ORIGIN STRENGTH TEAM

Meet the Witts

Rory Witt
Founder, Strength & Nutrition Coach

Kelly Witt
Founder, Strength & Nutrition Coach

Rory’s Origin Story

Growing up in small-town Iowa, it was easy to be involved in every sport imaginable. But after going to college, there was a quick realization that continuing to be a sports-specific athlete was not in the cards for Rory. A quick shift in his mindset quickly led to a new love of anything related to fitness: running, lifting weights, training with friends, and the challenge of programming new routines.

After years of working out in traditional gym-settings and running half-marathons, he gave something new a try and became a coach and eventual owner of a local CrossFit gym. After countless hours of training and an increasing training age, he finally accepted the notion that “you can’t out-train a bad diet” and started to focus as much energy on nutrition as his workouts. Newly found progress in health, strength, and recovery made nutrition a new focus for himself as well as the athletes and clients he was training.

Rory and his wife Kelly have three children: Braxton, Parker, and Haley. Outside of nutrition & fitness, they enjoy sports, family hikes, and spending as much time outdoors as possible!

Kelly’s Origin Story

Being active has always been a passion for Kelly since a young age. From playing multiple sports, running a few half marathons, and now raising an active family, there is so much knowledge to be learned about how to be our healthiest. Kelly joined a CrossFit gym in 2015 and developed a love for strength training. This grew into learning about nutrition and how to fuel her body through pregnancy and postpartum journeys.

Kelly has been nutrition coaching since 2021 and has helped many clients set attainable goals and reach them with hands-on coaching. Kelly has her NCI Level 1 Nutrition Certification as well as a certification in women’s health and hormones. Kelly looks forward to the Origin Strength gym opening to combine a love for nutrition, helping people, and strength training.

Kelly and her husband Rory now get to live out their passion for sports and being active through their three children: Braxton, Parker, and Haley as they are busy with all their activities.

Meet the Moens

Dr. Joe Moen
Founder, Strength Coach, DC

Kelsey Moen
Founder, Yoga Instructor

Dr. Joe’s Origin Story

Dr. Joe and his wife, Kelsey, opened Origin Health Chiropractic & Wellness in 2020 out of a passion to help people achieve their dreams of living a life full of energy, strength, and vigor. Joining forces with Rory and Kelly Witt in 2021, Origin Strength was born and has now evolved into a gym community setting with the additional partnership of Austin and Kate Luecke. Dreams in the making!

Dr. Joe knows what it is like to live with pain and discomfort - which led him searching many years for answers to his own health problems. He bounced around from physician to specialist with very little success and continued struggles. With no other options, Dr. Joe started down a path of research and self-experimentation.

“I knew in my gut that I could be better, that I could have more energy, and that I didn’t have to hurt. I knew instinctively that my body could operate at a higher level. I just had to figure out how”, says Dr. Joe.

10 + years later, the results are in. Dr. Joe has energy and is in the best shape of his life. The stomach pain and symptoms that hampered his childhood, teenage years, and early adulthood have all but vanished. He is more patient, more kind, and filled with a love of life.

Dr. Joe’s work is to help others find their health, so that they may learn to love life again. Dr. Joe and his wife Kelsey have three children: Olivia, Timothy, and George.

Kelsey’s Origin Story

Through a health scare as a freshman in college, Kelsey witnessed the ability of the body to heal by the Grace of God, life-saving assistance of modern-day medicine, and a holistic approach to health. Being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease at the age of 20 and given an unknown long-term prognosis, Kelsey developed a new perspective for her body’s innate intelligence - the spark that ignited her passion for health, wellness, and fitness.

“Healing certainly is not linear and often has its ups and downs along the way. Finding the right tools to support, nourish, and strengthen the body takes time, patience, and consistency,” says Kelsey.

Kelsey currently lives a life full of activity and vigor. With over a decade of experience working as a Registered Nurse, Kelsey is a firm believer in a holistic and lifestyle-based approach to health that focuses on whole nutrition, daily movement, quality sleep, and living in community. Kelsey enjoys staying physically active + building strength, being outdoors, trying new recipes, gardening, and precious time spent with her favorite humans - especially Joe, Olivia, Timothy, and George.

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