Fitness Built For Real Life

Hey, cadre faithful. Uh, you know, you've got the perfect plan. And you're workout is set. You've got your meals, all prepped. You set your alarm for 5:00 AM. And Monday rolls around. And you nail it. Now let's hold that thought for a second. And we'll come back to Tuesday. So, hi again, I am Scott Heimer. I'm new to the. Um, cadre and, uh, I have, uh, been a software engineer for 34 years. And I've also been coaching at a local. CrossFit affiliate for the last 10 years. And I am about to. Enter retirement from the long time.

Uh, full-time gig and I'm about to. Enter into a season where I wanna start coaching. More, and I'm going to. Um, start doing more one-on-one training and things like that. As I move into. Retirement. So just a little bit about my coaching background. Um, and it starts back in high school for me. When I was, uh, in high school, I was a three sport athlete. I broke my leg, playing baseball my junior year. And so I missed my. Entire senior year football season. And that fall, I volunteered to coach a sixth grade.

Youth football team. And that kind of lit the fire of what coaching feels like for me. So after high school, I went on to college. I uh, was married. While still in school. I had my first child while still in school. And, uh, I had to learn pretty quickly how to navigate. Finishing my degree while learning how to be a new young. Dad fast forward a few years. I was divorced and now, navigating not right now, but at that point of my divorce, navigating how to take on this full-time job. And single parenting.

And getting the kids from here to Hecken back with all of the. Events that they wanted to participate in. And so what you learn in those seasons is that. Life gets gets hectic, pretty fast. And so um, I have lived with my own. Start stop, restart cycles with my own fitness journey. In life and um, you know, now that I'm in this. Phase of transition. Um, that's who I want to help. People who are mostly, I help people who are over 40. Who want fitness? Who want to be strong and healthy? But they need something that fits their real life.

And, um, you know, that's who I aim to help. And I like to say that I have kind of a grace based. Approach to my coaching. And I think I first learned that. During the 18 years. Of coaching girls, youth soccer. That I did. My girls were very active in soccer, loved it. And I decided to coach them. While they were growing up. And what those girls taught me. Is that so long as you provide a space. Where people feel safe to fail. They will work harder. They will try new things. And they will come back.

And so at, um, at this age, now that I'm moving into. This new phase of coaching. Um, one of the things that I'm kind of feeling a little bit is. A little bit of that, those imposter feelings that we sometimes feel when we try. So. Something new and, um, until last week I heard ed millet, uh, on a podcast. Talk about. Um, something that kind of made me feel a little better, a little bit better about. What I'm trying to do. And some of those feelings. Feelings. Uh, and he said, that you are most qualified in life.

To help the person that you used to be. And so I've kind of taken that on and that has helped me with my confidence, a little. Bit. And so thinking about that, I used to be the guy who. Always tried to prepare the perfect plan. Um, I couldn't do it. If it wasn't a hundred percent, uh, perfection. And this is where we kind of come back to Tuesday. So I would spend a lot of time creating that perfect plan. Monday would roll around and I would execute it perfectly. But then a Tuesday would show up.

Where maybe I had a sick kid. Or the dog threw up on the carpet. And I needed to clean that up before I could do anything else. So it didn't leave a stain. Or you slept through your alarm. And so you didn't make it to the gym. And so what I do now, is I try to help people. Build plans that adjust for how real life hits them. And that's my goal. Going forward and what I try to help people with is that. You know, maybe you're plan isn't wrong. It's not a bad plan. You didn't take a misstep. Making that plan.

It's just that the plan didn't fit your real life. And so today, I'd like you to think about. And if you care to share, maybe drop a comment below. What does that Tuesday look like for you? When you had a plan. And things just don't go, right? What are those things that get in the way for you? What. Throws a wrench into the works for you. So over time, um, tips and tricks and techniques and things like that for. Building something that helps you. Survive helps your plan survive real life. That's what I hope to do.

Out here and hopefully together. We can all stay strong enough for Tuesdays. Tuesdays, thanks for joining. And I hope to see you again real soon.