Journey to Better Health: Strength Beyond the Office

You’re good at keeping things running. Client needs something yesterday? Done. Vendor flakes? You cover it. Employee no-shows on your craziest day? You figure it out.

But taking care of yourself? That’s been “next month” for how many months now?

The Math We Don’t Want to Do

Most small business owners won’t say this out loud: We handle everyone else’s emergencies while our own warning lights blink ignored.

Customer complaint comes in hot? Handled before lunch. Website goes down? You’re troubleshooting at 10 PM in your pajamas. Money gets tight? You’ll make it work.

But “I really need to start exercising” – that’s been bouncing around your head since when? You’ve probably said it so many times the words don’t mean anything anymore.

Spring makes it worse. Days get longer. Harder to pretend you don’t notice. That constant tired feeling you’ve been writing off as normal? It’s not normal. It’s a signal.

You’re Not Going to “Find” Time

Nobody finds time. Not you, not the business owner down the street who somehow looks less wrecked than you do. They’re not working fewer hours. They just stopped treating their health like the thing that gets bumped when everything else runs over.

You’d never tell a paying customer “I’ll get to it if I find the time.” You’d schedule it, protect it, deliver it.

Your body’s been waiting for that same commitment.

Two 30-minute sessions a week. That’s it. Treated like appointments you don’t cancel. Not because some article told you to – because you’re the whole business. You go down, everything goes down.

Small Deposits Add Up

You get compound interest. Put a little in consistently, it turns into something real. Skip the deposits, you don’t just lose today’s money – you lose everything it would’ve become.

Strength works the same way.

Two sessions this week changes nothing. But two this week, two next week, two the week after that? Eight weeks out, you’re different. Not because one workout did something magical. Because you kept showing up.

And unlike your investments, this one doesn’t depend on what the market feels like doing.

What You Get Back

Real stuff. Stuff you’ll notice:

Clearer head in the afternoon. Moving your body builds mental stamina. The version of you that trained this morning makes better decisions at 4 PM than the version running on cold brew and willpower.

Stress that doesn’t camp out. Pressure’s part of the job – can’t change that. But you can change how your body deals with it. Train consistently and the same fires don’t burn you the same way.

Energy past 2 PM. That wall you hit every afternoon isn’t required. It’s a symptom. Put some deposits in the tank and the wall moves. Eventually stops showing up.

How you carry yourself. Subtle but people notice. When you’ve been taking care of yourself, you stand different. Show up different. Clients pick up on it even if they can’t name it.

Making It Actually Happen

Three things. Not complicated:

Put it on the calendar now. Two slots. Thirty minutes each. Morning’s better – before the day can derail you. Treat those blocks like your best client booked them.

Figure out when you crash. This week, pay attention. When does your energy drop off a cliff? Schedule movement before those points. Way easier to prevent the crash than climb out of it.

Tell somebody. Spouse, friend, trainer, whoever. Say it out loud to another human. That same accountability that makes you show up for clients? Use it.

What This Is Really About

Nobody talks about this part: getting physically stronger is almost a side effect.

What really changes is how you treat yourself. You become someone who keeps their own promises. Someone who puts gas in their own tank instead of running on empty.

That’s the journey. Not weak to strong. “Eventually” to “already done.”

Spring’s handing you longer days and something that feels like a reset. Question isn’t whether you have time. It’s whether you’re going to keep being the one thing you never prioritize.

Your Move

Check out services and see how private training fits your actual schedule. Your business runs on you. Maybe time for an oil change.

This article is part of our Chamber of Commerce Business Performance Series, designed to help local business owners thrive in 2025.

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