Arin Lindauer

This sentence caught me hard when I was listening to Jay Shetty’s book, Think Like a Monk.

To set the context, Shetty had just arrived at monk school. He noticed a child monk, no older than 10 years, teaching a group of 5-year-olds.

Here’s how his interaction went:

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“We just taught their first class ever,” he said, then asked me, “What did you learn in your first day of school?”

“I started to learn the alphabet and numbers. What did they learn?”

“The first thing we teach them is how to breathe.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you’re born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.”

He was being taught an important lesson: to focus on the root of things, not the symptom of the problem.

The first thing we do in every workout at TFW, is do ten belly breaths, it resets your mind and your nervous system.

Take time today to sit and breathe, notice how you feel afterwards.

Practice this daily to reap the benefits.

When we get stressed what changes – our breath.

If you can learn to manage your breath you can navigate anything life throws at you.

Simple to do, simple not to do.

Arin

Hope you are having a great day today. I have been enjoying several books by Donald Miller, he writes on several different topics and I have been reading his book Scary Close and Story Brand.

Two extremely different books, Story Brand is a fantastic book about marketing and Scary Close is more about relationships. I wanted to share what he wrote in his book Scary Close. The chapter was titled The Risk of Being Careful and I thought this was worth sharing.

As a writer Donald found himself worrying about what people were going to say or think if he wrote this or that and it was taking him years to finish a book.

He decided one day to make a list of freedoms for himself and his writing, but I feel we can apply these several ways to our own life:

I am willing to sound dumb.

I am willing to be wrong.

I am willing to be passionate about something that isn’t perceived as cool.

I am willing to express a theory.

I am willing to admit I’m afraid.

I’m willing to contradict something I’ve said.

I’m willing to have a knee-jerk reaction, even a wrong one.

I’m willing to apologize.

I’m perfectly willing to be perfectly human.

What I love about this, is be willing to be who you are. We need each other more than ever right now and no reason to judge. People are more fragile than you could possibly imagine.

What would you add to this list?

Hope this was as good for you as it was for me.

Have an awesome day!

Arin

This pandemic has been an incredible learning experience for all of us. I am impressed by seeing the resilience in our fellow Americans during a time that has been so difficult.

We have gotten resourceful, we have helped neighbors, we have become stronger as families.

A message I have shared before – we all struggle.

This was the first time a long time we have all struggled together.

And we keep getting up everyday pushing forward with a ton of uncertainty, change and hardship.

We personally have learned that we don’t have to only support clients inside our four walls. For clients who have moved away, they now have an option to reengage.

For our corporate clients we can serve their company on a national level by offering our Live and on demand workouts. We have also seen a huge opportunity to coach clients from afar. Provide them a workout, instruction and the much-needed accountability.

This crisis has opened the doors for so many to take control of their health.

We have had countless people reach out saying:

“I need help.”

“I can’t keep doing what I am doing.”

“I am at high risk.”

“I don’t know where to start.”

“I need motivation, accountability, and support.”

“I need this for my mental well-being.”

Through a crisis, we learn what is really important. We have also had an amount of fear in us and rightfully so. We have to get up every day with a fire in our belly to win.

In order to win at anything in life, you must take care of you. (Put your oxygen mask on first.)

What have you learned through this crisis?

I learned that I am no different, I found ways to cope, that were not healthy and I am ready to make a change. (It happens to the best of us.) I know I can’t reverse what I have done overnight and it will take consistent effort, month after month.

There is still plenty of time left in the year and you can still win. 2020 was not a waste, it was an opportunity to learn and grow.

If you need help navigating this crisis, when it comes to your health and wellness goals, shoot me a message back.

Finish 2020 strong.

Arin

I truly believe that what was important 6-7 months ago maybe a thing of the past. Things that we placed value on have drastically changed.

We have had more people come to our facility because they understand the risk of having underlying health conditions. They want to lose weight, reduce medications, and feel stronger/have more energy.

The stakes have never been higher.

My intention is not to scare anyone but motivate and speak truth.

The CDC has put out good information on your risk of hospitalization with COVID-19 and certain underlying conditions.

Hypertension, Diabetes, and a BMI of over 30 puts you at 3 times the risk. If you have two of these conditions you are at 4.5 times the risk.

This is eye-opening. We have to continue to help people lower their risk factors and live the life they deserve.

Start slow and get outside and walk. Then you will want to increase some resistance training and eat better.

This is all within our control, and we have to wake up each day and realize what you do today impacts all the tomorrows.

It is 100% worth it to take care of you.

Doesn’t ever have to be perfect, shoot I was going for a certain number on deadlift this morning and it didn’t happen, but at the end of the day I got that workout in its going to be good enough.

If you feel lost, unsure how to get started, is it safe – we got you.

We have cleaning procedures in place, we can socially distance in our 7,000 sq ft facility, fans are going, the air is turning over with our HVAC systems.

We are continuing to keep our workouts to 6 people or if you prefer, we offer 1 on 1 and Live Virtual workouts.

Take care of you and if you need help shoot me a message back.

Win the day today,

Arin