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By: Sarah Kalnajs
I never planned on being a fitness instructor or trainer. I own my own business and just wanted to get in shape when I found the Monkey Bar Gym (which had just opened at the time). I was incredibly fortunate that as a new business, Jon Hinds was instructing most (if not all) of the classes at the gym which were small at the time. Now they are busting at the seams as our "secret" is out, but that’s a good thing!
Getting fit at the MBG and learning from Jon Hinds changed my life in many ways. First of course, I got truly fit for the first time in my life, but I also LEARNED about how and why I was becoming fit versus other gyms that just had me jump around but I had no idea what I was building or changing or trying to accomplish. Jon also taught me that I can work out anywhere (I can actually travel now without gaining weight….just give me a playground, or even the chairs in a hotel room and a "Gym in a Bag" from Lifeline! He taught me about the concept of "each one teach one" and the importance of motivating others in workouts to get more out of your OWN workout and finally, he taught me working out wasn’t about mirrors or what you weighed on a scale….that those things can just hold us back. If you want to get fit, it’s about lifestyle changes. Not necessarily drastic, but changes that you can maintain to keep your new fit self over years!
It’s been almost six years since I became fit at the MBG. I’m still there, I teach there now, I still love the things I’ve learned and I’m still one of the strongest women over 40 I know!
I could go on and on about the many reasons that anyone who has an opportunity to take a training seminar or work one on one with Jon Hinds should do so, but suffice it to say….if you have the opportunity, take it! It will change your life, Jon will change your life! His enthusiasm is contagious, he is a phenomenal motivator (stop in the gym and watch people do 50% more reps when Jon is in the room) and of course an excellent teacher!
If you want to have FUN and laugh and learn a lot, the MBG is the place to be and Jon Hinds is the man to learn from.
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