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14 Nov 2024
With A Grateful Heart

November is a month of reflection and Thanksgiving. As I sit here and reflect, I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve the Hudsonville, Jenison, Allendale, and area communities for 11 years now through Get emPowered Fitness Studio. Reflecting on where we started and how far we have come has been heartwarming. Along with the strength we have gained from the challenges we have overcome. The people we have met and the friendships we have gained over the years are priceless. I dare to state that this is just the beginning! As we expand our services and our team, we look forward to serving more of our community in more ways. Our goal is always to empower everyone who walks through our ....
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30 Oct 2024
Are You Sprinting a Marathon?

When you decide to run a marathon, how do you start? You don’t go out and run 26.2 miles as fast as you can. But we tend to think we can do that when we set a new goal. We want and expect to achieve our goal in an instant. When we do this, one of two things happen. We either get burned out because we have depleted our energy or we get injured because our bodies aren’t ready for the demand we are asking of it. We also tend to forget that most of our growth in learning about ourselves comes from the process rather than the accomplishment itself. Here at GEFS, we train our clients with a progressive level teaching style. We start with the base of the move and progressively make ....
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21 Oct 2024
Patience

Our Word of the Week the past two weeks has been Patience. We choose to keep this word for two weeks because we need it a minimum of two weeks per year to remind of us this beautiful, difficult virtue. Being patient is a choice. Being patient is being aware of the present. Being patient is giving grace to yourself and others. Good things are coming. We just need to be patient. Helen Keller stated, “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” Obstacles and challenges are always going to cross our path. Learning, growing, and accepting them take us to new levels in our lives. Giving the driver who cut you off or the grumpy cashier grace ....
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30 Sep 2024
Fitness Goals?

Lately, I seem to be hearing a lot of chatter around fitness goals. But the common response isn’t about fitness but about appearance. So, I am wondering if Get emPowered Fitness is missing the conversation because our focus is NOT about appearance but about health and well-being. As a 60-year-old former elite athlete, I look at fitness as a holistic practice to create not only physical strength, endurance, flexibility, and mobility, but also mental, emotional, and spiritual strength, endurance, and flexibility. My belief is that “if my head and heart are in the proper space, my body will follow”. I don’t need to LOOK a certain way. I need to be able to DO certain ....
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17 Sep 2024
Dig Deep! by Raeanne

“Dig Deep, you are stronger than you think” is a phrase we use frequently in our group fitness classes. We use this phrase to challenge ourselves physically and mentally. It’s an absolutely true statement. When we dive deep into our inner soul, we are stronger, smarter, and wiser than we give ourselves credit for. But we frequently forget this. When experiencing a moment, a season, or a day of chaos or being overwhelmed, we can dive deep within ourselves to find calm, answers, and peace in what is happening to us externally. You have all you need within you. It’s tapping into the depth of your soul that can be forgotten. So, I invite you over the next ....
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Fall by Raeanne

As the environmental changes of the seasons happen naturally, we too can take a nudge from that and create change in our own lives. With fall’s new colors, coolness, and back-to-routine demands, we can evaluate what the summer gave us and what we want in the upcoming fall. What amazing things did summer bring to your life? Can you carry those amazing things into the fall? What would you like to work on this fall? What goals can you set, plan, and act toward? What habit would you like to break? What new habit would you like to integrate into your daily routine? We all have an abundance of reflections and opportunities. Life is full of wonderful choices. This is a perfect time ....
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15 Aug 2024
Reflection by raeanne

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? The image of your body and WISH you looked differently? Or do you see the beautiful, knowledgeable, compassionate person you are? Do you focus on the external? Or the internal? Or maybe a little of both. I used to only focus on the outside. How big my belly was, how flat my butt was, how crooked my feet are, how broad my chest was. When I look in the mirror now, I see a beautiful child of God, who is physically strong, mentally tough, compassionate, loving, wise and open to growth. It took me some time and practice to get there, but with the right tools you can get there too. I have tools to share with you to help you focus on what is on ....
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25 Jul 2024
Top of the Staircase

How do you get to the top of the staircase? I have the personality that when I set a goal for myself or the studio, I want to be laser-focused and get it accomplished. I also know that when that happens, things I need to attend to get left behind and I become impatient if I don’t reach my goal right away. By reflecting on this, I made a connection to a staircase. I stand at the bottom of the stairs looking at my goal on the top of the staircase. I want to take only ONE giant leap to get to the top. I may topple down, get bruised, and be frustrated. I continue a few more times and then may even give up. There goes that goal. Then I began to think that by taking one step at a time ....
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15 Jul 2024
REST DAYS: Do I need them?

No matter what level athlete you are, you need rest. If you workout regularly, move your body for work, tend your garden regularly, or actively play with your kids, YOU need rest. Rest isn’t being lazy or not moving. It’s rebooting, recovering, and resetting your body and mind to become more efficient, and productive. Shift your thoughts to think of rest as time and space to refuel your body, mind, and emotions. Your muscles need time to rebuild. They are broken down with movement and need time to build back up to become stronger and more stable. Too much repetitive movement can create injury or less efficiency from the movement. You want to avoid injury from overtraining or ....
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1 Jul 2024
What does FREEDOM mean to you?

What does FREEDOM mean to you? As we enter the week of 4 th of July, Independence Day, and our Word of the Week is FREEDOM, I am reflecting on what FREEDOM means to me. I am grateful for all the freedoms I have due to the sacrifices of so many others in this wonderful country of ours. I am also aware I take for granted other freedoms. The freedom to move my body freely with minimal pain, to run my business as a woman the way I feel called, to instruct my classes with empowerment, to use my gifts and talents to the best of my ability, and to serve my community in a way that fills my heart. These are just a few of the freedoms I have thought about. I will definitely continue my reflection ....
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With A Grateful Heart

Are You Sprinting a Marathon?

Patience

Fitness Goals?

Dig Deep! by Raeanne

Fall by Raeanne

Reflection by raeanne

Top of the Staircase

REST DAYS: Do I need them?

What does FREEDOM mean to you?

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