New Year's is coming!!!!

It’s almost time!!!  It is almost New Year’s Day!!  You know what that means right??  PEOPLE!!!!! (and my birthday)

The nice quite noon time workouts will be hectic, the machines will all be taken, the weights will all be in use, the tracks will be full, the people will take to the streets in masses (well maybe not with all the snow), and your normal routine will be all jammed up.  *shaking fist*

I don’t normally get into New Year’s resolutions (of any real substance) – this year my resolution is going to be to learn to play the air guitar.  Yep, air guitar. 

BUT – I’ve had a thought.  What if all of us come together?  What if we help those that are new (who are excited about trying), and give them support, and woot woots, and random high fives.  Let’s encourage all the new folks to keep going!!  You very well know it is so hard to take the first step in trying to make life changes, and I can imagine that it is even harder when you have a whole gym of experienced folks giving you the stink eye, or sighing deeply, or waiting for you to finish - hand on hip.

We finally get to be the cool kids (I don’t know – maybe you have always been cool), and we should make the most of it.  We should offer a hand, some help, some words of encouragement, a smile, a buddy, and maybe make a lifelong friend along the way.  Let’s turn this into a wonderful opportunity, and not a reason to be frustrated.

I challenge each of you, each one of you that may not be looking forward to the masses of resolution folks, to encourage one person to come with you, to run with you, to workout with you, to sign up for the local 5K.  If someone has a spark – then let’s fan the flames.