August 1, 2024 • 48 mins
Curious about how to overcome "gym intimidation" and create a supportive fitness environment? Tune in as we chat with Coach Jill, the dynamic client coordinator at Fit Body's central location, who shares her secrets to making every client feel at home from their very first visit. From pre-session outreach to thoughtful follow-ups, you'll learn how personalized support can shatter fitness anxieties and pave the way for a healthy lifestyle.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What is going on, my friends, Welcome to the next
episode of the Fit and HealthySioux Falls Show.
We have some fun planned foryou today as we dive into
another episode of Meet theCoach with our client
coordinator of our centrallocation, who I tell you what,
without her organizationalskills and without her making
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sure we're all staying on trackI don't know, but all of our
energetic, off the wall typeideas it might just throw our
business into a whirlwind.
Let's thank the good Lord forour friend and guest today,
Coach Jill.
Let's dive in to today'sepisode.
Well, Jill, welcome to the show.
(01:03):
Thank you, man.
This is fun.
So we've recorded Ryan's andJason's.
Now we get to sit and have somechat with you, and it's been
awesome because I've been ableto actually learn stuff about
both of them that I didn't evenknow.
And I think what's so fun aboutthis is our clients.
Right, we're a 30-minute gym,so they come in 30 minutes and
all the attention is on them.
(01:24):
Right, we're a 30 minute gym,so they come in 30 minutes and
all the attention is on them,which it should be Right.
But this is cool because itkind of gives everybody watching
or listening kind of an insidelook to our lives, right?
So what I want to first startout with, jill, is number one
like, what is your role here atFit Body?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Sure, so I am the client coordinator.
Yes, I'm also a coach, yep, sopart of my time I'm coaching on
the floor, or I'm the floorcoach.
I'm also the client coordinator, which means I'm very focused
on the trials, the people comingin for the first time, walking
them through that process, justmaking sure they have the best
(02:02):
experience possible up untilthey decide to join us as a
member.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, cause joining a gym can be and it was for me
back in the day as well it canbe a very intimidating thing.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Have you ever experienced like I think they
they coin it gym intimidationlike gym intimidation?
Have you ever like experiencedthat yeah, absolutely yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
A couple of different times, a couple of different
places that I've gone, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
And you just you don't know what to expect and
you walk in.
You feel a lot of place.
So how important is it to wellFitBody?
But then, obviously, with youbeing the client coordinator,
how important is it that we, youknow, are really giving those
coming in for the first time agreat experience.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I think it's huge.
Just based on past experience,you know walking in and being
intimidated and no oneintroducing themselves, no one
kind of taking you under theirwing.
You know, so to speak, to helpyou understand or like hey, I'll
be your buddy, I'll walk youthrough, you know.
So I feel like in my role Imake sure that that happens.
One, I reach out before theyeven start in most cases and
(03:07):
just say hey, just so you have aname, I may not be there at
your first session, but just soyou have a name to connect with,
I'm going to walk you throughthis process.
Here's what you can expect onyour first visit and then
obviously it's communicatingwith the team.
I mean, we all know who iscoming in for their first time
and we all know who is coming infor their first time.
We I feel like we do a reallygood job making sure that that
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doesn't happen, that people havethat best experience.
They don't walk in and feellike they're not welcome, they
don't feel like intimidated,that they're not going to be
good enough, that you know.
A lot of people that arestarting haven't been working
out for quite a while.
And I think that's one of thebiggest fears is I don't know if
I'm going to be able to do it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
And so it's really walking them, you know, letting
them know what to expect,walking them through.
But then, when they get here,taking the time to say more than
just our normal walkthrough,saying here are the exercises
for today, but here are someways that you can, you know,
adjust it and wait, and notmaking them wait until the
warmup to actually see thatthere are ways they can adjust
(04:05):
Um, just letting them andletting them know and convincing
them that we're going to meetyou where you're at.
This is.
You are going to love it here.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Cause everybody starts at a different point,
absolutely, and that's one thingthat really I have enjoyed
about FitBody is, um, weliterally do have every fitness
level, every size, every shape,every ability, and it's fun to
see them all working together ina group setting, because that
can be intimidating, like thegym itself is already
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intimidating, and then to add,like the group aspect of it.
And so you're there, alreadyreaching out, making sure that
they know, hey, I might not bethere, but I'm Jill, I'm going
to help you out with this trial.
Sure that they know, hey, Imight not be there, but I'm Jill
, I'm going to help you out withthis trial.
And uh, and then, after theirfirst workout, we also then
always do like a first workoutcall.
So why don't you explain alittle bit what?
What is the first workout calland why?
(04:53):
Why do we do it?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Sure.
So I think it's reallyimportant.
Sometimes, if I do happen to behere, I, you know, give them
great job, nice job, awesome job, here's what to expect.
But then I also reach out and Icall them.
Well, if they work out in themorning, I'll call them that
afternoon and say, hey, how areyou feeling?
If it's a night workout, I'llreach out the next morning.
Sure, just to reiterate, it'scommon that your muscles, you're
going to be feeling it.
(05:15):
You might be a little bit sore,it's okay.
Don't feel that you can do tocombat, combat that, but it's
absolutely normal.
Um, you know you're workingsome muscles that you may not
have worked for a while andthey're just letting you know
that you worked them hard andthat's good.
This is to be expected here.
Here are some things you can doto combat that really.
(05:37):
Also just encouraging them like, hey, that might've been the
roughest day that you've had,but it's going to get better
from here.
Like, I know your body'syelling at you, but keep moving.
The best thing you can do iscome back, keep moving those
muscles.
Also, just asking them aboutthe experience so that if, for
some reason, they did feelconfused or they weren't sure
what to do, they didn'tunderstand the format, getting
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that feedback from them rightaway so that we can make the
next experience when they comein even better.
Or, you know, fix whatever.
Maybe they didn't understand.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Because, as good as we want to believe that we are,
at the end of the day we'rehuman and so at the end of the
day we can have the best intent,the best process, but then
something goes wrong and nextthing you know we dropped a ball
in some area.
And so getting that feedbackfrom them right away and then
correcting anything that maybedidn't go to their likeness or
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their standard, I mean, and it'sa lot like they're coming in on
their first day and they'relearning.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
They're just hearing a lot of information.
So it's.
I mean, I was at the noonsession today and that was
tenured people and they're not.
They didn't listen to thewarmup and they still didn't
know how to do the exercise.
So it's just a lot ofinformation coming at them so
it's just reiterating that tothem.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
And yeah, making sure that, hey, we're there with you
every step of the way, becauseeverybody's steps are different,
absolutely.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
I love that.
I'd like to dive into a littlebit too and this has been fun as
I've been talking with some ofthe coaches when did like health
and fitness or the wantingnessto embark on your own health and
fitness journey, when did thatkind of start in your life for
you Around, what year was that?
And, like, where were you atwith your health and fitness?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Sure, Like a lot of people say, like I was always an
athlete, Like I really wasn'tthat much of an athlete.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I tried to be Sure.
Did you play sports?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
I attempted.
Okay, I played tennis when, Iwas younger and then, but like
in high school, I was ingymnastics.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Which is a sport.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
It's a tough sport.
I was not the greatest at it,but I mean so I was always doing
something.
Yeah, I just wasn't like.
My husband is like thesuperstar athlete.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I was not that person .
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah.
So I mean, I think, as I wasgetting older because you know
we all go through that where wegain 10, we lose 10, we gain 10,
we lose 10.
I mean that's just life, and Ithink, as I got older and my
metabolism, I think, startedslowing down a little bit, you
know, and for a while I was notleading a very healthy lifestyle
.
Sure, you know.
(08:00):
So once I quit drinking alcoholand working out a little bit
more than it was, I think it'sjust I got to a point where I
wasn't losing those 20 pounds.
This time, Like.
I've always rebounded back and Ijust I just couldn't rebound
back and I feel like maybe themaybe in my 40s, maybe in my mid
30s, I was still on track, kindof going back and forth a
(08:23):
little bit, but then once I hit40, I actually quit drinking
around that time and then I, andthen I was healthy for a while.
But I moved here from Omaha andI think that I got very
comfortable.
Um and I was out of my routine.
I had um belonged to a gym.
I had friends that I worked outwith there, we, you know, we
went for walks around the lake,we went to the gym, and I didn't
have that when I first movedhere.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
That was in Omaha.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
That was in Omaha, so when I first moved here.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
What year did you move to Sioux Falls?
Speaker 2 (08:48):
I moved here in 2016.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Okay, this is so wild .
So I've I've done Jason's andRyan's, and now we're shooting
yours.
Um, and this probably isn't the2016 wasn't the year that you
started, but 2016 was both Ryanand Jason's year that they
started focusing on their healthand fitness.
That's a big year.
And then 2016 happened to be ayear for you, and I was talking
with them later and I told them.
(09:11):
I said, well, man, I opened FitBody in 2015.
All of you guys must havesubconsciously known like, hey,
it's 2016.
We better start doing something, because eventually we're going
to be working at this gym thatjust opened.
He's going to need us.
He's going to need us.
He's going to need us.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
So you move here, yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
So I mean, I feel like I kind of got out of a
routine, didn't have thatsupport.
So it was maybe a couple ofyears where I wasn't.
I kind of got off track.
And then I think in like 2018,I started doing an app that I
saw online Yep, it was allvirtual, but it was just
(09:47):
basically like tracking yourfood but you could also watch
videos.
They had recipes, things likethat.
So I started doing that and Idid have good progress, but then
it's just me holding meaccountable and I don't do the
best with that yeah um, I, Ireally like when I have more um,
I wouldn't say competition,like friendly competition, or
when people hold me accountable.
Yeah, um, so I, I did that for alittle while and then I got to
a point I think it was probablymaybe 2019 or 20 where I I
(10:12):
joined a coaching community andI had a one-on-one coach but
also community, and that wasstill virtual as well, and I did
awesome, like at first, youknow, I was just like, but then
as soon as I don't have thataccountability, I would I
struggle.
So I had a lot of progress andI would feel I feel like I've
been close to maintaining I'mnot.
I'm maybe 10 pounds, 15, whereI was at my best, I would say my
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most healthy.
But I started working out at agym and I did really well
because I was working out withmy husband and it was very close
to home, it was very convenientand it
kept me going and I probablywent to the gym more in that
time than I've ever gone in mywhole entire life.
But then it just got to thispoint where the culture was not
(10:58):
a good fit for me and I didn'twant to go anymore, like.
So that's when I reallyrealized one, it helps me to be
accountable when other peopleare encouraging me and wanting
to see me succeed and they'relike-minded Yep.
And two, I need to besurrounded by a community of
people and I need to have a funenvironment where I feel like I
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matter there.
Yeah, and I don't feel like Iwas getting that.
So that's when I came toFitBuddy Yep, I came first to do
a trial.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
And what year was that?
Roughly, that was like 2020,was that?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
like 2022, 2023?
.
It was, it was 23.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, it was early, though, like January.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Cause.
Then I did the Spartan inFebruary after that.
Yep.
And then I came back, I thinklike in June or something, after
the Spartan.
So I was a member for not areal long time before I applied
to become a coach.
But I knew immediately likethis was the environment that I
was looking for.
Like I said, I did the workoutsbut I wasn't feeling motivated
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to do it.
I only went because my husbandwas going and you know he would
hold me accountable, but then Ididn't enjoy the experience.
So I love being here becauseit's something I look forward to
doing.
I know the workouts are alwaysgoing to be fun.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
There's always going to be people that I want to see,
that are going to make me laugh, that are going to make me
smile, and I do better in thattype of environment than just
going at home and doing weights,and what's cool is like you and
I didn't plan this, but we bothhappened to work out at the
same time today, right, and wehad Coach Carly on the mic and
there's always just some type ofI would say outside of the norm
(12:34):
banter that happens among thecoaches and among the clients
during that session, and it justso happened that today's was an
AMRAP, which was six minutes ateach station, right, and coach
carly had more than enough timeto just sit there and talk about
whatever she wanted and she did, and she did and and throughout
that workout, we ended up kindof really having some fun with
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her and then even saying like,hey, we'll pay you to stop
talking, and and just that.
You don't get that via online.
No, you don't get that viavirtual.
Right, and that is onlysomething that a live, in-person
group environment can offer,right, and it does.
It just keeps you going.
I remember we left there smileson our face, you know, feeling
(13:18):
accomplished, feeling proud ofourselves for doing that workout
, sweat dripping, yeah, and thatis what it's all about.
And every different fitnesslevel doing it together, yeah,
right, so I love that.
So 2020 is when you really kindof 2018, you decided, hey, I
needed to start doing somethingmore.
You joined that coachingcommunity.
2020, you start joining a gym.
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You're doing with your husband.
You know how important andmaybe even how do you and your
husband, you know, incorporatethe healthy lifestyle as a
married couple and you guysdon't have kids.
Chad does, right, he's astepson.
A stepson, okay, but none ofthat.
Live at the house, right?
(14:00):
So it's you and him.
But you've got dogs, yes, andthose are like your children,
right?
Yes, how many dogs?
Two, two.
What are their names?
Again, you've got dogs?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
Yes, and those are like your children, right?
Yes, how many dogs?
Two, two.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
What are their names again Jake and Josie.
Yes, two Basset hounds.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Didn't Jake just have a birthday?
He did just have a birthday.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
He just turned five.
Oh, my goodness, and how old is.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Josie.
Josie will be yes.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
So they are brother and sister.
They're just a year apart.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Um, yeah, so it's a lot of fun.
They keep us uh, they're veryspoiled, but they keep us very
busy and we just got newfurniture and we had to clean
the old night.
Told Chad, I said this is whywe're not getting dogs anymore
(14:51):
but it's fun, I mean they,they're, they are little kids,
they're very spoiled spoiled.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
I, I, uh, I know about a month, maybe two months
ago, uh, you were going througha hassle trying to get a new
door doggy door, doggy door, um,and I remember that was
throwing you for a whirlwind.
Yeah, um, but to the point thatthese dogs are spoiled.
But you also want to make surethat they get their activity
because, yes, your health andyour fitness, just for you and
Chad, also bleeds into yourdoggies.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
It really does.
And you know, and I told Chadthe other day, cause I had to
run home, cause it was storming,and I'm like if it, if the door
blows open, you know.
So I ran home and I said, man,I wonder how many miles I've put
on my car just going back andforth.
And that's partly why it's likewhen I'm here, I want to be
focused and I don't want to belike, ok, I know I have 30
minutes, but I'm going to runhome and check on my dogs, go
there for four minutes and comeback, and it's just silly.
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So they do need to go outduring the day.
But that just gives me peace ofmind.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
So yes, they're very spoiled, but what does Chad do
in the winter when it snows?
And we?
I do know the answer.
I'm leading the witness here.
They are, they're lowriders, sothey don't do well like
stomping through the snow.
So what does Chad do for them?
Speaker 2 (15:50):
So first of all, chad made them little ramps, because
the doggy door is in the glasspatio door and they can't get to
the ramp or the door without aramp.
So we have steps on the insideand he made little steps on the
outside.
Go, chad, and you know, likethe first winter we did the you
know obligatory, like shoveled alittle circle and now chad goes
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in the back and he snowblows.
Yeah little pat, and like notjust a little area, like paths,
like a race track, so that theyhave?
Speaker 1 (16:19):
does he like, almost do like, um, like a maze where
like?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
some.
Some ends are dead end and theyhave to turn around like that's
a good idea for next year, okay, so 2024 winter um chad.
Your job, buddy is to makethese dogs.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, chad, not jill chad make these dogs a maze
where only certain paths lead tothe start and others, yes, stop
.
But that's fun.
So you and Chad, though,incorporating health and fitness
, it sounds like you guys haveboth done it together now for a
while Chad has been superconsistent.
(16:55):
You have been consistent makingsure that whatever gym you're
at or virtual program, you'redoing that.
You're continually doingsomething, so how do you guys
find the time to fit it in?
Speaker 2 (17:08):
How do you do that?
I feel like I mean, it'sdefinitely more fun when we can
work out together, but some daysI work at nights and he works
out when I'm working, and when Ifirst moved to Sioux Falls with
him in 2018, oh, so manyrestaurants.
Like we lived in a very smalltown before we came here, and so
once we moved to Sioux Falls,we kind of went crazy at first
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and we ate out all the time andwe both got to a point where,
like, oh, we just got to stop.
And I actually joined a gymfirst and he came with me the
first day and, like many of ourclients, he was like I'm never
doing that again.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
And then he was like man, I used to be an athlete, I
used to be able to do this stuff, and so now I feel like it's
very much a habit, like we feelit's just part of our routine.
We have to make sure that it's apart of our routine, like if
one of us, if we don't work outfor a day or two, like it's just
something's off, and so youknow being able to talk about,
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well, what was your workout liketoday?
What was mine?
Oh, I did this instead of thisand um, you know.
So now we're on this trackwhere we do plan our meals.
We're not perfect.
The other night he was like Ithink Qdoba sounds really good.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
And I don't know when Qdoba doesn't sound good, I'm
going to just throw that outthere.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
That's true, that's true, um, you know.
So he just gives me this looklike, so what?
Are we having for suppertonight.
And as soon as he says that, Iknow, but I mean we used to
literally go out to eat likemany times a week, and now we,
you know we're at this pointwhere we're putting in all this
hard work we love working out.
We, we spend the time and wecommit to doing it.
What's the point of ruining itwith not following our nutrition
(18:44):
.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
So, and you've been doing really well, um, because
at fit body, we have a fit bodynutrition app.
Yeah, and you've been doingreally well, um, staying
consistent.
And we we have green rings.
Right, why don't you tell maybeanyone that doesn't know what?
What's a green ring like?
What is that?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
sure, so the we focus on the grams of protein, carbs
and fats that we eat per day.
Ideally, if you're eating eachof those within what is
recommended for you to eitherlose weight or maintain weight,
you get a green circle within somany.
So so like, for example, if I'msupposed to have 120 grams of
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protein and I get 118, I'm stillgoing to have a green circle.
So, it's, you know, like peoplewith their Apple watch and
closing the ring.
It's kind of like that.
So it's a very good.
If you're a visual person andyou're very competitive with
yourself and you need to, youfeel very accomplished by
getting those green rings.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, because otherwise they're not green,
right, right.
So if you hit, green they'reeither blue or red, yep.
So blue means you didn't eatenough Right, and red means you
ate too much Right, yep.
So the goal is three greenrings every day and carbs, fats
and proteins.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
I don't get three green rings every single day.
I get pretty close like I eat alot of the same things, so that
that's beneficial.
Um, but I'm also Vicky.
Also challenged me to track for100 days straight yeah, so.
I'm on day about 42 yeah um, soI've tracked every day.
Even if we went to Qdoba, Istill tracked it because, that's
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reality.
Um, because what I find is, ifI, if I say, well, I'm going to
Qdoba, I can't really track that.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Then I just eat whatever I want that day because
I'm like I'm not going to getthe green circle anyway, so I
might as well just eateverything, sure.
So I have to be verydisciplined with that, and
tracking every day is veryhelpful for me, even if I don't
get the circle.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
But yes, the goal is always to get the green circles
and that makes me feel prettygood I feel like so many times
in the fitness industry and inlosing weight and I actually did
a podcast on this a while agobut about like ditching the all
or nothing mentality because tothat point, if I can't track all
of it and get a green ringevery day, well then I won't
track anything.
(20:55):
That's all or nothing, and weknow that that's not going to
help us.
Even tracking as much as youcan or to the best of your
ability is going to be a better,right idea and provide a better
outcome than just throwing itto the wayside and say whatever
you what.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I want today that's something that I really really
struggled with, and this, thechallenge of tracking for a
hundred days, is really helpingwith that, because I'm I'm very
black and white with a lot ofthings, I'm very all or nothing,
um, but I also then that setsme up, because I set
expectations for myself that arenot realistic and that I can't
possibly achieve.
(21:29):
Yeah, um, like if I would thinkI could get a hundred green
circle, you know green circlesfor a hundred days it's just not
reality and it's not going tohappen.
I mean, I guess it could, but Iknow myself and I know I have to
be able to commit to somethingand that's where the little wins
come in.
I know we talked about this iskind of going off topic, but I
(21:52):
know we talked about making ourbed and that one day we joked
with Jensen and he said but didyou, was your goal to make your
bed?
And he said no, because I saidI always make my bed, because
that's at least one thing I cansay oh, I made my bed today.
I have nothing else.
You know, maybe I didn't getall my water in or maybe I
didn't get all my protein in,but I made my bed.
Like.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
I'm starting the day with a win.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Exactly, and I feel like um with the all or nothing.
It's like I didn't get thecircle so I did nothing.
Right today.
So, there always have to be, inmy opinion, some small wins.
So I also set my water goallike in my head low so that, no
matter how bad my day is, if Ican say I had, let's say, 32
(22:29):
ounces of water, which isn'tenough, but it's better than
none, I always have some goalsthat I set low so that I always
have a win every single day.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
And I think that that's really important to kind
of stop for a second andhighlight, because I feel that
if you watch the TikTokInstagram Facebook, you know
famous people.
There's a way to do it and it'stheir way Right, and the truth
of it is is that every singleone of us are our own person and
(22:58):
we have what works for us Right.
Someone out there might belistening and say you set your
water goal low at 32 ounces,Like that's not the way to do it
.
But if that works for you, thenwho is that person to say that
that's not the way to do it?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
And I, to be clear, like I drink more than 32.
Yeah, but one.
Now I feel like, oh, I justkicked that goal because I got
way more than I.
You know, I make sure that Iget at least half my body weight
.
But I know that if there's aday where I'm sick and I'm
laying on the couch and I can'teven hardly move, I can at least
do 32 ounces.
So, no matter what, even if Ididn't eat that day or I was
(23:36):
feeling bad so I didn't eat theright things, I can always at
least have that one.
So I do drink more than that,right.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
But that's just one of the wins, exactly, I just
have to have some.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Like, for example, I usually get 15,000 to 20,000
steps easily just because of myjob.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
So my goal is like 8,000 steps a day.
Yep, like that's pretty easyfor me to hit, but internally my
goal is higher.
But at least I know that I cansay okay, I got that.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
And again it gets me on that streak.
And that's the crazy thing,because when you're working 15
to 20, no problem, right, butthen a Saturday or a Sunday come
around.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I have to push for it sometimes.
You have to push it forsometimes because 8,000 is still
a lot of steps.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Exactly, and that's just it, because we're looking
at doing something thatprogresses you forward for an
extended period of time,consistently, exactly, and
because that's how you achievesuccess.
So many people are the all ornothing for a short time, and
the truth of it is, and that'swhy a lot of different gyms or
programs they do these shortchallenges and it is all in, and
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that's great, because sometimeswe need that kickstart, that
kick in the butt to get us going.
But we need something that wecan do for a consistent long
period of time, because that'show we're going to find
sustained success.
Your health and fitness andkind of where you're at, where
would you say, is kind of thenext goal that you want to
(25:02):
achieve with your health andfitness or something that would
really make you proud as itpertains to kind of your health
and fitness, sure.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
The 100 days is a huge goal of being able to track
and you said you're 42-ish Iknow, july 31st is the last day.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
I already got my 30-day badge of honor that I did
that so.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
I know, I think when I counted it out, July 31st.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
And that's so in my head.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm like ooh, what did I all have in July?
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yeah, so this episode will actually be coming out
like early August.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
So I'll have already crushed it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Heck, yeah.
So now, when people see thatlike they can be asking like
Jill, did you do it?
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yes, and obviously biggest goal is to focus on
increasing my muscle.
I've been, you know, I've had abum knee for a little bit, and
so I think it's really easy forme to use that as an excuse,
(25:54):
yeah, and so I think I've beenkind of doing that and saying,
well, I really can't do a lotwith my legs right now, or
whatever.
So then there were days wherethe all or nothing well, if I
can't get it, if I can't do thatin the workout, why even go?
And I don't know if it was youor if it was, I think it was
Vicki that said if a client cameto you and said I can't do this
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exercise, you know, if I cometo the workout today, I can't do
three of the exercises.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
So why even come yeah ?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
And she said and what would you say to them?
And I'd say I would still tellthem to come.
And so that was kind of.
You know, I got off my littlepity pot and I was like, yep,
that's exactly what I need to do, and so I would think I was
using that as an excuse.
And I've there have been timesin my life where I was a lot, I
had a lot more muscle mass, andso I think right now that's my
goal.
You and I have talked aboutthat as far as lifting a little
(26:41):
bit more weight.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Um, I we just rearranged my house this weekend
, where I moved my weightsupstairs.
So they're like right there andit's.
I don't have to like go downthere, but they're like right
there.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
And that's important too, and I think that people
watching or listening could eventake that away as a tip is like
life is full of obstacles.
So if we can take any obstaclesthat we have control over and
eliminate them you know for youand maybe it was an obstacle you
didn't see the weights, theyweren't easily accessible, you
had to go downstairs into aseparate space.
Well, now they're right there,ready to go, Like that is
(27:13):
eliminating obstacles so thatit's more convenient.
So we need to do what we can toset our lives up for success.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
And I think we, you know, like I know myself, I
might be able to fool myself inmy head sometimes, but I know
myself better than anybody.
Like I know what excuses I'mgoing to come up with.
I know what I'm, you know, Iknow what I'm going to say as to
a reason why I can't dosomething.
And so, yes, I get, I'm tryingto get those obstacles out of
the way.
I am getting them out of theway little by little.
(27:41):
Yep, you know, with the shed it, while I'm working out over
there, it was.
My excuse was well, I don'tknow how to use the machines,
yep, and then I was silly enoughto bring that up to you.
And then you're like well,let's fix that.
And then you showed me me how todo them, so but I mean, but
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that's what I have to do is, Iknow what excuses I can come up
with, and I don't want to be aperson full of excuses, so I
find ways to um, you know, Ithink about that Like.
I try to plan my week.
Here's the days I'm going towork out, here's the workouts
I'm going to do here.
I you know, I plan my meals forthe week.
I don't always get them in theapp for the whole week ahead of
time, but I plan my meals forthe week so that I know like,
okay, this is a day that I knowI might have to work a little
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later.
I might have to.
I have to bring my car in thatmorning, so I'm not going to
have time.
So I need to make sure I get myworkout in.
And then you know, planningahead for me is huge.
And then, like to that point islooking ahead and saying I know
I'm not gonna feel like workingout, but this is what I can do
to kind of combat that, or thisis what I can do to make sure
that it happens, and that's howI find the most successes yeah,
(28:45):
I having that game plan yeah.
I'm, it's very huge for me, likeI sometimes will even like
write it down, like I don't havekids, but like I'll have a
little like whiteboard thingthat I will have to write like
here's my schedule for the weekand here's what I have going on,
and if I don't plan, I caneasily say oh yeah, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
And something comes up.
You know, more often than notthat might change it, but I
already know like I've committedto working out that day.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
So even if it's at eight o'clock, when I get done
at work, it's going to get done.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
There's no question to ask Right, I'm going to do it
.
I I didn't do this with Jasonor Ryan, but it's kind of like
came to me.
I want to like break the scripta bit, because I think it is
fun to be able to kind of peelback the curtain into our lives
a bit and just kind of get toknow us a little better.
Super easy question but isthere like a favorite trip that
you have been on?
So not health or fitnessrelated, but just thinking about
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vacations or trips or placesthat you've been?
Is there anywhere that youcould say that you went and that
?
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I would say I mean I, I've been, I've been to like
Poland a couple of times.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Really.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Yeah, I've been to Turkey, but honestly so as a kid
.
I grew up in Minnesota, rightacross the border, okay.
And so, you know, as a kid wewent to the Black Hills one time
maybe, like you know.
Sure, I can remember getting inthe station wagon and driving
out to the Black Hills, sure,but Chad and I went there.
Like we've gone there the lasttwo falls like in.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
September and honestly, that's just awesome,
like being there the first timewe we went I think it was COVID
because I remember wearing amask and we did the whole
touristy thing.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
We went to Mount Rushmore, we went to Bear Canyon
you know we did all thetouristy things, but it was just
that one was fun because Ihadn't done it since I was a
little kid.
And to see it like, for example, going to Mount Rushmore and
learning about the history andhow they actually accomplished
it, I didn't care about that asa kid but now as an adult it was
very interesting.
And even going through theBadlands and stuff or Spearfish
(30:40):
is beautiful and just seeingthings now as an adult I think
it's just so different.
Like as a little kid I probablydidn't even pay attention to the
beauty of nature in the sceneryand um and so now last year
when we went um, it was for ourfirst anniversary and we did a
lot of hiking, which is I'venever gone on a vacation and
actually done healthy things.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
So I know, it wasn't about health, but to my
knowledge, chad is um your firsthusband that you've had.
Cause you've had because you'vehad a couple.
We've got backstories about ourprevious lives.
He's not my first husband yet,but he's the first husband that
you've had that's beenphysically active and actually
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encouraged and promoted healthand wellness in your marriage.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
And so this is the first trip that you've taken
where that was part of it.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Yeah, and so now, and we were climbing up, I forget
now what it's called somethingpeak People listening will know,
but we ran out of daylight andso we had to decide to turn back
.
And we were so close, we werelike a quarter mile from the top
.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
And we had, and so now our goal is to go back this
year and finish it.
Cool, I think it's Harney Peak,but anyway.
So now, to me that was one ofthe most enjoyable vacations,
because one it just we got awayfrom reality and yeah, and it
was just being with somebodylike-minded and making fitness a
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part of it, like before.
It would have been, honestly, inmy younger days.
It would have been aboutdrinking and going to the bars
and going gambling or going todeadwood or doing something like
that and, um, you know, now itwas completely like okay, what,
what can we do?
Speaker 1 (32:15):
outside.
What can we go?
Speaker 2 (32:15):
visit things like that.
So it's just a whole nother.
It's all.
I'm a grown-up now yeah, yeah,right it's like an adult thing
to do yeah, absolutely, that'sawesome.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
I do want to like dive in a little bit, though.
You said poland and turkey.
When, when did you go there?
Speaker 2 (32:28):
so my ex-husband is was from poland.
He was born in poland okay, sohe still had no this yeah, so he
still had family there hasstill has family, so like his
grandparents and stuff, and hespoke fluent polish okay so we
went to poland a couple timesyou learned how to speak polish
I tried, it wasn't.
It's not an easy language tolearn I don't know any other
language and I was, you know I.
(32:49):
I think it learned from a baby,not when you're yeah, when
you're 30 years old but, um.
So I went to poland a coupletimes, which was very
interesting.
It's very beautiful there yeah,I bet um and then I have a
friend from omaha that was fromturkey, okay, and she went back
every year.
She isn't um, she actually is.
She just got a really good job.
She was at Georgia Tech and nowshe's going to Clemson, I think
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.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
And she's like the head.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
She's like the Dean of Engineering.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Oh cool, she's really important.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but anyway, so I went back with her
.
She goes back every year andthey go.
She has an archaeological digthat they continue to work on
every year, so somebody guardsit during the time they're not
digging, and then she takes aclass from the college every
summer and they go work on thisdig.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
In Turkey.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
In Turkey, oh wow, and so I went with her and I
didn't go on the dig, but I mether.
How long ago did you go there?
2010 was the last time I wentbut she goes every year, so I
could go.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Do you think you'd go back Like?
Do you foresee in your futuregoing back to Turkey or Poland,
for that matter?
Not probably.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
Poland, not Poland.
I don't think I have thosememories in the past.
Leave those memories in thepast.
My ex-in-laws, no, I mean, it'sa beautiful country, yeah, but
Turkey I definitely would.
Yeah, we were very short so wewent to on time, so we went to
Istanbul.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:00):
Which is absolutely beautiful.
Yeah, didn't know it's.
There's a bridge between twocontinents, so you're right, on
two continents I did not knowthat um me and geography in
europe.
I know, I didn't know thateither horrible um and so, but
we had to see the city in oneday and it's absolutely, I mean,
like we don't have stuff likethat here that's that old and
yeah um, but anyway, so I woulddefinitely go back.
(34:20):
We were so rushed and we stayedat a resort on the caribbean
yeah, and do you think ch Chadwould go with you to Turkey?
Speaker 1 (34:26):
I don't think Chad would be invited.
Sorry, chad, sorry buddy.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
Yeah, sorry he is, but not.
I mean we both like, if I'mgone for like 10 days, like
that's the max, I'm not the besttraveler, sure I'm kind of a
homebody.
But I don't.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
he probably would enjoy it, Sure, but it would be
more meaningful, I think, to mejust because it's my friend and
where she's from and stuff likethat.
So you would probably go backthere with your friend, not
really foresee going therewithout her.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Not without her no.
And it's nice to have herbecause they lost my luggage.
There's only one flight fromChicago to Turkey every day, so
I had to wait 24 hours.
And it was very beneficial forher to speak Polish or Turkish
because, I didn't, so I think Iwould go back with her.
Yeah, chad and I talked aboutit.
We're not.
We're just not big, hugetravelers.
So, although it would be greatto see all these places, yep,
(35:19):
overseas.
Realistically, not realistically, I do have a friend in Canada
that lives in Australia and Iwould go with her.
That would be awesome.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I just I think Chad, that's just a long trip.
Yeah, super long, yeah Likeseven, 10 days, that's like my
max.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yeah Well, that's cool.
So kind of reeling it back intofitness and Fit Body.
What would you say is like yourfavorite part about being a
coach at Fit Body?
Speaker 2 (35:50):
I think, just being able to build people's
confidence.
So I was I was going to saylike to be a part of the
experience, but the way that Iwould say that is, when we
talked at the beginning aboutthat uneasy feeling, or I myself
like, um, when I was coming upwith my why a long time ago, it
was like think of all thesewords that you know, that mean
something to you.
And confidence was one of them.
Yeah, and that one stuck out tome because I've never been a
(36:14):
confident person Like I justhave never my husband, naturally
confident.
I am so not.
And so I've been.
I've struggled with that a lotof my life, where I I don't have
that confidence and I don'tthink I can do things.
And so, like the Murph was theperfect example, like I mean,
(36:34):
like it was almost emotional,like watching people that never
thought they could do a pull-upand doing pull-ups with bands,
and they just didn't even thinkthey could.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
I actually don't know if you've seen it, but I got
some footage back from ourvideographer.
I haven't shared with the teamyet, but I was looking at some
of it and um, and it might evenbe in the one video that we
posted, but there's a small clipwhere you're there and you're
helping do pull-ups and, um,you're like counting them uh,
eight, nine, and you could justsee the smile in your face
because it is, and I can relateto well two things that you just
(37:04):
said.
Number one I can also relate tonot having a ton of confidence
and still to this day, likedaily working on my confidence.
But then, number two, justbeing part of that journey and
helping others achieve somethinglike that and getting emotional
about it, but like being ableto be there and just you're
holding on to like their calves,their knees, and you're just
there's a little bit of extrasupport, a little bit of extra
(37:26):
to help them get those pull upsin, and it's such an
accomplishing feeling to be partof that.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
And I think, just to be able to, you know, like we
talked about having a safe placeto work out and having a fun
place to work out, and you know,so, being able to bring the
energy and and making peoplefeel comfortable and feeling
that they can do things andcelebrating them.
You know, even if they, youknow, if they say, well, I can't
do a push-up, can you do one onyour knees, can you do one on
the wall?
There you go and just helpingpeople see themselves how I see
(37:58):
them.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Like that's important to me, because I know there are
still people, especially with aconfidence thing, that look at
me and they see me differentthan I see myself, and so for me
to try to be able to helppeople see how amazing and
strong and wonderful andbeautiful they are, like this is
the perfect way for me to beable to do that, because I I'm
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in their lives daily and youknow, no matter how confident
they are, there's a new exerciseor there's a new personal
record or something else thatthey want to try and just to be
able to, like I said, I knowpeople were that for me when
people didn't believe in me, orwhen I didn't believe in me and
people believed in me and toldme, yes, you can do this, yes,
(38:41):
you know you will get there.
I know it's day one, but you'llget there, like.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
So for me to be able to be a part of that for someone
else is just huge and I canactually remember sitting and
normally I don't really have alot to do with like the
interview process.
I remember, but I can rememberkind of sitting there with you
during that and until that pointyou had worked kind of in a
similar industry but mainlyworked in more basically
corporate America type jobs, andin that ability to be there for
(39:10):
someone like that you didn'thave that and so I can
definitely see, since you'vebeen with us at Fit Body, that
is something that continues tohave you shine, continues to
have you putting in the earlymornings and then the next week
the late evenings and havingthat kind of schedule.
That sucks, if we're beinghonest.
Right, having a coach'sschedule isn't the best.
We have to be working whenothers are not so that they can
(39:33):
come work out.
Right, but being there forothers in that way it's
something that you know keeps megoing.
I can see that it keeps yougoing, yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Super cool.
You made me cry in theinterview.
I do remember that I was like,oh my gosh, I don't know why I'm
getting so emotional yeah, andthat we were talking about the
Spartan race for that one whereI got to be a part of that and
there was like 150 women thatcompleted a Spartan and you know
, and some all fitness levels,yeah, you know some that
couldn't barely walk a mile.
(40:03):
it's some that could run and and, just to be able to see, I mean
, like some of them would cry.
They were so proud ofthemselves and they went into it
thinking there's no way I couldever do this.
And so just to be able to helppeople see themselves like that
it's.
It fills my cup.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
It's just it's.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
There's nothing like it.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
Yeah, what would you say is something that you kind
of look forward to, um, as wecontinue progressing with
FitBody and kind of like lookingat FitBody, where we're at,
where we're trying to go, whatwe're trying to do.
What is something that you'relooking forward to as we look
kind of into the future with ourcareers and FitBody and what we
do for others?
Speaker 2 (40:42):
I think, just to be able to you know, like as be,
even being the clientcoordinator.
So like, coaching is awesomeand I love it, but I've learned
more about people and gotten toknow people even more by being
the client coordinator.
So, I feel like being in thatrole where, as we grow,
continuing to know every personindividually.
(41:05):
So no matter how big we getit's that we don't ever lose
sight of that, and we, theclient is the whole reason we're
doing this and not just.
You know somebody will, and youknow there are times like today.
There was somebody that was inthe 815 that I didn't know,
which is rare, but I, you know,I introduced myself and I said
I'm sorry I haven't met you yet.
And you know I mean, and I saidI'm sorry, I haven't met you
(41:26):
yet and it's going to happensometimes, but I just coming
from corporate America wherethey don't care who you are I
mean as?
long as you come in and youanswer the phone or you do what
you're supposed to do, nobodyreally knows who you are and
doesn't care.
So I think that is a fun, safe,encouraging place to work out.
I think that is important andyou know, I'm just so excited to
(42:01):
be a part of it and, whereverwe go, I'm just excited to be a
part of it and I would love thatto be expanded.
Like I said I, we talked aboutthis.
Like you can get on the mic andyou can be a coach and you can
inspire people, but that'sthat's not your whole job.
Like you know, anybody couldcome in and pretend enough to
(42:23):
get through a 30 minute sessionand just get on the mic and say
the right things.
Enough to get through a 30minute session and just get on
the mic and say the right things.
But to be able to have theopportunity outside of that role
to be involved with members andyou know family Friday, you
know fun days and the outingsthat we do and things like the
MRF, where you truly get to knowpeople on the individual level
(42:46):
and see a different side ofpeople that's what I would love
to be part of.
You know, and like Vicki talkedabout the other day, you know,
like never forgetting thatpeople aren't just people.
Like they're not just clients.
Speaker 1 (42:56):
Like we care about every person that walks in our
doors, everybody has their ownstory, everybody's going through
something we don't know about,and the cool thing is is in the
role that you're in, you get tolearn about those things.
I do know about Exactly, andthe cool thing is is, in the
role that you're in, you get tolearn about those things and
then you get to walk side byside with them and walk through
those with them.
Speaker 2 (43:12):
And you know, just even from life experience like,
um, you know, you know most ofmy, my struggles and my
addiction and things like thatin my life and I've had so many
jobs where nobody's ever evenknown that about me and that's
like the biggest part of who Iam and who brought me to who I
am today is what I've gonethrough and I've shared that
with more people here than I'veever shared at any job, just
(43:34):
because I know that if it willhelp someone else even if it's
my fitness journey not notanything else about recover or
anything like that but I'm in aplace where I can share that.
And you know it isn't justsitting down next to somebody at
a corporate world, you know jobthat you don't know the first
thing about them, or you know,or they go to the bar after work
(43:55):
and that's the only way youknow somebody.
So I just can't ever imagineeven going back to that because
it's so different.
Speaker 1 (44:03):
It is very different and I tell the team this I don't
enjoy working but we have toright, and so the fact that we
get to do this as work andovercoming obstacles whether
they're health and fitnessrelated obstacles or just
obstacles in general is such acrucial part to becoming that
version of ourselves that we allso badly desire to be.
Speaker 2 (44:24):
And being able to share that with people, if they,
they, you know, if somebodycame up to me and said like well
, you know, you're a coach,you've probably always been fit,
and it's like no actually Ihaven't come sit with me, friend
and I still struggle.
I, you know I still havestruggles every day and you know
I like we just talked aboutexcuses, and I mean it's a
constant, it's a I constantlyhave to work on myself and I
(44:48):
constantly want to be better.
You know I, I'm not OK to justgo in and do my job and go home
and not be affected by it andnot be able to share experience
with people that if I think itwill help them.
Speaker 1 (44:59):
Yeah, absolutely so, as we kind of wrap up our time
together, which I do think wecould like keep talking.
Speaker 2 (45:04):
It's been awesome together yeah.
Speaker 1 (45:05):
Oh, I know we were Michigan.
Think we could like keeptalking.
Um, it's been awesome together.
Yeah, oh, I know when we werein Michigan we had how long was
that drive 14 hours, Like wejust talked the whole way.
Um, but what is something?
Someone's watching listening.
Maybe they're thinking aboutstarting their health and
fitness journey, Like what wouldbe a tip that you could give
them today that they could kindof take action on to help moving
them in the right direction?
Speaker 2 (45:22):
Sure, Um, I would say don't be afraid to take that
first step.
Yeah, you know, even if it'sgoing to be going for walks
outside and maybe you're notready to walk into a gym, find
what brings you joy, yep, andwhat brings you a peace or a
sense of value and peace, andjust know that you're worth it
(45:45):
for a long time, and I hear thisfrom other people.
You know, when I reach out topeople and say, hey, I haven't
seen you for a couple of weeks,what's?
Speaker 1 (45:50):
going on.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
And they're like oh, I started putting everybody else
first.
Yeah, you know, I think notnothing against guys, but I
think, as females especially, weseem to do that so much.
Absolutely Everybody else ismore important, and I think
realizing your value andrealizing that you are worth it,
(46:11):
first of all, um, because youhave to want to invest in
yourself and you have to thinkthat you're worth investing in,
and I can tell you right nowthat you are.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (46:19):
Um, I think that's the biggest hurdle.
And then the second one isactually walking in the front
door and you know, making thatphone call, picking up that
heavy phone, which doesn't makesense anymore because we have
cell phones, but you know that10-mile phone, you know and
making that call or sending thatemail and saying, hey, I'm
interested.
Like that's a scary thing to do.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
It's super scary.
Speaker 2 (46:39):
I would say you wouldn't.
You'll never regret it.
Like putting yourself first andmaking yourself a priority is
never going to be something thatyou'll regret.
Speaker 1 (46:50):
I love it.
That is amazing advice and ifyou would like to take more
action on that advice, you canfind a link kind of down in the
description of this video.
Or if you just go to605fitbodycom, you can either
claim a free week or we have anew trial program going on that
you can click on and that youcan partake in, and with Jill
(47:11):
being our amazing clientcoordinator at the central
location.
If you come to the centrallocation, jill will lock arms
with you and be on that journeywith you.
But thank you so much fortaking the time to be with us,
jill.
Thank you for taking time to behere.
This has been awesome.
Jill, thank you for taking timeto be here.
This has been awesome.
I'm assuming that kind of thismeet the coaches series will be
(47:32):
quite a lot of fun for ourclients and just for those that
kind of know a little bit aboutus but want to know more about
us.
We'll probably have to do ameet the coaches too, where we
kind of come back down the road.
But, jill, thank you so much toeveryone else watching,
listening.
Go out and be that amazingperson that you are today and do
us a huge favor like, subscribeand share this episode, because
fit and healthy Sioux Fallswould not be here without you.
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Have an awesome day, you guys.
What is going on, my friends, Welcome to the next
episode of the Fit and HealthySioux Falls Show.
We have some fun planned foryou today as we dive into
another episode of Meet theCoach with our client
coordinator of our centrallocation, who I tell you what,
without her organizationalskills and without her making
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sure we're all staying on trackI don't know, but all of our
energetic, off the wall typeideas it might just throw our
business into a whirlwind.
Let's thank the good Lord forour friend and guest today,
Coach Jill.
Let's dive in to today'sepisode.
Well, Jill, welcome to the show.
(01:03):
Thank you, man.
This is fun.
So we've recorded Ryan's andJason's.
Now we get to sit and have somechat with you, and it's been
awesome because I've been ableto actually learn stuff about
both of them that I didn't evenknow.
And I think what's so fun aboutthis is our clients.
Right, we're a 30-minute gym,so they come in 30 minutes and
all the attention is on them.
(01:24):
Right, we're a 30 minute gym,so they come in 30 minutes and
all the attention is on them,which it should be Right.
But this is cool because itkind of gives everybody watching
or listening kind of an insidelook to our lives, right?
So what I want to first startout with, jill, is number one
like, what is your role here atFit Body?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Sure, so I am the client coordinator.
Yes, I'm also a coach, yep, sopart of my time I'm coaching on
the floor, or I'm the floorcoach.
I'm also the client coordinator, which means I'm very focused
on the trials, the people comingin for the first time, walking
them through that process, justmaking sure they have the best
(02:02):
experience possible up untilthey decide to join us as a
member.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, cause joining a gym can be and it was for me
back in the day as well it canbe a very intimidating thing.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Have you ever experienced like I think they
they coin it gym intimidationlike gym intimidation?
Have you ever like experiencedthat yeah, absolutely yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
A couple of different times, a couple of different
places that I've gone, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
And you just you don't know what to expect and
you walk in.
You feel a lot of place.
So how important is it to wellFitBody?
But then, obviously, with youbeing the client coordinator,
how important is it that we, youknow, are really giving those
coming in for the first time agreat experience.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I think it's huge.
Just based on past experience,you know walking in and being
intimidated and no oneintroducing themselves, no one
kind of taking you under theirwing.
You know, so to speak, to helpyou understand or like hey, I'll
be your buddy, I'll walk youthrough, you know.
So I feel like in my role Imake sure that that happens.
One, I reach out before theyeven start in most cases and
(03:07):
just say hey, just so you have aname, I may not be there at
your first session, but just soyou have a name to connect with,
I'm going to walk you throughthis process.
Here's what you can expect onyour first visit and then
obviously it's communicatingwith the team.
I mean, we all know who iscoming in for their first time
and we all know who is coming infor their first time.
We I feel like we do a reallygood job making sure that that
(03:27):
doesn't happen, that people havethat best experience.
They don't walk in and feellike they're not welcome, they
don't feel like intimidated,that they're not going to be
good enough, that you know.
A lot of people that arestarting haven't been working
out for quite a while.
And I think that's one of thebiggest fears is I don't know if
I'm going to be able to do it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
And so it's really walking them, you know, letting
them know what to expect,walking them through.
But then, when they get here,taking the time to say more than
just our normal walkthrough,saying here are the exercises
for today, but here are someways that you can, you know,
adjust it and wait, and notmaking them wait until the
warmup to actually see thatthere are ways they can adjust
(04:05):
Um, just letting them andletting them know and convincing
them that we're going to meetyou where you're at.
This is.
You are going to love it here.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Cause everybody starts at a different point,
absolutely, and that's one thingthat really I have enjoyed
about FitBody is, um, weliterally do have every fitness
level, every size, every shape,every ability, and it's fun to
see them all working together ina group setting, because that
can be intimidating, like thegym itself is already
(04:33):
intimidating, and then to add,like the group aspect of it.
And so you're there, alreadyreaching out, making sure that
they know, hey, I might not bethere, but I'm Jill, I'm going
to help you out with this trial.
Sure that they know, hey, Imight not be there, but I'm Jill
, I'm going to help you out withthis trial.
And uh, and then, after theirfirst workout, we also then
always do like a first workoutcall.
So why don't you explain alittle bit what?
What is the first workout calland why?
(04:53):
Why do we do it?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Sure.
So I think it's reallyimportant.
Sometimes, if I do happen to behere, I, you know, give them
great job, nice job, awesome job, here's what to expect.
But then I also reach out and Icall them.
Well, if they work out in themorning, I'll call them that
afternoon and say, hey, how areyou feeling?
If it's a night workout, I'llreach out the next morning.
Sure, just to reiterate, it'scommon that your muscles, you're
going to be feeling it.
(05:15):
You might be a little bit sore,it's okay.
Don't feel that you can do tocombat, combat that, but it's
absolutely normal.
Um, you know you're workingsome muscles that you may not
have worked for a while andthey're just letting you know
that you worked them hard andthat's good.
This is to be expected here.
Here are some things you can doto combat that really.
(05:37):
Also just encouraging them like, hey, that might've been the
roughest day that you've had,but it's going to get better
from here.
Like, I know your body'syelling at you, but keep moving.
The best thing you can do iscome back, keep moving those
muscles.
Also, just asking them aboutthe experience so that if, for
some reason, they did feelconfused or they weren't sure
what to do, they didn'tunderstand the format, getting
(05:58):
that feedback from them rightaway so that we can make the
next experience when they comein even better.
Or, you know, fix whatever.
Maybe they didn't understand.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Because, as good as we want to believe that we are,
at the end of the day we'rehuman and so at the end of the
day we can have the best intent,the best process, but then
something goes wrong and nextthing you know we dropped a ball
in some area.
And so getting that feedbackfrom them right away and then
correcting anything that maybedidn't go to their likeness or
(06:27):
their standard, I mean, and it'sa lot like they're coming in on
their first day and they'relearning.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
They're just hearing a lot of information.
So it's.
I mean, I was at the noonsession today and that was
tenured people and they're not.
They didn't listen to thewarmup and they still didn't
know how to do the exercise.
So it's just a lot ofinformation coming at them so
it's just reiterating that tothem.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
And yeah, making sure that, hey, we're there with you
every step of the way, becauseeverybody's steps are different,
absolutely.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
I love that.
I'd like to dive into a littlebit too and this has been fun as
I've been talking with some ofthe coaches when did like health
and fitness or the wantingnessto embark on your own health and
fitness journey, when did thatkind of start in your life for
you Around, what year was that?
And, like, where were you atwith your health and fitness?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Sure, Like a lot of people say, like I was always an
athlete, Like I really wasn'tthat much of an athlete.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I tried to be Sure.
Did you play sports?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
I attempted.
Okay, I played tennis when, Iwas younger and then, but like
in high school, I was ingymnastics.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Which is a sport.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
It's a tough sport.
I was not the greatest at it,but I mean so I was always doing
something.
Yeah, I just wasn't like.
My husband is like thesuperstar athlete.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I was not that person .
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah.
So I mean, I think, as I wasgetting older because you know
we all go through that where wegain 10, we lose 10, we gain 10,
we lose 10.
I mean that's just life, and Ithink, as I got older and my
metabolism, I think, startedslowing down a little bit, you
know, and for a while I was notleading a very healthy lifestyle
.
Sure, you know.
(08:00):
So once I quit drinking alcoholand working out a little bit
more than it was, I think it'sjust I got to a point where I
wasn't losing those 20 pounds.
This time, Like.
I've always rebounded back and Ijust I just couldn't rebound
back and I feel like maybe themaybe in my 40s, maybe in my mid
30s, I was still on track, kindof going back and forth a
(08:23):
little bit, but then once I hit40, I actually quit drinking
around that time and then I, andthen I was healthy for a while.
But I moved here from Omaha andI think that I got very
comfortable.
Um and I was out of my routine.
I had um belonged to a gym.
I had friends that I worked outwith there, we, you know, we
went for walks around the lake,we went to the gym, and I didn't
have that when I first movedhere.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
That was in Omaha.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
That was in Omaha, so when I first moved here.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
What year did you move to Sioux Falls?
Speaker 2 (08:48):
I moved here in 2016.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Okay, this is so wild .
So I've I've done Jason's andRyan's, and now we're shooting
yours.
Um, and this probably isn't the2016 wasn't the year that you
started, but 2016 was both Ryanand Jason's year that they
started focusing on their healthand fitness.
That's a big year.
And then 2016 happened to be ayear for you, and I was talking
with them later and I told them.
(09:11):
I said, well, man, I opened FitBody in 2015.
All of you guys must havesubconsciously known like, hey,
it's 2016.
We better start doing something, because eventually we're going
to be working at this gym thatjust opened.
He's going to need us.
He's going to need us.
He's going to need us.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
So you move here, yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
So I mean, I feel like I kind of got out of a
routine, didn't have thatsupport.
So it was maybe a couple ofyears where I wasn't.
I kind of got off track.
And then I think in like 2018,I started doing an app that I
saw online Yep, it was allvirtual, but it was just
(09:47):
basically like tracking yourfood but you could also watch
videos.
They had recipes, things likethat.
So I started doing that and Idid have good progress, but then
it's just me holding meaccountable and I don't do the
best with that yeah um, I, Ireally like when I have more um,
I wouldn't say competition,like friendly competition, or
when people hold me accountable.
Yeah, um, so I, I did that for alittle while and then I got to
a point I think it was probablymaybe 2019 or 20 where I I
(10:12):
joined a coaching community andI had a one-on-one coach but
also community, and that wasstill virtual as well, and I did
awesome, like at first, youknow, I was just like, but then
as soon as I don't have thataccountability, I would I
struggle.
So I had a lot of progress andI would feel I feel like I've
been close to maintaining I'mnot.
I'm maybe 10 pounds, 15, whereI was at my best, I would say my
(10:36):
most healthy.
But I started working out at agym and I did really well
because I was working out withmy husband and it was very close
to home, it was very convenientand it
kept me going and I probablywent to the gym more in that
time than I've ever gone in mywhole entire life.
But then it just got to thispoint where the culture was not
(10:58):
a good fit for me and I didn'twant to go anymore, like.
So that's when I reallyrealized one, it helps me to be
accountable when other peopleare encouraging me and wanting
to see me succeed and they'relike-minded Yep.
And two, I need to besurrounded by a community of
people and I need to have a funenvironment where I feel like I
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matter there.
Yeah, and I don't feel like Iwas getting that.
So that's when I came toFitBuddy Yep, I came first to do
a trial.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
And what year was that?
Roughly, that was like 2020,was that?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
like 2022, 2023?
.
It was, it was 23.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, it was early, though, like January.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Cause.
Then I did the Spartan inFebruary after that.
Yep.
And then I came back, I thinklike in June or something, after
the Spartan.
So I was a member for not areal long time before I applied
to become a coach.
But I knew immediately likethis was the environment that I
was looking for.
Like I said, I did the workoutsbut I wasn't feeling motivated
(12:02):
to do it.
I only went because my husbandwas going and you know he would
hold me accountable, but then Ididn't enjoy the experience.
So I love being here becauseit's something I look forward to
doing.
I know the workouts are alwaysgoing to be fun.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
There's always going to be people that I want to see,
that are going to make me laugh, that are going to make me
smile, and I do better in thattype of environment than just
going at home and doing weights,and what's cool is like you and
I didn't plan this, but we bothhappened to work out at the
same time today, right, and wehad Coach Carly on the mic and
there's always just some type ofI would say outside of the norm
(12:34):
banter that happens among thecoaches and among the clients
during that session, and it justso happened that today's was an
AMRAP, which was six minutes ateach station, right, and coach
carly had more than enough timeto just sit there and talk about
whatever she wanted and she did, and she did and and throughout
that workout, we ended up kindof really having some fun with
(12:56):
her and then even saying like,hey, we'll pay you to stop
talking, and and just that.
You don't get that via online.
No, you don't get that viavirtual.
Right, and that is onlysomething that a live, in-person
group environment can offer,right, and it does.
It just keeps you going.
I remember we left there smileson our face, you know, feeling
(13:18):
accomplished, feeling proud ofourselves for doing that workout
, sweat dripping, yeah, and thatis what it's all about.
And every different fitnesslevel doing it together, yeah,
right, so I love that.
So 2020 is when you really kindof 2018, you decided, hey, I
needed to start doing somethingmore.
You joined that coachingcommunity.
2020, you start joining a gym.
(13:39):
You're doing with your husband.
You know how important andmaybe even how do you and your
husband, you know, incorporatethe healthy lifestyle as a
married couple and you guysdon't have kids.
Chad does, right, he's astepson.
A stepson, okay, but none ofthat.
Live at the house, right?
(14:00):
So it's you and him.
But you've got dogs, yes, andthose are like your children,
right?
Yes, how many dogs?
Two, two.
What are their names?
Again, you've got dogs?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
Yes, and those are like your children, right?
Yes, how many dogs?
Two, two.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
What are their names again Jake and Josie.
Yes, two Basset hounds.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Didn't Jake just have a birthday?
He did just have a birthday.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
He just turned five.
Oh, my goodness, and how old is.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Josie.
Josie will be yes.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
So they are brother and sister.
They're just a year apart.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Um, yeah, so it's a lot of fun.
They keep us uh, they're veryspoiled, but they keep us very
busy and we just got newfurniture and we had to clean
the old night.
Told Chad, I said this is whywe're not getting dogs anymore
(14:51):
but it's fun, I mean they,they're, they are little kids,
they're very spoiled spoiled.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
I, I, uh, I know about a month, maybe two months
ago, uh, you were going througha hassle trying to get a new
door doggy door, doggy door, um,and I remember that was
throwing you for a whirlwind.
Yeah, um, but to the point thatthese dogs are spoiled.
But you also want to make surethat they get their activity
because, yes, your health andyour fitness, just for you and
Chad, also bleeds into yourdoggies.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
It really does.
And you know, and I told Chadthe other day, cause I had to
run home, cause it was storming,and I'm like if it, if the door
blows open, you know.
So I ran home and I said, man,I wonder how many miles I've put
on my car just going back andforth.
And that's partly why it's likewhen I'm here, I want to be
focused and I don't want to belike, ok, I know I have 30
minutes, but I'm going to runhome and check on my dogs, go
there for four minutes and comeback, and it's just silly.
(15:29):
So they do need to go outduring the day.
But that just gives me peace ofmind.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
So yes, they're very spoiled, but what does Chad do
in the winter when it snows?
And we?
I do know the answer.
I'm leading the witness here.
They are, they're lowriders, sothey don't do well like
stomping through the snow.
So what does Chad do for them?
Speaker 2 (15:50):
So first of all, chad made them little ramps, because
the doggy door is in the glasspatio door and they can't get to
the ramp or the door without aramp.
So we have steps on the insideand he made little steps on the
outside.
Go, chad, and you know, likethe first winter we did the you
know obligatory, like shoveled alittle circle and now chad goes
(16:12):
in the back and he snowblows.
Yeah little pat, and like notjust a little area, like paths,
like a race track, so that theyhave?
Speaker 1 (16:19):
does he like, almost do like, um, like a maze where
like?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
some.
Some ends are dead end and theyhave to turn around like that's
a good idea for next year, okay, so 2024 winter um chad.
Your job, buddy is to makethese dogs.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, chad, not jill chad make these dogs a maze
where only certain paths lead tothe start and others, yes, stop
.
But that's fun.
So you and Chad, though,incorporating health and fitness
, it sounds like you guys haveboth done it together now for a
while Chad has been superconsistent.
(16:55):
You have been consistent makingsure that whatever gym you're
at or virtual program, you'redoing that.
You're continually doingsomething, so how do you guys
find the time to fit it in?
Speaker 2 (17:08):
How do you do that?
I feel like I mean, it'sdefinitely more fun when we can
work out together, but some daysI work at nights and he works
out when I'm working, and when Ifirst moved to Sioux Falls with
him in 2018, oh, so manyrestaurants.
Like we lived in a very smalltown before we came here, and so
once we moved to Sioux Falls,we kind of went crazy at first
(17:30):
and we ate out all the time andwe both got to a point where,
like, oh, we just got to stop.
And I actually joined a gymfirst and he came with me the
first day and, like many of ourclients, he was like I'm never
doing that again.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
And then he was like man, I used to be an athlete, I
used to be able to do this stuff, and so now I feel like it's
very much a habit, like we feelit's just part of our routine.
We have to make sure that it's apart of our routine, like if
one of us, if we don't work outfor a day or two, like it's just
something's off, and so youknow being able to talk about,
(18:04):
well, what was your workout liketoday?
What was mine?
Oh, I did this instead of thisand um, you know.
So now we're on this trackwhere we do plan our meals.
We're not perfect.
The other night he was like Ithink Qdoba sounds really good.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
And I don't know when Qdoba doesn't sound good, I'm
going to just throw that outthere.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
That's true, that's true, um, you know.
So he just gives me this looklike, so what?
Are we having for suppertonight.
And as soon as he says that, Iknow, but I mean we used to
literally go out to eat likemany times a week, and now we,
you know we're at this pointwhere we're putting in all this
hard work we love working out.
We, we spend the time and wecommit to doing it.
What's the point of ruining itwith not following our nutrition
(18:44):
.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
So, and you've been doing really well, um, because
at fit body, we have a fit bodynutrition app.
Yeah, and you've been doingreally well, um, staying
consistent.
And we we have green rings.
Right, why don't you tell maybeanyone that doesn't know what?
What's a green ring like?
What is that?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
sure, so the we focus on the grams of protein, carbs
and fats that we eat per day.
Ideally, if you're eating eachof those within what is
recommended for you to eitherlose weight or maintain weight,
you get a green circle within somany.
So so like, for example, if I'msupposed to have 120 grams of
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protein and I get 118, I'm stillgoing to have a green circle.
So, it's, you know, like peoplewith their Apple watch and
closing the ring.
It's kind of like that.
So it's a very good.
If you're a visual person andyou're very competitive with
yourself and you need to, youfeel very accomplished by
getting those green rings.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, because otherwise they're not green,
right, right.
So if you hit, green they'reeither blue or red, yep.
So blue means you didn't eatenough Right, and red means you
ate too much Right, yep.
So the goal is three greenrings every day and carbs, fats
and proteins.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
I don't get three green rings every single day.
I get pretty close like I eat alot of the same things, so that
that's beneficial.
Um, but I'm also Vicky.
Also challenged me to track for100 days straight yeah, so.
I'm on day about 42 yeah um, soI've tracked every day.
Even if we went to Qdoba, Istill tracked it because, that's
(20:13):
reality.
Um, because what I find is, ifI, if I say, well, I'm going to
Qdoba, I can't really track that.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Then I just eat whatever I want that day because
I'm like I'm not going to getthe green circle anyway, so I
might as well just eateverything, sure.
So I have to be verydisciplined with that, and
tracking every day is veryhelpful for me, even if I don't
get the circle.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
But yes, the goal is always to get the green circles
and that makes me feel prettygood I feel like so many times
in the fitness industry and inlosing weight and I actually did
a podcast on this a while agobut about like ditching the all
or nothing mentality because tothat point, if I can't track all
of it and get a green ringevery day, well then I won't
track anything.
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That's all or nothing, and weknow that that's not going to
help us.
Even tracking as much as youcan or to the best of your
ability is going to be a better,right idea and provide a better
outcome than just throwing itto the wayside and say whatever
you what.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I want today that's something that I really really
struggled with, and this, thechallenge of tracking for a
hundred days, is really helpingwith that, because I'm I'm very
black and white with a lot ofthings, I'm very all or nothing,
um, but I also then that setsme up, because I set
expectations for myself that arenot realistic and that I can't
possibly achieve.
(21:29):
Yeah, um, like if I would thinkI could get a hundred green
circle, you know green circlesfor a hundred days it's just not
reality and it's not going tohappen.
I mean, I guess it could, but Iknow myself and I know I have to
be able to commit to somethingand that's where the little wins
come in.
I know we talked about this iskind of going off topic, but I
(21:52):
know we talked about making ourbed and that one day we joked
with Jensen and he said but didyou, was your goal to make your
bed?
And he said no, because I saidI always make my bed, because
that's at least one thing I cansay oh, I made my bed today.
I have nothing else.
You know, maybe I didn't getall my water in or maybe I
didn't get all my protein in,but I made my bed.
Like.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
I'm starting the day with a win.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Exactly, and I feel like um with the all or nothing.
It's like I didn't get thecircle so I did nothing.
Right today.
So, there always have to be, inmy opinion, some small wins.
So I also set my water goallike in my head low so that, no
matter how bad my day is, if Ican say I had, let's say, 32
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ounces of water, which isn'tenough, but it's better than
none, I always have some goalsthat I set low so that I always
have a win every single day.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
And I think that that's really important to kind
of stop for a second andhighlight, because I feel that
if you watch the TikTokInstagram Facebook, you know
famous people.
There's a way to do it and it'stheir way Right, and the truth
of it is is that every singleone of us are our own person and
(22:58):
we have what works for us Right.
Someone out there might belistening and say you set your
water goal low at 32 ounces,Like that's not the way to do it
.
But if that works for you, thenwho is that person to say that
that's not the way to do it?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
And I, to be clear, like I drink more than 32.
Yeah, but one.
Now I feel like, oh, I justkicked that goal because I got
way more than I.
You know, I make sure that Iget at least half my body weight
.
But I know that if there's aday where I'm sick and I'm
laying on the couch and I can'teven hardly move, I can at least
do 32 ounces.
So, no matter what, even if Ididn't eat that day or I was
(23:36):
feeling bad so I didn't eat theright things, I can always at
least have that one.
So I do drink more than that,right.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
But that's just one of the wins, exactly, I just
have to have some.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Like, for example, I usually get 15,000 to 20,000
steps easily just because of myjob.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
So my goal is like 8,000 steps a day.
Yep, like that's pretty easyfor me to hit, but internally my
goal is higher.
But at least I know that I cansay okay, I got that.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
And again it gets me on that streak.
And that's the crazy thing,because when you're working 15
to 20, no problem, right, butthen a Saturday or a Sunday come
around.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I have to push for it sometimes.
You have to push it forsometimes because 8,000 is still
a lot of steps.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Exactly, and that's just it, because we're looking
at doing something thatprogresses you forward for an
extended period of time,consistently, exactly, and
because that's how you achievesuccess.
So many people are the all ornothing for a short time, and
the truth of it is, and that'swhy a lot of different gyms or
programs they do these shortchallenges and it is all in, and
(24:41):
that's great, because sometimeswe need that kickstart, that
kick in the butt to get us going.
But we need something that wecan do for a consistent long
period of time, because that'show we're going to find
sustained success.
Your health and fitness andkind of where you're at, where
would you say, is kind of thenext goal that you want to
(25:02):
achieve with your health andfitness or something that would
really make you proud as itpertains to kind of your health
and fitness, sure.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
The 100 days is a huge goal of being able to track
and you said you're 42-ish Iknow, july 31st is the last day.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
I already got my 30-day badge of honor that I did
that so.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
I know, I think when I counted it out, July 31st.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
And that's so in my head.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm like ooh, what did I all have in July?
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yeah, so this episode will actually be coming out
like early August.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
So I'll have already crushed it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Heck, yeah.
So now, when people see thatlike they can be asking like
Jill, did you do it?
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yes, and obviously biggest goal is to focus on
increasing my muscle.
I've been, you know, I've had abum knee for a little bit, and
so I think it's really easy forme to use that as an excuse,
(25:54):
yeah, and so I think I've beenkind of doing that and saying,
well, I really can't do a lotwith my legs right now, or
whatever.
So then there were days wherethe all or nothing well, if I
can't get it, if I can't do thatin the workout, why even go?
And I don't know if it was youor if it was, I think it was
Vicki that said if a client cameto you and said I can't do this
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exercise, you know, if I cometo the workout today, I can't do
three of the exercises.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
So why even come yeah ?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
And she said and what would you say to them?
And I'd say I would still tellthem to come.
And so that was kind of.
You know, I got off my littlepity pot and I was like, yep,
that's exactly what I need to do, and so I would think I was
using that as an excuse.
And I've there have been timesin my life where I was a lot, I
had a lot more muscle mass, andso I think right now that's my
goal.
You and I have talked aboutthat as far as lifting a little
(26:41):
bit more weight.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Um, I we just rearranged my house this weekend
, where I moved my weightsupstairs.
So they're like right there andit's.
I don't have to like go downthere, but they're like right
there.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
And that's important too, and I think that people
watching or listening could eventake that away as a tip is like
life is full of obstacles.
So if we can take any obstaclesthat we have control over and
eliminate them you know for youand maybe it was an obstacle you
didn't see the weights, theyweren't easily accessible, you
had to go downstairs into aseparate space.
Well, now they're right there,ready to go, Like that is
(27:13):
eliminating obstacles so thatit's more convenient.
So we need to do what we can toset our lives up for success.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
And I think we, you know, like I know myself, I
might be able to fool myself inmy head sometimes, but I know
myself better than anybody.
Like I know what excuses I'mgoing to come up with.
I know what I'm, you know, Iknow what I'm going to say as to
a reason why I can't dosomething.
And so, yes, I get, I'm tryingto get those obstacles out of
the way.
I am getting them out of theway little by little.
(27:41):
Yep, you know, with the shed it, while I'm working out over
there, it was.
My excuse was well, I don'tknow how to use the machines,
yep, and then I was silly enoughto bring that up to you.
And then you're like well,let's fix that.
And then you showed me me how todo them, so but I mean, but
(28:02):
that's what I have to do is, Iknow what excuses I can come up
with, and I don't want to be aperson full of excuses, so I
find ways to um, you know, Ithink about that Like.
I try to plan my week.
Here's the days I'm going towork out, here's the workouts
I'm going to do here.
I you know, I plan my meals forthe week.
I don't always get them in theapp for the whole week ahead of
time, but I plan my meals forthe week so that I know like,
okay, this is a day that I knowI might have to work a little
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later.
I might have to.
I have to bring my car in thatmorning, so I'm not going to
have time.
So I need to make sure I get myworkout in.
And then you know, planningahead for me is huge.
And then, like to that point islooking ahead and saying I know
I'm not gonna feel like workingout, but this is what I can do
to kind of combat that, or thisis what I can do to make sure
that it happens, and that's howI find the most successes yeah,
(28:45):
I having that game plan yeah.
I'm, it's very huge for me, likeI sometimes will even like
write it down, like I don't havekids, but like I'll have a
little like whiteboard thingthat I will have to write like
here's my schedule for the weekand here's what I have going on,
and if I don't plan, I caneasily say oh yeah, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
And something comes up.
You know, more often than notthat might change it, but I
already know like I've committedto working out that day.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
So even if it's at eight o'clock, when I get done
at work, it's going to get done.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
There's no question to ask Right, I'm going to do it
.
I I didn't do this with Jasonor Ryan, but it's kind of like
came to me.
I want to like break the scripta bit, because I think it is
fun to be able to kind of peelback the curtain into our lives
a bit and just kind of get toknow us a little better.
Super easy question but isthere like a favorite trip that
you have been on?
So not health or fitnessrelated, but just thinking about
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vacations or trips or placesthat you've been?
Is there anywhere that youcould say that you went and that
?
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I would say I mean I, I've been, I've been to like
Poland a couple of times.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Really.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Yeah, I've been to Turkey, but honestly so as a kid
.
I grew up in Minnesota, rightacross the border, okay.
And so, you know, as a kid wewent to the Black Hills one time
maybe, like you know.
Sure, I can remember getting inthe station wagon and driving
out to the Black Hills, sure,but Chad and I went there.
Like we've gone there the lasttwo falls like in.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
September and honestly, that's just awesome,
like being there the first timewe we went I think it was COVID
because I remember wearing amask and we did the whole
touristy thing.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
We went to Mount Rushmore, we went to Bear Canyon
you know we did all thetouristy things, but it was just
that one was fun because Ihadn't done it since I was a
little kid.
And to see it like, for example, going to Mount Rushmore and
learning about the history andhow they actually accomplished
it, I didn't care about that asa kid but now as an adult it was
very interesting.
And even going through theBadlands and stuff or Spearfish
(30:40):
is beautiful and just seeingthings now as an adult I think
it's just so different.
Like as a little kid I probablydidn't even pay attention to the
beauty of nature in the sceneryand um and so now last year
when we went um, it was for ourfirst anniversary and we did a
lot of hiking, which is I'venever gone on a vacation and
actually done healthy things.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
So I know, it wasn't about health, but to my
knowledge, chad is um your firsthusband that you've had.
Cause you've had because you'vehad a couple.
We've got backstories about ourprevious lives.
He's not my first husband yet,but he's the first husband that
you've had that's beenphysically active and actually
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encouraged and promoted healthand wellness in your marriage.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
And so this is the first trip that you've taken
where that was part of it.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Yeah, and so now, and we were climbing up, I forget
now what it's called somethingpeak People listening will know,
but we ran out of daylight andso we had to decide to turn back
.
And we were so close, we werelike a quarter mile from the top
.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
And we had, and so now our goal is to go back this
year and finish it.
Cool, I think it's Harney Peak,but anyway.
So now, to me that was one ofthe most enjoyable vacations,
because one it just we got awayfrom reality and yeah, and it
was just being with somebodylike-minded and making fitness a
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part of it, like before.
It would have been, honestly, inmy younger days.
It would have been aboutdrinking and going to the bars
and going gambling or going todeadwood or doing something like
that and, um, you know, now itwas completely like okay, what,
what can we do?
Speaker 1 (32:15):
outside.
What can we go?
Speaker 2 (32:15):
visit things like that.
So it's just a whole nother.
It's all.
I'm a grown-up now yeah, yeah,right it's like an adult thing
to do yeah, absolutely, that'sawesome.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
I do want to like dive in a little bit, though.
You said poland and turkey.
When, when did you go there?
Speaker 2 (32:28):
so my ex-husband is was from poland.
He was born in poland okay, sohe still had no this yeah, so he
still had family there hasstill has family, so like his
grandparents and stuff, and hespoke fluent polish okay so we
went to poland a couple timesyou learned how to speak polish
I tried, it wasn't.
It's not an easy language tolearn I don't know any other
language and I was, you know I.
(32:49):
I think it learned from a baby,not when you're yeah, when
you're 30 years old but, um.
So I went to poland a coupletimes, which was very
interesting.
It's very beautiful there yeah,I bet um and then I have a
friend from omaha that was fromturkey, okay, and she went back
every year.
She isn't um, she actually is.
She just got a really good job.
She was at Georgia Tech and nowshe's going to Clemson, I think
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.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
And she's like the head.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
She's like the Dean of Engineering.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Oh cool, she's really important.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but anyway, so I went back with her
.
She goes back every year andthey go.
She has an archaeological digthat they continue to work on
every year, so somebody guardsit during the time they're not
digging, and then she takes aclass from the college every
summer and they go work on thisdig.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
In Turkey.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
In Turkey, oh wow, and so I went with her and I
didn't go on the dig, but I mether.
How long ago did you go there?
2010 was the last time I wentbut she goes every year, so I
could go.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Do you think you'd go back Like?
Do you foresee in your futuregoing back to Turkey or Poland,
for that matter?
Not probably.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
Poland, not Poland.
I don't think I have thosememories in the past.
Leave those memories in thepast.
My ex-in-laws, no, I mean, it'sa beautiful country, yeah, but
Turkey I definitely would.
Yeah, we were very short so wewent to on time, so we went to
Istanbul.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:00):
Which is absolutely beautiful.
Yeah, didn't know it's.
There's a bridge between twocontinents, so you're right, on
two continents I did not knowthat um me and geography in
europe.
I know, I didn't know thateither horrible um and so, but
we had to see the city in oneday and it's absolutely, I mean,
like we don't have stuff likethat here that's that old and
yeah um, but anyway, so I woulddefinitely go back.
(34:20):
We were so rushed and we stayedat a resort on the caribbean
yeah, and do you think ch Chadwould go with you to Turkey?
Speaker 1 (34:26):
I don't think Chad would be invited.
Sorry, chad, sorry buddy.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
Yeah, sorry he is, but not.
I mean we both like, if I'mgone for like 10 days, like
that's the max, I'm not the besttraveler, sure I'm kind of a
homebody.
But I don't.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
he probably would enjoy it, Sure, but it would be
more meaningful, I think, to mejust because it's my friend and
where she's from and stuff likethat.
So you would probably go backthere with your friend, not
really foresee going therewithout her.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Not without her no.
And it's nice to have herbecause they lost my luggage.
There's only one flight fromChicago to Turkey every day, so
I had to wait 24 hours.
And it was very beneficial forher to speak Polish or Turkish
because, I didn't, so I think Iwould go back with her.
Yeah, chad and I talked aboutit.
We're not.
We're just not big, hugetravelers.
So, although it would be greatto see all these places, yep,
(35:19):
overseas.
Realistically, not realistically, I do have a friend in Canada
that lives in Australia and Iwould go with her.
That would be awesome.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I just I think Chad, that's just a long trip.
Yeah, super long, yeah Likeseven, 10 days, that's like my
max.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yeah Well, that's cool.
So kind of reeling it back intofitness and Fit Body.
What would you say is like yourfavorite part about being a
coach at Fit Body?
Speaker 2 (35:50):
I think, just being able to build people's
confidence.
So I was I was going to saylike to be a part of the
experience, but the way that Iwould say that is, when we
talked at the beginning aboutthat uneasy feeling, or I myself
like, um, when I was coming upwith my why a long time ago, it
was like think of all thesewords that you know, that mean
something to you.
And confidence was one of them.
Yeah, and that one stuck out tome because I've never been a
(36:14):
confident person Like I justhave never my husband, naturally
confident.
I am so not.
And so I've been.
I've struggled with that a lotof my life, where I I don't have
that confidence and I don'tthink I can do things.
And so, like the Murph was theperfect example, like I mean,
(36:34):
like it was almost emotional,like watching people that never
thought they could do a pull-upand doing pull-ups with bands,
and they just didn't even thinkthey could.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
I actually don't know if you've seen it, but I got
some footage back from ourvideographer.
I haven't shared with the teamyet, but I was looking at some
of it and um, and it might evenbe in the one video that we
posted, but there's a small clipwhere you're there and you're
helping do pull-ups and, um,you're like counting them uh,
eight, nine, and you could justsee the smile in your face
because it is, and I can relateto well two things that you just
(37:04):
said.
Number one I can also relate tonot having a ton of confidence
and still to this day, likedaily working on my confidence.
But then, number two, justbeing part of that journey and
helping others achieve somethinglike that and getting emotional
about it, but like being ableto be there and just you're
holding on to like their calves,their knees, and you're just
there's a little bit of extrasupport, a little bit of extra
(37:26):
to help them get those pull upsin, and it's such an
accomplishing feeling to be partof that.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
And I think, just to be able to, you know, like we
talked about having a safe placeto work out and having a fun
place to work out, and you know,so, being able to bring the
energy and and making peoplefeel comfortable and feeling
that they can do things andcelebrating them.
You know, even if they, youknow, if they say, well, I can't
do a push-up, can you do one onyour knees, can you do one on
the wall?
There you go and just helpingpeople see themselves how I see
(37:58):
them.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Like that's important to me, because I know there are
still people, especially with aconfidence thing, that look at
me and they see me differentthan I see myself, and so for me
to try to be able to helppeople see how amazing and
strong and wonderful andbeautiful they are, like this is
the perfect way for me to beable to do that, because I I'm
(38:21):
in their lives daily and youknow, no matter how confident
they are, there's a new exerciseor there's a new personal
record or something else thatthey want to try and just to be
able to, like I said, I knowpeople were that for me when
people didn't believe in me, orwhen I didn't believe in me and
people believed in me and toldme, yes, you can do this, yes,
(38:41):
you know you will get there.
I know it's day one, but you'llget there, like.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
So for me to be able to be a part of that for someone
else is just huge and I canactually remember sitting and
normally I don't really have alot to do with like the
interview process.
I remember, but I can rememberkind of sitting there with you
during that and until that pointyou had worked kind of in a
similar industry but mainlyworked in more basically
corporate America type jobs, andin that ability to be there for
(39:10):
someone like that you didn'thave that and so I can
definitely see, since you'vebeen with us at Fit Body, that
is something that continues tohave you shine, continues to
have you putting in the earlymornings and then the next week
the late evenings and havingthat kind of schedule.
That sucks, if we're beinghonest.
Right, having a coach'sschedule isn't the best.
We have to be working whenothers are not so that they can
(39:33):
come work out.
Right, but being there forothers in that way it's
something that you know keeps megoing.
I can see that it keeps yougoing, yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Super cool.
You made me cry in theinterview.
I do remember that I was like,oh my gosh, I don't know why I'm
getting so emotional yeah, andthat we were talking about the
Spartan race for that one whereI got to be a part of that and
there was like 150 women thatcompleted a Spartan and you know
, and some all fitness levels,yeah, you know some that
couldn't barely walk a mile.
(40:03):
it's some that could run and and, just to be able to see, I mean
, like some of them would cry.
They were so proud ofthemselves and they went into it
thinking there's no way I couldever do this.
And so just to be able to helppeople see themselves like that
it's.
It fills my cup.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
It's just it's.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
There's nothing like it.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
Yeah, what would you say is something that you kind
of look forward to, um, as wecontinue progressing with
FitBody and kind of like lookingat FitBody, where we're at,
where we're trying to go, whatwe're trying to do.
What is something that you'relooking forward to as we look
kind of into the future with ourcareers and FitBody and what we
do for others?
Speaker 2 (40:42):
I think, just to be able to you know, like as be,
even being the clientcoordinator.
So like, coaching is awesomeand I love it, but I've learned
more about people and gotten toknow people even more by being
the client coordinator.
So, I feel like being in thatrole where, as we grow,
continuing to know every personindividually.
(41:05):
So no matter how big we getit's that we don't ever lose
sight of that, and we, theclient is the whole reason we're
doing this and not just.
You know somebody will, and youknow there are times like today.
There was somebody that was inthe 815 that I didn't know,
which is rare, but I, you know,I introduced myself and I said
I'm sorry I haven't met you yet.
And you know I mean, and I saidI'm sorry, I haven't met you
(41:26):
yet and it's going to happensometimes, but I just coming
from corporate America wherethey don't care who you are I
mean as?
long as you come in and youanswer the phone or you do what
you're supposed to do, nobodyreally knows who you are and
doesn't care.
So I think that is a fun, safe,encouraging place to work out.
I think that is important andyou know, I'm just so excited to
(42:01):
be a part of it and, whereverwe go, I'm just excited to be a
part of it and I would love thatto be expanded.
Like I said I, we talked aboutthis.
Like you can get on the mic andyou can be a coach and you can
inspire people, but that'sthat's not your whole job.
Like you know, anybody couldcome in and pretend enough to
(42:23):
get through a 30 minute sessionand just get on the mic and say
the right things.
Enough to get through a 30minute session and just get on
the mic and say the right things.
But to be able to have theopportunity outside of that role
to be involved with members andyou know family Friday, you
know fun days and the outingsthat we do and things like the
MRF, where you truly get to knowpeople on the individual level
(42:46):
and see a different side ofpeople that's what I would love
to be part of.
You know, and like Vicki talkedabout the other day, you know,
like never forgetting thatpeople aren't just people.
Like they're not just clients.
Speaker 1 (42:56):
Like we care about every person that walks in our
doors, everybody has their ownstory, everybody's going through
something we don't know about,and the cool thing is is in the
role that you're in, you get tolearn about those things.
I do know about Exactly, andthe cool thing is is, in the
role that you're in, you get tolearn about those things and
then you get to walk side byside with them and walk through
those with them.
Speaker 2 (43:12):
And you know, just even from life experience like,
um, you know, you know most ofmy, my struggles and my
addiction and things like thatin my life and I've had so many
jobs where nobody's ever evenknown that about me and that's
like the biggest part of who Iam and who brought me to who I
am today is what I've gonethrough and I've shared that
with more people here than I'veever shared at any job, just
(43:34):
because I know that if it willhelp someone else even if it's
my fitness journey not notanything else about recover or
anything like that but I'm in aplace where I can share that.
And you know it isn't justsitting down next to somebody at
a corporate world, you know jobthat you don't know the first
thing about them, or you know,or they go to the bar after work
(43:55):
and that's the only way youknow somebody.
So I just can't ever imagineeven going back to that because
it's so different.
Speaker 1 (44:03):
It is very different and I tell the team this I don't
enjoy working but we have toright, and so the fact that we
get to do this as work andovercoming obstacles whether
they're health and fitnessrelated obstacles or just
obstacles in general is such acrucial part to becoming that
version of ourselves that we allso badly desire to be.
Speaker 2 (44:24):
And being able to share that with people, if they,
they, you know, if somebodycame up to me and said like well
, you know, you're a coach,you've probably always been fit,
and it's like no actually Ihaven't come sit with me, friend
and I still struggle.
I, you know I still havestruggles every day and you know
I like we just talked aboutexcuses, and I mean it's a
constant, it's a I constantlyhave to work on myself and I
(44:48):
constantly want to be better.
You know I, I'm not OK to justgo in and do my job and go home
and not be affected by it andnot be able to share experience
with people that if I think itwill help them.
Speaker 1 (44:59):
Yeah, absolutely so, as we kind of wrap up our time
together, which I do think wecould like keep talking.
Speaker 2 (45:04):
It's been awesome together yeah.
Speaker 1 (45:05):
Oh, I know we were Michigan.
Think we could like keeptalking.
Um, it's been awesome together.
Yeah, oh, I know when we werein Michigan we had how long was
that drive 14 hours, Like wejust talked the whole way.
Um, but what is something?
Someone's watching listening.
Maybe they're thinking aboutstarting their health and
fitness journey, Like what wouldbe a tip that you could give
them today that they could kindof take action on to help moving
them in the right direction?
Speaker 2 (45:22):
Sure, Um, I would say don't be afraid to take that
first step.
Yeah, you know, even if it'sgoing to be going for walks
outside and maybe you're notready to walk into a gym, find
what brings you joy, yep, andwhat brings you a peace or a
sense of value and peace, andjust know that you're worth it
(45:45):
for a long time, and I hear thisfrom other people.
You know, when I reach out topeople and say, hey, I haven't
seen you for a couple of weeks,what's?
Speaker 1 (45:50):
going on.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
And they're like oh, I started putting everybody else
first.
Yeah, you know, I think notnothing against guys, but I
think, as females especially, weseem to do that so much.
Absolutely Everybody else ismore important, and I think
realizing your value andrealizing that you are worth it,
(46:11):
first of all, um, because youhave to want to invest in
yourself and you have to thinkthat you're worth investing in,
and I can tell you right nowthat you are.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (46:19):
Um, I think that's the biggest hurdle.
And then the second one isactually walking in the front
door and you know, making thatphone call, picking up that
heavy phone, which doesn't makesense anymore because we have
cell phones, but you know that10-mile phone, you know and
making that call or sending thatemail and saying, hey, I'm
interested.
Like that's a scary thing to do.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
It's super scary.
Speaker 2 (46:39):
I would say you wouldn't.
You'll never regret it.
Like putting yourself first andmaking yourself a priority is
never going to be something thatyou'll regret.
Speaker 1 (46:50):
I love it.
That is amazing advice and ifyou would like to take more
action on that advice, you canfind a link kind of down in the
description of this video.
Or if you just go to605fitbodycom, you can either
claim a free week or we have anew trial program going on that
you can click on and that youcan partake in, and with Jill
(47:11):
being our amazing clientcoordinator at the central
location.
If you come to the centrallocation, jill will lock arms
with you and be on that journeywith you.
But thank you so much fortaking the time to be with us,
jill.
Thank you for taking time to behere.
This has been awesome.
Jill, thank you for taking timeto be here.
This has been awesome.
I'm assuming that kind of thismeet the coaches series will be
(47:32):
quite a lot of fun for ourclients and just for those that
kind of know a little bit aboutus but want to know more about
us.
We'll probably have to do ameet the coaches too, where we
kind of come back down the road.
But, jill, thank you so much toeveryone else watching,
listening.
Go out and be that amazingperson that you are today and do
us a huge favor like, subscribeand share this episode, because
fit and healthy Sioux Fallswould not be here without you.
(47:53):
Have an awesome day, you guys.
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