It’s January 2nd and it’s another day at the gym for you. You drive up to the gym and there are no parking spots. You finally find a spot 8 rows over. You walk in and head to the elliptical and you find a middle-aged heavyset woman (me) on your elliptical machine. 🤦♀️_ Middle-aged heavyset woman is disgusted with herself. She doesn’t want to walk into the gym. She fears she will be judged. She’s signed up with a trainer and the trainer told her to go warm up on the elliptical. She at least knows what an elliptical is, but has no clue how to set any program. 🤷♀️_Yes it’s tough at the first of the year when the gym is packed, but do you know why that middle-aged (not so heavy) woman is still at the gym 3 years later? Because the gym-goers included her, praised her, and taught her (how to use equipment.). 🙌_Yes it’s going to be busier. Yes your equipment may be in use by someone new, but be an encourager! Plan a little extra time for your workout and help another person out or give words of encouragement. 👍_ You never know whose life you may be changing just by including them. I know — because mine was changed forever. 🏋️♀️🏊♀️🧗♀️💪
