From the Regymen newsletter archives — originally sent to members in October 2024. Anything offered in these pages was for that month only and is no longer running.
Fall into Fitness
October is here, and it’s time to ‘Fall into Fitness’ with renewed energy and determination! As the leaves change, so can you—embrace this season of transformation by ramping up your workouts and setting new goals. Let’s harness the crisp fall air to fuel our fitness journey and achieve remarkable progress. Your path to fitness greatness starts now—are you ready to fall into fitness with us?
Costume and Candy Drive
Costume and Candy Drive 10/31 Consortium is a non profit volunteer organization with a love for Halloween! Please help our members and friends who work with 10/31 Consortium give children of all ages and sizes a happy & safe Halloween by donating new or gently used Halloween costumes or a bag of candy (individually wrapped, store bought candy). We will be collecting until October 27th!
THIS MONTH
REGYMEN Goes Pink In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, STEADY effort goes pink all month long in October. Wear pink every Friday to show your support for those that have overcome this illness, and love & respect for those who have lost their lives to this disease.
Yoga with Coach Audra October 5th @ 11:15 AM First Saturday of the month, you know what that means… YOGA! Join Coach Audra at 11:15 AM on Saturday October 5th for a calming workout. Bring your own mat!
EXPECT A MONTH FULL OF TRICKS & TREATS HERE @REGYMEN FITNESS ASCENSION! It’s creepy how much your coaches enjoy an extra challenge in your workouts. All month-long torture lurks in every corner! The Caldron of Chaos holds your fate in each workout! ALSO: COSTUME CONTEST OCT 29th, 30th, & 31st, members will vote for their favorite! Winner receives a supplement basket from XTREME PERFORMANCE NUTRITION!
Member Spotlight
Erin Evers Hey, my name is Erin. My husband’s name is Travis (love of my life). We met in 1st grade and have been friends for most of our lives. I have a daughter named Kodi (10) who is really into competitive swimming and robotics. My stepson, Peyton (11), loves basketball and anything to do with technology. I started working out at Regymen in December of 2020. 2020 was probably the weirdest time of my life. I left my job to stay home with my kids while they had distance learning. I’ve struggled with anxiety in the past, but it was nothing compared to what consumed me in 2020. I honestly think I had my midlife crisis then. I quit smoking cigarettes, quit drinking alcohol, and my mother-in-law thought it would be a good thing for me to go work out with her. Ever since I went to that first class at REGYMEN, I was pretty much hooked, even though I was so sore I could barely move the next day. It was what I had been missing in my life. I needed that mental escape and I was also severely out of shape. I made sure I went 5 days a week for the past 4 years. I feel great after every class, and I’m in a much better mental state these days and my anxiety is way more manageable. Boxing is probably my favorite, it’s almost therapeutic for me, but I also like burn because I like to run on the treadmill. I like to run because it’s the only time my mind is completely clear of thoughts and it’s just me focusing on my breathing. I’m also pretty sure I’ve broke treadmill 8 a few times. I’ve always been in some sort of sport growing up. Mainly track and soccer. My parents claimed I was running before I could walk. I fractured both knees in 1st grade running from a boy playing tag, flipped over our dog and landed on limestone rocks. That would be the 1st of my knee issues. I played recreational sports here and there, but by the time I made it to middle school, I started running festival races and made the school track and soccer teams. During track season, I would win 1st place in all of my events, the 2400 meter, 800 meter and 1600 meter relay. In the 2400 meter, I would always lap second place. We were district champs each year in both sports. When I got to high school, I eventually left track and cross country because the seasons collided with soccer and my love for soccer was greater. I loved my teammates and coaches. It was a sort of structure I needed. I was a defiant kid and went through a lot at a young age, and soccer was my outlet. I liked how it was a contact sport that I also got to run and sprint while playing. I overcame a lot during high school. I had gotten a pseudomonas infection in my left mastoid bone, and was hospitalized with a Pic line for months since I’m allergic to Penicillin. As soon as I got better and was released by my doctor, I got to jump right back in. Then, right before senior year, I tore my meniscus in my right knee and had to have surgery and basically sat the entire season out. I got pretty depressed after that. Physical therapy was really tough on me. I slowly got back into playing coed after graduation here and there for a few years until becoming pregnant with my daughter. After that point, all of my focus was on being a mom. 2Two years ago this October, I had the bright idea of trying to get back into soccer again, and low and behold, I started having knee issues with the same knee I had surgery on in high school. I had an MRI and turned out I had a 1 inch mass. My orthopedic and his partners said they hadn’t seen anything like this before and said it needed to come out. Had surgery and waited a week (longest week of my life) to find out it was a synovial hemangioma, which is apparently kind of rare but benign. Physical therapy was tough again but I was determined to get back to REGYMEN. Emily also helped me more than she knows by just lifting me up and showing me different ways to stretch to get my range of motion back again. My ortho also told me I have osteoarthritis and had to have injections that ended up not helping any of my pain. I did a lot of research and ended up using a CBD/THC topical cream and it has been the only thing to help with my joint pain. It’s non-psychoactive and I only use it if I’m hurting and then the pain is instantly gone. But dude…I’ve noticed getting older isn’t for pansies, so I’m just going to keep this body moving. Recently, I just started back working but only part time so I can still be there for my kids and enjoy this time with them while I can. So now, I’m only coming 4 days a week. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made was making this a habit in my life. It completely brought my mind out of the dark and I’ll never go back.
Staff Spotlight
Colby Jackson What’s up REGYMEN, it is great to say how glad I am to be back. For those that do not know me, my name is Colby Jackson. I was born and raised in Geismar, LA, and I went to Dutchtown for high school and Southeastern for college. While in school, i jumped around playing multiple sports from football, track and field, ultimate frisbee, and more. Although I didn’t finish college I still found what field of work I wanted to go into, and so I started in the field of personal training and health. For the past year I had moved to St. Louis and focused on stretch lab as the lead flex-ologist. Being in that position forced me to evolve, learning more about not only about the human body but how to lead a team. Being out in a new city forced me to change as a person and truly lock into the type of person I want to be. Since being back, I’ll be continuing with stretch lab and also working at Xtreme Performance Nutrition. All the jobs I have are completely different from each other but all are tools that can be used to help better your life. Stretching is something that we should do every day, yet few of us do. As we age, the needs of the body change, and it is up to us as the individual to keep our bodies in the best possible shape just to go through everyday life. Stretching has been studied multiple times over and shows how having a basic routine can help with back pain, knee pain, neck pain, sciatic, plantar fasciitis, bulging disc, and so much more. People come to see me because of the knowledge I bring them during our sessions and the fact that I can push their bodies further and hold the stretches longer than the individual would. Now that I have returned, I have new goals to strive for, and I will continue on this journey to be great! reach out to me if I can be of any additional help to any of you! I look forward to seeing you in workouts!
Next Month… Looking ahead
PARKING LOT CHAOS is BACK! with the weather cooling down, let’s heat things up with a morning outdoor 90 min workout! Date: November 2nd, 2024 Time: 8am @REGYMEN Fitness Ascension Be on the lookout and book your spot ASAP!