So there's a common phrase that I hear floating around the homestead world quite frequently and I've said it myself and it goes something along the lines of oh my goodness I don't need a gym I have a farm. That's all I need. I do the farm workout and a lot of the times I think that is absolutely true when you are

hauling water or bucking hay or planting your garden there is a good amount of

physicality involved in this old-fashioned life that we all are chasing.

But I've really become interested the last few years,

especially in expanding my movement,

especially when we think about how sedentary we are as a culture and how the

industrialization that we talk so much about on this show has really set us up for failure

in that regard.

We don't have movement built into our days like we used to and that creates a lot of problems for us, especially as we age or we're trying to bring some of those functional movements back into our life. It can cause injuries and, and when we start to do the farm chores after maybe

some sedentary lifestyle prior to that, sometimes we just run into some roadblocks.

And so I'm really excited to be tackling this topic today.

It's something I've been wanting to talk about for a while.

And I have the perfect guest to chat about it with me.

Rory O'Brien is a strength and conditioning specialist.

He is the founder of Guardian's strength and conditioning.

He holds multiple fitness certificates.

And he also does a little bit of homesteading.

So he understands the lifestyle, he understands what we're up against, and he has a lot of good advice on this topic. So welcome Rory.

Thank you. Very happy to be here.

Yeah. Give us a little bit of your background and why you're interested in this world especially because when you reached out to me

you really were talking about that functional fitness which has really got my

attention to speaking my language I love to hear just a little bit of your

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