The We Are OLLIN Podcast

We Are OLLIN is a podcast about training as a lifelong practice, not a program you finish. Hosted by Michael Blevins — coach, writer, and founder of OLLIN — it treats fitness as a laboratory for agency, self-assessment, and survival readiness rather than another optimization game.Each episode interrogates the assumptions the fitness industry sells as gospel: that intensity equals progress, that aesthetics are the point, that strength is something you can measure and be done with. Expect ruthless self-assessment, philosophy applied to the body, and a refusal to flatter the listener. If you've ever suspected the standard advice was built for someone else's goals, this is the conversation you've been missing.For the practitioner who wants to think as hard as they train.