Quitting Bootcamp To Make Room For More - Amy Connell
Kyle Wood: In today's episode
of Everything Bootcamp.
My guest is Amy Connell.
Based in Texas in the U S.
We're talking about pivoting your
fitness business during the pandemic.
We also talk about when is it the
right time to stop running classes?
You know, when does adversity become
a sign that it's time to stop.
We also talk about writing a book
from scratch and publishing it.
If that's something you've
been interested in doing.
And the different forms a career in
fitness can look like yes, it's training
people, but the fitness industry is vast
and there's many ways we can help people.
All right, looking forward to
sharing this recording with you.
Here it is.
Hello, and welcome to Everything Bootcamp.
Today my guest is Amy Connell.
Amy is a mom of 18 years, fitness
professionals, 16 years, and
owner of Graced Health there.
She offers various health and fitness
options, which we'll talk more about
later plus a podcast of the same
name, which we'll also talk about.
We connected last year when Amy invited
me on her podcast of the same name,
grace stealth already mentioned that
we talked about community and fitness,
especially during the pandemic.
So today I'm very excited to have
Amy on my show to be able to talk
about Similar topics, but also
different ways that you can like
create fitness communities online.
So Amy welcome!
Amy Connell: Thank you Kyle.
Yeah.
Thanks you for having me.
And I can't believe that it's been
over a year since we connected
last, so I'm glad we're here.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
I thought last year's time was weird.
This year is time is weirder, I think.
Amy Connell: It's a different
kind of weird for sure.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
So, I've been enjoying, starting off
these podcasts, eh, with a question.
So I want you to cast your mind
back to, if you can remember your
first group fitness session that
you attended as a participant.
And do you remember that?
Amy Connell: I'm trying
not to laugh too loud.
Yes.
I remember that.
Are you wanting me to go back and explain
Kyle Wood: it to you?
Amy Connell: Oh gosh.
So I grew up dancing and I was
involved in all things dance.
Um, so this is definitely going
to date me, which I don't have
a problem saying how old I am,
but in, it was probably 1990.
Two and one of the members of my dance
team, and I decided we wanted to go to
a step aerobics class at our local gym.
So in, in keeping in check of the fatness
of the, fashion, the fitness fashion.
Those words came together really poorly.
The fitness fashion I showed up in,
I still remember what I was wearing.
It was a Royal blue, shiny blue
thong leotard, and by black biker
pants with this like a three-inch
stretchy band, of course, as you
know, I remember what I wear more than
anything, but it was a step of rubbish.
And it was really fun because if
anyone has ever participated in
that they know how rhythmic it is
and remembering the steps and you
really get to utilize a lot of that.
Um, a lot of the elements that I had done
all of my life and it was, it was so fun.
I actually ended up teaching it.
It would kind of when it was
on the tail end of being in.
Jim's but, uh, it was, I loved it.
It was so fun, so fun, but
I'm glad I'm not wearing that
blue thong leotard anymore.
I'll just say that.
Kyle Wood: I know waiting for
that, that to come back in.
You didn't have the affections, they
like cyclical, but yeah, that's one that
hasn't quite come back in as it, since
Amy Connell: eighties.
Yeah.
We need to just kind of keep that wind,
keep that one in the back of the drawer.
Kyle Wood: Oh, that's awesome.
So that, that sounds like that gave you
the, a bit of the bug for teaching group
fitness being in that experience to music.
Amy Connell: Yeah, it was just something,
I think that the group fitness environment
I loved, uh, have you read the book?
Uh, The Joy Of Movement by Dr.
Kelly McGonigal.
Kyle Wood: No, I haven't.
Amy Connell: Oh, you would love it.
It is fantastic.
But one of the things that she really
highlights in there is just the
psychology and the empowerment and,
uh, all of the wonderful things that
happen in a group fitness atmosphere.
And when I went to college, that
was how I continued to move.
I mean, some girls would go out and run
and some girls would run to the bars.
I don't know, but I was, I loved
going into the group fitness rooms
and that was really my that's always
been my preferred way of movement.
So yeah, I was, I mean, in my
early twenties I was doing it.
And then once my youngest son was born.
Uh, we had lived in one city.
We moved to a new city and I
started a program in my neighborhood
where it was like a mommy and me.
So it was a place that I could go
and actually bring my child and work
out and create a community with that.
So that's kind of how I got into being
a fitness professional, as I saw a
need in my young family community.
And.
Uh, just decided, well, if it's
not here, I want to go ahead.
I want to start this.
Cause I knew how instrumental
it was in my first one.
So that's kinda how I moved into it.
But yeah, group fitness has been a huge
part of my story as someone who just
enjoys, moving and enjoys working out.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
That's awesome.
So let's fast forward a bit then
to the start of 2020, so pre-
COVID the, you know, it was then
just a small blip on the news.
What we, yeah, it was happening.
And so overseas, we had, we
weren't thinking too much about it.
Uh, what did, what was your
business looking like then?
Like what kind of classes were you
running at that point and what else
we offering with your business?
Amy Connell: I did a hybrid of.
Of fitness type things.
So I did personal training and
that was primarily in-person.
And then I also did group fitness
classes outside, and which is really
where I got connected with you
because I did, um, Yeah, it was a
subscriber of the bootcamp ideas.
I led classes and they were mostly
for like women in their thirties,
or I'm sorry, like 35 to 55.
And we would go outside the
community that I live in.
Now keep in mind.
I live in Texas and you know,
everything's bigger in Texas.
And I'm really fortunate to have access to
some multi-purpose fields out here, which
by multipurpose, I mean that it's like a
turf field and depending on what sport is
on it, it's either, um, American football.
It's.
American soccer or, you
know, um, lacrosse, uh, what
else do they have out there?
And they just have markings for
everything, but it's, it's that
standard like hundred meter distance.
And I don't even know what the width is.
So.
And that was a really great place to go
because I didn't have to worry about what
grass, which is always a problem here.
And it's just, I mean, it's,
you know, that was just a really
fortunate aspect of, of my business.
So when COVID hit in March, of course,
we shut everything down for a while.
And then when the business entity
that was renting, those fields
felt like it was safe to open.
I reopened and not only did
I hold my, uh, women's my.
Classes and that, by that time
it was probably, uh, mid June
or July early July of 2020.
Um, I also saw a need with some of
the local high school female athletes,
because particularly the volleyball.
So I actually hosted some fitness
and conditioning classes for those,
uh, female or for, you know, for
the teen athletes playing volleyball
because their clubs were shut down.
Um, and when I say club.
The, you know, the, the select
organizations are the small groups
and so they weren't moving around and
they weren't going to competitions
or, um, anything like that.
And so I held fitness and conditioning
classes for them just to help
number one, keep them conditioned.
And number two, what really I enjoyed
doing was teaching them ways that they
could strengthen and protect their body as
they were doing the sport that they loved.
So teaching them about.
You know, strengthening their gluteus
medius and their gluteus minimus, and
you know, all of these small things
that, that when you're 16 years
old, you don't care about so much.
You just want to jump higher.
But then I was like, well, this
is why you need to strengthen it.
So I moved into that and then.
September, which was kind of when
school started back up for us here,
uh, it was, it was a weird hybrid
situation with our school district.
And I just didn't feel like my community
of moms could commit to, um, showing up
at the same time that they normally do,
because some of them had kids at home.
Some of them didn't, some of them
they could leave at home to that.
May you know, it was just, it was
like, you know what, that's fine.
Kyle Wood: Sorry, Amy, by hybrid, you
talking about online and face-to-face
learning for kids at school.
Is that what you mean yet?
Okay.
Amy Connell: Yes.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you for clarifying that.
And then at the same time, my costs
went up because all of a sudden,
everybody was wanting to use these
fabulous multi-core purpose fields.
Yeah.
So my cost actually doubled and, uh,
because they increased the rates and then
they put a two hour minimum on it, even
though I only needed it for 45 minutes.
So I, um, I just said, you know
what, I need to do this, or I
I'm going to pause it for now.
And I also really wanted to focus on
this book project that I was working on.
And I have not yet gone back to,
um, group fitness with my women's.
I did over the summer.
I did the volleyball again, and I did just
general team fitness again, but I haven't
gone back to like that core group that.
Uh, really that I really loved.
It just hasn't quite made enough
business sense for me to do that.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
What was that like?
Cause I can, I've definitely come
across all the trainers being in similar
situations where rent prices get to the
point where they're not really making
any, you know, they're sort of breaking
even, but, and the thing that usually
keeps them going is their clients.
What was that like sort of
with these clients who've
trained with you for awhile.
Having the let go of that.
Like that would have
been a tough decision.
Amy Connell: Yeah, it really was.
And honestly, Kyle, when I told them that,
Hey, look, I've just got to pause this.
I felt like I betrayed them.
I could just see it on
their faces, like, but.
They didn't say this because
they're too kind and gracious, but
it was kind of like, but we're a
community and now you're leaving us.
And so, yeah, I felt really,
really badly about that.
Um, I will say I have.
Definitely stayed in touch
with a lot of the clients.
I mean, we'll go walk.
I, to me walking is one of the
best ways that I have found to
connect with my friends, regardless
of if they were clients or not.
And so we'll get together and we'll
go walk or every now and then we'll,
um, get together for lunch or maybe
a happy hour or something like that.
But yeah, that was, that was hard.
That was definitely hard, but
it had just gotten to the point
that I was almost paying to.
To run those classes.
And I also knew that I could,
um, that I could make more money.
I mean, if it was just F I did it, wasn't
a purely financial and business decision,
but I knew that I could make more money,
uh, doing virtual training out of my home.
Cause that, that.
Was relatively low.
And then the other thing that you really
can't put a price on is your time.
And I needed time.
I needed time to be
creative with my writing.
It was, this has been a two year project
and I needed time to focus on that.
And it was just the right thing to do,
but it was still the hard thing to do.
Kyle Wood: Yeah, absolutely.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
And I, I think that's the.
The tricky, Elena, that's usually
the advice, like if train isn't,
that situation is it's going to be
a tough conversation, but you can't.
How long can you, can you sustain?
You're either running at a loss or.
Like running for cost.
Like at what point are you going to
start getting bitter and feel resentful
and then that's not helpful for anyone.
So you need to find a way to, to
change things up and for you, I guess.
Yeah.
You mentioned we'll can talk
more about that now that you
have this sort of project in the
background that you're working on.
And I've spoken to quite a
few authors and, you know,
taking on a book sounds it's.
Yeah.
It's not something you can kind of
like, I mean, I guess some people
do sort of half, half, but yeah,
it is something that requires a
lot of your attention doesn't it?
And kind of a grit and determination.
Amy Connell: Yes, yes.
To all of that, I, there are a lot of
different ways of approaching a book.
And even though I am self publishing,
this one, I really wanted it
to be, uh, some of my legacy.
This is obviously fitness and
health related stuff is not
the only part of who I am.
I I'm, I'm more multifaceted than I
probably portray myself to be online, but.
Was important to me to get it right, and
really, to kind of step into the next
phase of education for not only, um, you
know, women and, uh, potentially teens,
but also I think it's good for other
fitness professionals to hear maybe.
What kind of language are we using around
our clients and by language, I don't mean
like cursing or F-bombs or anything like
that, but just what kind of messaging
are we giving them unintentionally?
Um, I know shame is a big word to
you as, as it is to me and, you
know, unintentionally creating shame.
If, you know, if we're talking about
rock hard abs or something like that.
Uh, but yeah, the book that book was.
Uh, huge project.
Uh, I have a feeling that when I get to
my next one, I may not be as neurotic
about it as I've been with this one,
because this one being my first, I'm just
really throwing everything I have into it.
Yeah.
It's been worth it.
It's, it's a beautiful book.
And I can say that because I did
not design the outside and I did
not design the inside, but instead.
Gorgeous book.
I'm really proud of it, but it was
something that was important to
me to leave a mark and to create a
ripple of a different way of thinking
about our health and our body.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
Cool.
Yeah.
Yeah, I've got a question for you and then
I'd love to ask you a bit more about the
process that you sort of took of taking
on writing your book cause it's huge.
So like whenever, you know, someone
else I like following a lot talking
about shame, a lot, love following Brene
Brown, someone else I like following
for business stuff is Seth Godin
I mean, in his videos he's always got
like these, like, you know, these like
Ikea shelves they're just like books.
Um, you know, it's just stacked.
Just like hundreds of books.
And he talked him one of his videos
about how, like, the reason he has that
is because the reason he loves books
is because each one is like an idea.
It's an idea that someone's had.
An idea, and a conversation is fleeting.
But the person might remember it possible,
but you know, in 20 years that ideas gone
but a book like immortalizes that idea.
So that someone 20 is 50 is a hundred
years from now can go and read that book
and read about this idea that you had,
and it can still be shared with the world.
So what idea is it that your,
you feel like you're trying
to share with your book?
Amy Connell: That's a great question.
And I have not heard him say
that, but I completely agree.
Um, the idea of my book is all of these.
And I'm using quotes.
No one can see them, but I'm using
air quotes, health rules, or maybe
some might say myths that people hear
and feel like they have to abide by.
Um, and then they feel.
They feel shame.
They feel like whatever they're doing
is not enough because they're not doing
all of the things that the, that the
motivating a fitness professional might be
telling them, or, or things that they've
heard, or there's headlines that come
across on your news feed or on best sprout
or social media or something like that.
So it really takes all of these health
quote rules and debunks them using.
Exercise science using nutrition science.
And then I do that, um, through
a lens of my faith as well.
So there's absolutely
hard science in there.
I think I say, you know, this is not
a compilation of my woo thoughts.
Like these are, this is real stuff
that I think somewhere along the
re it has just gotten either.
It's kind of like that telephone game.
I don't know if you have that in
Australia, but in the states we would
grow up and someone would say something
in some, someone person's ear and then
they would whisper it and then they
would whisper it to the next person.
And then they would whisper
it to the next person.
By the time it got around a
circle, it was totally muddied,
you know, just total jumble.
And so I think sometimes that's what,
that's, what happens with, uh, with the
health industry, with, uh, with diet
culture and, uh, you know, sometimes.
There are also things that
we create in our head.
So for example, some of the
chapters that I have in the
book are, um, no pain, no gain.
And I know maybe the original intent of
that is like, oh, you want to be sore
tomorrow, but people start to thinking,
oh yeah, pain is a badge of honor.
Oh, I'm hurting here.
I'm I'm I'm hobbling because I.
Did burpees all the way around
a 400 meter track or, you
know, or something like that.
Pain is not good.
Yeah.
Kyle Wood: Pain is, is a warning.
Is your body saying stop.
Amy Connell: Exactly.
Yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
And then things like.
Carbs are the enemy.
And I know that there's a lot of different
ways that people feel best with eating,
but in general carbs are not the enemy and
the right kinds of carbs can fuel your,
fill your brain, well, fuel your body.
Well, and just things that like that,
that have been trickled down and whispered
from person to person, to person.
And I don't think that the way that
people are grasping onto them and
trying to incorporate them into
their life is really the, what was.
Intended with that in the first
place, if that was even a real thing.
And then of course, as a woman who, um,
you know, in, in my mid forties who grew
up with a lot of body image issues, I
talk a lot about body image and why we
think we need to look a certain way.
And, um, and you know, there is no, you
know, the perfect body and that kind of.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
Yeah, that sounds awesome.
And well, well needed.
Uh, I know even working with my clients,
I would often sort of unpack a lot of
that with people when they come into
class and be like, oh, duh, he'd be like,
uh, you know, like I remember there was
this crazy diet going around for a while.
Where you are in the eight, like
mate for the first two weeks.
And like the guy who created it
ended up getting like judged.
Um, and then.
Yeah, like mate and a
tablespoon of oats a day.
And then you basically decided
like reintroducing foods.
And it's like, actually, there's a lot of
data that shows that elimination, diets
don't work long-term and everyone will
be like, cause then I need carbs for two
weeks, like dropping all this weight.
Cause it's just like inflammation
and water and stuff like that.
And like, this works so good, but then
not many people even made it through those
first two weeks because it was so extreme.
And then they just.
Go back.
And then every time you do that
yet builds, like, I think you're
talking about it builds that
language in your head isn't it?
Doesn't it?
That you're a failure that you can't
lose weight that you can't keep it.
And then, and then that
fades into the yeah.
The cycle of, of, yeah, just nastiness.
Amy Connell: Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, well it's, if it's not
going to work, then why bother?
Or if it didn't work last
time, I'm not going to try.
I mean, there's a whole lot
of really negative self-talk
that can get in, get into that.
And, and I completely agree.
I dig into one of those.
I think that chapter title is called
there's one best diet and it gets
into me like, no, actually, you
know, what's research backed what.
Uh, realistic.
What's sustainable.
Like let's really think about what we can
do before we just blindly accept whatever
the latest and greatest diet plan is
that someone is trying to profit off of.
Kyle Wood: So for other trainers out
there who might be like, oh yeah,
I've been kind of wanting to write
a book, but I'm not really sure.
Like in like three minutes.
So like the short version, cause obviously
we could talk about this for a long time.
What was kind of like your
process for writing the book?
What was like the most, or maybe what
was like the most important thing for
you that helped you go from, I've got
an idea from a book for a book to.
Now you have you, you've finished the...
Amy Connell: It's it's actually,
so I have, yeah, I'm holding it up.
It's it's the, yeah.
Where the, but it's, um,
it's the author proof.
So you can see Kyle, you can
see this little line that goes
across that says not for resale.
So I've got the real ones coming
very soon, but by the time this
comes out, it will be out on Amazon.
Um, boy, I tell you, I think
the number one thing that I can
recommend for someone who was
wanting to write a book is to write.
Yeah, we have a lot of ideas coming
around our head and really what I did.
I mean, I wrote most of this, I wrote
during COVID and, uh, during lockdown and
shut down and I made a goal of writing
500 words a day, four times a week.
So that equates to 2000 words.
And if the general book, I think
this book is like 64,000 words, but.
The, you know, the average size
book is 50 to 55,000 words a minute.
Okay.
My finance degree would tell you that I
could do that in my head really quickly.
And I'm having a hard time for
like 25 weeks, 25 to 30 weeks.
Then you could get a first draft of your
book done, but there's a lot of things
that go, um, go along in our head.
And so I would say when those come in, do
not assume you will remember those ideas.
So get a note in your phone, get Evernote.
That's a really great way of tracking.
However you can consistently track those.
Just the idea, just five or six words
to remember what your remember that
jumping off point and then schedule in.
The however long, it takes
you to write 500 words for me.
I could normally get them
done in about 30 minutes.
So it's not like I'm sitting
at my computer all day long.
It's just downloading a
whole bunch of gargly goop.
That doesn't make sense.
It's all crap when it first comes
out, but then you can go back and then
that's when you start massaging it and
self editing and making things work.
But I would say, yeah, number one.
Take note of your, um, of your ideas when
they come and, and schedule in time to
write at least four times a week, if not.
Kyle Wood: Awesome.
That's.
Yeah.
And that sounds very achievable.
It's really about that.
It's like what?
We teach our clients with
exposition it's consistency.
You just gotta keep showing up.
Amy Connell: Yeah.
Well, and it's also training your brain
and it's training that, that, that writing
muscle, I mean, just like we can't expect
to go drop down and do 200 pushups.
If we haven't been doing pushups at all.
No, you start off with me.
Five.
And then the next week, maybe you
do 10 a day or something like that.
So, yeah.
It's, I mean, it's the same concept
from the fitness perspective is
training your writing muscle and
just getting it in consistently.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
I love that.
Thank you.
All right.
Are you ready for the rapid fire round?
I am.
All right.
So first question, and if, yeah, like I've
got these, so if you get, let me know.
What are the top three things you do each
week that you found help your business?
Correct.
Amy Connell: Well, the first thing
I already mentioned, which is I
schedule in, well, it's kind of
goes along with what I talked about.
I schedule in my to-do list.
So if I know that I need to, uh, prep
at podcast episode and edit and do the
socials and all of that kind of stuff.
I know that in general, that takes about
six hours per episode for me to do so
I will schedule that in throughout the
week to get something like that done.
Um, I also.
State.
I try, not always great, but I try to stay
focused on, um, by remembering my why and,
uh, who I'm there to serve, because there
are a lot of shiny objects I have learned
over the last couple years that I am more
of a visionary than I ever thought I was.
So all come up with a lot of
really great ideas, but there's
no way that I can get them done.
I have to stay.
I've got to stay in my lane
and finish the task at hand.
Otherwise nothing is going to be good.
And I'm just going to have a whole lot
of open-ended projects out there and, you
know, and the lanes we can change lanes.
Right?
And we can take new new highways
or roads or something like that.
I mean, if we're going to stay on.
Terrible analogy, but, but just
kind of staying focused and
staying between the lines, I think
has been really helpful for me.
And th and that's honestly, I mean, that's
how I was able to get this book done/
Kyle Wood: I know that feeling well.
Amy Connell: Yeah.
Yeah.
And then the other thing too,
on a more practical level is
I do invest in some tools that
help me save money or save time.
Uh, they cost money, but they save time.
So like, I schedule.
I try.
I'm not, I haven't been graded
this lately, but I try to schedule
all of my social media through.
I use Later, there's buffer
is one there's CoSchedule.
There's all kinds of different ones,
but I scheduled those a month in advance
or at a minimum a week in advance.
So that way it's all done.
Cause I love engaging and talking to
people online and I really hate putting
content out there, which I probably
shouldn't admit, but it's just, it's
really hard for me, me a little bit.
Kyle Wood: So you, you like batch
that, try and do that in one go?
Amy Connell: Yes.
Yes.
And I have a rhythm of what I,
where I know I want to serve and
where my community feels served.
So I'll do a fitness related one.
I'll do a mindset related, one, a food
related, one, a faith related one.
And that way it at least starts
to kind of narrow it down.
And then I do things like, um, I
use Buzzsprout as my podcasting
provider and, uh, they have.
Great tools like, um, magic mastering.
So when I upload it there, I pay
an extra like four bucks a month.
I mean, it's relatively inexpensive
and they make sure that the audio
is really good, which you can
do that for free on Auphonic.
But it, the whole process
takes like an hour, even though
you're not sitting there.
So just little things like that to me
are worth the time to do it because
that way I can stay focused on.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
Awesome.
I love that.
And thanks for some specific tools there.
All right, next question.
What is your favorite song or
perhaps a band to work out to.
Amy Connell: Well, a lot of it
really depends on what I'm doing.
I mean, if I'm doing a mobility or
a yoga, that's very different than
getting out there and doing box
jumps, but I kind of feel like you can
never go wrong with something, like
imagine dragons, radio on Spotify.
For me, at least that normally will
give me some good quality stuff.
Um, and then the other thing, one
of the resources, so this book.
EV almost every chapter
has a resource in the back.
So some of them are recipes or some of
them are journal prompts and reflections.
And then I have a lot of workout stuff.
In addition, To all of that.
One of the, one of the resources is
a walking playlist because one of the
chapter titles, which is a rule to
break is walking isn't worth my time.
So I created a playlist on
Spotify called your worthy body,
which is the name of the book.
So your worthy body
walks and it's kind of.
A curated list of all of my favorite
songs that I liked to move to.
So honestly, I mean, it sounds
somewhat narcissistic, but it's not
meant to be, but I really enjoy just
pulling that up and I'll just listen
to that whenever I'm working out.
Cause I know that I'm
going to like the songs.
Yeah.
Kyle Wood: Awesome.
Thank you.
And next up, because especially
because we've talked a lot about
the pandemic and how it's been very
disruptive to all of our careers.
I feel like a lot of trainers are
at cusp of like, they've probably
used this time to get clear
about what they want to do next.
So where would you like to hit
next with your business or career?
Amy Connell: Yeah, it's been a great
opportunity to really reflect and
figure out what's important to me.
And what am I, what am I
the most passionate about?
What I have discovered about myself
is I'm really passionate about.
So I would love to, um, get into speaking
more in a couple different realms.
One is, you know, I mentioned I've kind
of have a faith based element to this.
So I would love to get into more
churches where there's either
women's groups or mom and daughter
groups, because what I'm learning is.
Is teen girls will listen to me
because I'm not mom, I'm saying
the exact same thing that mom
is saying, but I'm not moms.
So they'll listen to me.
And particularly with regard to body
image stuff and, and you know what
to eat and all of that kind of stuff.
So that's one area where
I'd like to get into.
Um, I would like to.
I w I don't know how to do this quite
yet, but somehow get into the education
of, of young female athletes and, uh,
protecting themselves from injury.
And, you know, I, I'm not necessarily
like a sports specific, but just.
Here's how you can feel your body well.
And, um, you know, if you've got a double
header or a lot of games, then, you know,
maybe let's not eat McDonald's on the way
to a game, you know, something like that.
Um, yeah.
And then the other thing too,
which is more of a pipe dream, but
I'll just go ahead and put it out
there in the universe is I will,
I would love to spend some time.
Um, talking to other fitness professionals
and, and really working on reframing
the mindset of why we exercise and how
to support, uh, their participants,
their clients, particularly those
who are over 40, because I, all I
can speak of for is over 40 women.
Cause that's kind of more my
specialty, but it's just a different
mentality than the 25 year old.
You know, th they are fantastic
and they can do a lot, and there's
nothing wrong with them, but
it's, it's a different mentality.
And I think in order to serve your clients
best, you kind of need to have a deeper
understanding of what's important to them.
And it's not always how they look
and how, and the size of their body.
Kyle Wood: Yeah, I think
that's so important.
I'm thinking about a lot of
the franchises that are fitness
franchise that had taken off here
and there pretty much all targeting
people sort of between 20 and 35.
And so, yeah, I think.
That's such an important underserved
population and yeah, I would
love to have you back again.
Just looking at the time, but
I'd love to have you back again.
Maybe just to talk about that.
maybe even with like, another couple of
trainers who are also working on this, we
can do bit of around table, so people...
Amy Connell: yeah, that'd be fantastic.
Kyle Wood: If people want to
find out more about your book.
Can you give me the name
again and the tagline?
Amy Connell: Absolutely.
Uh, the title is Your Worth Body
and the subtitle is Find Freedom And
Health By Breaking All The Rules.
It's on Amazon.
Yeah.
So you can just type
in 'your worthy body'.
Um, Amy Connell.
That's C O N N E L L.
On the interweb I call 'em I'm I
go by the name of Graced Health.
It's G R A C E D health, because that's
a huge part of my, um, my messaging
is just incorporating grace and it
doesn't have to be perfect into our
health, into our movement, into our
eating, uh, and I will have a link there
of, uh, going out and purchasing it.
And then I can, Kyle, I can
also provide a link to you to.
It put in the show notes.
And so people can just get down in the
show notes and, uh, if that would be
helpful to you and just click on that
and then go directly to, to Amazon.
Kyle Wood: Yeah.
I'll add that in the show notes below.
Thank you so much, Amy.
It was a, yeah, I can't
believe it's been a year.
It was so nice to connect
with you and talk with you.
And I felt, yeah, we could've
talked longer and definitely
want to have you back again.
Amy Connell: I would love that.
I love talking shop and it's really
fun to be with like-minded people.
So thank you for having me.
Kyle Wood: You're welcome.
