FitHouse News 3/6 – Finding your STRONG!!!!

I am Strong Quote Hello Everyone!!!! What a whirlwind of a few weeks! Last weekend was the IDEA Conference with lots of great industry info in Virginia, and this weekend I had the opportunity to head to San Diego for the Todd Durkin Masternind Retreat, and oh I had a Birthday in there too!!!! My mind is buzzing with so many things, so many take aways, so much gratitude and a bit of jet lag so I am not sure where to begin. I am going to keep it fairly brief and simple tonight since tomorrow is a really early start, and I’ve been diligently trying to stick to my 7 hours of sleep with the March Madness Challenge! Last night was an exception as I flew on the red eye back to Pittsburgh.

First let me start with GRATITUDE!!!! Over the years I have continued learn the importance of gratitude. It is very easy in our busy lives, filled with so much to remember the truly important things, people and events that fill our lives. It is easy to take the day to day things for granted. I had so much gratitude this weekend starting on Thursday when my FitHouse Family left me with some beautiful Birthday surprises. I was also filled with gratitude looking at all of the memories, photos and messages on FB. If I didn’t get a chance to comment it was because I was diving into sessions about 12 hours a day. It was such a wonderful feeling to know that I could step away for a few days and things were in great hands at FitHouse and on the home front.

As many of you know it is no easy feat to step away sneak away for one weekend let alone two. The girls had their dance photos this weekend and that involved 19 costumes, buns, makeup and false eyelashes!!!! That was a hard one to hand over to my husband as great as he is. I truly had a million reasons why going to San Diego this weekend was not a good idea. The kids’ schedule, the money, the business, being gone two weekends in a row, it was my birthday and a few others that I created. Theses were all valid but they were also good excuses to help mask a little bit of the fear and anxiety that I was feeling about the trip.

Just as some of you feel a little anxiety or fear stepping into the unknown or stepping into a class, I feel that same way stepping into a room with some of the best fitness professionals in the industry, It is easy to let the excuses, some of which may be very valid, jump in the way of what we can truly make happen if we try.

You see I know the power of the Mastermind. This is a group of an individuals that has enough spirit, soul and passion to truly change the world. I am so very grateful to be a part of this group. I have spent quite a bit of money and time investment in this group for several years. I was accepted and joined the TD Mastermind a little over 3 years ago, two weeks after my husband lost his job. In my head the LAST thing that I should have been doing at that moment was adding a monthly debit to our lives when we weren’t sure when the next paycheck would come. This membership was more than the monthly gym membership at FitHouse AND the application process alone took a few days to finish. Lucky for me I listened to my GUT! I knew the power of the people in this group. I knew that there was no price tag on surrounding myself with the knowledge, the energy and most of all the spirit and passion that this group had to offer !

Several months ago at another period when I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and like I probably didn’t need to add any additional expenses to my life I decided to apply for the next level in the group….once again I followed my gut! That brings me to the Mastermind retreat. I’m sure by now all of you have heard me speak of my mentor Todd Durkin. He is truly one of the most astounding people that I have met. My first contact with him was about 12 years ago at an IDEA conference when I lived in LA. I was drawn by his energy, his positivity and of course his abundance of knowledge in the fitness industry. I remember at that time thinking wow I would love to be a part of his circle. It pretty cool to realize that 12 years later I am.

One of the things that Todd leads you to do is GO DEEP, deep into your heart, deep into your soul, deep into what makes you tick, deep into what you believe and deep into life and deep into your purpose! This weekend was no different. As I said there were soooo many take aways. I plan on sharing a lot of them over the next few weeks. The theme of the retreat was GET STRONG.

Some of you may have seen that Todd was a part of the new series on NBC set to premier Wednesday April 13th called Get STRONG. He had had a dream of representing the fitness industry in a positive manner and impacting millions for quite some time, and last year this dream happened. I can’t wait to watch the show and his journey!!! He was the oldest trainer on the show representing the 40 some year old crowd and he kicked BUTT!!!! It did not come however without a tremendous amount of doubt, fear, injury, and even failure.

One of my biggest take aways this weekend, listening to others, sharing, writing, etc. is that we ALL have the SAME feelings. No matter where you are in life or who you are we all have fear, we all have insecurities. We all have stories that others don’t know and we all have limiting self beliefs. It is easy to look at others and think that their worlds are different, that things come easier to them, that they don’t have the same fears or obstacles when it simply isn’t true. Most of the fear and limiting self beliefs, and doubts that we create all start in one place….our heads. It is not easy to get past them, it takes practice, it takes creating habits but the more we can step outside our comfort zones, the more we can align ourselves with why we are doing what we are doing, and the easier it is to take the leap. And if all of that isn’t enough then sometimes you just have to let your faith replace your fear and go for it!!!!! When you surround yourself with individuals who believe in you and want you to succeed it’s a lot harder to fail!!!!

Schedule Changes for this Week

Tuesday, March 8th, 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM – Core, Butt and More with Lindsay

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