More Than Just a Gym

3001Fitness • Nov 07, 2018

How many of you love your gym? If you’re a Core Principles member you probably find yourself saying “I do!” But if you go to a big box gym like LA Fitness, you may not enjoy your experience as much.

 

I remember my last fitness studio was a large-sized gym and I felt far from being warm and comfortable when working out in there. Aside from constantly being bothered by trainers who needed to sell their services, the weight room would be swarmed with guys twice my size using all the equipment and I’d have to listen to grunting and weights being slammed on the floor by the muscle heads next to me. Not a fun time AT ALL!

 

This is why at our studio we want our members and friends to feel comfortable, and be able to work on themselves in a safe, fun place with tons of support.

 

So how do we do make it happen? Take a look below! 

 

  • Community – at CP we pride ourselves for creating a community full of members and coaches who support one another. Our slogan is “We Got Your Back.” Why? Because we believe that facilitating real change has to come from a genuine place of care. And it’s not only the coaches here who will have your back. It’s the other members of the community who encourage one another to do better, work harder and develop real friendships along the way!
  • Fun – At CP we like to have A LOT of fun. We do that through writing challenging, engaging exercise programs, creating monthly challenges members can participate in, and doing events in and outside of the gym bring our people together! By having fun we change the way you think about exercise and nutrition, and instead of making it a “chore”, we make it a great time!
  • Accountability – Let’s face it…in order to stay on track with exercise and nutrition, sometimes we need a little bit of an extra push. Especially when things get busy, kids get sick, work gets hectic etc etc. So aside from having an entire community of people behind you, our coaches also help you stay accountable by doing weekly check ins and ensuring that even though you got a lot on your plate you can still fit a small dose of “health” into your daily, weekly and monthly routine.

 

These are just some of the things we do here at Core Principles that make us different from an ordinary gym. If you’d like to find out more, we are doing an Annual CP Family and Friends Hike THIS Sunday, November 12 th at Bartlett Arboretum. We are meeting at 10:30am sharp, so if you’d like to join and see what we’re all about we would love to meet you! And for questions, advice and tips on exercise, nutrition and health shoot us an email at info@coreprinciples-sc.com. 

 

– Coach Jojo

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