The Power of Pressing RESET: Neuroplasticity and Original Strength

Categories: Blog, Plasticity, Pressing RESET, holistic Jan 20, 2026

The human body is an incredible machine, constantly adapting and evolving. At the heart of this ability is the brain's remarkable capacity for change—a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity. This is the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. While often discussed in the context of injury recovery, Original Strength's "Pressing RESET" system harnesses neuroplasticity in profound ways to maximize an individual's inherent strength, resiliency, reflexes, and overall health.

Understanding Neuroplasticity

Before diving into the system, it's essential to understand that neuroplasticity isn't just about recovering lost function; it's about optimizing existing function. Every movement, thought, and experience alters the brain's physical structure and function. When we stop performing the foundational movements we learned as infants—such as diaphragmatic breathing, head control, rocking, and crawling—the neural pathways that support them can become dormant or inefficient.

Pressing RESET is the intentional act of re-engaging and reinforcing these inherent neural connections.

The Big 5 of Pressing RESET

Original Strength utilizes five foundational movements, often called the "Big 5," which are the cornerstones of "Pressing RESET." These movements serve as the neurological on-ramp back to a robust and highly functional nervous system.

The "Big 5" include:

• Diaphragmatic Breathing: Re-establishes core stability from the inside out, calming the nervous system and improving reflex stabilization.
• Head Control: Reconnects the head to the body, restoring and foundational to having strength and health.
• Rolling: Integrates the upper and lower body, and ties the body together by connecting the opposite shoulders to the opposite hips.
• Rocking: rocking is where we establish optimal, reflexive posture.
• Crawling/Cross-Crawl: The ultimate whole-body movement that sharpens the reflexes - the sensory signal interpretation and transmission, the recognition, and the action signals - they are all increased and enhanced.

These simple movements offer profound benefits by rebuilding neural connections:

 

Maximizing Human Potential

For individuals, athletes, physical therapists, surgeons & doctors, and coaches, leveraging Pressing RESET offers distinct advantages:

1. Maximizing Strength

True strength is not just about muscle size; it's about the nervous system's ability to coordinate muscles efficiently. By restoring the foundational movements, Pressing RESET allows the brain to communicate more clearly with the body. This results in:

• Improved Reflexive Stability: The core engages automatically during complex movements, allowing larger muscles to focus on power rather than stabilization.
• Elimination of "Neural Brakes": When movement patterns are flawed, the nervous system often limits strength output to prevent injury. Restoring patterns removes these self-imposed limits, allowing for greater strength gains.

2. Boosting Resiliency and Health

Resiliency, in this context, refers to the body’s ability to handle physical stress and recover quickly. Pressing RESET improves this by:

• Reducing Chronic Tension: Dysfunctional movement patterns create unnecessary tension. Re-patterning helps the body find its natural state of ease and mobility.
• Enhancing Nervous System Tone: Diaphragmatic breathing and certain movements help regulate the autonomic nervous system, shifting individuals out of "fight-or-flight" and into "rest-and-digest."

3. Sharpening Reflexes

Reflexes are the fastest movements the body can make, and they are essential for athletes and accident prevention. The Original Strength system directly improves reflexive function by:

• Re-integrating Primitive Reflexes: Movements like rolling and crawling directly rewire the neural circuitry that governs rapid, reactive movements.
• Improving Proprioception: The enhanced communication between the brain and joints leads to better awareness of the body in space, which is the foundation of sharp reflexes.

Coaching and Integration

Coaches and trainers can seamlessly integrate Pressing RESET into warm-ups, cool-downs, off-season or in-season training, or active recovery, and therapy sessions. The movements are simple, require minimal equipment, and provide an immediate neurological tune-up and can serve the dual purpose of a complete workout. To learn more about implementing this system, we encourage checking out our courses or hundreds of free videos at originalstrength.net.

Pressing RESET is more than just a movement program; it is a neurological strategy. It taps directly into the brain's neuroplasticity, allowing us to 'Press RESET' on our movement hardware and unlock the incredible strength, health, and resiliency that is uniquely hardwired into every human being. Join us at a course near you or find one of our certified professionals to help to experience the power of Original Strength for yourself.

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