“This stuff is hard.” I’ve heard it a lot of times this week, and I’ve said it too. No one is having a lot of fun as the COVID-19 crisis continues to disrupt our lives.
The leisure activities we enjoyed are gone, our favorite stores are closed, and we’re at home with kids who are also struggling. We can’t see friends and family members, and the government isn’t giving us a lot to go on.
This is really hard! But so are you…
Over so many years of coaching fitness, we know tough people when we see them. Tough people are easiest to spot when you get a large number of people training with us for the first time. This doesn’t happen all that often – usually at Bring a Friend Days, WOD and Wine Nights, or in the Corporate Programs we run from time to time. In every group, you’ll spot a few really tough people right away. They’re the fighters. The ones who will push through hard stuff when their peers tap out.
All of you are those people. It would be very easy not to work out right now. But you’re still going. That’s because you’re hard AF. We saw it in your eyes every time you stepped into the gym.
It doesn’t matter what you lift or how fast you run or how many pull-ups you can do. What matters, what’s always mattered in our gym, is that you show up to do challenging stuff. Doing that day after day has prepared you for the current situation.
Just like a tough workout, you’re going to need to slog through this period. But you will get through it. You always do.
Let me say this to you – you are the toughest person your friends know. Believe it.
When I get frustrated right now, I think back to stories of the Great Depression and World War II. Those trials lasted many years. We’re about six weeks into the current challenge, and things definitely suck. But we’ll get through it.
Here at Recursive, we want to give you an hour a day when you can turn your brain off, banter with your friends, and feel good about what you’re accomplishing. We’ve got on line workouts for that, and they’re great.
But what we really want to provide in this tough time is accountability, customization, and support through Remote Coaching and your personal Coach. We want to know how you’re feeling and what you need, and we want you to know we’re here for you.
Now more than ever, it’s important that you feel like someone cares about what you need.
We know a lot of people are asking a lot of you. So when your Coach checks in, we’re not just there to serve up a personalized workout suited to your goals. We also want to check in on you AS A PERSON.
The gym will re-open for in person group classes.We will be back as a group and a community. We will celebrate holidays and celebrate with tough workouts and a beer. We will get to high-five our friends.
But, right now, this shit’s hard. But so are you…and we’re happy to remind you of that every day.