August 15, 2025 • 28 mins
In this episode, Mary Gaul is joined by Julie McKenzie, who shares her journey of acquiring a business and transitioning into a leadership role. Julie discusses the challenges she faced as a new business owner and the accountability and success practices implemented at her gym. She also talks about her business partnership with her husband and the joy found in witnessing member success. Julie offers valuable advice for taking bold actions and highlights Farrell's online resources and new services. The episode wraps up with information on how to connect with Julie McKenzie for further insights.
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Hello and welcome.
Welcome to the leap to success podcast where wehighlight incredible women entrepreneurs who
are taking bold leaps in business and life.
I'm your host, Mary Gahl, and I believe thatsuccess is built through connection,
contribution, and celebration.
In each episode, we bring you inspiringstories, expert insights, and actionable
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strategies to help you grow and thrive as anentrepreneur.
So let's dive into today's conversation.
I am so excited to introduce you, our podcastlisteners, to the LEAP community member, Julie
McKenzie.
She is an incredible business owner andentrepreneur, and I can't wait for her to tell
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you her story about how she ended up with thebusiness that she owns now.
So Julie, welcome to the show.
Thank you.
Tell listeners tell our
listeners your story and what makes you soawesome.
Well, let's see.
My name is Julie McKenzie.
My husband and I own Farrell's Extreme BodyShaping in Denver, Colorado.
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We're located near Colorado in I 25.
We help people get in shape through cardiokickboxing and strength training and nutrition
guidance.
Before we took on this crazy kickboxing gym,I've managed law firms for thirty years.
I'm really passionate about building businessesand I really always wanted to own my own
business, but I couldn't own a law firm becauseI'm not a lawyer.
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So we made the crazy decision to buy akickboxing gym two years ago, and it's been
great.
I love that.
I love that.
And that is quite a leap, right, to go frommanaging law firms.
Julie Julie and I have that that in commonbecause I I ran a law firm for ten years before
I started my first business.
And so tell everybody about kind of how thattook place.
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Like, what was what were the situations thatcame about for you to purchase this business?
Well, we walked into Farrell's Extreme BodyShaping in June 2014.
So we had been a part of the community for nineyears, I guess, and it literally changed our
lives.
Like, we learned how to get in shape.
We learned how to work out.
We learned what to eat, and we lost weight, andwe gotten you know, we were feeling better
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about ourselves.
We had more confidence.
And during the time we were there, it didchange hands from one owner to another owner.
And I remember thinking, oh, that's kind of abummer.
Like, I wish I would have known it was for salebecause I probably would have considered
looking into it.
And then, two years ago, the the owner at thetime was gonna have a baby, and she decided she
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didn't wanna own the business anymore.
And she put it out to the community that shewas ready to sell it.
And looked at my husband and said, this is ouropportunity to keep this number one, keep it
going because it changes so many lives.
And for us to be able to change lives and so wewent for it.
And, like, it was almost like an out of bodyexperience the whole way through because I
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think if I had really stopped and thought aboutit, I would have been like, no.
Run screaming from the building.
Yeah.
But I'm so happy we said yes because it'sdefinitely been a wild ride.
So
Nice.
Nice.
I love that.
And that's what it takes sometimes is anopportunity to be presented to you or Yeah.
You know, it giving yourself permission to eventhink that it's a possibility is sometimes that
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first leap we have to take.
I remember when I I was working at the lawfirm.
Right?
And my husband and I went to see a movie and adocumentary, and we were talking about it
afterwards about how passionate this personwas.
And both of us were like, I've never been thatpassionate about my work.
Right?
And so we started talking about what would wedo that we could be passionate about, and we
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started throwing ideas around.
And he actually said, well, why don't you quityour job and do something else?
And that was the first thought, like, oh, Idon't have to do this job?
I could do something completely different.
And then had some friends recommend them like,why don't you start your own business?
And I was like, what?
What?
What?
How would I even do that?
Right?
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So Right.
Then then things started falling in place, andI'm a firm believer in you have the idea.
If you have the thought, you can make it cometrue.
So you just have to have that first initialawareness.
So I would hope that you were able to take thatleap.
Well and it was you know, I'm not a lawyer, soI can't own a law firm.
And that's what I knew.
And I had this burning passion to own somethingI could touch that I could unlock the door,
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walk through, touch the walls, touch thefloors, feel that it was mine.
And I don't know why I had that passion, butthat's that's what kept pushing me further
forward.
Like, it's like, I could feel that key going inthe door and unlocking it and it being ours.
So
I love that.
I love that.
So that's an interesting thing that you've youknew about yourself.
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Right?
Like, I want to own something that can thenhave an impact on the community and on the on
on your lot on other people's lives.
Right?
Yep.
So so tell us a little bit of it's interestingbeing a member of the community and then
purchasing that.
So talk to me a little bit about how did youtransition your role from being one of the many
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to now you're the leader.
Oh,
that was kind of fun actually at the timebecause Ariel, who was the former owner that we
purchased from, was had built a really strongcommunity.
She had really built FXB Denver to a greatcommunity.
And I wanted to keep it a secret because Jimand I had been a part of the community for so
long.
We knew a lot of the people there.
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And so she announced that a member had beenshow had or a new owner had come forward, but
she wasn't gonna she wasn't gonna tell anybodywho it was.
But if people asked her and they guessed right,she would say yes.
So people started guessing, like, who it was,and then people come up to me and be like, do
you have any ideas?
Like, who could it be?
And I'm like, I I have no ideas.
I have no idea.
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And so finally, we announced it, and I have tosay that it was we were really welcomed into
the community just because we were a part ofthe community.
Right.
And so it wasn't gonna be a stranger coming inoff the street that didn't understand what we
do here because the name of our business doesnot tell us what I mean, it's intimidating to
see FAROLS Extreme Body Shaping.
It's like, what do they do?
Yeah.
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We kickbox and we strength train and we do hardthings together.
That's what we do, and we get in shapetogether.
So but it was that was a really fun transition.
That was actually surprisingly more fun than Ianticipated it to be.
So it's actually been a really easy that's beenone of the easiest transitions is to go from
member to leader because I feel like we werealready Jim and I were already coaching people.
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We had already kind of stepped into as much ofa leadership role as you can as a member of a
gym.
And so to make that next leap, that that wasprobably one of the smaller leaps that I made.
So Okay.
Good.
So tell us about going from, you know, being aa maybe a contractor or a w two person Oh.
Right, running a law firm to being the boss andrunning your own business.
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What was that That transition transition was alittle tougher because, you know, when you have
a boss, you have expectations.
You have maybe you have key performanceindicators that they've given to you and that
they're watching and they're they're followingup with you, and you have to prove to them that
you're working and and proving your worth.
Well, suddenly, I had to prove my worth to meand to my family and to my bank account.
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And so I had getting the discipline to reallyget the work done and to do the hard things
first.
Like, there are some things procrastination isa true that's an issue for me at times.
Yeah.
Because it's so easy to just say, I'll do thatlater.
I'll do that later.
I'll do that later.
I'm gonna go do the fun things first.
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Yes.
And so it's kinda like eat that frog, you know,that Brian Tracy eat the frog.
Yes.
That comes to mind a lot for me.
So that transition to be my own boss and tokeep myself accountable to my own KPIs now that
I have set Mhmm.
That was I think that was a bigger hill toclimb for me than I anticipated it to be.
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Yes.
I agree.
It's a big shift from being an employee tobeing your boss.
Right?
And so I learned that lesson in my firstbusiness.
I built myself a job instead of built abusiness.
Right?
You're stepping into an existing business, soyou had some of those systems and processes in
place.
But many entrepreneurs out there leaving thecorporate world for the first time starting
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their business, they build themselves a jobbecause they try and replicate what they were
doing in their corporate world.
Right?
And so then it's a bigger shift to really say,okay, let me step above this getting the work
done and what am I shooting for?
What are my goals with this?
How do I continue to grow and scale and learnand all of those kind of things?
Right.
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So did you fear and doubt are part of everydayprocesses of running a business, right, as is
procrastination.
We all deal with that.
Yeah.
So what are some ways that you help yourselfmove through and maybe some of your clients
that are in the gym as well.
There's probably a lot of fear and doubt thatthey can actually do it and reshape their body.
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So what are some ways that you help yourselfand your clients move through fear and doubt?
I actually have become to realize thatprocrastination is a form of fear and doubt.
So I have really tried to work through myprocrastination.
But when I really realized that fear and doubtis coming in, I talk to them.
And I say, look, guys.
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You gotta get in the back seat of the car.
Like, you're not driving.
You're not navigating.
You're not even gonna pick out the snacks thatwe're gonna eat along this journey of life, but
you can stay in the car because I know I can'tthey're like kids.
You know?
Yeah.
Gotta just jump on the side of road.
And fell off.
Yeah.
You can't jump them off, but you gotta put themin the back seat and give them no control.
And I really try to ignore them as much as Ican, but some days and I don't know about you,
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Mary, but fear and doubt, if I wake up in themiddle of the night, that's they become these
big massive things.
Yes.
And in the morning when I wake up, I'm like,okay.
That is not something that I need to be sofearful about.
Like, what am I why did why did that come up?
Then I just stick them in the back seat.
I think I got that from Elizabeth Gilbert, theauthor of We Pray Love.
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She's I think I read that from one of her booksone time was stick them in the back seat.
They're gonna come along on this journey withyou, but you just have to put them in their
place.
Give them no control.
They can't drive.
They can't navigate.
They can't even pick out the music on theradio, but they're there.
Yeah.
You just have to realize they're there.
So it's not it's not being without the absenceof fear, but it's the courage to move through
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it as we've all heard before.
So
Yes.
Yeah.
And I believe that, you know, action takingwhatever this next small step is towards
whatever you want you're fearing, right, willhelp you bust through that.
And we just have to keep taking one smallaction, one small action.
And that's what happens, you know, I'm sure yousee that over and over with your clients is
that they get frustrated or they're not seeingresults that they want fast enough or whatever.
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And they just have to keep that consistentsmall actions, and it will pay off eventually.
And and we just have to have that patiencebuilt in.
Most of the time, they don't believe me, but ifI can get them to keep coming we keep people
very accountable here.
Like, I don't just take your money and thenhope you show up.
I reach out.
If you miss seven days of working out, and Iknow seven seems like a lot to me, I keep
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thinking I need to push it back to five, youwill get a call from me.
You will get a text message from me.
You will hear from me.
Wow.
Because we're here to change your life.
You signed up with us to make a change in yourlife, and we're here to keep you accountable to
reaching that goal.
And so fear and doubt absolutely come up in ourmembers because they doubt that they can
actually do what we've asked them to do.
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Like, we might ask them to do a burpee, andthey might not be able to do a burpee for a
week, two weeks, two months, five years, buteventually, if they keep with it, they're gonna
they're gonna reach that goal.
Yeah.
So yeah.
It's true.
It's
I love that.
And I just wanna go back and point that out.
You know, how many people belong to a gym outthere listening that you just pay your fees
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every month and nobody cares whether you showup or you don't show up and as long as you keep
paying the money, you could show up once everysix months or whatever.
But I love the fact that you are different andthat's a way that really people have to be
committed when they come in there because theyknow you're gonna hold them accountable.
Yes.
Yeah.
I have accountability.
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I ask people like, I don't like signing you upand this might I might sound like the dumbest
gym owner on the planet, but I don't likesigning people over the phone.
I want you to come in.
I want you to experience our classes.
I want you to experience the community becauseif we don't click with you and you're gonna be
not showing up, like, you pay me money to comeand put your feet on my mats, and there's
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nothing there's a lot that brings me joy here.
But one of my biggest joys is a full mat fullof people.
It brings energy to the classes.
It makes the classes so much better foreverybody.
I want you here.
Yes.
So that's I will I will do what I can to getyou to come in and work out with us.
Nice.
Nice.
I love that.
I love that.
So we talked about a little bit about some ofyour daily practices.
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Right?
So what are some of the daily habits orpractices that that keep you grounded and keep
you moving forward as a business owner?
One of the things that I've and I don'tremember where I picked this up.
I'm sure the listeners have heard this before,but I always pick three things I must
accomplish every day.
Mhmm.
And they've gotta be three things that aregonna bring are gonna be revenue generating,
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push me closer to our goals.
It can't be, I'm gonna go clean the mats today.
That's just a task.
Yeah.
Like, that's a weekly task that I have formyself, or sometimes I get other people to help
me with that.
But it has to be those big things that aremoving us forward.
And I have found in in running this businessthat I'm I'm not afraid to break stuff
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sometimes.
Nice.
Sometimes I'm just like, does this soundabsolutely crazy?
I'll bounce ideas off of my husband or I'llbounce ideas off of our instructors, and some
of them look at me like, you really wanna trythat?
And I'm like, yeah.
Let's try it.
Let's throw it out there.
Let's see what happens.
Mhmm.
Like, one of those things is we stream four ofour classes every day, and I have twenty hours
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of rotating workouts.
So you can if you take it into the gym, you canyou can pull up a virtual workout and workout
at home, and I can help you get a bag and bandsand all that stuff.
But I was like, why don't we start streamingone of those classes at a certain time that
peep people were asking me for 07:15 in themorning?
Uh-huh.
And I was like, I just wanna see maybe I canstream during that time.
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And that's an easy like, I got a we had a TV.
We had everything.
I just put it all together, and now I have asetup that I roll out the cart of the TV.
It's like you're in grammar school when theyrolled out
the TV.
And I put it in front, and some members willshow up, and they grab a bag, and they work out
to a video versus a live instructor.
And I think I think I thought I was thecraziest to think it might work, but it
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actually is working.
Nice.
Nice.
People like it.
Eventually, we will put a live instructorthere, but I kinda wanna see it's my way to
kinda test the community.
Are you guys really gonna show up at this time?
Right.
Because I'm happy to have the time, but I wannamake sure that that time works for enough that
it makes sense.
Right.
To have that full mat like you were talking.
Yeah.
I like the full mat.
And and it that class does struggle a littlebit with the energy, but the members that come,
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I only allow if I don't want you there ifyou're new because we also are very passionate
about people not getting hurt.
And so the inspectors really work with peopleon form.
So you have to be a fairly seasoned member tobe able to sign up for that class, but that was
just an example of let's just throw it outthere, see if it works.
And if it doesn't work, it's like, it wasn'tthat big of a deal.
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Right.
No harm, no foul.
Yeah.
Exactly.
I'll just now schedule them, put it aside.
So yeah.
I love that.
I love that.
And that's really what being an entrepreneur isall about.
Right?
We have all of these creative ideas, but totake it from an idea to actually implementing
something is where that those daily habits andpractices and is this gonna move me forward?
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Is this gonna help our community?
Is this gonna help the the members?
Right?
So so really looking at those things and thenactually taking action and implementing those
things and testing things.
Right?
So I have a client who loves to test things,and he has a whole spreadsheet.
If here's a test I'm running on this, and atest I'm running on that, right?
With the parameters and the measurements.
And so I think that's important becausesometimes as entrepreneurs, we try something
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once and we don't give it enough time to reallymarinate and get enough data to see if it's
working or not, and then we move on to the nextthing because we always have more ideas.
Right.
So I love that.
I I wanted to ask you because you said youbought this business with your husband.
Has your husband been an entrepreneur before,or is this his first time as a business owner?
First time.
I am the risk taker of the relationship.
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Jim is the youngest of 10, and he's very muchrisk averse.
Mhmm.
Yeah.
But he was willing to give it a chance.
I promised him, like, this won't put us in thepoor house.
We won't be leaving the space.
He's like, I promise you, like, this will work.
It is like, I'm like just like every otherentrepreneur out there.
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You know, it has to work.
And we've been together gosh.
How many years have we been together?
We got we met in 1989.
So what is that?
Okay.
I can't count that high.
And we've been married since 1993, so we trusteach other.
And I have to say he's really stepped up.
He manages the mornings.
We were avid 05:15AM workout people Okay.
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Which is a special time of the day to workout.
Yeah.
It's and so he still manages he still comes andworks out at 05:15, and then he stays till
about 06:30.
And then he comes home.
We kinda cross in the in the night or in themorning.
Yeah.
I get here seven.
So there's only a little bit of time every daythat he's not here or I'm not here.
And then sometimes we cross at night toobecause he's still working full time.
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Okay.
He did keep that, you know
The security blanket.
Yeah.
Security blanket of his job, which is goodbecause we actually do need that because he has
insurance and all that.
But he's he really like, he has stepped up andreally supported this decision.
And I think Nice.
I call him my facilities manager.
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Manager.
Jim Jim loves loves to to be be a a handyman.
Handyman.
Oh my goodness.
Like, you got something broken?
Call me.
I'll give I'll send my husband over.
How fun.
He loves it.
And so there's lots of little things aroundhere, and people will say, this looks like like
the bags the the kickboxing bags usually getloose or they leak, and Jim knows how to fix
them.
And I'll be like, I'll get my facilitiesmanager on that.
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And now everybody has learned that that's Jim.
So Nice.
Nice.
So I think we're a good partnership.
That's so funny.
So my husband's name is James.
His family calls him Jim, but he introducedhimself to me as James.
And we met in 1989 and got married in 1993 aswell.
So and he wants to do projects in handyman.
Very well.
Married to the same person, but that is sofunny.
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Have
a similar background.
That's hilarious.
Yes.
That's so funny.
Well, I love that you're in the businesstogether.
And even though he has his own, you know, fulltime job, the fact that you're able to work it
out, that he's still being a part of thebusiness, but you're really the driver of I'm
gonna make this thing succeed.
Right?
So Right.
That is part of being an entrepreneur too.
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You have to have that belief that Yeah.
This is gonna work and I'm gonna make it work.
Right?
So so success isn't just about business.
It's about joy and fulfillment too.
So what is something that truly lights you upabout the work that you get to do?
Oh, gosh.
It's the seeing the success of the members.
So when I saw this question, was like like,there's so many stories I could tell you about,
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the success that we have.
We run on ten week challenges here.
And so we get to the whole community runsthrough the challenge, but there are certain
people that are in the challenge.
And the challenge consists of you are measuredat the beginning, you're measured in the
middle, and you're measured at the end.
And the beginning one is just to set your like,just figure out where you are when you start.
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The middle one is kinda to figure out wherewhere have you come in five weeks, where do we
need to tweak, what do we need to talk about,is it the nutrition, are you working out
enough, are you doing the right activities toget you to where you your goal that you wanna
hit at ten weeks.
And then at ten weeks, we take before and afterpictures, week one and week ten, and when then
we take, you know, measurements, we have allthese things that we do.
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And whoever has the most change and it shows inthe pictures can win a thousand dollars.
And you can either get a thousand dollars cashor you can put it towards an ongoing
membership.
And I'll say, I would bet 80% of the people dothe ongoing membership because they wanna keep
working towards those goals.
Yeah.
So our last winner, her name is Jess, she lost14.75 inches of just she re like, that's the
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extreme body shaping that we do.
Yeah.
She
lost 5% body fat and 14 inches, almost 15inches off her body.
And you can tell in her before picture, she'stotally irritated.
Like, she didn't even wanna be there.
Yeah.
Her wife brought her in.
And then in the after picture, she's totallysmiling and her she looks great.
So that was a huge win, and I just get such acharge out of that.
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And then I had a another one recently where Ihad this member who has been in and out.
She's come in, left us, come back, left us, andshe came back a third time.
And she's like, I need to see changes.
I'm not seeing changes.
Every time I come back, I don't see thechanges.
And so I dug in with her.
I'm like, you gotta you gotta let me guide you.
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You gotta really let me help you with thenutrition piece because really Mhmm.
You can't outwork a bad diet.
Like, if you sit in here and work out everyday, but you're still eating that poorly, we're
not really gonna be able to help you.
So she signed up.
She went all in, and she sent me a picture ofher and her and these pair of pants that she
wanted to get into that she hasn't fit into ina very long time.
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I think she sent it on Monday just this week.
And I have to tell you, Mary, like, I was like,oh my gosh.
It's just so great to see people that you know,I know what it's like to put on those skinny
jeans and to be able to button it up and to andI get all emotional about it.
But Yeah.
It's that's what lights me up is to see otherpeople's success.
Because I know how hard they know how hardthey're working.
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So
Yeah.
I love that.
And for you to be able to be their guide andtheir mentor and then celebrate with them.
Right?
That's the big thing too is celebrating allthose little little achievements along the way
and then having a big celebration at the end.
I love that you do these contests and thatthere's a winner and that you get to celebrate.
And even the people that came in second andthird probably still had amazing results.
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Even though they didn't win, they're stillwinning in in the whole scheme
of things.
Right?
And I even though they don't win the thousanddollars, I always try to give out some type of
award, whether it was perfect attendance or Ialways give out the most spirited award, the
person that, you know, charges up the entireclass.
There's different awards that I give to people.
Nice.
But that thousand dollars is the one thateverybody is reaching for.
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So
Nice.
I love that.
I love that.
So many listeners out there are on the edge oftaking a big leap in their life, whether that's
starting a new workout program or nutritionprogram or buying a business or starting a
business.
What kind of advice would you give people totake that first step and that take that bold
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action with confidence?
I think if it's something that's burning inyour gut, like, it's just burning, you have to
take that first leap.
Like, whether it's starting a new workoutprogram, like, that's probably one of the
scariest things I ever did.
But I I woke up every day for I don't know howmany years saying, Julie, you gotta lose
weight.
Julie, you gotta lose weight.
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Julie, you gotta lose weight.
And finally, Farrell's came into my world.
Don't ask me.
I don't even I think it was somebody mentionedit to me.
And I just took a week to finally walk throughthe door.
And as for me, personally, I kinda have to havethat out of body experience like I mentioned
earlier when we bought this place.
Yeah.
You have to pay attention to that burningdesire that you have and just pick up the
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phone, make the first step, just action, Iguess, is take that action.
Yeah.
Because if it's meant to be, everything willfall into place.
Like, I don't know the how like, if you finallymake the decision that you're gonna do it, the
how will come.
Right.
And I
don't know why it happens that way, but itdoes.
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It does.
Yeah.
That clarity creates action, or action createsclarity is what I say.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Action creates clarity.
Okay, so anything that's new for you atFarrell's and for our listeners that are
listening around the country, around the globe,maybe we have international listeners, how how
could they benefit from some of the things thatyou do?
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You mentioned you have some some online stuffmaybe or how could they how could they benefit
from from getting to know more about Farrell's?
We have a virtual platform that's great.
We can help you get a bag because we use standup bags.
You can see the bags behind me.
Right?
Uh-huh.
And we use resistance bands, we can help youget a set of resistance bands.
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And we you can either join a live class that'sstreaming live at the time or you can join a re
a recorded class.
And I have I have about I probably have about15 members that are across the country.
So not everybody comes into the gym, but youcan see the list of people that are online
sometimes, which is nice.
So you can do it that way.
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And I lost track of my answer.
Yeah.
You have other resources available like to readthis slide or
What else are we doing?
We are actually going to we're gonna gonnastart focusing more on the recovery side of
things.
Okay.
So I've been working with a partner that does,assisted stretching, and they bring in their
assisted stretching here a few times a week.
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So you can also sign up for some recovery, andwe're talking about what other services can we
bring in to help our members recover quicker sothat they can because you get really sore here.
And Yeah.
Like, you and you can understand that when youstart working out and you haven't worked out in
a while, your your body is gonna be in shock.
Yeah.
And so we wanna help people kinda get over thatshock a little bit faster.
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So we're talking about bringing in somerecovery services.
Nice.
Nice.
I love it.
I love that.
So tell our listeners about you know what?
We'll put all of your contact information inthe show notes, but I always like to have
everybody at least tell everybody where theycan find you in case they're listening while
they're walking their dog or whatever.
They've at least heard your website.
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So where's the best way for them to connect toyou?
We are online at Instagram, and it's at f x bunderscore s Colorado Boulevard.
It's not the greatest handle.
I know.
That's what it is.
And we're also on Facebook, so you candefinitely follow us on Facebook.
And our website is fxbdenver.com, or you canemail me directly at Julie@fxbDenver.com, and I
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would love to connect with you.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
And, we will put all of that information in theshow notes so that wherever you're listening or
watching the podcast, you can find all ofJulie's information and connect to her.
Yeah.
And take that big leap for yourself to getyourself back in the best shape that you are
possibly for yourself and for your life and foryour business.
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Right?
Because your health shows up in whatever roleyou're playing as a business owner or as a mom,
as a wife, as a sister, as a friend, whateverit is.
Right?
So Yep.
Yes.
Awesome.
Okay.
Well, that's a wrap on today's episode of theLeap to Success podcast.
I hope that you found inspiration, motivation,and a few golden nuggets to take with you on
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your journey.
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And if today's guest, Julie McKenzie withFarrell's Body Shaping, is that right?
Did I say it right?
Farrell's Extreme Body Shaping.
Extreme Body Shaping.
I missed the x in there.
Yeah.
Show her some love by sharing this episode withsomebody in your community.
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Remember, you can find all of Julie's contactinformation in the show notes wherever you're
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And until next time, keep taking those boldleaps, contributing your gifts, and celebrating
your successes.
Thanks so much for being your guest on the showtoday, Julie.
Thank you.
It was
great.
Wonderful.
Hello and welcome.
Welcome to the leap to success podcast where wehighlight incredible women entrepreneurs who
are taking bold leaps in business and life.
I'm your host, Mary Gahl, and I believe thatsuccess is built through connection,
contribution, and celebration.
In each episode, we bring you inspiringstories, expert insights, and actionable
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strategies to help you grow and thrive as anentrepreneur.
So let's dive into today's conversation.
I am so excited to introduce you, our podcastlisteners, to the LEAP community member, Julie
McKenzie.
She is an incredible business owner andentrepreneur, and I can't wait for her to tell
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you her story about how she ended up with thebusiness that she owns now.
So Julie, welcome to the show.
Thank you.
Tell listeners tell our
listeners your story and what makes you soawesome.
Well, let's see.
My name is Julie McKenzie.
My husband and I own Farrell's Extreme BodyShaping in Denver, Colorado.
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We're located near Colorado in I 25.
We help people get in shape through cardiokickboxing and strength training and nutrition
guidance.
Before we took on this crazy kickboxing gym,I've managed law firms for thirty years.
I'm really passionate about building businessesand I really always wanted to own my own
business, but I couldn't own a law firm becauseI'm not a lawyer.
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So we made the crazy decision to buy akickboxing gym two years ago, and it's been
great.
I love that.
I love that.
And that is quite a leap, right, to go frommanaging law firms.
Julie Julie and I have that that in commonbecause I I ran a law firm for ten years before
I started my first business.
And so tell everybody about kind of how thattook place.
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Like, what was what were the situations thatcame about for you to purchase this business?
Well, we walked into Farrell's Extreme BodyShaping in June 2014.
So we had been a part of the community for nineyears, I guess, and it literally changed our
lives.
Like, we learned how to get in shape.
We learned how to work out.
We learned what to eat, and we lost weight, andwe gotten you know, we were feeling better
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about ourselves.
We had more confidence.
And during the time we were there, it didchange hands from one owner to another owner.
And I remember thinking, oh, that's kind of abummer.
Like, I wish I would have known it was for salebecause I probably would have considered
looking into it.
And then, two years ago, the the owner at thetime was gonna have a baby, and she decided she
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didn't wanna own the business anymore.
And she put it out to the community that shewas ready to sell it.
And looked at my husband and said, this is ouropportunity to keep this number one, keep it
going because it changes so many lives.
And for us to be able to change lives and so wewent for it.
And, like, it was almost like an out of bodyexperience the whole way through because I
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think if I had really stopped and thought aboutit, I would have been like, no.
Run screaming from the building.
Yeah.
But I'm so happy we said yes because it'sdefinitely been a wild ride.
So
Nice.
Nice.
I love that.
And that's what it takes sometimes is anopportunity to be presented to you or Yeah.
You know, it giving yourself permission to eventhink that it's a possibility is sometimes that
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first leap we have to take.
I remember when I I was working at the lawfirm.
Right?
And my husband and I went to see a movie and adocumentary, and we were talking about it
afterwards about how passionate this personwas.
And both of us were like, I've never been thatpassionate about my work.
Right?
And so we started talking about what would wedo that we could be passionate about, and we
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started throwing ideas around.
And he actually said, well, why don't you quityour job and do something else?
And that was the first thought, like, oh, Idon't have to do this job?
I could do something completely different.
And then had some friends recommend them like,why don't you start your own business?
And I was like, what?
What?
What?
How would I even do that?
Right?
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So Right.
Then then things started falling in place, andI'm a firm believer in you have the idea.
If you have the thought, you can make it cometrue.
So you just have to have that first initialawareness.
So I would hope that you were able to take thatleap.
Well and it was you know, I'm not a lawyer, soI can't own a law firm.
And that's what I knew.
And I had this burning passion to own somethingI could touch that I could unlock the door,
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walk through, touch the walls, touch thefloors, feel that it was mine.
And I don't know why I had that passion, butthat's that's what kept pushing me further
forward.
Like, it's like, I could feel that key going inthe door and unlocking it and it being ours.
So
I love that.
I love that.
So that's an interesting thing that you've youknew about yourself.
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Right?
Like, I want to own something that can thenhave an impact on the community and on the on
on your lot on other people's lives.
Right?
Yep.
So so tell us a little bit of it's interestingbeing a member of the community and then
purchasing that.
So talk to me a little bit about how did youtransition your role from being one of the many
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to now you're the leader.
Oh,
that was kind of fun actually at the timebecause Ariel, who was the former owner that we
purchased from, was had built a really strongcommunity.
She had really built FXB Denver to a greatcommunity.
And I wanted to keep it a secret because Jimand I had been a part of the community for so
long.
We knew a lot of the people there.
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And so she announced that a member had beenshow had or a new owner had come forward, but
she wasn't gonna she wasn't gonna tell anybodywho it was.
But if people asked her and they guessed right,she would say yes.
So people started guessing, like, who it was,and then people come up to me and be like, do
you have any ideas?
Like, who could it be?
And I'm like, I I have no ideas.
I have no idea.
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And so finally, we announced it, and I have tosay that it was we were really welcomed into
the community just because we were a part ofthe community.
Right.
And so it wasn't gonna be a stranger coming inoff the street that didn't understand what we
do here because the name of our business doesnot tell us what I mean, it's intimidating to
see FAROLS Extreme Body Shaping.
It's like, what do they do?
Yeah.
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We kickbox and we strength train and we do hardthings together.
That's what we do, and we get in shapetogether.
So but it was that was a really fun transition.
That was actually surprisingly more fun than Ianticipated it to be.
So it's actually been a really easy that's beenone of the easiest transitions is to go from
member to leader because I feel like we werealready Jim and I were already coaching people.
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We had already kind of stepped into as much ofa leadership role as you can as a member of a
gym.
And so to make that next leap, that that wasprobably one of the smaller leaps that I made.
So Okay.
Good.
So tell us about going from, you know, being aa maybe a contractor or a w two person Oh.
Right, running a law firm to being the boss andrunning your own business.
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What was that That transition transition was alittle tougher because, you know, when you have
a boss, you have expectations.
You have maybe you have key performanceindicators that they've given to you and that
they're watching and they're they're followingup with you, and you have to prove to them that
you're working and and proving your worth.
Well, suddenly, I had to prove my worth to meand to my family and to my bank account.
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And so I had getting the discipline to reallyget the work done and to do the hard things
first.
Like, there are some things procrastination isa true that's an issue for me at times.
Yeah.
Because it's so easy to just say, I'll do thatlater.
I'll do that later.
I'll do that later.
I'm gonna go do the fun things first.
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Yes.
And so it's kinda like eat that frog, you know,that Brian Tracy eat the frog.
Yes.
That comes to mind a lot for me.
So that transition to be my own boss and tokeep myself accountable to my own KPIs now that
I have set Mhmm.
That was I think that was a bigger hill toclimb for me than I anticipated it to be.
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Yes.
I agree.
It's a big shift from being an employee tobeing your boss.
Right?
And so I learned that lesson in my firstbusiness.
I built myself a job instead of built abusiness.
Right?
You're stepping into an existing business, soyou had some of those systems and processes in
place.
But many entrepreneurs out there leaving thecorporate world for the first time starting
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their business, they build themselves a jobbecause they try and replicate what they were
doing in their corporate world.
Right?
And so then it's a bigger shift to really say,okay, let me step above this getting the work
done and what am I shooting for?
What are my goals with this?
How do I continue to grow and scale and learnand all of those kind of things?
Right.
(08:50):
So did you fear and doubt are part of everydayprocesses of running a business, right, as is
procrastination.
We all deal with that.
Yeah.
So what are some ways that you help yourselfmove through and maybe some of your clients
that are in the gym as well.
There's probably a lot of fear and doubt thatthey can actually do it and reshape their body.
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So what are some ways that you help yourselfand your clients move through fear and doubt?
I actually have become to realize thatprocrastination is a form of fear and doubt.
So I have really tried to work through myprocrastination.
But when I really realized that fear and doubtis coming in, I talk to them.
And I say, look, guys.
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You gotta get in the back seat of the car.
Like, you're not driving.
You're not navigating.
You're not even gonna pick out the snacks thatwe're gonna eat along this journey of life, but
you can stay in the car because I know I can'tthey're like kids.
You know?
Yeah.
Gotta just jump on the side of road.
And fell off.
Yeah.
You can't jump them off, but you gotta put themin the back seat and give them no control.
And I really try to ignore them as much as Ican, but some days and I don't know about you,
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Mary, but fear and doubt, if I wake up in themiddle of the night, that's they become these
big massive things.
Yes.
And in the morning when I wake up, I'm like,okay.
That is not something that I need to be sofearful about.
Like, what am I why did why did that come up?
Then I just stick them in the back seat.
I think I got that from Elizabeth Gilbert, theauthor of We Pray Love.
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She's I think I read that from one of her booksone time was stick them in the back seat.
They're gonna come along on this journey withyou, but you just have to put them in their
place.
Give them no control.
They can't drive.
They can't navigate.
They can't even pick out the music on theradio, but they're there.
Yeah.
You just have to realize they're there.
So it's not it's not being without the absenceof fear, but it's the courage to move through
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it as we've all heard before.
So
Yes.
Yeah.
And I believe that, you know, action takingwhatever this next small step is towards
whatever you want you're fearing, right, willhelp you bust through that.
And we just have to keep taking one smallaction, one small action.
And that's what happens, you know, I'm sure yousee that over and over with your clients is
that they get frustrated or they're not seeingresults that they want fast enough or whatever.
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And they just have to keep that consistentsmall actions, and it will pay off eventually.
And and we just have to have that patiencebuilt in.
Most of the time, they don't believe me, but ifI can get them to keep coming we keep people
very accountable here.
Like, I don't just take your money and thenhope you show up.
I reach out.
If you miss seven days of working out, and Iknow seven seems like a lot to me, I keep
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thinking I need to push it back to five, youwill get a call from me.
You will get a text message from me.
You will hear from me.
Wow.
Because we're here to change your life.
You signed up with us to make a change in yourlife, and we're here to keep you accountable to
reaching that goal.
And so fear and doubt absolutely come up in ourmembers because they doubt that they can
actually do what we've asked them to do.
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Like, we might ask them to do a burpee, andthey might not be able to do a burpee for a
week, two weeks, two months, five years, buteventually, if they keep with it, they're gonna
they're gonna reach that goal.
Yeah.
So yeah.
It's true.
It's
I love that.
And I just wanna go back and point that out.
You know, how many people belong to a gym outthere listening that you just pay your fees
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every month and nobody cares whether you showup or you don't show up and as long as you keep
paying the money, you could show up once everysix months or whatever.
But I love the fact that you are different andthat's a way that really people have to be
committed when they come in there because theyknow you're gonna hold them accountable.
Yes.
Yeah.
I have accountability.
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I ask people like, I don't like signing you upand this might I might sound like the dumbest
gym owner on the planet, but I don't likesigning people over the phone.
I want you to come in.
I want you to experience our classes.
I want you to experience the community becauseif we don't click with you and you're gonna be
not showing up, like, you pay me money to comeand put your feet on my mats, and there's
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nothing there's a lot that brings me joy here.
But one of my biggest joys is a full mat fullof people.
It brings energy to the classes.
It makes the classes so much better foreverybody.
I want you here.
Yes.
So that's I will I will do what I can to getyou to come in and work out with us.
Nice.
Nice.
I love that.
I love that.
So we talked about a little bit about some ofyour daily practices.
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Right?
So what are some of the daily habits orpractices that that keep you grounded and keep
you moving forward as a business owner?
One of the things that I've and I don'tremember where I picked this up.
I'm sure the listeners have heard this before,but I always pick three things I must
accomplish every day.
Mhmm.
And they've gotta be three things that aregonna bring are gonna be revenue generating,
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push me closer to our goals.
It can't be, I'm gonna go clean the mats today.
That's just a task.
Yeah.
Like, that's a weekly task that I have formyself, or sometimes I get other people to help
me with that.
But it has to be those big things that aremoving us forward.
And I have found in in running this businessthat I'm I'm not afraid to break stuff
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sometimes.
Nice.
Sometimes I'm just like, does this soundabsolutely crazy?
I'll bounce ideas off of my husband or I'llbounce ideas off of our instructors, and some
of them look at me like, you really wanna trythat?
And I'm like, yeah.
Let's try it.
Let's throw it out there.
Let's see what happens.
Mhmm.
Like, one of those things is we stream four ofour classes every day, and I have twenty hours
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of rotating workouts.
So you can if you take it into the gym, you canyou can pull up a virtual workout and workout
at home, and I can help you get a bag and bandsand all that stuff.
But I was like, why don't we start streamingone of those classes at a certain time that
peep people were asking me for 07:15 in themorning?
Uh-huh.
And I was like, I just wanna see maybe I canstream during that time.
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And that's an easy like, I got a we had a TV.
We had everything.
I just put it all together, and now I have asetup that I roll out the cart of the TV.
It's like you're in grammar school when theyrolled out
the TV.
And I put it in front, and some members willshow up, and they grab a bag, and they work out
to a video versus a live instructor.
And I think I think I thought I was thecraziest to think it might work, but it
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actually is working.
Nice.
Nice.
People like it.
Eventually, we will put a live instructorthere, but I kinda wanna see it's my way to
kinda test the community.
Are you guys really gonna show up at this time?
Right.
Because I'm happy to have the time, but I wannamake sure that that time works for enough that
it makes sense.
Right.
To have that full mat like you were talking.
Yeah.
I like the full mat.
And and it that class does struggle a littlebit with the energy, but the members that come,
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I only allow if I don't want you there ifyou're new because we also are very passionate
about people not getting hurt.
And so the inspectors really work with peopleon form.
So you have to be a fairly seasoned member tobe able to sign up for that class, but that was
just an example of let's just throw it outthere, see if it works.
And if it doesn't work, it's like, it wasn'tthat big of a deal.
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Right.
No harm, no foul.
Yeah.
Exactly.
I'll just now schedule them, put it aside.
So yeah.
I love that.
I love that.
And that's really what being an entrepreneur isall about.
Right?
We have all of these creative ideas, but totake it from an idea to actually implementing
something is where that those daily habits andpractices and is this gonna move me forward?
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Is this gonna help our community?
Is this gonna help the the members?
Right?
So so really looking at those things and thenactually taking action and implementing those
things and testing things.
Right?
So I have a client who loves to test things,and he has a whole spreadsheet.
If here's a test I'm running on this, and atest I'm running on that, right?
With the parameters and the measurements.
And so I think that's important becausesometimes as entrepreneurs, we try something
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once and we don't give it enough time to reallymarinate and get enough data to see if it's
working or not, and then we move on to the nextthing because we always have more ideas.
Right.
So I love that.
I I wanted to ask you because you said youbought this business with your husband.
Has your husband been an entrepreneur before,or is this his first time as a business owner?
First time.
I am the risk taker of the relationship.
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Jim is the youngest of 10, and he's very muchrisk averse.
Mhmm.
Yeah.
But he was willing to give it a chance.
I promised him, like, this won't put us in thepoor house.
We won't be leaving the space.
He's like, I promise you, like, this will work.
It is like, I'm like just like every otherentrepreneur out there.
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You know, it has to work.
And we've been together gosh.
How many years have we been together?
We got we met in 1989.
So what is that?
Okay.
I can't count that high.
And we've been married since 1993, so we trusteach other.
And I have to say he's really stepped up.
He manages the mornings.
We were avid 05:15AM workout people Okay.
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Which is a special time of the day to workout.
Yeah.
It's and so he still manages he still comes andworks out at 05:15, and then he stays till
about 06:30.
And then he comes home.
We kinda cross in the in the night or in themorning.
Yeah.
I get here seven.
So there's only a little bit of time every daythat he's not here or I'm not here.
And then sometimes we cross at night toobecause he's still working full time.
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Okay.
He did keep that, you know
The security blanket.
Yeah.
Security blanket of his job, which is goodbecause we actually do need that because he has
insurance and all that.
But he's he really like, he has stepped up andreally supported this decision.
And I think Nice.
I call him my facilities manager.
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Manager.
Jim Jim loves loves to to be be a a handyman.
Handyman.
Oh my goodness.
Like, you got something broken?
Call me.
I'll give I'll send my husband over.
How fun.
He loves it.
And so there's lots of little things aroundhere, and people will say, this looks like like
the bags the the kickboxing bags usually getloose or they leak, and Jim knows how to fix
them.
And I'll be like, I'll get my facilitiesmanager on that.
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And now everybody has learned that that's Jim.
So Nice.
Nice.
So I think we're a good partnership.
That's so funny.
So my husband's name is James.
His family calls him Jim, but he introducedhimself to me as James.
And we met in 1989 and got married in 1993 aswell.
So and he wants to do projects in handyman.
Very well.
Married to the same person, but that is sofunny.
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Have
a similar background.
That's hilarious.
Yes.
That's so funny.
Well, I love that you're in the businesstogether.
And even though he has his own, you know, fulltime job, the fact that you're able to work it
out, that he's still being a part of thebusiness, but you're really the driver of I'm
gonna make this thing succeed.
Right?
So Right.
That is part of being an entrepreneur too.
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You have to have that belief that Yeah.
This is gonna work and I'm gonna make it work.
Right?
So so success isn't just about business.
It's about joy and fulfillment too.
So what is something that truly lights you upabout the work that you get to do?
Oh, gosh.
It's the seeing the success of the members.
So when I saw this question, was like like,there's so many stories I could tell you about,
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the success that we have.
We run on ten week challenges here.
And so we get to the whole community runsthrough the challenge, but there are certain
people that are in the challenge.
And the challenge consists of you are measuredat the beginning, you're measured in the
middle, and you're measured at the end.
And the beginning one is just to set your like,just figure out where you are when you start.
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The middle one is kinda to figure out wherewhere have you come in five weeks, where do we
need to tweak, what do we need to talk about,is it the nutrition, are you working out
enough, are you doing the right activities toget you to where you your goal that you wanna
hit at ten weeks.
And then at ten weeks, we take before and afterpictures, week one and week ten, and when then
we take, you know, measurements, we have allthese things that we do.
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And whoever has the most change and it shows inthe pictures can win a thousand dollars.
And you can either get a thousand dollars cashor you can put it towards an ongoing
membership.
And I'll say, I would bet 80% of the people dothe ongoing membership because they wanna keep
working towards those goals.
Yeah.
So our last winner, her name is Jess, she lost14.75 inches of just she re like, that's the
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extreme body shaping that we do.
Yeah.
She
lost 5% body fat and 14 inches, almost 15inches off her body.
And you can tell in her before picture, she'stotally irritated.
Like, she didn't even wanna be there.
Yeah.
Her wife brought her in.
And then in the after picture, she's totallysmiling and her she looks great.
So that was a huge win, and I just get such acharge out of that.
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And then I had a another one recently where Ihad this member who has been in and out.
She's come in, left us, come back, left us, andshe came back a third time.
And she's like, I need to see changes.
I'm not seeing changes.
Every time I come back, I don't see thechanges.
And so I dug in with her.
I'm like, you gotta you gotta let me guide you.
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You gotta really let me help you with thenutrition piece because really Mhmm.
You can't outwork a bad diet.
Like, if you sit in here and work out everyday, but you're still eating that poorly, we're
not really gonna be able to help you.
So she signed up.
She went all in, and she sent me a picture ofher and her and these pair of pants that she
wanted to get into that she hasn't fit into ina very long time.
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I think she sent it on Monday just this week.
And I have to tell you, Mary, like, I was like,oh my gosh.
It's just so great to see people that you know,I know what it's like to put on those skinny
jeans and to be able to button it up and to andI get all emotional about it.
But Yeah.
It's that's what lights me up is to see otherpeople's success.
Because I know how hard they know how hardthey're working.
(22:32):
So
Yeah.
I love that.
And for you to be able to be their guide andtheir mentor and then celebrate with them.
Right?
That's the big thing too is celebrating allthose little little achievements along the way
and then having a big celebration at the end.
I love that you do these contests and thatthere's a winner and that you get to celebrate.
And even the people that came in second andthird probably still had amazing results.
(22:55):
Even though they didn't win, they're stillwinning in in the whole scheme
of things.
Right?
And I even though they don't win the thousanddollars, I always try to give out some type of
award, whether it was perfect attendance or Ialways give out the most spirited award, the
person that, you know, charges up the entireclass.
There's different awards that I give to people.
Nice.
But that thousand dollars is the one thateverybody is reaching for.
(23:18):
So
Nice.
I love that.
I love that.
So many listeners out there are on the edge oftaking a big leap in their life, whether that's
starting a new workout program or nutritionprogram or buying a business or starting a
business.
What kind of advice would you give people totake that first step and that take that bold
(23:39):
action with confidence?
I think if it's something that's burning inyour gut, like, it's just burning, you have to
take that first leap.
Like, whether it's starting a new workoutprogram, like, that's probably one of the
scariest things I ever did.
But I I woke up every day for I don't know howmany years saying, Julie, you gotta lose
weight.
Julie, you gotta lose weight.
(24:00):
Julie, you gotta lose weight.
And finally, Farrell's came into my world.
Don't ask me.
I don't even I think it was somebody mentionedit to me.
And I just took a week to finally walk throughthe door.
And as for me, personally, I kinda have to havethat out of body experience like I mentioned
earlier when we bought this place.
Yeah.
You have to pay attention to that burningdesire that you have and just pick up the
(24:25):
phone, make the first step, just action, Iguess, is take that action.
Yeah.
Because if it's meant to be, everything willfall into place.
Like, I don't know the how like, if you finallymake the decision that you're gonna do it, the
how will come.
Right.
And I
don't know why it happens that way, but itdoes.
(24:45):
It does.
Yeah.
That clarity creates action, or action createsclarity is what I say.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Action creates clarity.
Okay, so anything that's new for you atFarrell's and for our listeners that are
listening around the country, around the globe,maybe we have international listeners, how how
could they benefit from some of the things thatyou do?
(25:07):
You mentioned you have some some online stuffmaybe or how could they how could they benefit
from from getting to know more about Farrell's?
We have a virtual platform that's great.
We can help you get a bag because we use standup bags.
You can see the bags behind me.
Right?
Uh-huh.
And we use resistance bands, we can help youget a set of resistance bands.
(25:28):
And we you can either join a live class that'sstreaming live at the time or you can join a re
a recorded class.
And I have I have about I probably have about15 members that are across the country.
So not everybody comes into the gym, but youcan see the list of people that are online
sometimes, which is nice.
So you can do it that way.
(25:49):
And I lost track of my answer.
Yeah.
You have other resources available like to readthis slide or
What else are we doing?
We are actually going to we're gonna gonnastart focusing more on the recovery side of
things.
Okay.
So I've been working with a partner that does,assisted stretching, and they bring in their
assisted stretching here a few times a week.
(26:11):
So you can also sign up for some recovery, andwe're talking about what other services can we
bring in to help our members recover quicker sothat they can because you get really sore here.
And Yeah.
Like, you and you can understand that when youstart working out and you haven't worked out in
a while, your your body is gonna be in shock.
Yeah.
And so we wanna help people kinda get over thatshock a little bit faster.
(26:32):
So we're talking about bringing in somerecovery services.
Nice.
Nice.
I love it.
I love that.
So tell our listeners about you know what?
We'll put all of your contact information inthe show notes, but I always like to have
everybody at least tell everybody where theycan find you in case they're listening while
they're walking their dog or whatever.
They've at least heard your website.
(26:53):
So where's the best way for them to connect toyou?
We are online at Instagram, and it's at f x bunderscore s Colorado Boulevard.
It's not the greatest handle.
I know.
That's what it is.
And we're also on Facebook, so you candefinitely follow us on Facebook.
And our website is fxbdenver.com, or you canemail me directly at Julie@fxbDenver.com, and I
(27:18):
would love to connect with you.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
And, we will put all of that information in theshow notes so that wherever you're listening or
watching the podcast, you can find all ofJulie's information and connect to her.
Yeah.
And take that big leap for yourself to getyourself back in the best shape that you are
possibly for yourself and for your life and foryour business.
(27:41):
Right?
Because your health shows up in whatever roleyou're playing as a business owner or as a mom,
as a wife, as a sister, as a friend, whateverit is.
Right?
So Yep.
Yes.
Awesome.
Okay.
Well, that's a wrap on today's episode of theLeap to Success podcast.
I hope that you found inspiration, motivation,and a few golden nuggets to take with you on
(28:02):
your journey.
If you loved this conversation, be sure tosubscribe so that you never miss an episode.
And if today's guest, Julie McKenzie withFarrell's Body Shaping, is that right?
Did I say it right?
Farrell's Extreme Body Shaping.
Extreme Body Shaping.
I missed the x in there.
Yeah.
Show her some love by sharing this episode withsomebody in your community.
(28:25):
Remember, you can find all of Julie's contactinformation in the show notes wherever you're
listening or watching on whatever platform youare.
If you wanna go deeper into the leap community,you'll find even more resources, connections,
opportunities to show up and grow.
You can visit successmagnified.com backslashleap for ladies to learn more.
(28:45):
And until next time, keep taking those boldleaps, contributing your gifts, and celebrating
your successes.
Thanks so much for being your guest on the showtoday, Julie.
Thank you.
It was
great.
Wonderful.
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