ActiveLife Activist: Olga Henry

Olga Henry
Slackliner, Guinness World Record Holder X2, and ActiveLife Activist

1) Tell us a little bit about yourself and your fitness background.

I am a slackliner and I’ve been doing this sport for about 5 years. I don’t have any additional background in fitness or gymnastics. 

2) What has been your biggest client success story? Why do you think it was a success?

I am my own coach and a client.

For me personally the battle is to keep me healthy and pain free since tricklining (the kind of slacklining I do) is a high impact sport.

Doing massages and exercises besides actual training is a must. 

3) Talk about the biggest failure you've had. What did you learn from it?

In my training I get an immediate feedback whether I do a trick correctly or not. I land it or I fall and get slapped by a line.

So the biggest failure would be to get scared, not to throw a trick correctly and then deal with the circumstances.

Also, a failure would be not to throw a trick you want to learn. It actually feels like a bigger failure to me. 

4) What would you do differently if you were starting in your industry now?

I would be 7 years old. Yeah, in our sport kids progress like crazy.

But since I can’t change that I wouldn’t change anything. I think I’m doing as much as I can. 

5) Which people or books have had the most influence on in your life and why?

I really like discovering “Flow”. If you are not familiar you should get it.

Steven Kotler wrote a book about it. It really helps to understand how not to have fear.

For me it’s the biggest barrier I have to go through while training. 

6) What weekend hobbies do you enjoy? 

I pretty much don’t do anything besides slacklining.

Even if I do photo shoots or record funny videos they are all about slacklining.

Sometimes if I’m injured and I can’t train I go running if I can. I like running uphill. I

also like taking long walks or watch my boyfriend play disk golf. He is a slackliner as well but it’s one of his hobbies. 

7) Whats your favorite movie?

I really like comedies or just good movies.

You know that feeling when you just watched a good movie? I watch movies on planes, it’s the only way for me to get through long flights. 

8) Whats your favorite food?

 I really like fish and sea food in general. I can eat it all day long!

9) What would people be surprised to know about you?

That I started slacklining when I was 32 years old.

People normally don’t start a new sport from ground zero at that age. I did and I’m really happy about it.

It’s never too late to find your passion and start training. That’s why I want to inspire others to do the same. I have two Guinness Records now in slacklining and I really enjoy training and progressing. 

10) What's your favorite part about being an ActiveLife Activist? 

I like to get to test different creative one of a kind things!

I love supporting my body to stay healthy and I experiment with new techniques and exercises.

So for me, getting a package from ActiveLife is like getting a new toy for a kid. 

Check out Olgas website and info, here: www.bounceandflip.com