Nothing Educational, Just Waxing Nostalgia Since The Summer Came To An End
So the summer came to an end I find myself looking back on the last 3 months
and can’t help but realize how lucky I am to work with our clients/staff. June started our “Conditioning’ themed month and ended with a bang at our Endurance Competition. The Competition welcomed family, friends and community. Some of the events were our “Going Primal: Race to Extinction Relay”, a team 1 mile Kettlebell Run, Tug Of War, 2 Person 100 Burpee Race and the 100 Rep Snatch Challenge. True to form, every participant laughed at themselves at one point (probably those crazy monkeys) , gave that extra degree and completed 100 Snatches in UNDER 5 MINUTES!!!! Truly something to be proud of (even if some of us were left with bloody hands!)
July brought us into Strength Month and while I did design all of my classes and knew what was being delivered to our clients as I sat on beach for the month, I was still completely SHOCKED when I got back. Every single person looked way different. In particular, our big dogs! And since some of them are women I decided “Wow, you got huge!” wasn’t the best thing to say so I went with “Holy Cow, strength month really worked for you!” And I have to admit, I was a little jealous. While I ran and boxed my butt off on my month vacation, I came back and these ladies were STRONG. OK FINE I ADMIT IT!!!! Some of them were pushing more weight, and easier, than I ever could! So August brought us Strength Endurance and I think it’s fair to say if they never see the Sled again and never do another jumping pull up there will be no complaints.
So here we are, Power Month; so far my favorite. It’s like Conditioning and Strength on steroids. It’s only the first week and we’ve already had a fair share of “watery throats”—myself included. That’s my cue to tell a person to rest a little but when they say, “No, let’s just go, I got this, plus we’re outside so there’s always the grass!” well, I think we’ve done something right!
I am TRULY amazed by each and every person’s transformation. From the Big Dogs to the Newbies, every person that walks through the door is changed. What I love to see the most is the Big Dogs support of the Newbies. The constant support a new person gets is not necessarily from our staff but from their peers! There is no competition. Okay, well maybe there is, BUT it’s a healthy competition. Our clients encourage and push each other to be better, faster, stronger—better FOR themselves—NOT better than anybody else. I can’t remember where I heard this but I think it fits the support system you get from our staff and your fellow workout buddies. “We don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. We believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”
So in closing, I’d just like to say how proud I am of every one of you (staff included!). You make what I do for a living that much better because Fitness Solutions is not just a gym but a community, a family…most of the times we get along, sometimes we get annoyed (sorry for whipping you with the ropes BOB!) but in the end we come back because we know where we belong!
---Laraine
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