Happy Hump Day! I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July. Mine was lovely, a small BBQ at our house with plenty of food and most importantly laughter… being that I have become a 23 year old grandma I was pumped to be in bed by 9 o’clock.
Today I am starting a new series on the blog… Backbone to the Blonde. Basically, I have seen people close to me lose their way and get trapped in a web of negativity. When you become so caught up in what other people are doing, you can lose sight of your own path. Truly happy people lift other up instead of putting each other down. TPB is a place for pure positivity.
My blog has been very successful, far more than I EVER expected. I purposely worked with a very specific group of people who I couldn’t appreciate more. Backbone to The Blonde is exactly what it sounds like…small businesses, friends and mentors who helped and supported me through this process and beyond. I want to showcase these people and places so you too can experience them. I am so fortunate to have the insane amount of support that I do and I feel it is so important for me to share with you the people I want to support the most.
If you are my friend on Facebook, you KNOW I live and breath for Extreme. It is open 24 hours a day, has a full weight room and offers classes (yoga, cycling, TRX, boxing, bootcamps, etc.). Honestly, Extreme Gym is the perfect combination of a gym and studio. There are 530am classes for those who work as well as evening//night classes. Did I mention it is open 24 hours a day… so no excuses about inconvenience. The classes are hard, really hard but there the instructors are skilled enough to provide safe alternatives for injuries or people just beginning to drive into fitness. I have to mention it is the cleanest gym… probably on planet earth. The floors get mopped maybe a dozen times a day. If there are back to back classes in the spin room not only will the bikes be fully wiped down but the floor is mopped. The members take care of the gym just as well as the owners because we truly care about the equipment as much as they do.
Im not exaggerating when I say it is like a family. The members of Extreme have become friends… real friends, not just on Facebook. Over the weekend a big group of us went paddle boarding. We motivate and push each other to be better. The people at Extreme ask you if your dog is feeling better or how your nursing test went because they actually care. One day, after a really bad fight with someone close to me I went to the gym. I sat with one of the owners and two others and we talked for 2 hours. It was like free therapy. Each one of us had something major going on and we all cried and talked it out. So so so amazing.
On a side note, I wasn’t looking to lose weight when I joined Extreme, I just wanted a place to work out and have fun. I enjoy hard workouts that are constantly changing. I jumped on the scale randomly last week and I am down 11 pounds in the last few months (to be honest I don’t use the scale to track progress so I have no idea how long I have been dropping lbs) Almost all of my workout are at Extreme.
Im telling you it is THE place to be. If you don’t believe me, come try a class for FREE! Just tell them I sent you!! Also, there is current a groupon $20 for a month of gym access… seriously you aren’t going to find a better deal!
I hope to see you at Extreme
xoxo,
K