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Transformation Fitness & Wellness

Arin Lindauer

Your limitation – It’s only your imagination.

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I truly believe we learn at a young age that we “can’t do something” and it follows us into our adult lives.

When a baby is developing, we see them try and try while the parent cheers the baby on. Then we clap/give praise through the whole process whether they do the thing or not.

Then the child continues to develop, they continue to try things, it gets hard and we see them “give up”. Or they stop in frustration.

Now there is a lot happening in this moment, but I want to keep this message simple.

We feel the frustration, we have to try again or we see someone else do it “better”. Insert limiting beliefs.

We grow up into adults and I can’t tell you how many times I hear, I was never athletic, I never played sports.

This does not depict your level of health.

We put a limiting belief that we can’t workout like that or I’m just not good at that.

I am a firm believer you can get “good” at anything you want. Good is relative and let’s be real, does it really need to be that good. (My name is Arin Lindauer, and I am a recovering perfectionist.)

Now I am talking a little in the clouds right now.

We use weights as our mode, but we place limits on ourselves when in reality we need to understand the level of motivation.

When someone gets diagnosed with an illness, I see the level of motivation go through the roof and making change, doing everything in their power to survive.

Why don’t we walk around with that kind of motivation every day?

The pain is not great enough.

I want to encourage you to do anything you want. If it’s getting your health back on track, start taking the steps. If you want to make a career move, do it. If you want the car, the house, whatever…start taking the steps to get there.

The only thing standing in your way is you.

I know this is a bit in your face, I am saying this to myself too.

What are you limiting yourself on? What’s holding you back?

Start dreaming again…what do you want out of life?

Arin

You are not your best, you are not your worst

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A great coach of mine told me: “You are not your best, you are not your worst. You are the average of everything you do.

This holds true for most things in our life.

We can have really good workouts and we can have not so good workouts.

It is really the average of all the effort we put in day after day.

We are not our best meal we are not our worst meal.

It’s the average of all our meals.

We always coach clients that it’s a cheat meal, not a cheat day…in all sincerity that one meal does not determine your success.

Keep this in mind as you are working through each day, week, month and year.

We see our clients come in and rock a workout, then we see them come in and it’s a matter of getting through. Just remember you are not your best and you are not your worst workout.

Honor the wins, but understand we cannot always perform at the top, you will set yourself up for failure or let down. Struggling is part of the process. Keep your head up, tell someone if you are struggling and we keep getting after it day after day.

We will all have good days and bad days, keep putting in the consistent effort and you will see the effort start to add up.

You can apply this to all areas of your life. (For all my sales people out there…you are not your best month, you are not your worst month, week, etc.) Keep getting up and giving it your best, and it does not have to be perfect.

Consistency will always win.

Go win today!

Arin

Happy Friday

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Hope you had a great week this week! If you are here in Indianapolis, we are super excited to be able to view the 104th running of the Indy 500!

I still feel like its ground hog’s day and that its March.

This year is certainly moving forward whether we feel like it is or not.

Business has changed for most of us and we are so thankful to be able still serve in the capacity that we can. Things look a bit different in our gym, but we have been able to keep everyone socially distance and continue to extensively clean equipment/all surfaces.

Being a private facility, you don’t have to worry about hundreds of people in and out.

Then, we continue to serve our clients and corporate clients virtually with our live and on demand workouts.

What have you had to personally pivot?

Do you need help getting in a routine?

We are creatures of habit and all that got shook up, it might be time to shake it up again. We have seen several familiar faces coming back into our facility.

It takes time to get back into a good groove, but what we recommend is taking the first step.

Decide.

Then, create a plan. Give yourself some buffers. If you set out to do a workout 2 days per week give yourself a 3rd optional day. If you get it in great, otherwise it can serve as a buffer.

Don’t over complicate it.

Most of us need 30-45 minutes of getting our heart rate up.

That’s it.

Master consistent workouts, then move to nutrition…it takes time and what worked before the pandemic may not now.

We can help you find the best solution, simple reply to this email.

Have a wonderful day today,

Arin

Keeping the Motivation

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Staying motivated and on track is hard right now. So much going on in our world and it can leave us feeling defeated.

Listen, we get it. We feel it too. When lock-down first happened, I was all positive, OK great we will pivot, we got this. Then the weeks kept extending to months…I completely got off my normal routine.

It took me stepping back and realizing I am in control of what I can be in control of. I can sit and be scared or I can continue to take care of me.

None of us are promised tomorrow.

With stress at its all-time high, we want to encourage you to take time for you.

I know working out might seem like the last thing to do but its by-products are priceless. When things seem out of control, control what you can.

I have written this several times… it has never been more important to take care of you.

But how, right?

What can you do?

You might feel completely unmotivated. Nervous to go back to a gym.

We encourage you to honor where you are today. Take note of how you feel.

Then talk to a trained professional like us. Create a plan that is specialized to you. We have gotten super creative over here and meet people where they are today.

For some, we are serving them 100% online. This can either been done on Live 1 on 1 Zoom workouts or we have 17 Live Group scheduled workouts per week you can move in and out of.

We can write programs based on what equipment you have, then help you with nutrition and most importantly hold you accountable.

Or you can come into our 7,000 sq ft facility in a 1 on 1 or Small Group environment. We have strict cleaning procedures in place and require masks in the common spaces. You can easily social distance yourself and get in your workout.

It is challenging to get into a good routine without a pandemic. 🙂

Honor how you feel, then reach out for support and help. We get it, we have felt it personally and we are helping hundreds of people take back control of their life.

Motivation is hard, we can help.

Arin

Tips for Better Sleep

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Hope you are having a great day today!

Today I want to share with you some tips I have personally used to get better sleep. Its no surprise as a society we have been struggling.

It is 100% fair to feel more stressed right now (and anytime), nervous and even depressed.

I have battled this for years and its for sure on steroids right now.

Sure, I would love you to exercise and eat well, but the first thing we should address is sleep. The recommendation is 7+ hours every night.

In the evening try to reduce to eliminate screen time. Or consider blue light blocking glasses. I have started where them during the day and it has helped tremendously with eye fatigue, headaches. Then they also have orange tented glasses for night time wear to help with the production of melatonin.

Try to reduce or eliminate alcohol in the evening. (I know…I know…)

Another thing we do is write down everything you want to accomplish tomorrow the day/evening before. That way things are off your mind, but you know you will pick back up in the morning.

Gratitude journaling at the end of the day can be helpful. It sets a positive tone and can help you focus on what was good verses the negative.

Other things that have worked well over the years for me is Valarian Root and Eniva’s Sleep Aid, we have some samples in the gym if you would like to try.

They are both non habit forming and help take the edge off in the evening.

Now what do you do if you have the eternal 3am wake up and you can’t fall back asleep?

This used to drive me crazy. I would just lay there in bed. I have had this happen two times in my life for an extended amount of time and its awful. First was when we started our business, second time was when we were dealing with our house issues with our previous building.

I attribute it to high stress.

Your mind is constantly racing.

The biggest recommendation I have is breathing. (along with everything above) When you find yourself laying there, frustrated, you know you are going to be exhausted the next day…try to simply breath.

Lay on your back, put your hands on your stomach and do belly breathing…most of the time I don’t even remember falling back to sleep.

Then my next recommendation is prune. If things in life are causing you to be up at night thinking and stirring…consider pruning. When you prune or pull back, new life has a chance to form.

Hope this has been helpful! Try to get 7+ hours consistently and see how much better you feel. I know this is easier said than done, but this can have a huge impact.

Go win the day today!

Arin

The Beauty in a Sunrise

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Nothing beats the orange and pink glow of a sunrise or sunset.

This picture is from this a.m. when I was driving home from my workout. The beauty and warm glow, had me pause and take a deep breath.

Sunrises have a way of giving hope.

It’s a new day to start fresh.

Take it in…for a second.
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Today is a new day to start fresh.

Do something for you today. Better yet do something compassionate
for you today. Get a good workout in, take a walk, fuel your body well.

Have hope that each day is new and you get to write the outcome!

Take care,

Arin