Arin Lindauer

Read this quote by Helen Keller:

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

Optimism by definition is hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.

It is super easy to be negative these days. Especially if you are pain, emotionally hurting or just plain not happy with where you are.

I needed this quote today and I am sure someone else out there does too. Optimism is something we all need more of. Its not living in a fantasy land, but keeping the faith and hope, that good things come.

One of the most important steps you can do is: Decide

Decide what you want in life.

Then do.

Decide, then do.

It really is that simple.

We can live in the back and forth and that is exhausting.

It is important to be optimistic and reach high. Nothing is outside of your reach.

If you have a goal, go get it.

But decide first what it is you want then what are the steps it will take to get there.

I love how our two-year-old, Leo can do anything. He doesn’t have fear, he lives everyday exploring and trying new things. Just like jumping off the sofa.

He likes to jump as high as he can onto his bottom and then bounce of the sofa and usually lands on his feet.

He is optimistic that his way to get off the sofa is exactly the correct way to do it and if not, he looks up and says, wow or smiles and laughs.

We need to approach our lives like this.

What do you want to achieve? Its not a question of can you, its do you have enough hope and confidence.

My hope for you is that you needed to read this today and you will take that step!

Decide what you want and do the steps it will take.

Keep optimism at its forefront. You can do anything as long as you give it all you got!

If you need help, shoot me a message back. Our program is about hope and confidence.

Decide to join us today!

Arin

Its fair to say we all have it and none of us are immune to it.

Some of us handle it better than others but is that really true?

We see it first hand in our fitness business on how stress impacts our clients.

What has been overwhelming to watch is how stress effects our bodies.

After these last three years I have experienced stress beyond what I ever thought I would experience. Starting and running our business prepared me somewhat, but it’s safe to say these last three years have been some of my biggest opportunities to learn and grow.

No doubt I felt the why me, this is so hard and to be completely transparent I wanted to give up. Thankfully I have a tenacious fight mechanism in me and surrounded myself with some pretty awesome people.

I have learned that ok is good enough. This is coming from a perfectionist.

I also have learned that I have to balance things. I can’t be full throttle on any one thing because then something else suffers.

This has been a hard thing to learn.

Also expecting my body to just bounce back. Who am I kidding, I am advanced maternal age…at least that’s what they told me at each appointment during my pregnancy! LOL!

Stress affects us all a bit differently.

But we have seen some serious health concerns come up and stress has been a huge factor.

Again, it is impossible not to have stress but learning how to manage it is the opportunity.

Working out hands down will help release good endorphins helping to reduce the symptoms of stress.

Eating reasonably well helps fuel our body keeping it in good working order. I found after having two kids, meal prepping was something I was not going to take the time to do and we have been ordering Artie’s To Go. It has been a huge help for us, plus they deliver early Monday mornings to our gym.

By eating well, drinking lots of water and reducing alcohol intake we help keep inflammation lower in the body which helps when fighting stress.

Hands down we all have stress, or it will creep in at different times of our life. Learning how to reduce it can save you in several areas, as well as fighting disease.

Its as simple as working out a few days per week. Try it out and see what you think.

We are offering 7-Day Workout passes to our gym during the month of September. Let me know if you or someone you know is interested and hopefully we can help reduce some stress.

It can be scary or intimidating to walk through our doors, we understand that. But trust me we can help all fitness levels.

Schedule a time to sit down with me and I’ll show you the ropes and together we can see if this will be a good fit.

Have an awesome day today and let me know if can help you manage some stress.

Take care,

Arin