Ellyn Ferriter - In Fitness and In Health

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I taught my last studio classes of 2023 this morning. and . This year is ending way better than it started and I’m once again reminded why I do what I do.

Coaching large group fitness and small group training classes will forever be my passion in life. Sure, I’m coaching less now than I was at the beginning of the year, but I can genuinely say I love my job again. There was a time when I didn’t. I was resentful. Burned out to the max. Stressed beyond measure to the point of my physical health declining. But I’m back. And I can say, especially within the last few weeks of this year, my heart is wide-open fulfilled again when I coach.

I’m sincerely so grateful for this job, the members I get to serve, the coaches I get to work with, and the positivity I get to see every day. Sure there are hard days, but by days’ end the “hard” wears off. What remains is a wide grin, a full heart, a healthier mindset, and a calling to do it all again tomorrow.

As we wrap up 2023, I want to say ✨thank you✨ to every single person who’s ever come to any of my classes, who’s ever taken the time to tell me how much they enjoy them, who’s ever written a note of gratitude or told a friend to attend.

YOU are the reason I’m here.
YOU are the reason I do what I do.
YOU are the reason I love my job.

Keep pushing yourselves into 2024, challenge your mindset and your body. See what you’re capable of. I’ll be right alongside you coaching you and cheering you on.
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My work has been more important than my health for quite some time now. The irony isn’t lost on me that I work in the health and wellness industry, I tell people every day to put themselves first, take time for YOU, and yet I’ve been neglecting my own mental and physical well-being for the better part of a year. It’s time to change that.

For the past 3+ years, I’ve been coaching 27 classes per week (a combination of SGT, studio, and Arora classes) on top of metabolic assessments, nutrition coaching, and 1:1 client meetings. It’s a weird juxtaposition of feeling heart-wide-open fulfilled and utterly drained at the end of every day, let alone the week. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do, but sometimes too much of a good thing can leave you exhausted. The burnout is real. ⬇️

🚩Not enjoying coaching and teaching, which are things that previously set my soul on fire.
🚩Feeling envious of my evening clients who got to come in to take care of themselves AFTER their workday was done.
🚩Giving up my workouts for another hour at home so I didn’t feel so rushed to move from working out to immediately coaching.
🚩Crying on my way to work because I was stretched wayyy too thin—not a good place to be, especially when you have to slap a smile on your face and take care of your clients’ health while also being their cheerleader on tough days.

‼️So, it’s come to a breaking point. I’m still at Life Time, still coaching classes and doing all the things I did before, but just less. I’ve dropped my evening GTX classes in order to have more “me time.”

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