Know that it is not with intent that you were not mentioned – simply I did not know about it. I’m certain there were likely many more positive happenings, and I would love to learn more to in turn celebrate you with our broader community through this platform. And to all for adjusting class capacities, creating different layouts and formats, enforcing masks, and enhancing cleaning protocols to ensure that those that do come into the studio are as safe and comfortable as possible.All the studios that rapidly embraced virtual training and on-demand classes including FWJ, BodyRoc, Knockout Fitness, and so many more.Ignite Fitness for expanding to a second location in Avon! Keep going Kim Zengerle and team!.Major shoutout to one of WeHa’s new editions – F45! Navigating a pandemic all while building out a brand new space, dealing with construction, promotion and more is so very impressive.A change in ownership and major energy injection at Cyclebar West Hartford, with congratulations to Cheryl Olschefski Rocco and Diana Olschefski Reimer!.Positive instances including but not limited to our fitness community: I’d like to acknowledge the tremendously challenging times small business owners have endured over the last year but also celebrate the resiliency of these businesses and shine a light on the many positives that are still happening despite the unique challenges we presently face. These, along with many other strategies, enabled our health and wellness small businesses (along with other industries) to remain and help hold this component of our community intact. Many proprietors learned and deployed virtual training resources and technology platforms to not only keep businesses afloat but to also support all of us through combat-added stress as we struggle to make managing pandemic life a bit easier. Knock me down nine times but I get up 10 (I think Cardi B said that). Spaces typically packed with people in close proximity all while GETTING MAJOR GAINZ was not exactly the petri dish solution to stop the spread and eradicate COVID-19 so accordingly, the businesses were forced to close at times, and/or severely reduce the number of people physically in the gym – ultimately hurting so many small businesses from and fearing for their ability to weather the pandemic’s storm. Like many industries, the fitness industry (locally, regionally, nationally) has all but ceased to function in light of the pandemic. If you stop and think about it, their roles in life are quite simply, to help you get better … if that’s not something to celebrate, I’m not sure what is. It will inform with dual purpose – to answer the questions and share knowledge on the variety of wellness topics we explore and also to shine a light on the plethora of fitness/nutrition/wellness experts and small businesses in our community.īy exploring and informing, we will create deeper relationships in our community and learn a bit more about many of those who live, work and play here. This column will serve as a vehicle to channel our collective interest and questions related to health and wellness – ranging from nutrition strategies and knowledge on the many dietary paths in our society, to the different ways to remain active and fit, FC will share this exploration all in an effort to inform. Focused on fitness, nutrition, and general wellness, “Flex and the City” is meant to explore, inform and create. This column is meant to be an avenue to do just that: celebrate our community. We need to now learn the weight of this connectedness, to have pride in it, celebrate it. We really are in this together, more tightly knit than ever before. Starting with our healthcare professionals working well beyond overtime, to the teachers adapting to virtual lesson plans, to grocers who enable us to shop for food and mountains of toilet paper, these are essential workers we’ve never needed more than we do right now. This past year has turned everything on end with the majority of life feeling like it’s on permanent delay, including this column … until now (pretty dramatic entrance, am I right?).Īt the core of this column is community, and I think that this year has taught us how vital a community is in our lives – how we desperately need it to thrive and in order to thrive it truly takes every resident’s participation. Neighbors and friends – let me first start off by stating that this column was meant to launch over a year ago. West Hartford resident Michael Byrne introduces his new column offering a community-oriented approach to wellness, ‘Flex and the City.’
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