DE Update | Week of December 2nd

You ate pretty good , you know , maybe not as high quality , but I hope you all had a great time with your friends and family and so forth this past week and you're feeling pretty good , feeling healthy , healthier than I am , and you're feeling pretty good , feeling healthy , healthier than I am .

Sorry if my voice is a little bit raspy and off , but last Wednesday I woke up with norovirus . Those of you that have had the pleasures of that virus you know how bad it sucks . I lost about six pounds in three days and , yeah , it's ransacked my whole family and um , feeling better , much better today and I still got .

My voice is still a little messed up . So , yeah , hope none of you got that . Really hope so , but it , uh it knocked me down and out , so we'll be back for two days this week . I'll let you everybody know that wednesday I will be gone for 10 days off the grid on the ocean .

So me and my family will be leaving town , taking the kids on a little trip for the next 10 days and I will have very limited access to all things business related , for a few reasons . One , be in the middle of the ocean .

Two , kind of want to take a little mental break Just a little one , not much , just a little one and connect with my family and so forth .

This is a trip that has been planned since Claire got out of the hospital last year and it is our family transitioning from buying , like Christmas stuff those of you with kids , little kids , you understand this Buy a whole bunch of stuff . They get stuff every year . We're trying to transition away from stuff to memories .

Doing trips , family vacations , is something we want to try to uh anchor our family around versus things and items . You know I call it junk . Um , I know the little ones enjoy opening presents and it's a big deal and stuff like that , but we really want to try to move away from that . Yeah , so I will be gone .

My brother will be gone a little less time than me , but we're all going to be on the same boat for seven of the 10 days and , um , during that time , chris and Jason will be holding down the South gym . Chris will be coaching all the classes at South while I'm gone and Tammy will be coaching all the classes at Midtown while I'm gone .

It's just easier for them their schedules to just have that straight through instead of alternating the week that I'm out . So Chris will be up doing her thing with the morning classes at South and , like I said , tammy will be at Midtown covering my classes and then Jess , tammy and Chase will be holding down Midtown during my absence .

All right , good news is me and my brother are not flying on the same flight there . We are on the same flight back , so let's just hope nothing bad happens . You know what I'm saying , or else I guess I don't know who gets double edged . Haven't really planned that far into my what do you want to say ? Succession plan .

So yeah , we'll both get back on the same plane ride real quick . We got those pre-order sweatshirts out Last day to pre-order . It is going to be tomorrow . So if you're listening to this today , check the email . If you want to pre-order it , no big deal if you don't . It doesn't hurt my feelings one way or the other .

The reason we're doing pre-orders for this stuff is one I'm not carrying big amounts of inventory in these things anymore . We'll pre-order what people want . We'll get it in . We might add a couple extras for those of you spontaneous purchasers , but it will be limited .

So if you want or desire a new double-edged sweatshirt going into the cold months here , pre-order it . It's the guaranteed way to get your sweatshirt and , again , we're gonna make that last day tomorrow so we can get the order in and the people that bought will get their sweatshirt in a timely manner .

A couple , well , a handful of folks reached out to me , which doesn't happen too often post newsletter , but they reached out to me individually , and we're very excited that I am removing and getting away from our double-edged events being alcohol-driven , if you will . I wouldn't say they're always alcohol-driven .

I would say that they ended up being excessive alcohol consumption events and , as you guys know , I want to get away from that . Going to get away from that , and with that , though , had a few members ask me if they could do an unofficial double-edged Christmas party , so I got a few people .

They're going to be getting together at Parley 6 , right next to Midtown , on December 21st I don't know time frame A couple people at the gym are organizing a get-together for any members that want to get out . I'm probably going to go and be at that because I'll be back from the trip and I like hanging out with everybody .

But this will be unofficial and I'm not doing the whole drinking and driving scenarios anymore . So you come , it's your own responsibility , it's your own deal . Um , yeah , but we see you there . We see you there . Like I said , this is an unofficial christmas get together for a handful of folks at d that wanted to get together before christmas .

Uh , christmas and new year's eve schedule just got through thanksgiving . Uh , when christmas gets here on December 24th , christmas Eve high probability we're not going to have evening classes , because traditionally those have attendance of zero . Christmas Day will be closed . I would be willing to bet there will be no workout on Christmas Day .

I don't think any coaches are going to be doing that . Everybody will be with their families . I don't think any coaches are going to be doing that . Everybody will be with their families December 26th .

I am making that a closed holiday for my coaches , but if one of us ends up wanting to host a workout , like we did on Thanksgiving , we will get that information out for you . But as of right now , it's closed . On New Year's Eve there will most likely be limited evening classes . Again , traditionally , new Year's Eve attendance is near zero .

So evening class schedule just pay attention as we get closer . But those later classes will most likely be canned and then New Year's Day will be closed . All right , that's it . And then 2025 kicks off and we start getting after our New Year's resolutions . You know what I'm saying , because that's what we are all about . You know that's not the case .

I can't stay in New Year's resolutions , yeah so , but New Year kicks off . It's always exciting and fun , and it's crazy that the year's already gone by . I had to put up Christmas decorations and I feel like I just took them down , and I'm not that guy that leaves them up for most of the year . They come down New Year's Day .

I leave them up through New Year's Eve and then I take the lights down New Year's Day . I'm pretty religious about that , just like I am about them go up the day after Christmas , and it does . It feels like yesterday . I just took them down and then , literally yesterday , the day before yesterday , I put them up . Crazy times , crazy times .

Life is just flying by . So , last thing I want to bring up every year , we put out an annual special membership . This is a membership . That's pretty discounted pricing for a year , paid in full this year . Just to give you guys a heads up . I don't know the total number that I'm going to be putting out , but it's going to be limited .

This year we aren't going to be selling very many of these . I'm not sure the exact number just yet , but when the email comes out it's those of you that have never heard of this . It's a first come , first serve membership . The people that bought it last year get the first right of refusal to renew this year because I only sell a handful of these .

So those people got the email today . So I'm going to give them a week to renew and first right of refusal and then I will get out the remaining amount . Number of memberships available for somebody new to take advantage of this pricing . It's something we've done every year since we've opened .

It's always been a good thing for both the business and the members who are able to capitalize on this opportunity to save a little money and commit for a full year . It is a year paid in full membership Up front . It is charged on January 1st of every year and , again , if you become part of the group , you get first right of refusal the next year .

This is how that works . So last year's group just got the email today . Next year's group , depending on how many are left , if everybody renews , I think that means there's only going to be two left . So that's just . That's how limited this is , and keep your eyes out for the email when it goes out . I think that's everything I got

this week . Everybody , let's keep having a great , healthy , safe holiday season . Keep making good food choices , keep your workouts consistent .

Those of you that have been slaying the Committed Club , there's your last month to get 12 , and then we start all over again next year and we are hoping and planning on rolling out some new things with the Committed Club going into 2025 , which will all be finalized next month .

But , yeah , proud of you guys , love you guys , stay healthy , stay fit , keep getting fitter . All right , catch you all . Well , maybe catch you all next week . I'm not really sure if I'm going to do one of these while I'm on vacation all next week .

I'm not really sure if I'm going to do one of these while I'm on vacation , so this might be the last you see me until I get back from vacation with the fam . All right , we'll see , we'll see . But , um , yeah , love you guys , see ya .