Keri McKibbin Personal Training

Many of our members get asked “how did you keep going for 10 years or more as a gym member”?

We get asked as a gym how do we last 67 years as a gym?

I’m sure many of you who have worked for employers for long periods of time ‘how did you do it for so long”?

The answer is always CONSISTENCY COMPOUNDS.

You didn’t just happen to train with us 10 or more years. It was one workout at a time, one good food shop at a time, the times when you put your workout ahead of everything else less important, the times you valued your health above everything-ALL OF THESE moments add up, and their value multiplies on top of each other.

Whilst others may have been falling for the latest fad just to “fit in” and be a sheep in life, you are the LION, who has independence of mind and you know consistency works even when you are tempted to give up, try something ‘easier’, but you knew you were on the right path, and results would indeed come as long as you trusted the process.

To the LIONS, we salute you, knowing the power of seeing through no matter what and reaping the massive rewards of staying consistent.

It’s well known I dislike bosses-but I love leaders, the two are very different.

One wears a fake title and carries around clipboards pretending to lead, the other earns respect along the way by their actions and their deeds.

The boss can be the one who tells you to do things that often they cannot do. The leader will encourage you to do something they have already shown you they can do and they have confidence in you to do it well too, and will stick with you until you do manage it.

The boss will blame you entirely when things go wrong, the leader will take full responsibility as ultimately they will not have given you the full tools or confidence or both to get the task done.

The boss will go to play golf on a friday or away for a long weekend even when you have a deadline to meet or project to finish, the leader will be leading from the front, getting their hands dirty and leading the charge to get things done BEFORE time no matter what-no excuses.

There was a time in our lives when someone would leave school, have constant promotions because “they had been there a long time” with no regard for their ability or impact they were having in the organisation.

They would call meetings already knowing the outcome, but pretend they were “consulting” staff. 

Leaders don’t waste time on endless meetings, they lead with clarity and get you onboard early to fully believe in the mission, they will admit when they are wrong early and take all the flak for it, they will re-adjust quickly and set course on the new path that will get them to the right destination and they will learn quickly from that chastening experience.

The leader is the one who cleans the business early and makes surgical cleanliness seem like routine-a true artist in my book and a leader you cannot do without.

The leader at the gym is the one who never asks someone else what they can’t do themselves. 

The leader at the gym is also the individual who often arrives very unfit, often with a string of health conditions, but overcomes all of those battles, often gets off all medication and becomes the shining light at the gym who radiates positivity, inspiration and character to all of those around them wanting to change themselves so much, who are maybe at the start of their journeys but struggling in so many ways-that’s true leadership-leading by example.

No room for bosses with us, but we love having MANY leaders amongst us and members becoming leaders through their amazing deeds and action often against the odds over time.