September 2, 2025 • 36 mins
Jenny Knecht never imagined that a reluctant first visit to Pure Barre would completely transform her life. After losing 80 pounds and recovering from open heart surgery, Jenny found herself at a crossroads when her sister-in-law convinced her to try this unique fitness concept. Walking out of that first class, she knew immediately: Union, Kentucky needed this, and she would be the one to bring it there.
Pure Barre isn't your typical workout. It brilliantly fuses elements of yoga, Pilates, and ballet into carefully choreographed 50-minute classes that work muscles you didn't even know existed. What truly sets it apart is the welcoming atmosphere Jenny experienced firsthand. "People call you by name. It's very family-oriented," she explains. "You can walk in the door, leave everything else going on in your life behind, and focus on you." This philosophy resonated deeply with Jenny, who spent years putting everyone else first as she and her husband raised five children, including three adopted special needs children from their years as foster parents.
The beauty of Pure Barre lies in its accessibility. Classes can be modified for any fitness level, welcoming everyone from pregnant women to marathon runners, bodybuilders to those recovering from injuries like Jenny herself. The teachers undergo extensive training—approximately 100 hours—learning anatomy, physiology, and the purpose behind each movement. "I can't imagine this not being for anybody," Jenny shares with genuine enthusiasm as she prepares to open her studio behind Schlotzky's on Highway 42 around mid October.
Already approaching 200 members during pre-sales, Jenny's passion for Pure Barre is infectious. She's creating more than just a fitness studio; she's building a community where people know your name, celebrate your milestones (with signature walls for class achievements), and support your journey. For those curious but hesitant, Jenny offers this invitation: come try an "Engage" class to experience all four Pure Barre formats, or attend a free pop-up event at Union Park. Your first class might just change your life—it certainly changed hers. Follow Pure Barre Union on social media to stay updated on their grand opening and join this transformative fitness community.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local
businesses and neighbors cometogether.
Here's your host, Mike Murphy.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thank you, charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We talk to local businessowners here in Union Kentucky,
Northern Kentucky, so that youcan get to know people as people
, more than just a logo on abusiness card or a logo on the
side of a truck or a building,and so the person that I have
(00:32):
with me today is Jenny connect.
Jenny is the owner of pure bar,and so you know, you drive down
42, you see the logo and youwonder like, what is Pure Bar?
Well, we're about to find outtogether.
So, jenny, welcome to the show.
(00:52):
Thank, you.
And tell us what is Pure Bar.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
So Pure Bar has been a life changer for me is what I
call it.
But, for anyone else who'snever heard of it, it's
basically kind of a fusionbetween yoga and Pilates, and
ballet utilizes different thingsfrom each of those movements,
and it's a place people can walkinto and feel comfortable and
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not judged, and work everymuscle in their body.
You end up working muscles youdidn't even know you had and
work every muscle in their body.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
You end up working muscles you didn't even know you
had, and I hope that everyonein our community feels the same
way about it that I do so when Ithink of pure bar because I
mean I've never been, I have noidea like what pure bar is I'm
finding out, you know, with therest of the community.
Here I think of like ballet,like the bar, you know right and
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putting your foot up on the barand stretching and all that
stuff.
So I mean, is that kind of partof what purebred is a little?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
bit of it.
So I thought the same thing,and when I went for my first
time, my sister-in-law actuallyintroduced me to it.
She goes to a studio andabsolutely loves it.
I had lost about 80 poundshadn't done any exercise in
forever.
And I was talking to her and Isaid I've got to get started on
something and she said come toPure Bar with me, try it.
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And I thought dance and balletis the very opposite of who I am
.
I was a basketball player inhigh school.
I want to do weights and thingslike that and I thought this is
not for me.
She finally ended up talking meinto it.
I went the first time.
No joke, I left, came home,told my husband that day we are
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opening a studio in Union.
This is the best thing I'veever seen and it just hit on
everything I believe in,everything I love about working
out.
I actually have a degree inexercise and fitness management
and always dreamed of doingsomething in the fitness world,
but nothing was the right fitand I just completely fell in
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love with it.
So, like you said, you doutilize the bar, and I utilize
it probably too much, because alot of times you use it to
modify some of the movements.
For example, we did planks.
I cannot do a plank I wasrecovering from open heart
surgery, as a matter of fact,and I thought there is no way I
can do that and the teachers dida great job at showing you how
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to adapt the movements.
So I did those up at the bar soyou can use the bar to tone
down some of the movements ifthey're too difficult for you.
You do use it to balance withhold on to, but you work
literally every muscle in yourbody and we also utilize weights
and bands and an exercise balland there's platforms as well,
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so it utilizes some otherequipment as well so you just
sort of like glossed over openheart surgery.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, like not a big deal.
And then I went to work out.
You know pretty much.
So, um, let's talk about that,okay.
Um, so I mean number one.
It's like what led to youneeding open heart surgery and
then the fact that you can dothis type of workout exercise
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whatever, having had open heartsurgery.
So that tells me that you'reprobably able to help anybody,
anybody that wants to come anddo their version of a workout.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
You can help them correct, exactly, and that's
what I love so much about it.
You see people eight monthspregnant in there.
You see marathon runners.
I've seen bodybuilders.
There's ex-military, you nameit.
You can be there because of howmodifiable the movements are.
You can make it very difficult,or you can modify it and make
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make a little bit easier foryour level.
That's what I love about it.
So, yes, I turned 50 a year anda half, a little over a year
ago, and on my 50th birthday iswhen I first went to Pure Bar.
Right around that time Hadn'tdone exercise in forever, as I
mentioned, recovering from openheart surgery, and I thought I
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just don't know if I can do this.
And I just walked in there andfelt so welcomed and embraced by
everyone.
People call you by name.
It's a very family orientedatmosphere.
It's like you can walk in thedoor, leave everything else
going on in your life behind andfocus on you, which is
something so many of us,especially mothers and women,
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don't do this week.
Put everyone else first.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Think of everyone else, and it's just a chance for
you to focus on you.
You can't take care of othersunless you take care of yourself
.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, the whole oxygen mask thing that we're
taught.
You know, take care of yourselfso you can take care of others
Exactly so the open heartsurgery thing like was that
something that?
Like?
Was it a like you were bornwith this.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Was there like a defect or like what happened to
open heart surgery?
I had blood pressure problemssince I was in my early twenties
and peak condition Me too, asso many of us do and it was just
a routine screen and they sawthat I had an aortic aneurysm
that was big enough that theythought needed to be taken care
of, got it taken care of, andthe rest is history.
(06:20):
I feel great now.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
OK.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Prompted me to lose a lot of weight, like I mentioned
I was.
Yeah, I have a degree inexercise fitness management.
I was great.
Now, okay, prompted me to losea lot of weight, like I
mentioned I was, I have a degreein exercise fitness management.
I was an athlete but, like somany others, got married, put
everyone else first, startedhaving children.
My husband and I did fostercare for many, many years and
forgot about me, gained a lot ofweight, was tired all the time,
(06:45):
just didn't feel right.
And as I approached 50, I saidyou have got to do something
with yourself.
And that's kind of where thejourney started.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Wow, okay, I mean that's a big, huge thing.
I mean I don't know what thatlooks like or feels like, but to
have that epiphany, that momentwhere you look in the mirror
and you say something's got tochange we all, I guess you know,
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wish that we could changeourselves in various different
ways or whatever, but like tohave that moment where you're
like really, really honestly,truly say something's got to
change.
Like is there a specific day,like what happened, where you
said this has got to changesomehow, some way?
I've got to change my life, myhabits, my everything.
(07:41):
What happened?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
I don't think it was a specific day, but I'd say my
49th year.
I was exhausted all the time,couldn't even go on a walk.
The most humiliating moment forme in my life, I think, was
going to Kings Island and notbeing able to fit on one of the
rides and I said this is it,this is not me.
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I need to change this.
I can't.
I have three special needschildren.
I can't take care of them ifI'm not healthy and if I'm not
here, who's going to do that?
So it kind of happened over alittle period of time and then
the weight loss really sparkedme to get moving and pursue
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exercise again, but I've doneevery exercise.
there is kind of like everyoneelse, every diet there is, you
name it.
I have done it and nothingstuck.
And so when I discovered PureBar, I knew it would stick, and
that's why I said we don't havethis in our community and we
need it, and I want to sharethis with everyone else you went
(08:47):
home to your husband you saidwe're going to start the pure
bar it's like what was it aboutpure bar that made you have that
?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
you know that moment like, oh my god, this is what
I'm going to do with the rest ofmy life I think it was just the
whole atmosphere and the factthat I didn't hate doing it.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
I've hated just about everything else.
I leave not feeling good, Ican't breathe, you know your
lungs are hurting and you justdon't feel great.
I left feeling great, not dying.
We don't want to leave a gymand dread going back and the
fact that you walk in and theygreeted me by name and they
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didn't know me.
I get that, but I just felt sowelcome.
The other people in the classthat had been going for years
came up to me asked me if it wasmy first time.
It just was so welcoming andthat wasn't a one-time thing, it
was every single time.
After there's so many things tomotivate you Like they had a
first 10 challenge and beingcompetitive I said, okay, I got
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to get the first 10.
You get a free pair of socksand so if you're competitive, it
kind of drives you and helpsyou to stick with it.
But it's just something of allthe things I've done that I knew
I could stick with something ofall the things I've done that I
knew I could stick with.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
So at that time were you literally 80 pounds heavier
than you are right now?
Speaker 3 (10:12):
No, so I had lost the weight going into it but hadn't
done any exercise.
All right I my body was nottoned at all.
I was starting to see someloose skin, and that's when I
said I've got to start toningand working my muscle to kind of
I still want to drop another 20pounds and so just to get over
that hump.
That was kind of what pushed meto start working out.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
And then my wonderful sister-in-law who forced me to
go Shout out to sister-in-law.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Shout out to Bridget Bickle Okay, there you go.
There you go, all right.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Hey Bridget, yes, all right, hey Bridget.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
All right cool.
So where was that Pure Bar at?
So?
Speaker 3 (10:50):
that's at the Fort Wright location.
That's a different owner.
She and I are working closelytogether to make sure that both
of our studios at this point aregoing to be successful.
I've met owners of alldifferent Pure Bars and they've
all been amazing so far.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Yeah, all right, cool , all right.
So you mentioned your husband,you mentioned children.
Let's talk about that.
So what does family life looklike for you?
Speaker 3 (11:20):
So well, first of all , my husband is wonderful, he's.
I'm a very type, a dominant,controlling kind of person and
he's like super laid back, I canbring children home, animals
home, you name it, and he'sbuilding a bedroom or fencing
the yard.
He just kind of goes with theflow.
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Exactly when I came home thatday and I said, oh my God, that
was the best thing I've everdone.
I want to open one in Union.
He kind of laughed and he said,well, what do we got to do?
And then we started lookinginto it and that was a several
month process of trying tofigure out if we were going to
be able to manage it and whatthat was going to look like.
So, yeah, he has been wonderful, but we have five children.
(12:06):
Okay, my oldest is out of thehouse.
She's in her 20s.
She was recently married andhas a baby on the way.
It'll be our first grandchildcongratulations yes.
And then my next one justgraduated high school, um, and
she still lives in the home.
And then we have three, uh,other children that are, oh gosh
, isn't it sad I have to thinkof their ages hey, that happened
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12.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
They do get older almost 17.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Okay, so, and they're all still in school, they go to
gray and ryle, yep, so that'swhere we're at, okay well, very
good.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
So I guess when somebody walks into a Pure Bar
OK, what does that look like?
And feel like they, they justhear like, ok, pure Bar is kind
of cool and this sounds kind ofcool, and my friend goes here,
or whatever it's like.
When you walk in, what are youmet with?
(13:03):
What?
What happens?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Right.
So you make an appointment tocome in.
We offer a class called Engageand it's a trial class.
It's a little bit of ashortened version.
There's four different formatsthat PureBar offers, and that
Engage class gives you a littletaste of all four formats to see
if it's something you'd beinterested in, if you think you
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want to join.
So after that we have one ofour sales team that would kind
of talk you through the optionsof joining.
Um, when you come in we'regoing to know your name and
we'll have been talking to youbefore that moment.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
So it's a super welcoming atmosphere when you
come in so you know everyone'sname, but they don't wear name
tags, right?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
now.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
So that's kind of cool that you take the time to
really know them.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Right, not just their name Exactly.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Like what their I guess history is, and like what
what their goals are Right Interms of fitness and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Right, and just in this whole process of doing
pre-sales, we're already pushingabout 200 members, wow, and
there's so many that I'veconnected with already just
through phone calls and text andgetting to know their story.
And you know, we really takeownership.
And getting to know people andI think that's one of the things
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that sets us apart from otherplaces is every person means
something.
And we want you to come in andwe want to ask you oh, how's
your dog doing?
I know they had surgeryrecently.
Or your daughter's gettingmarried, how's that?
You know we want you to be apart of the pure of our family.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Okay.
So I've driven past your placemultiple times.
I peek in the window and I seethere's, you know, building
going on no-transcript Walls.
I mean I see progress, yes, butI don't see that you're ready
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to open tomorrow.
So what is the projected opendate?
Speaker 3 (15:08):
So our general contractor has given us a date
of around October 13th.
Okay, we are hoping nothinggoes wrong and that will be an
accurate date.
We do have the foundation wallsup and they're working on the
wiring right now for electricand then I think everything else
is going to move pretty quickly.
So I think we're past thatdifficult part of getting
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permits and that kind of thingwhich takes the longest.
But my plan will be to continuegiving updates to everyone and
posting on social media picturesof the progress and that kind
of thing and posting on socialmedia pictures of the progress
and that kind of thing.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Okay, good, was there anything?
Like you know, it's one thingto walk out of a pure bar and go
home and tell your husband weneed to start one in union, yes,
but the reality is different,I'm sure.
Like there are hoops you haveto jump through, there's all
sorts of things that have totake place you have to jump
through.
There's all sorts of thingsthat have to take place.
Um, was there anything that youwere like?
(16:05):
Um, wow, this is really harderthan I thought it was going to
be.
Um, like, what did the theprocess look like for you?
Speaker 3 (16:13):
well, we're almost.
I guess we purchased, we boughtinto the franchise almost a
year ago.
Okay, so that's how long thiswhole process has been up till
now, and we didn't know what wedidn't know, to be honest, my
husband and I had never owned abusiness before.
We kind of went in with someblind faith.
But the franchise owner iscalled Exponential.
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They own multiple differentcompanies and they have been
absolutely fantastic.
They have guided us step bystep.
We have five phone calls a weekwith different teams telling us
everything we need to do.
I say it's like a pay-by-numberprocess, which is exactly what
I need.
They're successful and so wefollow what they tell us to do.
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I think the biggest surprise iswhat the teachers go through in
training.
So I've hired a lead teacher.
She's got tons of experiencewith Pure Bar and she's been
helping hire new people.
My plan was to teach at somepoint until I found out how
extensive the training was and Isaid I'm going to not do that
quite yet.
I want to get a little moretime under my belt.
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But those teachers go throughextremely extensive training.
I'm talking 100 hours in thestudio preparing.
They learn anatomy andphysiology.
They learn everything about howthe body works and what
movements, why the movementswork the way they do.
It's a very choreographed classpattern, excuse me, it's um the
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detail that goes into it andthe planning is why it's so
successful, which I didn't knowwhen I was taking classes.
You don't realize how they'retrained, but it's just been
phenomenal to watch and we'vehad several go through the
training successfully andthey're just so excited to get
in that studio and share whatthey've learned are there
different levels?
Speaker 2 (18:14):
pure bar like a pure bar.
Are you sort of like a beginner?
Are you advanced?
Like what's that look like?
Speaker 3 (18:21):
so every teacher learns.
It's our classic format first.
So they're all certified inclassic and I mentioned there
were four formats total.
So they have to get a separatecertification in each format.
So, like our lead teacher iscertified in all four of those
formats.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
The goal will be to get everyone certified, but they
have to have so much experiencebefore getting into that next
level okay of training so, um,you hired the one person who's
sort of like you know, I, Iguess, like you're really
leaning hard into her andhelping, like you know um, but
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uh, do you.
Are you looking to hire anybodyelse?
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Absolutely Okay.
So it's very clever we call ourdesk staff bartenders B-A-R-R-E
.
I love that, so we'll be hiringthat staff.
I do have a sales manager.
Her name is Paige Montel.
She's been doing just abouteverything behind the scenes.
Anybody who's been a prospector joined has had contact with
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her.
She's awesome.
I do have a couple of teacherswho used to teach peer bar but
for whatever reason, went adifferent direction and now that
we have something in union theyare coming back to teach, so
they're going to have some extracertifications under their
belts just so we can offerenough of the class formats for
everybody.
But I will continue to behiring all positions, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
So you lost a lot of weight.
I did.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
So how do you maintain your current weight?
Honestly, it's just lifestylechange, which I didn't get until
I turned 50.
Honestly, we've all triedeverything.
I swear I've literally you nameit.
I have done it, and it justtook me realizing that I wasn't
on a diet, that I was changinghow I view food and I would
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consider myself a food addict,to be honest, and I think I've
just gotten a handle on that andI feel so great how I am now
that I will never go backwardsokay, were you a carb addict?
oh my gosh holy cow.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Yes, because I think most of us, anybody who's
watching this, I think most ofus, anybody who's watching this,
I mean most people.
I mean carbs are like yum, yum,yum.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
It is and it's an addiction like any other, and I
truly do believe that I reallydo.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
How do people kick that habit?
It's like, well, what do youhave to do?
Speaker 3 (20:58):
You know, not being a professional in that field.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
I guess just as a personal.
Yeah, if I'm asking a friend.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Honestly, as a friend .
For me it's eliminating it allfor a short time to kind of
detox, yeah, and then graduallyadding back in the good carbs is
kind of what worked for me.
Okay, but I'm a candy addictand I don't deprive myself
anymore of anything.
Yeah, but I've learned how,instead of eating the entire bag
of jelly beans, I'll eat five.
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So it's moderation, and whenyou start seeing results in your
body, it pushes you to keepgoing.
I think it took me, I'd say,about 10 classes of Noam Pure
Bar when I really started seeingsome definition and it just
pushes you to keep going.
But if you you know, if you'redoing something you don't see
results, what's going tomotivate you to keep going?
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You got to find the right fitfor you to be able to progress.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
How long did it take you to lose that amount of
weight?
Speaker 3 (21:55):
It was a little over a year.
Okay, yeah, and I do.
Like I said, I've beenmaintaining for quite a few
months and I do want to dropsome more, so I'm hoping, once
we get that studio opened,that's going to help okay.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
So, yeah, there are people who are going to watch
this and they're like okay, Ineed help.
Yeah, everybody needs differentlevels of help.
You know everyone's sort ofjust on their own different
journey or whatever, but theycan come to Pure Bar and fit in,
you know, in terms of whateverthey need.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Right.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
You're going to be able to just sort of help them
with their own personal journey.
And you have walked the walk, Ihave walked the walk, I have
walked the walk.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
Exactly.
And you know what, havingtalked to so many people we've
had pushing a thousand peoplethat have expressed interest,
and I hear the same story overand over I'm out of shape, I'm,
you know, some say I'm gettingolder.
I'm kind of embarrassed to goto the gym.
Yeah, talk me into it and Ijust, you know, I think you got
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to try it, see it to believe itis what I say, but it's.
There are so many in that samesituation and I'm really looking
.
I'm looking to try to come upwith some kind of a class idea
where everybody in that class isa first timer, everyone's
afraid, so that you feel alittle more comfortable.
So we are working on somethings behind the scenes to help
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those people that are a littlenervous about joining, because
it is scary to start somethingnew that you're not sure what it
is.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Is it going?
Speaker 3 (23:38):
to be for you, but I just can't imagine this not
being for anybody.
Now we don't have a lot of men.
However, I hope to change that.
It's funny because my primarycare doctor is very familiar
with bar and he jokingly saidyou know people, the men think,
oh, that's going to be supereasy, it's not for me.
He said I took a class and Iabout died.
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I think men don't realize youknow, you work muscles.
You didn't even realize you hadthose little tiny muscles with
real small, isolated movementsand they're shocked.
My husband had to take a classbecause we did a training in
California, where the franchiseis, and he fell in love with it.
He said I'm coming, I don'tcare if I'm the only guy in
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there, and I have had a fewpeople reach out saying their
husbands are interested, so I dohope to get some men coming in.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Okay, how long does a class last?
Speaker 3 (24:32):
Classes are 50 minutes.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
So yeah, all the class formats are that amount.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
All right, and then you wake up the next day and
you're sore, a little bit, alittle bit Because you're like
whoa, what is that muscle?
Speaker 3 (24:46):
I didn't know I had that.
Yeah, and that's a good thingit is.
And it's not that it's minimalwork, it's Small, isolated,
controlled movements.
I mean, you feel the shake.
There's a lot of lingo thatcomes with pure bar that you
learn, like the shake, the tucks, things like that, but it's,
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those small movements reallymake a difference.
All right, you really work yourcore, which is kind of central
to everything.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
So if somebody is thinking, OK, it sounds kind of
cool.
I'm not sure if it's for me,though.
Like, what do you say to thosepeople?
Speaker 3 (25:24):
I'd say come try and engage class, see what you think
.
I can't imagine you leaving andnot thinking it was wonderful.
I really just can't.
Well, good, but that's the wayto get in and see if it's for
you.
And the Fort Wright owner hasbeen gracious enough to allow
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union prospects to come try aclass at her studio for $15,
which is much cheaper than itwould be normal.
So that's another option, andthere are studios in Cincinnati
and other options if someonewanted to try it.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Okay, and what is her name?
Let's shout her out.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Tracy Chaplin.
She's amazing.
She's a Fort Wright owner.
Let's shout her out.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Tracy Chaplin.
She's amazing.
Okay, so she's.
She's helped you out.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
She has.
She's been a great resource.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
All right, well, before we go, there's one thing
I want to talk about you.
You have some special needschildren, correct?
So what special needs in termsof what?
In terms of how, and you knowof how, and you know how do you,
how do you help them, and isthere any sort of, I guess, like
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a local cause that kind ofhelps you help them?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
So we my husband and I I mentioned did foster care
for many, many years and wemostly took medically fragile
infants and then children withbehavioral needs, and we ended
up adopting three of them.
My oldest one is 17.
He's about to turn 17.
He is very well known in thecommunity.
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He loves to shop at Kroger.
He is a trip, so he goes toRyle.
He's a senior this year buthe'll stay in until 21.
And the school has beenabsolutely amazing with him.
He has some physicallimitations.
He is mobile.
His language Ryle.
He went to state the last fewyears.
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He is a miracle child.
He is so much fun so I did tellhim I want him sitting at the
desk at Pure Bar.
He's going to get a job thereso everyone can meet Keegan so I
do.
He is on the Michelle P waiver.
I'm not sure if people arefamiliar with that, but it's a
government assistance where hegets one-on-one care pretty much
(28:03):
around the clock.
So we have that's how I metPaige.
She was my sales manager.
She actually was a caregiverfor him, so that's a major
resource.
And then I have a daughter withcerebral palsy as well and
she's a seventh grader at Gray.
Her name's Stephanie.
She is almost 13.
And she also is low IQ and haspretty significant behavioral
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problems, and we're working ongetting her on that waiver as
well.
And then my third son.
He actually goes to Ackerman.
He is in eighth grade and he is13.
He'll be 14 this year and wedeal with some behavioral issues
with him as well.
Okay, so yes, but I do feellike we are plugged into some
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really good resources, butthere's always the need for more
, of course.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
Okay, so you have a lot going on.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
I have a lot going on but, I, have a lot of help, a
lot of family.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Okay, well, good.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
And I think, just having more eyes and ears on
what you have happening withinyour family life and your
business life, I think how couldpeople not want to support you?
Speaker 3 (29:22):
I mean seriously.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Exactly right.
I just met you like literallywhat, like a half hour ago, yeah
, yeah, so I am very impressedby you, are?
Speaker 3 (29:35):
you joining Pure Bar.
Well, ask my wife, you're goingto come I mean both of you on,
I do that's another thing Ireally want to do is make,
because we have so many womenthat have joined bring your
spouse stay, or bring yourhusband or boyfriend,
significant other or whatever.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
So I expect to see you there yeah, there's one
thing that I lack in my life andthat is discipline.
Okay, and and that's probably,you know, common, amongst men
especially.
But I don't know.
I mean, do I need pure bar Hell?
Yeah, I do.
So, you know, you are offeredto come and check it out and
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just see how it goes.
Why wouldn't I and why wouldn'tanybody?
Speaker 3 (30:18):
And we do have pop-up events, which we unfortunately
have had, two that had to becanceled due to weather but, we
do.
We're planning another one inthe next week or so.
That will be at Union Park,which is outside and it's free.
Anybody can come.
So those are good opportunities,too, for people to get a trial.
We don't have the equipment orthe bar, but you still get a
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feel for what you're going toget out of it Okay.
So that's another goodopportunity, and we do post that
on social media and on ourwebsite.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
All right, and we'll wake up sore the next morning.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
You will wake up a little sore.
Good, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
That's how you know it's working Right.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
And that's the other thing is so my sister-in-law she
I think I don't want tomisquote this, but I believe she
just hit 500 classes recently.
She is a rock star, but sheeven says it's changed up enough
with different kinds ofmovements that she still feels
that way after doing it thislong.
You don't get used to it, yeah.
Because, we change it.
And we don't want your body toadapt to the movement.
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So it's that's something else Ilove about it.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
So I won't have giant arms and little skinny legs Not
exactly Right.
Okay, cool, good, good, allright, so we're wrapping this up
.
Is there anything we haven'ttalked about that maybe you want
to make sure we get to talkabout before we sign off?
Speaker 3 (31:37):
You know, I know there's a lot of different
opportunities coming in union towork out and I, you know, I
just no hard feelings to anybodywho goes somewhere else, but I
think you need to yell it toyourself to try them all, See
what's the best fit for you.
You know some things work foryou and some don't, but Pure Bar
is just one of those thingsthat I feel works for everyone
(31:59):
and I just want everyone to havethat opportunity.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
That's a great point.
I mean choices, I mean we allwant choices.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Right.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
And what works for one may not work for another.
That's right.
Okay, but people can come andfind their tribe.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
That's exactly right.
Yeah, okay, and we do alsooffer options of doing like
class packs, or maybe just eightclasses a month instead of the
unlimited.
So there's, you know, optionsfor everyone.
If it's not something you wantto do full time, okay, but
you're going to want to do itfull time and we're going to
walk out of the class and say Ineed to start another one.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Florence, that's right.
I'm like.
Speaker 3 (32:36):
Hebron's looking good .
Yeah right, they don't have one.
Okay, I'm like Hebron's lookinggood.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Yeah right, they don't have one.
Okay, well, hebron's next.
All right, I'm going to startone in Hebron.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
All right, no, I'll be your co-owner.
All right Cool.
All right Sweet, all right Cool.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I want to try a class and just see what it's all
about.
Yeah, and when my, she willhold me to that, that's right.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
You're stuck.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Yeah, I'm stuck, all right, cool.
Well, tell you what this is.
Wrapping up our conversation,I'm glad that I got to talk to
you today and introduce theunion community to what you have
coming to.
Union, right there on 42.
If people want to reach out, doyou have a phone number, a URL?
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Union, right there on 42.
If people want to reach out,you know, do you have a phone
number, a URL?
I know people can just sort ofyou know, drive through union
and look for you, but where areyou at Like, who are your
neighbors?
What are you nearby that peoplewould be able to to find you?
So we are right behindSchlotzky.
Speaker 3 (33:44):
So you can eat your Cinnabon and then feel guilty
and then come work out rightafter.
But yeah, we were taking thatwhole backside of that building.
Okay, and we do have.
If you search Pure Bar Union,we should be the first thing
that pops up.
We have Instagram, Facebook.
If you like us on that, you'llget all the updates which we
post several times a week, andwe'll also that get all the
updates which we post severaltimes a week.
yeah, and we'll also that'll bewhere we post member
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achievements you know when youhit so many classes or if
there's birthdays and thingslike that.
So okay, follow us on any ofthose and go to our website as
well all right.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
So yeah, when somebody hits, you know their
50th class, their 100th class,their 500 you know, whatever,
yeah yeah, what's the?
Speaker 3 (34:24):
100, class there, 500 and whatever.
Yeah, yeah, what's the the topyou've ever seen?
I've seen 2 000.
Wow, and you know we have.
So we have bars hanging on thewall.
There's three tiers and you getto sign the bar when you hit
the 50, I believe, the 100, the500.
So you get to sign your name onthe wall of fame and be up
there permanently, okay, and youget prizes for things as well.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
So is there going to be a big banner on the wall that
says Mike Murphy's first class?
Speaker 3 (34:46):
I will do that just for you, and the best part is so
I didn't mention.
We also are going to have alittle boutique in the front and
we'll be selling some thingsthat you can't get except in
Cincinnati, like Lululemon,different high-end products, and
when you do the classes youwear sticky socks and it becomes
an addiction.
I have quite a few pairs.
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They come in every season.
They are the best part of PureBar Sticky socks.
All right.
I assume that you're talkinglike the bottoms of the socks,
yeah, so we just call themsticky socks.
But yeah they're just basicallyhave the little rubber pieces
on the bottoms.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Okay well, very good, all right.
So, jenny, thanks for stoppingby today and sitting with us and
letting people know that,whatever or wherever they are in
their journey, their healthjourney, you're going to help
them get to the next level.
You've walked the walk, youtalk the talk, and so, uh people
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need to come and be part ofpure bar and you will help them
figure out what their next uhchapter looks like.
And I will be there um, as longas my wife has anything to say
about it right alongside theunion community, as we support
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Pure Bar.
So, everybody, this is the GoodNeighbor podcast, so I will
always say to all of you untilyou see me again, everybody, be
good to your neighbor.
So long, everyone, bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Union.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to gnpunioncom.
That's gnpunioncom, or call usat 859-651-8330.
The Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local
businesses and neighbors cometogether.
Here's your host, Mike Murphy.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thank you, charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We talk to local businessowners here in Union Kentucky,
Northern Kentucky, so that youcan get to know people as people
, more than just a logo on abusiness card or a logo on the
side of a truck or a building,and so the person that I have
(00:32):
with me today is Jenny connect.
Jenny is the owner of pure bar,and so you know, you drive down
42, you see the logo and youwonder like, what is Pure Bar?
Well, we're about to find outtogether.
So, jenny, welcome to the show.
(00:52):
Thank, you.
And tell us what is Pure Bar.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
So Pure Bar has been a life changer for me is what I
call it.
But, for anyone else who'snever heard of it, it's
basically kind of a fusionbetween yoga and Pilates, and
ballet utilizes different thingsfrom each of those movements,
and it's a place people can walkinto and feel comfortable and
(01:18):
not judged, and work everymuscle in their body.
You end up working muscles youdidn't even know you had and
work every muscle in their body.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
You end up working muscles you didn't even know you
had, and I hope that everyonein our community feels the same
way about it that I do so when Ithink of pure bar because I
mean I've never been, I have noidea like what pure bar is I'm
finding out, you know, with therest of the community.
Here I think of like ballet,like the bar, you know right and
(01:46):
putting your foot up on the barand stretching and all that
stuff.
So I mean, is that kind of partof what purebred is a little?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
bit of it.
So I thought the same thing,and when I went for my first
time, my sister-in-law actuallyintroduced me to it.
She goes to a studio andabsolutely loves it.
I had lost about 80 poundshadn't done any exercise in
forever.
And I was talking to her and Isaid I've got to get started on
something and she said come toPure Bar with me, try it.
(02:14):
And I thought dance and balletis the very opposite of who I am
.
I was a basketball player inhigh school.
I want to do weights and thingslike that and I thought this is
not for me.
She finally ended up talking meinto it.
I went the first time.
No joke, I left, came home,told my husband that day we are
(02:35):
opening a studio in Union.
This is the best thing I'veever seen and it just hit on
everything I believe in,everything I love about working
out.
I actually have a degree inexercise and fitness management
and always dreamed of doingsomething in the fitness world,
but nothing was the right fitand I just completely fell in
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love with it.
So, like you said, you doutilize the bar, and I utilize
it probably too much, because alot of times you use it to
modify some of the movements.
For example, we did planks.
I cannot do a plank I wasrecovering from open heart
surgery, as a matter of fact,and I thought there is no way I
can do that and the teachers dida great job at showing you how
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to adapt the movements.
So I did those up at the bar soyou can use the bar to tone
down some of the movements ifthey're too difficult for you.
You do use it to balance withhold on to, but you work
literally every muscle in yourbody and we also utilize weights
and bands and an exercise balland there's platforms as well,
(03:43):
so it utilizes some otherequipment as well so you just
sort of like glossed over openheart surgery.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, like not a big deal.
And then I went to work out.
You know pretty much.
So, um, let's talk about that,okay.
Um, so I mean number one.
It's like what led to youneeding open heart surgery and
then the fact that you can dothis type of workout exercise
(04:11):
whatever, having had open heartsurgery.
So that tells me that you'reprobably able to help anybody,
anybody that wants to come anddo their version of a workout.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
You can help them correct, exactly, and that's
what I love so much about it.
You see people eight monthspregnant in there.
You see marathon runners.
I've seen bodybuilders.
There's ex-military, you nameit.
You can be there because of howmodifiable the movements are.
You can make it very difficult,or you can modify it and make
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make a little bit easier foryour level.
That's what I love about it.
So, yes, I turned 50 a year anda half, a little over a year
ago, and on my 50th birthday iswhen I first went to Pure Bar.
Right around that time Hadn'tdone exercise in forever, as I
mentioned, recovering from openheart surgery, and I thought I
(05:07):
just don't know if I can do this.
And I just walked in there andfelt so welcomed and embraced by
everyone.
People call you by name.
It's a very family orientedatmosphere.
It's like you can walk in thedoor, leave everything else
going on in your life behind andfocus on you, which is
something so many of us,especially mothers and women,
(05:29):
don't do this week.
Put everyone else first.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Think of everyone else, and it's just a chance for
you to focus on you.
You can't take care of othersunless you take care of yourself
.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, the whole oxygen mask thing that we're
taught.
You know, take care of yourselfso you can take care of others
Exactly so the open heartsurgery thing like was that
something that?
Like?
Was it a like you were bornwith this.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Was there like a defect or like what happened to
open heart surgery?
I had blood pressure problemssince I was in my early twenties
and peak condition Me too, asso many of us do and it was just
a routine screen and they sawthat I had an aortic aneurysm
that was big enough that theythought needed to be taken care
of, got it taken care of, andthe rest is history.
(06:20):
I feel great now.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
OK.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Prompted me to lose a lot of weight, like I mentioned
I was.
Yeah, I have a degree inexercise fitness management.
I was great.
Now, okay, prompted me to losea lot of weight, like I
mentioned I was, I have a degreein exercise fitness management.
I was an athlete but, like somany others, got married, put
everyone else first, startedhaving children.
My husband and I did fostercare for many, many years and
forgot about me, gained a lot ofweight, was tired all the time,
(06:45):
just didn't feel right.
And as I approached 50, I saidyou have got to do something
with yourself.
And that's kind of where thejourney started.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Wow, okay, I mean that's a big, huge thing.
I mean I don't know what thatlooks like or feels like, but to
have that epiphany, that momentwhere you look in the mirror
and you say something's got tochange we all, I guess you know,
(07:17):
wish that we could changeourselves in various different
ways or whatever, but like tohave that moment where you're
like really, really honestly,truly say something's got to
change.
Like is there a specific day,like what happened, where you
said this has got to changesomehow, some way?
I've got to change my life, myhabits, my everything.
(07:41):
What happened?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
I don't think it was a specific day, but I'd say my
49th year.
I was exhausted all the time,couldn't even go on a walk.
The most humiliating moment forme in my life, I think, was
going to Kings Island and notbeing able to fit on one of the
rides and I said this is it,this is not me.
(08:04):
I need to change this.
I can't.
I have three special needschildren.
I can't take care of them ifI'm not healthy and if I'm not
here, who's going to do that?
So it kind of happened over alittle period of time and then
the weight loss really sparkedme to get moving and pursue
(08:25):
exercise again, but I've doneevery exercise.
there is kind of like everyoneelse, every diet there is, you
name it.
I have done it and nothingstuck.
And so when I discovered PureBar, I knew it would stick, and
that's why I said we don't havethis in our community and we
need it, and I want to sharethis with everyone else you went
(08:47):
home to your husband you saidwe're going to start the pure
bar it's like what was it aboutpure bar that made you have that
?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
you know that moment like, oh my god, this is what
I'm going to do with the rest ofmy life I think it was just the
whole atmosphere and the factthat I didn't hate doing it.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
I've hated just about everything else.
I leave not feeling good, Ican't breathe, you know your
lungs are hurting and you justdon't feel great.
I left feeling great, not dying.
We don't want to leave a gymand dread going back and the
fact that you walk in and theygreeted me by name and they
(09:27):
didn't know me.
I get that, but I just felt sowelcome.
The other people in the classthat had been going for years
came up to me asked me if it wasmy first time.
It just was so welcoming andthat wasn't a one-time thing, it
was every single time.
After there's so many things tomotivate you Like they had a
first 10 challenge and beingcompetitive I said, okay, I got
(09:50):
to get the first 10.
You get a free pair of socksand so if you're competitive, it
kind of drives you and helpsyou to stick with it.
But it's just something of allthe things I've done that I knew
I could stick with something ofall the things I've done that I
knew I could stick with.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
So at that time were you literally 80 pounds heavier
than you are right now?
Speaker 3 (10:12):
No, so I had lost the weight going into it but hadn't
done any exercise.
All right I my body was nottoned at all.
I was starting to see someloose skin, and that's when I
said I've got to start toningand working my muscle to kind of
I still want to drop another 20pounds and so just to get over
that hump.
That was kind of what pushed meto start working out.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
And then my wonderful sister-in-law who forced me to
go Shout out to sister-in-law.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Shout out to Bridget Bickle Okay, there you go.
There you go, all right.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Hey Bridget, yes, all right, hey Bridget.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
All right cool.
So where was that Pure Bar at?
So?
Speaker 3 (10:50):
that's at the Fort Wright location.
That's a different owner.
She and I are working closelytogether to make sure that both
of our studios at this point aregoing to be successful.
I've met owners of alldifferent Pure Bars and they've
all been amazing so far.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Yeah, all right, cool , all right.
So you mentioned your husband,you mentioned children.
Let's talk about that.
So what does family life looklike for you?
Speaker 3 (11:20):
So well, first of all , my husband is wonderful, he's.
I'm a very type, a dominant,controlling kind of person and
he's like super laid back, I canbring children home, animals
home, you name it, and he'sbuilding a bedroom or fencing
the yard.
He just kind of goes with theflow.
(11:41):
Exactly when I came home thatday and I said, oh my God, that
was the best thing I've everdone.
I want to open one in Union.
He kind of laughed and he said,well, what do we got to do?
And then we started lookinginto it and that was a several
month process of trying tofigure out if we were going to
be able to manage it and whatthat was going to look like.
So, yeah, he has been wonderful, but we have five children.
(12:06):
Okay, my oldest is out of thehouse.
She's in her 20s.
She was recently married andhas a baby on the way.
It'll be our first grandchildcongratulations yes.
And then my next one justgraduated high school, um, and
she still lives in the home.
And then we have three, uh,other children that are, oh gosh
, isn't it sad I have to thinkof their ages hey, that happened
(12:29):
12.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
They do get older almost 17.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Okay, so, and they're all still in school, they go to
gray and ryle, yep, so that'swhere we're at, okay well, very
good.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
So I guess when somebody walks into a Pure Bar
OK, what does that look like?
And feel like they, they justhear like, ok, pure Bar is kind
of cool and this sounds kind ofcool, and my friend goes here,
or whatever it's like.
When you walk in, what are youmet with?
(13:03):
What?
What happens?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Right.
So you make an appointment tocome in.
We offer a class called Engageand it's a trial class.
It's a little bit of ashortened version.
There's four different formatsthat PureBar offers, and that
Engage class gives you a littletaste of all four formats to see
if it's something you'd beinterested in, if you think you
(13:25):
want to join.
So after that we have one ofour sales team that would kind
of talk you through the optionsof joining.
Um, when you come in we'regoing to know your name and
we'll have been talking to youbefore that moment.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
So it's a super welcoming atmosphere when you
come in so you know everyone'sname, but they don't wear name
tags, right?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
now.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
So that's kind of cool that you take the time to
really know them.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Right, not just their name Exactly.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Like what their I guess history is, and like what
what their goals are Right Interms of fitness and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Right, and just in this whole process of doing
pre-sales, we're already pushingabout 200 members, wow, and
there's so many that I'veconnected with already just
through phone calls and text andgetting to know their story.
And you know, we really takeownership.
And getting to know people andI think that's one of the things
(14:22):
that sets us apart from otherplaces is every person means
something.
And we want you to come in andwe want to ask you oh, how's
your dog doing?
I know they had surgeryrecently.
Or your daughter's gettingmarried, how's that?
You know we want you to be apart of the pure of our family.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Okay.
So I've driven past your placemultiple times.
I peek in the window and I seethere's, you know, building
going on no-transcript Walls.
I mean I see progress, yes, butI don't see that you're ready
(15:02):
to open tomorrow.
So what is the projected opendate?
Speaker 3 (15:08):
So our general contractor has given us a date
of around October 13th.
Okay, we are hoping nothinggoes wrong and that will be an
accurate date.
We do have the foundation wallsup and they're working on the
wiring right now for electricand then I think everything else
is going to move pretty quickly.
So I think we're past thatdifficult part of getting
(15:30):
permits and that kind of thingwhich takes the longest.
But my plan will be to continuegiving updates to everyone and
posting on social media picturesof the progress and that kind
of thing and posting on socialmedia pictures of the progress
and that kind of thing.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Okay, good, was there anything?
Like you know, it's one thingto walk out of a pure bar and go
home and tell your husband weneed to start one in union, yes,
but the reality is different,I'm sure.
Like there are hoops you haveto jump through, there's all
sorts of things that have totake place you have to jump
through.
There's all sorts of thingsthat have to take place.
Um, was there anything that youwere like?
(16:05):
Um, wow, this is really harderthan I thought it was going to
be.
Um, like, what did the theprocess look like for you?
Speaker 3 (16:13):
well, we're almost.
I guess we purchased, we boughtinto the franchise almost a
year ago.
Okay, so that's how long thiswhole process has been up till
now, and we didn't know what wedidn't know, to be honest, my
husband and I had never owned abusiness before.
We kind of went in with someblind faith.
But the franchise owner iscalled Exponential.
(16:37):
They own multiple differentcompanies and they have been
absolutely fantastic.
They have guided us step bystep.
We have five phone calls a weekwith different teams telling us
everything we need to do.
I say it's like a pay-by-numberprocess, which is exactly what
I need.
They're successful and so wefollow what they tell us to do.
(17:01):
I think the biggest surprise iswhat the teachers go through in
training.
So I've hired a lead teacher.
She's got tons of experiencewith Pure Bar and she's been
helping hire new people.
My plan was to teach at somepoint until I found out how
extensive the training was and Isaid I'm going to not do that
quite yet.
I want to get a little moretime under my belt.
(17:23):
But those teachers go throughextremely extensive training.
I'm talking 100 hours in thestudio preparing.
They learn anatomy andphysiology.
They learn everything about howthe body works and what
movements, why the movementswork the way they do.
It's a very choreographed classpattern, excuse me, it's um the
(17:55):
detail that goes into it andthe planning is why it's so
successful, which I didn't knowwhen I was taking classes.
You don't realize how they'retrained, but it's just been
phenomenal to watch and we'vehad several go through the
training successfully andthey're just so excited to get
in that studio and share whatthey've learned are there
different levels?
Speaker 2 (18:14):
pure bar like a pure bar.
Are you sort of like a beginner?
Are you advanced?
Like what's that look like?
Speaker 3 (18:21):
so every teacher learns.
It's our classic format first.
So they're all certified inclassic and I mentioned there
were four formats total.
So they have to get a separatecertification in each format.
So, like our lead teacher iscertified in all four of those
formats.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
The goal will be to get everyone certified, but they
have to have so much experiencebefore getting into that next
level okay of training so, um,you hired the one person who's
sort of like you know, I, Iguess, like you're really
leaning hard into her andhelping, like you know um, but
(18:58):
uh, do you.
Are you looking to hire anybodyelse?
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Absolutely Okay.
So it's very clever we call ourdesk staff bartenders B-A-R-R-E
.
I love that, so we'll be hiringthat staff.
I do have a sales manager.
Her name is Paige Montel.
She's been doing just abouteverything behind the scenes.
Anybody who's been a prospector joined has had contact with
(19:23):
her.
She's awesome.
I do have a couple of teacherswho used to teach peer bar but
for whatever reason, went adifferent direction and now that
we have something in union theyare coming back to teach, so
they're going to have some extracertifications under their
belts just so we can offerenough of the class formats for
everybody.
But I will continue to behiring all positions, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
So you lost a lot of weight.
I did.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
So how do you maintain your current weight?
Honestly, it's just lifestylechange, which I didn't get until
I turned 50.
Honestly, we've all triedeverything.
I swear I've literally you nameit.
I have done it, and it justtook me realizing that I wasn't
on a diet, that I was changinghow I view food and I would
(20:20):
consider myself a food addict,to be honest, and I think I've
just gotten a handle on that andI feel so great how I am now
that I will never go backwardsokay, were you a carb addict?
oh my gosh holy cow.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Yes, because I think most of us, anybody who's
watching this, I think most ofus, anybody who's watching this,
I mean most people.
I mean carbs are like yum, yum,yum.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
It is and it's an addiction like any other, and I
truly do believe that I reallydo.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
How do people kick that habit?
It's like, well, what do youhave to do?
Speaker 3 (20:58):
You know, not being a professional in that field.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
I guess just as a personal.
Yeah, if I'm asking a friend.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Honestly, as a friend .
For me it's eliminating it allfor a short time to kind of
detox, yeah, and then graduallyadding back in the good carbs is
kind of what worked for me.
Okay, but I'm a candy addictand I don't deprive myself
anymore of anything.
Yeah, but I've learned how,instead of eating the entire bag
of jelly beans, I'll eat five.
(21:27):
So it's moderation, and whenyou start seeing results in your
body, it pushes you to keepgoing.
I think it took me, I'd say,about 10 classes of Noam Pure
Bar when I really started seeingsome definition and it just
pushes you to keep going.
But if you you know, if you'redoing something you don't see
results, what's going tomotivate you to keep going?
(21:48):
You got to find the right fitfor you to be able to progress.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
How long did it take you to lose that amount of
weight?
Speaker 3 (21:55):
It was a little over a year.
Okay, yeah, and I do.
Like I said, I've beenmaintaining for quite a few
months and I do want to dropsome more, so I'm hoping, once
we get that studio opened,that's going to help okay.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
So, yeah, there are people who are going to watch
this and they're like okay, Ineed help.
Yeah, everybody needs differentlevels of help.
You know everyone's sort ofjust on their own different
journey or whatever, but theycan come to Pure Bar and fit in,
you know, in terms of whateverthey need.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Right.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
You're going to be able to just sort of help them
with their own personal journey.
And you have walked the walk, Ihave walked the walk, I have
walked the walk.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
Exactly.
And you know what, havingtalked to so many people we've
had pushing a thousand peoplethat have expressed interest,
and I hear the same story overand over I'm out of shape, I'm,
you know, some say I'm gettingolder.
I'm kind of embarrassed to goto the gym.
Yeah, talk me into it and Ijust, you know, I think you got
(23:09):
to try it, see it to believe itis what I say, but it's.
There are so many in that samesituation and I'm really looking
.
I'm looking to try to come upwith some kind of a class idea
where everybody in that class isa first timer, everyone's
afraid, so that you feel alittle more comfortable.
So we are working on somethings behind the scenes to help
(23:31):
those people that are a littlenervous about joining, because
it is scary to start somethingnew that you're not sure what it
is.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Is it going?
Speaker 3 (23:38):
to be for you, but I just can't imagine this not
being for anybody.
Now we don't have a lot of men.
However, I hope to change that.
It's funny because my primarycare doctor is very familiar
with bar and he jokingly saidyou know people, the men think,
oh, that's going to be supereasy, it's not for me.
He said I took a class and Iabout died.
(24:00):
I think men don't realize youknow, you work muscles.
You didn't even realize you hadthose little tiny muscles with
real small, isolated movementsand they're shocked.
My husband had to take a classbecause we did a training in
California, where the franchiseis, and he fell in love with it.
He said I'm coming, I don'tcare if I'm the only guy in
(24:22):
there, and I have had a fewpeople reach out saying their
husbands are interested, so I dohope to get some men coming in.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Okay, how long does a class last?
Speaker 3 (24:32):
Classes are 50 minutes.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
So yeah, all the class formats are that amount.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
All right, and then you wake up the next day and
you're sore, a little bit, alittle bit Because you're like
whoa, what is that muscle?
Speaker 3 (24:46):
I didn't know I had that.
Yeah, and that's a good thingit is.
And it's not that it's minimalwork, it's Small, isolated,
controlled movements.
I mean, you feel the shake.
There's a lot of lingo thatcomes with pure bar that you
learn, like the shake, the tucks, things like that, but it's,
(25:09):
those small movements reallymake a difference.
All right, you really work yourcore, which is kind of central
to everything.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
So if somebody is thinking, OK, it sounds kind of
cool.
I'm not sure if it's for me,though.
Like, what do you say to thosepeople?
Speaker 3 (25:24):
I'd say come try and engage class, see what you think
.
I can't imagine you leaving andnot thinking it was wonderful.
I really just can't.
Well, good, but that's the wayto get in and see if it's for
you.
And the Fort Wright owner hasbeen gracious enough to allow
(25:45):
union prospects to come try aclass at her studio for $15,
which is much cheaper than itwould be normal.
So that's another option, andthere are studios in Cincinnati
and other options if someonewanted to try it.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Okay, and what is her name?
Let's shout her out.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Tracy Chaplin.
She's amazing.
She's a Fort Wright owner.
Let's shout her out.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Tracy Chaplin.
She's amazing.
Okay, so she's.
She's helped you out.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
She has.
She's been a great resource.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
All right, well, before we go, there's one thing
I want to talk about you.
You have some special needschildren, correct?
So what special needs in termsof what?
In terms of how, and you knowof how, and you know how do you,
how do you help them, and isthere any sort of, I guess, like
(26:33):
a local cause that kind ofhelps you help them?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
So we my husband and I I mentioned did foster care
for many, many years and wemostly took medically fragile
infants and then children withbehavioral needs, and we ended
up adopting three of them.
My oldest one is 17.
He's about to turn 17.
He is very well known in thecommunity.
(27:02):
He loves to shop at Kroger.
He is a trip, so he goes toRyle.
He's a senior this year buthe'll stay in until 21.
And the school has beenabsolutely amazing with him.
He has some physicallimitations.
He is mobile.
His language Ryle.
He went to state the last fewyears.
(27:41):
He is a miracle child.
He is so much fun so I did tellhim I want him sitting at the
desk at Pure Bar.
He's going to get a job thereso everyone can meet Keegan so I
do.
He is on the Michelle P waiver.
I'm not sure if people arefamiliar with that, but it's a
government assistance where hegets one-on-one care pretty much
(28:03):
around the clock.
So we have that's how I metPaige.
She was my sales manager.
She actually was a caregiverfor him, so that's a major
resource.
And then I have a daughter withcerebral palsy as well and
she's a seventh grader at Gray.
Her name's Stephanie.
She is almost 13.
And she also is low IQ and haspretty significant behavioral
(28:27):
problems, and we're working ongetting her on that waiver as
well.
And then my third son.
He actually goes to Ackerman.
He is in eighth grade and he is13.
He'll be 14 this year and wedeal with some behavioral issues
with him as well.
Okay, so yes, but I do feellike we are plugged into some
(28:50):
really good resources, butthere's always the need for more
, of course.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
Okay, so you have a lot going on.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
I have a lot going on but, I, have a lot of help, a
lot of family.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Okay, well, good.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
And I think, just having more eyes and ears on
what you have happening withinyour family life and your
business life, I think how couldpeople not want to support you?
Speaker 3 (29:22):
I mean seriously.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Exactly right.
I just met you like literallywhat, like a half hour ago, yeah
, yeah, so I am very impressedby you, are?
Speaker 3 (29:35):
you joining Pure Bar.
Well, ask my wife, you're goingto come I mean both of you on,
I do that's another thing Ireally want to do is make,
because we have so many womenthat have joined bring your
spouse stay, or bring yourhusband or boyfriend,
significant other or whatever.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
So I expect to see you there yeah, there's one
thing that I lack in my life andthat is discipline.
Okay, and and that's probably,you know, common, amongst men
especially.
But I don't know.
I mean, do I need pure bar Hell?
Yeah, I do.
So, you know, you are offeredto come and check it out and
(30:13):
just see how it goes.
Why wouldn't I and why wouldn'tanybody?
Speaker 3 (30:18):
And we do have pop-up events, which we unfortunately
have had, two that had to becanceled due to weather but, we
do.
We're planning another one inthe next week or so.
That will be at Union Park,which is outside and it's free.
Anybody can come.
So those are good opportunities,too, for people to get a trial.
We don't have the equipment orthe bar, but you still get a
(30:38):
feel for what you're going toget out of it Okay.
So that's another goodopportunity, and we do post that
on social media and on ourwebsite.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
All right, and we'll wake up sore the next morning.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
You will wake up a little sore.
Good, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
That's how you know it's working Right.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
And that's the other thing is so my sister-in-law she
I think I don't want tomisquote this, but I believe she
just hit 500 classes recently.
She is a rock star, but sheeven says it's changed up enough
with different kinds ofmovements that she still feels
that way after doing it thislong.
You don't get used to it, yeah.
Because, we change it.
And we don't want your body toadapt to the movement.
(31:18):
So it's that's something else Ilove about it.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
So I won't have giant arms and little skinny legs Not
exactly Right.
Okay, cool, good, good, allright, so we're wrapping this up
.
Is there anything we haven'ttalked about that maybe you want
to make sure we get to talkabout before we sign off?
Speaker 3 (31:37):
You know, I know there's a lot of different
opportunities coming in union towork out and I, you know, I
just no hard feelings to anybodywho goes somewhere else, but I
think you need to yell it toyourself to try them all, See
what's the best fit for you.
You know some things work foryou and some don't, but Pure Bar
is just one of those thingsthat I feel works for everyone
(31:59):
and I just want everyone to havethat opportunity.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
That's a great point.
I mean choices, I mean we allwant choices.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Right.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
And what works for one may not work for another.
That's right.
Okay, but people can come andfind their tribe.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
That's exactly right.
Yeah, okay, and we do alsooffer options of doing like
class packs, or maybe just eightclasses a month instead of the
unlimited.
So there's, you know, optionsfor everyone.
If it's not something you wantto do full time, okay, but
you're going to want to do itfull time and we're going to
walk out of the class and say Ineed to start another one.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Florence, that's right.
I'm like.
Speaker 3 (32:36):
Hebron's looking good .
Yeah right, they don't have one.
Okay, I'm like Hebron's lookinggood.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Yeah right, they don't have one.
Okay, well, hebron's next.
All right, I'm going to startone in Hebron.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
All right, no, I'll be your co-owner.
All right Cool.
All right Sweet, all right Cool.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I want to try a class and just see what it's all
about.
Yeah, and when my, she willhold me to that, that's right.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
You're stuck.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Yeah, I'm stuck, all right, cool.
Well, tell you what this is.
Wrapping up our conversation,I'm glad that I got to talk to
you today and introduce theunion community to what you have
coming to.
Union, right there on 42.
If people want to reach out, doyou have a phone number, a URL?
(33:20):
Union, right there on 42.
If people want to reach out,you know, do you have a phone
number, a URL?
I know people can just sort ofyou know, drive through union
and look for you, but where areyou at Like, who are your
neighbors?
What are you nearby that peoplewould be able to to find you?
So we are right behindSchlotzky.
Speaker 3 (33:44):
So you can eat your Cinnabon and then feel guilty
and then come work out rightafter.
But yeah, we were taking thatwhole backside of that building.
Okay, and we do have.
If you search Pure Bar Union,we should be the first thing
that pops up.
We have Instagram, Facebook.
If you like us on that, you'llget all the updates which we
post several times a week, andwe'll also that get all the
updates which we post severaltimes a week.
yeah, and we'll also that'll bewhere we post member
(34:07):
achievements you know when youhit so many classes or if
there's birthdays and thingslike that.
So okay, follow us on any ofthose and go to our website as
well all right.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
So yeah, when somebody hits, you know their
50th class, their 100th class,their 500 you know, whatever,
yeah yeah, what's the?
Speaker 3 (34:24):
100, class there, 500 and whatever.
Yeah, yeah, what's the the topyou've ever seen?
I've seen 2 000.
Wow, and you know we have.
So we have bars hanging on thewall.
There's three tiers and you getto sign the bar when you hit
the 50, I believe, the 100, the500.
So you get to sign your name onthe wall of fame and be up
there permanently, okay, and youget prizes for things as well.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
So is there going to be a big banner on the wall that
says Mike Murphy's first class?
Speaker 3 (34:46):
I will do that just for you, and the best part is so
I didn't mention.
We also are going to have alittle boutique in the front and
we'll be selling some thingsthat you can't get except in
Cincinnati, like Lululemon,different high-end products, and
when you do the classes youwear sticky socks and it becomes
an addiction.
I have quite a few pairs.
(35:07):
They come in every season.
They are the best part of PureBar Sticky socks.
All right.
I assume that you're talkinglike the bottoms of the socks,
yeah, so we just call themsticky socks.
But yeah they're just basicallyhave the little rubber pieces
on the bottoms.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Okay well, very good, all right.
So, jenny, thanks for stoppingby today and sitting with us and
letting people know that,whatever or wherever they are in
their journey, their healthjourney, you're going to help
them get to the next level.
You've walked the walk, youtalk the talk, and so, uh people
(35:47):
need to come and be part ofpure bar and you will help them
figure out what their next uhchapter looks like.
And I will be there um, as longas my wife has anything to say
about it right alongside theunion community, as we support
(36:10):
Pure Bar.
So, everybody, this is the GoodNeighbor podcast, so I will
always say to all of you untilyou see me again, everybody, be
good to your neighbor.
So long, everyone, bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Union.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to gnpunioncom.
That's gnpunioncom, or call usat 859-651-8330.
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