. In that time, Tim has had the privilege of learning from some of the most gifted leaders in both industries. He has co-authored Becoming Bulletproof and Pressing Reset: Original Strength Reloaded, and he has authored Habitual Strength. Tim has also starred in and produced Beyond Bodyweight Training with the creator of The Battling Ropes and strength legend, John Brookfield.

Reviews

[Kenneth · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's hard to rate this one, as it's rating will rise or fall by how much I'm using it a month from now, a year from now. First of all, it's very self helpy. I've been spoiled reading Dan John. He is to the point. There's almost too much information.

In this book I get the classic self help structure, the personal stories, the admittedly totally made up reasons for why this may work, and a little too much of the author's religion for my taste (but YMMV). The business end of this book would easily make a long article, at most.

Still, the system seems worth trying out, and the rating will, as I said, rise or fall, depending on whether it works for me and does some percentage of the miracles that are claimed for it.

So there you are.

Note from a couple years on. I do not use any of this. I don't think that makes it worthless, but neither is it the magic system it wants you to think it is.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely contains some useful information about getting back to basic movement patterns and habits formed as a young toddler or child. These are important because they are naturally occurring as solutions to our inability to move and fend for ourselves, and as such are a great base to fall back upon. I just felt the writing was dry and just not very enticing. It almost became a chore to read this book on a topic that is vital to any and all of us.

[Ken Hastings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

How refreshing to read a book on health and wellness that's not full of jargon and impossible to follow "rules" on how to live. This is sensible, intelligent, and simple.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

A too much religion with the fitness information.

[Julian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is life changing and mind awakening

I choose this book because i wanted to try an unorthodox method to get in shape that was fun. After years of body building, I grew bored and literally stiff. I was always getting injured which caused me me to not be able to perform well in martial arts and just being happy. I gained weight and felt uncomfortable in my body for months and almost have up, but when looked into this book I felt inspired and ready for action. Thanks Tim and Geoff. P.S. These movements are really challenging and fun.

[Boudillon Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Become who you were meant to be

You were meant to be strong. You were meant to be supple. You were meant to be agile.

What happened then? Immobility.

That book converges with my other readings about better understanding myself, mind and body. It merges the idea of archaic reflexes, neuroplasticity, fitness and play.

You can't go wrong with that one. Actually, if you were reading only one book about fitness, that would be the one.

[Dana Clarfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

BORN TO MOVE

This book confirms everything I truly believe about human movement & our capability of regaining what many think has been lost physically & mentally. There is something here for anyone who reads this. Looking forward to continuing to reset myself daily & feel like I was born to feel!!

[Slobodan · Rating 4 out of 5]

OS reset

I like the exercises. Started doing them in combinations with kettlebells. Feels good. No improvements yet, after first week but looking forward to once for all put my heels on the ground while executing squats.

[James Person · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth a try

Like most exercise/healtn/fitness books, this one makes its premise sound promising. Since it is so simple, there is nothing to lose, and perhaps much to gain, by giving it a fair trial.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was recommended to me by a friend who’s been using OS and had great success with it. I have only just started so am yet to feel the benefits but as a book it is a simple, short read and gives good explanations for why we need to move.

[Matt Spade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Back to Basics

This book was well written and is easy to follow and understand. Some of the advice lusted once came from my running coach and this stuff works.
You'd be surprised how much we forget and how easy it is to reset our physical well-being.

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The creationist stuff and usage of “man” instead of “human” are annoying, and I’m not sure all the scientific content is 100%. There are also typos and grammatical issues here and there. The content gets repetitive at times. But I think the movement recommendations are interesting and could be helpful, and I know Dan John is a fan, so I’ll probably give the “resets” a try.

[Haley Kavelak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely loved the movement concepts and scientific explanation. I’ve already started implementing this in my own training and can’t wait to see how I progress. I had to drop a star for the handful of religious references. They were unnecessary in my opinion and made me question the book’s validity.