by Kerry Taylor
WOW! WOW! WOW! Living through a pandemic! Operating a gym through a pandemic! Being the best dad you can be through a pandemic while your child is learning constantly through a computer screen! That’s just scratching the surface of some of the challenges I faced, as I know we all faced tons of challenges. I know this is not over and fully behind us yet, but I wanted to take this moment to say a huge, “THANK YOU!” to all of you that stuck with us through these trying and uncertain times. Your calls, text messages and words of support and encouragement meant more to us than you know. Thank you!
When we said we were going to physically close our doors on March 17th, in no way did we think it would last 10 weeks. We made many adjustments along this journey to try and service you and bring our energy, coaching and motivation to your lives daily. As we all know, this was going to be a trying time for all of us. Now that our doors are back open, we couldn’t be happier to be back in your lives in person and have you back at your second home.
Even though there are guidelines in place that we respect and follow, we will continue to do our best to serve you the only way we know how, the 212 way! So thank you all again for your belief in all of us and for allowing us to impact your lives during this trying time.
No, we are not out of the woods just yet, but I want to take a moment and look back at some of the quick pivots and memories from our Covid closing.
YouTube Live Workouts
We surely had fun creating them and putting them on for you. I think our library, when it was all said and done, ended up having 77 options for you to keep your body moving and in shape. One thing I think we all had reinforced is that Kim is a Terminator in disguise. She doesn’t stop!! LOL. I’m definitely glad she’s on our side. Love you Kim!
Themed Youtube Live Workouts
212 Olympics, Gym Class, 90’s themed workout, Star Wars, but my favorite was our 80’s warm up. HAHAHAHAH…That was a good one!
ZOOM
Taking all of our small group and 1 on 1 training to the Zoom platform. At first glance it may seem easy, but trying to communicate what you need someone to get accomplished for a movement and taking into account the limited equipment, all different fitness levels, multiple people, and technical difficulties, phew!! I’m truly proud of the 212 coaches and members for adjusting, your patience, and giving your all during each session as we all were adjusting to this new medium.
Friday Night Virtual Trivia
Who could forget that?!? Thank you Heather for being a great host and giving us some challenging questions to figure out. I still say that the rarest M & M is the grey one, not brown. LOL
Let’s continue to push forward and work our way through this pandemic together. We have proven as individuals over and over again that we can achieve anything. Imagine what we can do when we come together! Until next time, continue to live a life one degree above the rest.