The Story Behind Strength Protocol

About Dylan

Intensive Behavioral Weight Management for Neurodivergent Adults

The Diagnosis That Changed Everything

At 33, I was diagnosed with ADHD. By then, I had spent a decade starting and quitting fitness programs. I believed I was lazy. Undisciplined. Broken.

I wasn’t. My brain just works differently.

The Decade of Failure

For 10 years, I did what everyone told me to do: try harder, stay motivated, be disciplined. I’d start strong—new program, new equipment, new commitment. Two weeks later, I’d quit. Every time.

I didn’t know I had ADHD. I didn’t know my dopamine system was wired differently. I didn’t know that willpower-based programs were designed for brains that aren’t like mine.

I just thought I was broken.

The Late Diagnosis

When I was finally diagnosed at 33, I felt relief—and then grief. Grief for the years I lost. Grief for the potential I never realized. Grief for the version of myself I could have been if someone had caught this earlier.

But grief became fuel.

The Transformation

I stopped fighting my brain and started working with it. I built external systems to replace the internal regulation my brain doesn’t provide. I used heavy resistance training to reset my nervous system. I engineered my environment to reduce friction. I created protocols that don’t require motivation—because motivation is unreliable when your dopamine system is dysregulated.

In 8 weeks, I transformed my body. More importantly, I transformed my relationship with myself.

The Mission

I’m Dylan Kratochvil, MSN, NP-C—a Family Nurse Practitioner diagnosed with ADHD at 33. I spent a decade failing at fitness before I understood why.

Now I provide Intensive Behavioral Weight Management for neurodivergent adults through neurobiological lifestyle intervention.

Strength Protocol exists because traditional fitness advice failed me—and it’s failing you too. Not because you’re lazy. Not because you lack discipline. Because your brain works differently, and no one taught you how to work with it.

What Is Intensive Behavioral Weight Management?

Intensive Behavioral Weight Management is an evidence-based clinical intervention that combines:

Behavioral modification through structured systems and environmental engineering
Nutritional intervention with high-protein, metabolically-optimized protocols
Physical activity prescription emphasizing resistance training for CNS regulation
Accountability structures designed for executive dysfunction
Weekly or biweekly sessions with step-down to monthly maintenance

This is not coaching. This is licensed clinical care delivered by a board-certified Nurse Practitioner, with superbills provided for insurance reimbursement.

The Philosophy

Systems beat motivation. Your ADHD brain can’t rely on willpower. We build external structure to replace internal regulation.

Different, not broken. Your neurodivergence is not a character flaw. It’s biology. We work with your brain, not against it.

Progress over perfection. You don’t need to be perfect. You need to show up. The systems do the rest.

The Rooms I’ve Walked Through

I’ve walked through my own mansion. Childhood trauma. Loss. Late diagnosis. Identity crisis. Masking. Burnout.

I know what it’s like to feel broken. I know what it’s like to fail over and over. I know what it’s like to finally understand why—and to rebuild.

That’s why I built Strength Protocol. Not despite what I’ve been through—because of it.

Ready to Start?

If you’ve tried everything and nothing has worked, you’re not broken. You just need a different approach.

Website: strength-protocol.com

Email: dylan@strength-protocol.com

Phone: 507-591-1641

“Something in me died that day. But something else is being born.”