August, Baby!

🎆Hey everyone,

Here is your monthly newsletter to keep you in the know incase you aren't on instagram or get straight to business when you walk into the gym. We have another beautiful month of summer left to get our movement in and connect outside of the gym with our fellow JD'ers. Let's get into it!

For the month of August, you can expect:

• Lower body focus: Monday, Wednesday (excluding Lift) and Friday

• Upper body focus: Tuesday, Thursday

• Saturday: Full body

If you like bbq's, eating in general, bouncy houses, line dancing, hiking and making friends - keep reading. 🌭💃🏽🥾☀️

Heliotrope Ridge. 🏔️

When: Sunday, August 25th - 9:00am
Where: We will meet at JD Elite Fitness at 8:00am (coffee, electrolytes in hand) to follow each other up to the mountain.
Hike details: Heliotrope Ridge elevation, length + directions. 

It's been fun to have a monthly hike to meet up with friends. We hope to continue to do this in the future so if you couldn't make our summer series - don't worry! We will do it again. 😊

JD Elite has 3 relay teams running the Bellingham Bay Marathon relay on Sunday, September 22nd. If you want to put together another team with our crew - let's do it! Reach out to us and we will make it happen. 

• Next race will be the Trails to Taps relay on Sunday, October 13th. The lengths are between 3-6 miles. You don't need to be a speed demon. We are just having fun and running the best race we can as a team. 

We are partnering with lululemon (yay!) for our fall JD apparel and race tanks, so I'd love to know who is running in upcoming events to get those ordered up by September. Thanks guys! 🏃🏽‍♀️👚🖤

Friday, August 23rd behind JD Elite
6:00pm - 8:00pm

• Bouncy house for the kids, bubbles, chalk and a blocked off area to ride bikes around!

• We will be cooking brats and provide buns + condiments. Please bring a side, dessert or drink if you feel so inclined.

• LAST summer line dancing class from 7:00pm - 8:00pm. $5.00 to take class. Feel free to jump in and start dancing while your kids play.

We want to reconnect with everyone as we near the end of summer and find ourselves settling back into a routine this fall. We have invited all the businesses from the Block K as well to better get to know our little community tucked away in the Haskell business center. Bring your family, friends and kids for a fun evening together! All are welcome.

When I first started coming to JD Elite six years ago I was so nervous every time I went. I made sure that I had a friend at every class so I wouldn't walk in and be alone. Not long after coming I was introduced to others in the 5:30am class and the comradery began to develop. The anxiety dissipated.

I bring this up because I don't think I am the only one who has felt this way. We all have had our "first class" nerves. We speak of community a lot at JD and its because its the foundation and heart of this gym. We want everyone who walks in to feel seen and supported. We want your hour with us to be a time of connection with friends, sweating out the stress of the week and feeling empowered to be your best self. 

So, I encourage you to keep this on your mind when you come to class. Let's keeps our eyes open for ways we can continue to broaden this awesome and inclusive community:

Sit and stretch in a new part of the gym (scary, I know).

If you see that someone is new, workout with them and show them the ropes.

Shout encouragement to those working hard around you, especially in moments where they might need that extra push.

Connect outside of the gym! Check in on those with injuries, new babies or that you just haven't seen in a while.

Every Sunday, I will post a "Sunday Shout-out" which will spotlight a member chosen by YOU. This could be as simple as someone let you borrow a pair of socks (Thank you Janean) or you saw someone push for that last rep even after the time ended. If you read all of this, thank you. We love you guys and promise we won't start of next week with an EMOM. 

- Audrey