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Turning the Page with Sadie Lincoln, Founder of Barre3 · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: When you lean into struggle and really hard times with
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  Speaker 1: hope and a growth mindset, something really beautiful is on
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  Speaker 1: the other side.
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  Speaker 2: Hey everyone, Emily and Body here bringing you Part three
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  Speaker 2: of the Turning the Page series, a special five day
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  Speaker 2: event from Hurdle, a wellness focused podcast where I sit
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  Speaker 2: down with inspiring individuals to talk about everything from their
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  Speaker 2: big wins to how they've gotten through some of life's
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  Speaker 2: toughest moments.
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  Speaker 3: On the show, you.
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  Speaker 2: Can expect vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone from
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  Speaker 2: top athletes to aspiring entrepreneurs on what it really takes
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  Speaker 2: to follow your passions.
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  Speaker 3: My mission is simple to.
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  Speaker 2: Inspire you to be your best self, move with intention,
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  Speaker 2: and have some fun along the way.
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  Speaker 3: And we're having a lot of fun today.
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  Speaker 2: I am so excited, so so excited to be catching
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  Speaker 2: up with none other than Sadie Lincoln. She is the
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  Speaker 2: founder of Bar three and she was one of my
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  Speaker 2: first ever guests on the show. We are reminiscing all
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  Speaker 2: about that in today's episode. Literally, when Sadie gave me
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  Speaker 2: her time back when Hurdle was a little, itty bitty
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  Speaker 2: baby show, I was just so humbled, so blown away,
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  Speaker 2: so appreciative, and it's fun because this was, you know,
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  Speaker 2: such a decent chunk of time ago that to have
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  Speaker 2: her back on the show is really special because a
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  Speaker 2: lot of you who may be listening to this now
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  Speaker 2: may not have heard her original story. So if you
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  Speaker 2: haven't listened to Sadie's first episode, it.
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  Speaker 3: Is linked in the show note.
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  Speaker 2: All of the details on how Bar three came to be,
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  Speaker 2: and today, like I said, we're catching up about all
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  Speaker 2: of the things, not necessarily every single thing from the
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  Speaker 2: last three years since we sat down last, but certainly
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  Speaker 2: about the last nine to ten months and what twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty has been like for Sadie has been like for
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  Speaker 2: Bar three. She talks about teaching classes from her bathroom,
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  Speaker 2: which I absolutely love and can totally relate to, although
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  Speaker 2: my bathroom, as I insinuate in this episode, is quite small,
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  Speaker 2: and we also chat about how it's been interesting for
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  Speaker 2: her as an entrepreneur to see how the Bar three
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  Speaker 2: fanatics have taken to this workout over the pandemic, understanding
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  Speaker 2: the importance of being in sync with their body and mind,
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  Speaker 2: and also leaning into Zoom classes, maybe more so than
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  Speaker 2: other on demand content, because they want that community.
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  Speaker 3: They want to be back on.
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  Speaker 2: Video the people that they're used to hitting up the studio.
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  Speaker 3: With so found that really interesting.
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  Speaker 2: I find Sadie's perspective as always super refreshing. It is
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  Speaker 2: clear that she has had many a learning in her time,
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  Speaker 2: and again just so grateful for her perspective.
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  Speaker 3: This episode will definitely put you at ease.
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  Speaker 2: And give you some essential confidence that you can handle
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  Speaker 2: whenever it is that twenty twenty one and beyond throws
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  Speaker 3: And with that, let's get to hurdling today.
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  Speaker 2: I am sitting down with Sadie Lincoln that She is
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  Speaker 2: the founder of Bar three. Sadie, I'm so excited to
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  Speaker 2: have you back on the show. How are you doing today.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing, I'm you know what, I'm just I'm doing Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I'll go with okay today.
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  Speaker 3: I think Okay, there's a strong start.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's something that's really beautiful about this year,
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  Speaker 2: is that maybe we think a little bit more about
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  Speaker 2: answering that question truthfully.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because there's no more errors about like, no one's
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  Speaker 1: really crushing it right now.
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  Speaker 4: You know that.
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  Speaker 3: I totally yeah, I can totally relate.
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  Speaker 2: It's interesting to me as I think about you know,
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  Speaker 2: you and I catching up today because I started this
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  Speaker 2: show about three years ago from when this episode will
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  Speaker 2: be coming out. You were one of the first guests
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  Speaker 2: I had on the show, and man, so much has
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  Speaker 2: changed since then.
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe it's been three years. I remember sitting
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  Speaker 1: in that in that little we work sound booth.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my god, I miss it.
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  Speaker 2: I miss like even like the subpar sound booth right now,
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  Speaker 2: The things I would do, it's it's crazy and reflecting
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  Speaker 2: on that time, I mean, for me as an entrepreneur,
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  Speaker 2: as someone who was so passionate about this thing.
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  Speaker 3: I was so overwhelmed and grateful for.
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  Speaker 2: Your time and that you would come and sit down
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  Speaker 2: with me because you were coming into the city and
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  Speaker 2: doing all these interviews and I was like, come do.
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  Speaker 3: This thing that is completely unheard of, and you were like.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, absolutely, yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean, we don't need to completely catch up
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  Speaker 2: on all of the last three years, but talk to
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  Speaker 2: me about what's going on with bar three.
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  Speaker 3: Where are you guys at now?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, just to catch you up, We're at we
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  Speaker 1: have one hundred and seventy two franchise studios now, actually
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  Speaker 1: six of them are owned, but the rest are franchised.
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  Speaker 1: We're an owner operated model, so all owned by women,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred percent women run and owned. And how we
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  Speaker 1: model franchises, each owner basically has one studio. The most
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  Speaker 1: an owner has this five in the DC area, but
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  Speaker 1: most most of our owners have one studio, and so
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  Speaker 1: she's really at the heart of the business in her community.
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  Speaker 1: And so I'm speaking on behalf of all those incredible owners.
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  Speaker 1: They are incredible, and I have to say I'm so
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  Speaker 1: proud of them because this model is in a sense
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  Speaker 1: paying off for us because they've built such an emotional
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  Speaker 1: connection with the communities that they serve that.
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  Speaker 4: We're hanging in.
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  Speaker 1: You know, people are taking our live stream classes. Many
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  Speaker 1: of our studios have had to close our doors again
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  Speaker 1: once again because of COVID, so we're doing live stream
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  Speaker 1: classes from our studios, and our clients in those communities
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  Speaker 1: are choosing those live stream classes even over our much
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  Speaker 1: more premium digital online subscription product, which we've had since
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, twenty twelve. I think because they have
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  Speaker 1: an emotional connection with those owners and the instructors that
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  Speaker 1: they love. And you know, it's kind of like Brady
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  Speaker 1: Bunch style on the Zoom with your fellow clients doing
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  Speaker 1: bar three together. So really troubleshooting as an organization and
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  Speaker 1: leaning big time into collective wisdom and learning from each
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  Speaker 1: other and best practices, and it's been it's been a
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  Speaker 1: remarkable era for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know, I think you bring up a
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  Speaker 2: really interesting point. And obviously everyone is different in their
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  Speaker 2: consumption habits and you know what it is that they
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  Speaker 2: like from a digital streaming workout. But I do think
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  Speaker 2: there's something to be said for, you know, feeling like
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  Speaker 2: a part of something when so many of us are
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  Speaker 2: spending so much time you know, either alone or just
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  Speaker 2: with one partner or with our families and not doing
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  Speaker 2: what we used to do, like just being able to
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  Speaker 2: be in an environment where it feels safe to be vulnerable.
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  Speaker 2: And I think vulnerability is such a big part of
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  Speaker 2: like fitness and sweating with other people. So it's interesting
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  Speaker 2: to me the point that you brought up, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: you have had that greater digital streaming service for some
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  Speaker 2: time now that these clients are still excited more so
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  Speaker 2: maybe about that you know at home zoom with my
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  Speaker 2: buddy's kind of fitness.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's so many surprises underneath this really trying time
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  Speaker 1: that are beautiful, and one of them is just the
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  Speaker 1: sweetness of getting to know each other in our homes.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm doing bar three for example, in my bathroom,
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  Speaker 1: like on my bathroom counter, and at this point I
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  Speaker 1: don't care, Like maybe in the beginning I would like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, clean up a little bit, but now it's
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  Speaker 1: just like it doesn't even matter anymore.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, and I video on like I like
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  Speaker 4: that I can.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm seeing I'm part of something I
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  Speaker 1: can and you know, I'm not focusing on everybody else,
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  Speaker 1: but I know that they're there in their sweet living
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  Speaker 1: rooms and you know, wherever they're doing their workout with
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  Speaker 1: their kids running around and their dogs and you know whatever.
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  Speaker 1: And just those moments when the instructor calls us out
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  Speaker 1: and you know, before and after is it's really a
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  Speaker 1: special sweet moment. Yeah, and and quite surprising. I mean
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  Speaker 1: when we had to shut down the first time, there
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  Speaker 1: was such a there was.
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  Speaker 4: So much grief.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we really I turned to Chris, who's my
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  Speaker 1: husband and co founder. I was like, are we gonna
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  Speaker 1: make it?
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  Speaker 3: This?
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  Speaker 1: Is this it?
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  Speaker 3: You know?
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  Speaker 4: There was that moment of is this it?
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  Speaker 1: And then within seventy two hours all of our owners
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  Speaker 1: had rallied and we were doing live streams and we
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  Speaker 1: knew we were going to be okay. But yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: been amazing, truly a part of something.
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  Speaker 2: I'm envisioning your bathroom to be like much bigger than
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  Speaker 2: my Like I'm not even exaggerating here. I think my
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  Speaker 2: bathroom might be like four feet by four feet.
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  Speaker 4: Well, that's all you really need.
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  Speaker 1: The nice thing is with bar three, all you need
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  Speaker 1: is the real estate of a yoga mat.
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  Speaker 4: And maybe your yoga mat would have to fold in half.
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  Speaker 2: A yoga Oh man, I'm like thinking about doing bar
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  Speaker 2: in my bathroom and loving it. But I mean, you're
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  Speaker 2: not the only founder that does fitness in their bathroom,
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  Speaker 2: that's for sure. I think I read recently that John
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  Speaker 2: Foley has a peloton tread in his downstairs bathroom.
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  Speaker 1: We're just making it work people, all right. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of people do Bar three in their closets, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: It's where they can hide from their children.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate that. I have so much respect for that.
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  Speaker 2: So outside of I mean the resilience that you have
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  Speaker 2: seen in the Bar three community, talk to me a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more about how things have been going for
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  Speaker 2: you at home during this year.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a mother of two teenagers.
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  Speaker 4: I have a fifteen year old and a sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: Year old, and that's been, you know, epic, just trying
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  Speaker 1: to get them out of their bedrooms.
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  Speaker 3: Are you tick talking a lot?
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  Speaker 4: Am I tiktoking?
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  Speaker 3: Are you tiktoking with them? Are they tiktoking?
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  Speaker 1: They TikTok, but they do it like they really like
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  Speaker 1: their separation of space.
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  Speaker 4: For me, so I kind of stay. You know, it's
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  Speaker 4: just so not.
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  Speaker 1: Cool to be a part of that world, you know,
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  Speaker 1: So I try to give them like some boundaries, you know,
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  Speaker 1: allow them to have their own space that way, but
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  Speaker 1: they certainly are and that's been interesting managing social media.
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  Speaker 1: Oh it era when they can't physically see their friends
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  Speaker 1: and just navigating Okay, what's healthy and what's not healthy?
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  Speaker 1: You know, how far can we go here? Because you know,
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  Speaker 1: it is in critical that they're connected.
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  Speaker 2: For all of us like social media, like setting some
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  Speaker 2: like smart boundaries on the fact that like we want
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  Speaker 2: this connection, but we also like cannot live our lives
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  Speaker 2: behind like looking at screens. It's been such an interesting,
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  Speaker 2: you know, effort to find this balance.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I did a big kind of so media cleanse at
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of this where I went through and just
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  Speaker 1: got read like, as I was scrolling through my my like,
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  Speaker 1: what Instagram is really truly feeding me? Like I'm in
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  Speaker 1: control of this experience? And I let go. I kind
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  Speaker 1: of liked a cleanse. I let go of a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people I followed because I just it didn't make
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  Speaker 1: me feel good. And I think that's really important to
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  Speaker 1: consciously intentionally be in control of our feed and what
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  Speaker 1: we're digesting. I just I rarely do this, but I
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  Speaker 1: just commented on an ad I saw, for example, in
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  Speaker 1: my Twitter feed, and it was a graphic and illustration
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  Speaker 1: of and it said like wanted, and it was like
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  Speaker 1: like wanted, and it was alcohol, and there was a
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  Speaker 1: graphic of a woman with a huge like bloated belly
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  Speaker 1: gluten and it was a different kind of bloated belly,
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  Speaker 1: and then sugar and that was a little different, like
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  Speaker 1: it was depending on what they were eating. That's what
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  Speaker 1: the ad was. And then the fourth image was mommy,
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  Speaker 1: and it showed an image of a woman with this
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  Speaker 1: like sagging belly. Oh, and it was selling fitness. And
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  Speaker 1: that's the kind of outrageous imagery that goes into our
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  Speaker 1: unconscious even if just seeing that gets in there, right
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  Speaker 1: and is such an assault on our like self confidence,
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  Speaker 1: ability to be honest and compassionate in our bodies and
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  Speaker 1: obviously showing like for any new mom to see that
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  Speaker 1: is outrageous, right, And so those are the kinds of
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  Speaker 1: things I think the reason I commented on it on
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  Speaker 1: my Twitter feed was just to give people that awareness,
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  Speaker 1: like if you see something like this, delete it.
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  Speaker 4: Take a moment to.
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  Speaker 1: Know this is not real, this is this is manipulated
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  Speaker 1: and not healthy, Like just kind of even acknowledging versus
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  Speaker 1: just kind of scrolling by it quickly. I think that
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  Speaker 1: that acknowledgment is really important.
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  Speaker 2: I think that oftentimes we like can play a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of the victim, right We're like, oh, I'm just
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  Speaker 2: I'm not feeling good about X or Y, but we
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  Speaker 2: keep scrolling and we don't take ownership over the fact
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  Speaker 2: that we have input as to what we see there.
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  Speaker 3: Just like you're saying.
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  Speaker 1: Yes and just affirming it is a practice of rewiring
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  Speaker 1: your brain. And there's there's studies on that if you
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  Speaker 1: affirm it, if you say it out loud like that
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  Speaker 1: is this is not healthy, and it's imagined like if
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  Speaker 1: you kind of just say that out loud and then
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  Speaker 1: delete right and then you see something that makes you
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  Speaker 1: feel good, Wow, this is true. This makes me feel good.
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  Speaker 1: Just the practice of acknowledging your truth. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: something I talk to the kids about. Is why I
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  Speaker 1: think it's so important.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, Oh for sure, let's chat then about now,
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  Speaker 2: let me know what builds us up, what we need
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  Speaker 2: to focus on, where we should give our energy. Talk
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  Speaker 2: to me about you know, twenty twenty from a I.
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  Speaker 3: Learned this perspective.
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  Speaker 2: I know that you learned the importance of what we're
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  Speaker 2: taking in what else really hit home with you this year?
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  Speaker 1: I learned that you cannot subtract social connectedness from the
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  Speaker 1: equation of our health and well being, that social connectedness,
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  Speaker 1: physical and mental connectedness act together as a tripod, as
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  Speaker 1: a three legged stool, And how incredibly important it is
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  Speaker 1: to stay unified and intentionally figure out a way to
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  Speaker 1: show up in the world where you're surrounded by community
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  Speaker 1: and people who see you and hear you.
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  Speaker 2: And.
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  Speaker 1: A firm that you belong. I've learned that I'm just
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  Speaker 1: speaking even promise. I've learned that like the just even
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  Speaker 1: like again, like letting go of the people that maybe
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  Speaker 1: didn't serve me in the past and really consciously invite
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  Speaker 1: in people who elevate and inspire me. And then and
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  Speaker 1: then for me as a leader, creating an environment and
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  Speaker 1: an organization that invites that. And I mean, I feel
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  Speaker 1: such a sisterhood with all of our owners. For example,
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  Speaker 1: when we come together, we are unstoppable, you know, And
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  Speaker 1: there's something so powerful in that. And I think the
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  Speaker 1: other thing I've learned is that universally, we all struggle.
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  Speaker 1: It's so easy to feel alone and struggle, and that's
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  Speaker 1: so imagined. I mean, we it is human to struggle,
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  Speaker 1: and because we're all going through this together, I think
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  Speaker 1: that's been a huge recognition for so many people. And
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  Speaker 1: I would say the third thing that I've affirmed and
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  Speaker 1: this has been my life's work, so it's it's just
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  Speaker 1: been beautiful to practice in a new way. But I
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  Speaker 1: love the idea of and truth that whatever it is
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  Speaker 1: we practice, we become. Like my daughter can practice playing
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  Speaker 1: the piano, she becomes a great piano player. We can
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  Speaker 1: practice being at home in our bodies literally and figuratively.
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  Speaker 4: The race is.
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  Speaker 1: Canceled, the wedding's canceled, canceled sadly, you know, the beach vacation,
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  Speaker 1: all the things are canceled right now. And the good
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  Speaker 1: thing about that is we are now exercising to be
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  Speaker 1: present and honest in our bodies and what we need
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  Speaker 1: in the moment versus trying to get ready for something.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: And that's a new way of relating to fitness that
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: we need, and I think is a real gift right now.
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  Speaker 4: It's a real gift, and it is.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: A real gift.
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  Speaker 2: And I love what you're saying, Like you practice what
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: you become like, that's so big, it's so much bigger
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: than you know, just the pianist or just someone like
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: I'm more than a runner because I run. Like, let's
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  Speaker 2: talk about practicing who you want to become as a human, right,
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: like taking this time over the past eight nine months
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  Speaker 2: and reflecting on how we are showing up, how you
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: have become you know, that leader, that person that welcomes
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: and invites others and makes them feel safe.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's really an an interesting lens to put
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: blend into fitness.
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  Speaker 4: And that's one.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: Thing that we've been doing Bar three for many years,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: but now it's like it's next level for us. Is
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: this idea of combining traditional fitness with mindfulness. You think
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: of mindfulness, My definition of mindfulness is pain, attention on purpose.
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  Speaker 3: In the moment.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: And when you combine that idea with traditional fitness, you
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: gain body You practice body wisdom, so you practice honoring
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: what your body needs in the moment while moving. And
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: when you do that, two things are taken away from
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: the fitness experience that contribute to why the vast majority
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: of us struggle with fitness. And the first is pain.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: You take away negative pain when you combine traditional fitness
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: with mindfulness, because what you do is you start to
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: observe and notice, oh, I have negative joint pain during
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: this plank.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: Let's just say.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: And when you notice that and observe it, honestly, it's like, oh,
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: I need to get out a plank. But I think
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: our mindset has been around fitness is no, I'm going
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: to stay plank because I want to get the result,
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: So I'm going to ignore the joint pain, and then
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: we anchor fitness to pain. And that's not a good
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: relationship with fitness. That's why so many people don't do
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: fitness because I think it's like fifty one percent of
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: people with injury attribute their injury to exercise to fitness, right,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: But it's so much bigger than that, I know, but
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: think about it. So many people think of it. Like
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: I don't know about you, Emily, but like if I
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: jump in a lift and I like tell the lift
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: driver what I do for a living. If I say
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: anything with fitness, usually people cringe, Like the vast majority
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: of people cringe like, ooh, yeah, you're a fitness person.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: I'm not one of those. The other is shame, like
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: they're not working out in a way that's like mindful
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: and congruent with what your body needs in the moment.
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: And when you do that, it becomes an expression of
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  Speaker 1: who you are versus like pretending to be a fit person.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: And I think that a lot of the time with shame,
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: it's the people that are so focused on maybe what
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: they want to lose instead of what they're trying to
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: gain from their fitness or wellness experience.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and again back to that graphic that I was
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: talking about. Of course we have shame. We are that's
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: a learned behavior, a learned feeling. We aren't born into
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: the world with shame in our bodies, but we are
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: taught to shame our bodies every day because it's a
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: great way to manipulate someone to buy a product is
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: by saying, oh, you have that bloated belly. You need
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: this so that you'll be attractive, worthy, sexy, so that
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: you will belong. And so we're taught that we're taught shame,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: and we're taught that shame is anchored to fitness, and
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: that fitness will make us have you know, the body
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: that will finally allow us to be happy. And that's
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: a myth. It's completely not true. It's imagined and it
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: doesn't work. It's why so many of us struggle with
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: being dissatisfied in our bodies. Ninety one percent of women
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: in North America report body dissatisfaction. The vast majority of
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: us are not happy in our bodies. That's learned, and
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: just like I mentioned, whatever it is you practice you become.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: We can practice unlearning that story, and we can practice
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: being honest and compassionate in our bodies. And when we
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: do that, we're truly empowered.
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: And that's that's.
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: What gets me out of bed every day, is kind
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: of unlearning that.
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: Whether or not someone you know is actively turning on
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: Bar three programming, they hear you say that they you know,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: they want that they're part of the ninety one percent.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: I would, I mean, please, I would say that I'm
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: part of the ninety one percent. So the question that
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: comes up is what, like, how can you start that
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: conversation with yourself?
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: The first It's a really simple question that I ask myself,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: and this is something we do in our studios as well,
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: is ask yourself. Just take one moment to ask yourself,
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: what do I need right now? Then press play for
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: your workout. Whatever it is and honor that and practice
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: achieving what you need during that workout. And it might change,
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: like halfway through the workout, it might be something different.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: Keep asking yourself, like, as you're doing burpies, what do
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: I need right now? You know, if you're if the
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: burpies are giving you what you need, keep going. If
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: they are counter to what you need, then modify, change
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: it up, have exercise be a practice of being congruent
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: with what you need, and that combination is beautiful. When
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: you are your own best teacher, in partnership with a guide,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: an instructor who really knows about alignment and technique and
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: it's motivational and has a great playlist, you know, that
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: is when the magic happens. But it truly is a
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: partnership with your instructor versus just copying what the instructor
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: is doing or what everybody else is doing in the room.
• 26:10
  Speaker 4: It's a game changer. It's a total game changer.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I mean personally or professionally either here if you had
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: to reflect on some of the best advice that you
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: have been offered over the past eight nine months, what
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: would you say that it has been?
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: You know, I think for me, it's been around self
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: esteem and less advice but more like affirmation. Are We
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: hired our new COO and president, Bruce Edwards right before
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: COVID struck, and he has been an incredible leader and
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: partner for me. And I would say just him reminding
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: me that my voice matters and to not shy away
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: from speaking my truth and everything we're talking about on
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: this podcast, for example, that that matters just as much
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: as our financials our ability to scale and operate, you know,
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: it's equally important. And that's always a thing for me
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: because honestly, I'll go into a meeting and get advice
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: counter to that, like in so many ways, just like okay, Sadie,
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: just you know, you kind of just just tame your
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: part of the meeting and we're the financials are way
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: more important, you know, Like and just reminding myself, no,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: I need to keep speaking up for all these people,
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: you know, I need to be the voice of this
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: problem in the fitness industry. And it's really fascinating. I
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: think I ignored how muted my voice has been over
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: the years, or I notice more now when people mute
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: my voice or don't really understand me. And it's just
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: such a lesson and remembering no, like trust your instinct,
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: trust what you have to offer, and be courageous and
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: show up that way. And Bruce has really really been
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: a cheerleader for me that way, And yeah, I kind
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: of wish that for every woman, to be honest.
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: What excites you about the new year?
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: Anything but twenty.
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: Twenty both, sister.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited to put all this to practice, Like
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: everything we've learned, whether it's basic human rights and becoming
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: more attuned to that, or the importance of community and connection,
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: or the accountability of our own health and well being.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: Getting to put everything that we've learned during this era
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: to work in a more normal economy is what I'm
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: most excited about.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: What I'm most excited about what has been And I'm
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: going to say, aside from bar three, like something whether
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: it be like a product or a person that this
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: year using this thing has helped you stay more sane,
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: or it's been good for your health or.
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: Something like that.
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: Okay, I'm just going to tell you the first thing
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: that popped into my head. Yeah, Deepak Chopra and Oprah
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: have a meditation series on Hope and it's beautiful.
• 29:37
  Speaker 4: I think it's on his website.
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: It's I think, and I want to say, it's like
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: twenty one days and it starts with Oprah talking about
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: a concept, whether it be like forgiveness, and her take
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: on forgiveness and what she's learned about it, and then
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Deepak deepens the idea and then gives you a mantra
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: around it, and then it's a guided meditation to music
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: around that theme.
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: It's really cool. Yeah, it's really cool.
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: Final question for you here, Sadie, You right now have
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: the opportunity to give the Sadie Lincoln back in April
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: a piece of advice. When she's looking at her husband
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: and co founder and she is saying, are we going
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: to make it? You get to offer her a piece
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: of advice. What do you tell her? Looking back on
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: it now?
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: I think I would just tell her because the experience
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: was so in so many ways beautiful, and I would
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: just remind her that when you lean into struggle and
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: really hard times with hope and a growth mindset, something
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: really beautiful is on the other side. And just to
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: trust that, lean into struggle, constraint and even despair with
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: an openness to learning, and that's you know, all we
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: can really do and and when we do that, that's
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: when change happens. That's an innovation happens. So that's what
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: I would remind her.
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: I am so happy that we got to have this chat.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: I love a woman with a growth mindset philosophy, and
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: I appreciate you so so much, Sadie.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: I appreciate you and the inspiration and work you do
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: in the world so much.
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: Emily.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: This podcast is amazing.
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: How do the hurdlers keep up with you? How do
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: they keep up with bar three? Give me some details.
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: Sure, we have a challenge coming up in January and February.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: That's that everyone can check out if you go to
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: bar three dot com, b A R R E three
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: dot com.
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: Lots of great.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: Practices planned and amazing guest instructors. And then of course
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: our Instagram is bar three and all the regular places Facebook, Twitter,
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: My personal instagram is Sadie Lincoln. I'd love to stay
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: in touch there. Oh, Emily, before you go, I have
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: to tell you, yeah, you gifted me athletic greens. I
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: don't know if you have to go three years ago.
• 32:18
  Speaker 4: Love, it's my fave.
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: Do you use that as you do?
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm a sucker. I mean, obviously I'm a sucker
• 32:24
  Speaker 3: for it, but.
• 32:25
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's so it's one of those things.
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: It's like you give someone a gift and I just
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: want to make sure you know, like it wasn't wasted
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: on me, and I'm gifting it to my whole team
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: this year, so, oh my godness, I had to let
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: you know, Oh my god.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: First of all, I'm sure if the team from Athletic
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: Greens is listening to this, they're going to totally geek out.
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: But that makes me so happy.
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: I Mean, the thing is, and I'm sure that you
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: feel this way as well, like whenever you talk about
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: something like you just want to make sure that people
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: know that it's something that like you actually use. And
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: that's how I feel about all the sponsors I have
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: on Hurdle, but especially Athletic Greens because I literally drink
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: it every single morning.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome. I sneak get in my kids smoothies
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: and they love it too, So it's a sneak.
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: It's a sneak attack. I love that.
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: I am over at Emily a Body and at Hurdle
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: Podcast Another Hurdle Conquered Catch You guys, next time.