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Transformation Fitness & Wellness

Arin Lindauer

Refocus: Clarity, Energy, Necessity

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Today I want to talk about getting refocused.

As we start to see things opening up, we will catch a glimpse of what our future has in in-store for us. This quarantine has been hard on everyone.

Schedules have drastically changed, moods all over, what was important may be obsolete.

This is our new normal.

We may feel we lost our focus, but it had to shift.

First, it is ok, we need to breathe and release what we were doing and focus on what we can do.

If you are beating yourself up or frustrated acknowledge the feelings. Then seek clarity.

Gain clarity on what you want.

For most of us we need to create space to dream again. We have been so focused on everything else, we have let ourselves go, listen it happens.

We have seasons of life and things had to shift. Gaining clarity on what you want going forward will help you see what’s next for you.

Then we need to generate energy.

Do we need to get back in a good sleep routine, nutrition cleaned up and some movement back in your life?

Then raise the necessity.

Its never been more important to take care of you. Schedules had to shift, focus or priorities had to shift, create the space to dream and decide what you want for your life going forward.

If you feel you have gotten off track with your health and wellness goals, number one its ok. Do not, I repeat do not, beat yourself up.

Seek clarity on what you want.

Generate the energy to do what you can.

Raise the need.

This is not easy and you don’t have to travel this road alone. We can help, whether it is virtually or soon from a safe and socially distant way in the gym.

Seeking clarity is one of the hardest things to do by yourself. Book a call to chat and see if now is the time to start taking care of you in some format or pass this message to a friend.

This journey has not been easy on any of us, but together we can move mountains.

Arin

Resilience

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Resilience is a word that keeps coming back to my mind each day. When I see workers on the front line, the workers in the grocery story, and when I think about you.

We are each fighting our own battle each day.

We get up, put on a smile and tackle our days.

I can’t help but think about all the things we have personally handled up to this point. Those trials or setbacks helped equip us for what we are navigating today.

April is always a tough, yet rewarding, month for me personally. Three years ago, this is when I finally realized how bad I was struggling post having our son. I kept fighting and dismissing my thoughts, feelings and emotions. I thought what I felt was normal post having a baby.

I found myself on Good Friday on the floor in my midwife’s office telling her I can’t keep going, I thought they were going to check me into a facility, but they helped me line up the support I needed and I did the brutal hard work to get myself back.

I would never tell you I am cured, but I have learned some valuable tools to that have helped me be resilient.

Then, a year later, April became such a rewarding month with the birth of our daughter. Her birth showed me what birth could be. I always call her birth a redemption birth.

Now as we leave one of the hardest months we have experienced in business, being resilient is all we know to do.

I started consulting other fitness business owners about a year ago and these past two months have been some of the hardest, most challenging conversations I have had to navigate.

Like many small businesses, they are not going to make it through this pandemic or if they do it is going to be a long fight to get back to where they were.

Some businesses will never get back to where they were.

Being resilient in this time is our only option. You, just like me are getting up and navigating some of the hardest challenges we have faced to date.

Take it one day at a time, continue to do something for you. Be compassionate towards yourself.

Keep fighting and we look forward to the day when we can be together again safely.

Until then continue to drink more water, eat reasonably well and move.

Take care,

Arin

What’s in Our Control

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As we take steps to open back up our country, we each need to take personal responsibility doing what we feel is safe.

I genuinely don’t feel we are all going to rush back into large gatherings as quickly as they say we can. This will change how we view or feel about doing certain things.

One thing I have always been huge about is taking control of what we can.

This has all felt very out of our control, but in reality, there is a lot we can do.

Never has it been a better time to focus on your health and what is in your control.

If you have gotten of your routines or adopted some not so good ones, first we need to decide.

Decide you are ready for change.

Then what are you going to change.

It is going to bed earlier.

Cooking or meal prepping some healthier meals.

Going for some daily walks.

I encourage you to start small and do it daily. Get back into a habit of taking care of you in some fashion.

Then we will build.

Also, it is not too late to try out our virtual workouts. They are going strong and if you need accountability, nutrition help and support we are here. Even if you are a current member and you need more help, we are ready and able.

Nothing has slowed down for TFW, we are working relentlessly to adapt and continue to serve our members.

We have been looking at the guidelines for reopening and taking all the necessary steps to make sure our facility is safe for our clients and staff.

As of now they labeled gyms May 24-June 13. What we did learn is we are actually classified differently and we fall in line with by appointment service-based businesses which would mean May 15th. We will continue to keep everyone in the loop on our reopening.

We are committed to opening when it is safe.

We will continue to keep our virtual options.

I remind myself daily control what we can control, and the rest will fall into place.

Stay safe and I can’t wait to see everyone soon enough.

Arin

Might have jumped the gun…

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I want to start today’s message with gratitude. We are so thankful for all the support through COVID-19. The messages, phone calls, Steven and Miles helping us support everyone, leading virtual workouts and helping us rip our gym apart, clean it and put it all back together.

All the support has helped us continue to push forward.

This is no doubt the hardest challenge we have had to navigate and I am sure for you as well.

I watch and read relentlessly on what our safety measures need to be to reopen safely and what we can do to going forward to ensure our environment is safe.

Based on what we were seeing it looked like we would be part of the first phase in opening up the economy, but we learned yesterday that may not be the case.

I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to not know.

For some this may seem petty, its just a couple more weeks. We cannot thank everyone enough for sticking by us through all of this. It is humbling to say the least. This has been devastating to small business across our great country.

It will take small businesses a while to recover from all this, that is if they can hang on.

Small business is the fabric of our great State. As a born and raised Hoosier with a Mom and Dad who owned small businesses back in my home town of Winamac, IN…we don’t give up.

My mom’s tag line for her flower shop was, “When words fail, flowers prevail.”

The word PREVAIL has never meant so much.

When it gets hard, we have to fight, and now it has never been more important to take care of yourself. When times get tough you can’t crawl into a hole of despair (we may want to), we keep fighting.

It has never been more real to take care of yourself, its easier to drink and eat and say forget. You and I both know your health never meant so much. Your mental health never meant so much.

Keep moving and taking care of your body.

Breathe…

We will keep you posted as our officials give us clear information. Thank you, thank you for all your support.

Arin

Meeting the Demands of Everyday Life

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Our landscape has changed. Some parts are good and others will be different going forward. I know for us in the health and wellness space cramming 30+ bodies in a small area is not going to be ok for a while.

I also know there are some people who will not feel comfortable going to a gym for a while.

It is all fair and understandable.

What is important is to find a solution that meets you where you are today.

I will say it again, the landscape has changed for health and wellness. Some businesses have chosen to adapt and some have not.

We understand things are going to be different.

We also understand that we are all trying to navigate life and meet the demands of everyday life. Your health has never been more important.

When it comes to your health this isn’t just throwing some weights around at the gym, this is having more energy on a daily basis, this is breathing, truly breathing. Having a clear mind and high performance at your job or being present with your kids.

Managing anxiety and depression.

Listen, we get it more than ever.

Its time to take control over your health and wellness.

We have pivoted at TFW and things won’t go back to the “way we used to”.

That’s ok.

The stakes have never been so high to take care of you and we are here to provide the appropriate solution.

It looks like we will be able to open next week. This is not 100% confirmed, but we are trying to be as prepared as we possibly can. (We can’t wait till Friday to be told – cool you can open.) If the orders change, we will follow, but from what we have heard this is the plan.

Then how we plan to conduct our business is:

In person limiting class size at first. We only allowed 10 to begin with, but we want to err on caution and start at 5 people per class and adjust as needed.

This way everyone can spread out and feel safe.

We will continue our accountability, nutrition coaching and 1 on 1 assessments.

Then we will continue to serve our community online.

We are also creating a new online membership site where members will have access to our library of movements, on demand workouts, 28 Live Group workouts, workshops and ability to schedule 1 on 1 workouts.

We had our floors disinfected and cleaned yesterday by Zerorez. (highly recommend)

We always used a medical grade cleaner and will continue.

Lastly, we are going to ask our clients to take personal responsibility – if you are not feeling well, please do not come to the gym, wash your hands after the workout and/or use hand sanitizer, then wipe down equipment between each use. (As a staff we will be doing this as well.)

I will say it again, the stakes have never been so high to take care of you. Life is demanding a lot from us and we can help you perform at a high level.

Let us know how we can help.

Arin

 

Finding your Motivation

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Today is a message of motivation and hope.

For some of us when COVID-19 hit we adapted and created new routine. For some it took us a second but we got into a new routine. For some of us we lost all motivation for anything.

I want to speak to the latter group.

First off, its ok, we all process things different.

I have gone through so many waves of emotion. I think it hit me the hardest at our daughter’s 2nd Birthday. I kept telling myself, its going to be fine, she has us and that’s all she needs. We zoomed in our immediate family to sing Happy Birthday…it was great… (now I am saying great like Bill Lumbergh would say it to Peter.)

The day came and went, she was happy and we carried on.

My dad is at one of the last responders working as a funeral director and has been exposed numerous times. We couldn’t risk getting our family together.

Things like this are happening all around us and it can knock us off our path. We feel defeated, or its not fair.

I challenged everyone last week to “be with” your emotions.

Easier said than done, I know.

Being with your emotions allows you to have them, it does no good to tell a child to stop crying when they are upset. But we are told this over and over, we learn from a very young age NOT to process how we feel.

When you feel you have lost all your motivation, especially in this time of crisis, take time to appreciate each moment.

Find a win in the moment.

Again, for some of us, so many good things have transpired, for others this has set them back hard.

My advice, for what its worth, is to enjoy the moment. The moments will add up.

Just like exercise, you can’t expect your body to go run a marathon when you haven’t been running.

Start small and build.

Sometimes you need to just start moving. Practice your social distancing and safety measures, but get outside and go for a walk.

Consider joining one of our virtual workouts, I have been joining the 6:30am ones and its great. We made this so that all fitness levels can join and get a proper workout.

No equipment is necessary, but we do provide options to add in resistance if needed.

These workouts are Live, our coaches will teach and instruct the workout, while providing some much-needed motivation. Or you can check out our You Tube channel and complete a workout when you can.

Listen, I lost a ton of motivation for a good several weeks, it was hard, I was juggling all the changes in our business, still consulting and helping other gym owners across the world and trying to explain a virus to a 2 and 3-year-old. (good times with the last one!)

It was intense to say the least. Heck its still intense and not letting up anytime soon.

What helps is the release we feel post a good workout, honestly just getting everyone to breathe has been huge for the mental battle we are working through.

Keep getting up, finding a moment that is good.

You will find enough and it will add up.

Join us on a Live workout, just like walking in the gym for the first time, the hardest part is the first step, but once you do it you realize how good you can and will feel.

Take the first step,

Arin