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Hope

I read this the other day and book marked it to share with you.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

Loved this and had to tie it into my message for you today. We ALL have been experiencing some version of fear.

Fear of losing a loved one.

Fear of losing our job.

Fear of the unknown.

Hope is what can get us through when nothing else seems to matter.

I encourage you to wake up each day and be hopeful about our future. A lot has changed to say the least. What gives me strength each day is hope.

I have hope that we will continue to help people when it comes to their health and fitness.

Sure, the landscape has changed, but we don’t sit and wait to see what happens. We know we need to move our bodies, eat reasonably well and take care of our mental health.

It has never been more important for driven, high performers to take care of their health.

Have hope and today is a new day.

We are not promised tomorrow.

We can expect or desire certain things in our life, that’s hope.

What do you expect?

What do you desire?

Let’s make it happen.

Too much is at stake now, your health has never been more important.

Have hope, our future depends on it.

Arin

Do You Need a Nutrition Overhaul?

I wanted to bring a bit of a lighter message today, not to discount by any means what’s still going on in our world.

It’s no secret we all have had some time on our hands here lately and according to my Facebook feed there are some great cooks out there in Quarantine!

Trust me when I tell you I get it. Nutrition has been a struggle bus, I get back on track, slide right off…back on track…eww look at that…

I have reached for foods I would normally never been tempted by. It has been more of a feel good, or indulgence or whatever type of feeling.

Then we see the other side, pants get tighter or we just avoid those pants all together.

We say, “I’ll get back on track tomorrow.”

Then tomorrow never comes.

Listen, I hope you are smirking, most of us are in the same boat.

Let me ask you this, is it time to overhaul your nutrition?

I am giving you a couple weeks to get your you know what together and then let’s get back on track.

For most of us this is going to be a behavioral change.

We know what to eat.

We just need to do it.

And it doesn’t hurt to have some ACCOUNTABILITY and a PLAN.

We are putting together a program to help you get back in the swing of things, focus in on good nutrition, get back on track with workouts or up the intensity, increase energy and overall motivation.

This time in all of our lives has been hard.

We need to accept it, honor it and move in the direction we desire.

Who’s up the for a structured Program to get back on track or establish the NEW track post this quarantine? (If you are already a member, we got you, if you want to participate!)

Let me know if you are interested by shooting a message back.

Take care and continue to be safe,

Arin

Resilience

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

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

Be With Yourself

I want you to know its ok to be down right now. Life is tough for several of us right now.

We have never been more off from our routines and we don’t like it. Its ok to acknowledge these feels and be with these feelings right now.

I learned from a very young age to hold my feelings in or you certainly don’t let them out in public. I call bs with this right now.

Let them out.

They are real, you are hurting, scared, frustrated and rightfully so.

When we stifle our feelings, we look to other outlets.

Food, alcohol, etc.

For several of us we don’t even realize we do this. It has been wired in us from such a long age. Things like this pandemic bring them out in us tenfold.

Why are alcohol sales us so high and considered essential?

We try to escape from something by masking it with a feel good.

Today I want you to be with your feelings. Write them down, journal them. Its ok to cry, long and hard. I have never felt so out of control in my life.

I have no clue if this funding is actually going to come through for our business.

I can tell you its not coming fast enough.

Then nothing is free, all this deferment of payments is great, but what happens if the bank or SBA can’t support these…are, we going to go into a recession. Will more people lose their jobs?

I don’t have the answers and I am choosing to be with the emotions.

Then turning to other outlets.

Working out has never been needed more. We need to move our bodies and get some feel good feelings floating around.

Even though its not the same as being in the gym or we may not like working out at home, do something.

We have put together 28 Live workout time where you can join in via zoom. We also upload the workout to our You Tube channel. Need another option, let us know we can help.

We have several more weeks of this.

Create a new routine and be with your emotions.

Doesn’t mean we like our current situation any more or less, its ok to feel what you feel right now. I noticed Leo acting out more and reverting some behaviors when this first started. He had no other way to let out his emotions and I learned this was totally normal.

Adults do this too. 😉

Take care of you and let us know if we can help,

Arin

Could a Miracle Morning Change your Life…?

Hal Elrod, author of the Miracle Morning, describes what it takes to overcome serious setbacks. In Elrod’s case, that meant overcoming a near-fatal vehicle accident, and a period of recovery and success, overcoming a new set of obstacles.

One key he offers is the idea of the “miracle morning,” where his routine first thing in the morning sets the tone (and productivity) for the rest of the day. Many people swear by “miracle morning.”

Click the button below to listen to Hal speak about how he created the Miracle Morning.

Hal Elrod Video

The things that are helping us drive forward every day is staying plugged into our self-development and taking care of our physical health.

Stress is an amazing beast and can make you not want to do a whole lot of anything. We encourage you to jump in a live workout or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

When life is uncertain and you feel like you are spinning out of control, take back control. Start your day with a Miracle Morning and let me know what it does for you!

We got this,

Arin