Train Bold. Live Wild.
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Strength, stories, and perspective for real life —
on the trail, in training, and everywhere in between.

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Strength is a Journey.
one grounded step at a time.

Strength doesn’t disappear overnight — sometimes it just feels harder to access. Life gets fuller, priorities shift, and what once worked no longer fits the season you’re in.

This space is about meeting yourself honestly where you are. Building strength that supports your real life — not just your workouts. Strength you can return to on busy weeks, quiet mornings, long trails, and everything in between.

We talk movement, mindset, recovery, and the rhythms that help strength last. Not extremes. Not perfection. Just steady progress, built with intention, over time.

Consider this your trail notes for the journey.
An open invitation to slow down, reflect, and keep moving forward — one grounded step at a time.

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Mindset & Grit, Reset & Recover Jennifer Brown Mindset & Grit, Reset & Recover Jennifer Brown

move now or pay the price later

Sharing the truth about putting off your health. We live in a world where it’s easy to sit still. We sit for work. We sit in the car. We sit at home to “relax” — until one day, getting up off the couch feels harder than it should. And here’s the thing no one wants to hear: If you’re not moving your body now, you will pay for it later.

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Mindset & Grit, Reset & Recover Jennifer Brown Mindset & Grit, Reset & Recover Jennifer Brown

grounding: the daily habit that recharges your body and mind

We spend most of our days disconnected — from nature, from stillness, even from ourselves. Shoes, screens, stress, and schedules keep us moving fast, but often leave us drained. That’s where grounding (or “earthing”) comes in. Grounding is the simple act of connecting your bare skin — usually your feet — directly to the earth. It sounds small, but it has powerful effects on your energy, recovery, and mindset.

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Mindset & Grit, Fuel the Journey Jennifer Brown Mindset & Grit, Fuel the Journey Jennifer Brown

no, you can’t target fat loss - but you can do this instead

If you’ve ever been told that holding planks will flatten your stomach or squats will slim your thighs, you’ve been sold one of the biggest fitness myths out there: spot training. The idea sounds great — do enough exercises for one body part, and you’ll shrink the fat around it. But here’s the truth: you can’t pick and choose where your body burns fat.

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  • Leave the road, take the trails.

    Pythagoras

  • In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.

    Alice Walker

  • I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.

    Henry David Thoreau

  • A walk in nature walks the soul back home.

    Mary Davis

  • In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.

    John Muir

  • Nature is not a place to visit, it is HOME.

    Gary Snyder

  • Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Hiking is a bit like life. The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other.

    Andrew Larsen