In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I talk with Coach Colin about one of the most honest and useful movement transformation stories I’ve heard.From the outside, Colin looks like one of those naturally gifted movers: powerful gait, beautiful sprint mechanics, and an easy athletic rhythm. But his story started in a very different place.Years of video games, prolonged sitting, baseball, hard training, and worsening sciatic pain eventually brought him to a point where he could barely run, had to walk away from baseball, and knew something had to change.What I love about this conversation is that it is not a simple “exercise fixed me” story. It is about pain becoming a teacher, movement becoming a study, and coaching becoming a way to help people find their own way back into better function.We talk about:• Colin’s early years of intense gaming, sitting, and back pain
• The moment he first felt decompression
• Losing baseball and beginning the search for answers
• Why slow-motion video changed how he saw movement
• Looking at the best movers instead of accepting limitation
• GOATA, gait, feet, rhythm, and joint organization
• Why walking on a straight line for hours actually helped
• The difference between forcing a pattern and finding rhythm
• Mirror work, confidence, and “sassy walking” as coaching tools
• Uphill sprinting, treadmills, and learning through intensity
• Why a good coach helps you become your own coach
• Collaboration over competition in the movement worldThis is a conversation about chronic pain, humility, experimentation, faith in the body, and the long road from trying harder to moving better.Connect with Coach Colin:Instagram: @recodedbycolinWebsite: https://www.g8waymax.comBooks mentioned:The Way of the Samurai — on intention, discipline, and doing ordinary things with awarenessThe Inner Game of Tennis — on learning, coaching, attention, and getting the critic out of the way
