One year of Neighborhood Stroller Workouts in the books!
When I have new client come to Stroller Workouts I usually get the same question....where did you get this idea? Or what a great idea!
This usually prompts me to tell the story of how it started.
So this is the story on the "How" Of Stroller Workouts.....
Loving to workout, I became a personal trainer. At about the same time I started a Marketing Consulting business that allowed me to quit my full time job in higher education. Once I quit I began picking up more and more personal training clients because of my new flexible schedule.
About a month after quieting full time, I got a call from Evelyn who I had never met before but explained that she had heard of me and wondered if I would be interested in leading a Stroller Workout. Hesitant at first, I told her I would have to think about it and call my insurance. I called the insurance agency and got the all clear and thought to myself, this is another door that God has opened and I need to at least peek in and see what is on the other side. I also was very reserved because unlike the group I was getting ready to address, I did not have a child in a stroller or experience of having a child in a stroller.
So I met with a "trial" group from the Mom's Club (about 10 with strollers) the following week. We went through a short workout that was a mixture of what Evelyn had learned at a class prior and some ideas I had come up with (incorporating my own style of training which is using your own body weight to see results--and we sure have!). All the reservations of myself not meshing with the moms also went out the door. What a welcoming group!
From that original group, I still have moms coming one year later (even though I have had 2 of them move and one moving soon and two that have come WHILE pregnant!) and some of the moms that no longer have babies in strollers still come too!
When you say Stroller Workouts to some people they really don't get exactly what we do. I always say the best way to understand it is to come workout with us! You don't have to have a stroller to workout with us and I encourage mom's, dad's, babysitters, mom's to be or moms that WANT to be to come join us. It is never TOO late (or too early) to begin working out.
In the next few weeks I am going to share some success stories of those who have worked out with us, seen the results and realize the impact on not only their bodies but their families, their well-being and their future! :)
Added some pics! See Below! Thanks AllieBPhotography!
