As I look back, I think I always felt that I just missed out by THAT MUCH on the cusp of something big.
As an aerobic instructor in the mid-80s, I had several people request to videotape my class so they could take the tape with them on vacation, plug it into their VCR and work out. I complied and thought that would be a lot of fun! I’d say I had about 25 to 50 people ask. FlashForward and Internet sensations and hard -Bodies physical fitness gurus are everywhere raking in the money.
When I started doing triathlons back in the late 80s in South Florida, I remember grabbing for my water bottle and wobbling on my bike and thinking how awesome it would be to just lean forward on my bike with my head and suck up some water from a straw. FlashForward… Not only is it a straw, but it is a complex nutritional system literally making millions in the industry.
As physical fitness became so crazy popular in the late 90s into the new millennium, there were so many fitness boutiques to choose from. I remember thinking how in the hell can everybody afford doing all the things they want and having to do it all at different studios?I thought… There should be something we can just join for one membership and be able to go to all of them whenever you want. Flash forward to “Class Pass” which is an app which allows you to do exactly that.
I remember the winter and spring months running while I was in college holding my big yellow Walkman and thinking how cold my hands were every time I had to grip it so hard. If only there was some type of belt or pouch I could put it in the able to run free with my hands inside my gloves rubbing my fingers together. FlashForward to all of the pouches, Fannypack’s and armbands carrying iPhones with music all around.
I remember in early the 2000’s just how it was little bit crazy with six kids under the age of eight and how people would say “I don’t know how you do it!!” I didn’t have a nanny and I worked part time and I had activities and sports and school functions and diapers and food to be served all in the same breath. I remember people saying to me “you should write a book or have a TV show.!!” Flash forward to “Keeping up with the Kardashians”. Sure, we weren’t five grown ass girls who were beautiful and perfect and materialistic, but we still had some craziness!
More recently, I had a really good friend who opened up a Pilates reformer studio. I remember thinking how awesome this area would be if we just had one of those. Flash forward.And there it is. Beautiful, complete with all of the necessary equipment, and enticing mostly women from around the area wishing , hoping and working to better themselves physically in a safe and effective manner, including myself who joined!
I really dead and do you have some great ideas. Maybe I just didn’t work hard enough to make them happen. That needs to change. It’s never too late!
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