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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

Finding your Motivation

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

Virtual Workouts?

Hope you are off to a great start this week…its Tuesday, right? (They are all blending together right now!)

I wanted to share what our Virtual Workouts are like and if you have not, consider joining.

How you can get started is click the link above. Then we have you insert your First and Last Name on Form, fill out a brief health history link and then you will receive an email with our Zoom Link and now a Password. (zoom has increased their security.)

We have 28 Workouts times Monday through Saturday and you simply click on the link and enter the password.

Couple things if you are on a laptop or PC you will download the software in a couple minutes, but this is only required the first time. If you are on your phone or tablet you will download the Zoom App and enter the meeting ID then enter the password, we provide you.

Then the fun part…the workout!

Some people had thoughts, oh home workouts, how can you get a “good” workout or it won’t feel like the gym. Trust me when I tell you it will still be a good workout.

Just like our workouts in the gym we design them for all fitness levels and can modify anything. We give you several progressions too depending on what you are wanting to get from the workout. We are still seeing 400-600 calories burned per workout and several glowing faces!

We made these workouts so that if you only have body weight you are good or if you have some free weights or bands we will give you options on how to use them.

Then we warm you up through a guided warmup using RPR techniques and breathing. Then we explain the workout, demonstrate the workout and coach you through the entire workout. We still correct form and keep you motivated.

During this time, it is so important to take care of you. We have had fur babies, kids, roommates and spouses join in the workouts too!

Everyone is welcome!

If you were wondering what it would be like click the green button. We will with have you fill out a short form, then email you all the details for our schedule and how to join the meeting.

If you have any questions please let us know. Stay strong through this and continue taking care of you!

Arin