This morning started as another normal NYC morning. Coach had the workout planned every step of the way. While he was finishing up the last touches we called the newbies in to introduce themselves to the 5:28 group. In steps in Ivonne, and without missing a beat takes over and just starts initiating herself. SHE GETS IT. And that is something we deal with, is that some people just don’t “get us.” Whether it is someone who shows up for the first time, or some of our neighbors who working out in the park next to us, or the commuters on their bikes next to the river.
November Project can be an intimidating group to a someone who wants to show up for the first time. 60, 80, 100, 200 people showing up to workout together, some who have been there multiple years together. Do you remember your first time at a workout? How intimidated were you by the crowds, the hugs, the workouts. Today’s workout had some pretty detailed instructions to follow. Who cares if you went the wrong way? Yes I know, that statement coming from me may sound like bullshit, but its not. No matter who you are, how many times you show up, how fast you are, November Project is that place that you can show up to and be apart of something that not only you get, but IT GETS YOU.
So at today’s workout you got the phone number of someone else. After you send that introduction, non-sexual advances, text message, ask that person this question: What is the thing about November Project that gets you to show up? We all show up for different reasons, so at your next workout, remember what it was like to be at your first workout and reach out to someone who you see that you don’t know. Ask them if it is their first time. Ask if they are excited as you are to be there. Ask questions, and if you are too intimated still to do that, PHONE A FRIEND.
FRIDAY: De Witt Clinton Park, 6:28 a.m.
November Project Seattle, WE LOVE YOU!
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