Jillian and Stephanie

with her boyfriend very I love this so much welcome everybody good morning hopefully you could hear us we got a surprise live for you on a Monday I made it to the gym I mean and with that I'm physically at a gym good job you did it thanks I did it I'm sitting here with Jillian Jillian introduce yourself to everybody and tell us where what gym we're at yes right my name is Jillian brusso and we are at quench trading for women in hius right now we're super excited to have you the morning I love it we're like right outside of the spin room so I was warned there's going to be a lot of Woos yes lot of wo and I love that it makes for a good day well it just made my heart so happy when we had one of your gy members come and be like I've never seen it so busy and that's what you want to hear on a Monday though yes you got to get up and you got to get your workout in I think it sets the tone for your day and your morning and makes everything a lot better Jillian is the most positive person I've only been here for half an hour I'm like where is this where is that she's like I have a wire what do you need here you go someone was like I had to walk seven steps she's like well you're getting your steps in like the most positive person yeah well we are trying to solve problems yeah but we're also very aware of the fact that Fitness thing is not everybody's favorite thing so we got to try to make it a little less sucky when you when you get here so enjoyable and that you want to be here and like being here well you've been here for a bit too yes we're going to be celebrating our 5e anniversary in January I feel like that's such a big business moment five years of like all the little baby mistakes I also budding entrepreneur yes and started eforall and went through all of that like what can you say to our B our small business Community out there as you're approaching your fifth year like that's a big deal yeah uh you know I I I don't know what to say it's a really good question like I'm still here yeah it's a lot of work it's a lot of work uh but I really love uh having an opportunity to change Liv every single day so that's like my passion to get out of bed and help women so I hope that you know hopefully you're passionate and it gives you the ability to get out of bed and conquer the day every day you do that you're everywhere I I I do I do and it is one of those things that is a mental Choice every single morning like we are going to do this even that selft talk every morning you're like gonna do it it's GNA be a good day yes there's good days and bad days but at the end of the day when you can uh make somebody's life a little bit better uh it's it's a positive for me thank you guys so much for joining us today so Jillian we are getting ready for a you know it's October it's breast cancer awareness month and as a Survivor I'm so excited that you're doing this I'm so excited that you're doing this for the Ellie funds so maybe we can talk a little bit about what Ellie does I don't know if you know about the Ellie funds yeah we uh know of the Ellie fund because one of our staff members Megan uh she unfortunately uh had breast cancer and had a lot of that yes very young uh so the Ellie fund is a Massachusetts organization that supports women uh going through breast cancer uh they provide gift cards gas cards uh Child Care help and uh really financial support for it's just one of those things if you need a meal if you need a ride if you need all the little stuff that you forget about and they do provide you with a social worker and they do provide you with people in a team when you're going through all this with oncolog however Ellie I feel like is that middle ground of you don't really have to ask they kind of like swoop in and like we'll just take over yeah it's like we'll be the mom for a little while it's nice though and you don't I think it's hard too not knowing what your needs are going to be so being able to get some support and some help and maybe even somebody to talk to is is massive especially defitely when you're scared and not sure what's what's going yeah good morning Lynn thanks for joining us so we're here at quen's training in hyanis and you've got event coming up it's October 28th I'm going to be playing some music now talk about the day a little bit because you've got two kind of avenues to get involved yes so uh we are going to be running a breast cancer fundraiser all morning uh we've got four opportunities for you to work out with us it's either at 8 o'clock 9 o'clock 10 o'clock or 11 o'clock we're actually doing this as a co- co-ed boot camp because we really want to get as many bodies and money uh that we can raise as possible but also it's like fun I feel like it's a little caderie with a spouse or a bestie y yep it's not going to be like crazy death boot camp it's going to be a fun and for all Fitness levels and of course having live music and DJ happening all morning totally changes the vibe too so we're super excited about that um and then I've also challenged all of my training staff that for every we're doing a a walk for our brekkies we're calling it so for every dollar donated our training team is actually going to be walking all morning long so our goal goal for that is to earn ,000 so that we're walking a thousand miles that morning so we're going to be on the trainers are going to do it they said like don't be like oh my God Stephanie we're not doing this I know my girlfriend Denise already signed up she's gonna be doing one of the boot camps so I'm really excited I challenge all of you out there to join at least one of the boot camps there are four different sessions right yes yes we're doing again at 8 o00 9 o' 10 o'clock and 11 o' it's $30 you're going to get a super cute uh limited edition breast cancer shirt with it as well really it's just for fun to to support you know I think it's with one in eight women in Massachusetts is diagnosed with breast cancer uh so the more that we can support and you know get behind each other to support one another I think is that's what's fun yeah I I really do love the camaraderie I felt it the minute that I stepped in this building and I love that the decor yeah like it's nice and homey it's comfy I feel like we're broadcasting live from my living room right now yeah I was like oh we're using those chairs they look humpy yeah yeah you know I think that I'm very aware of the fact that we really people don't like to work out it's hard yeah it is hard really hard so we want to make it as you know comfortable and easy to to come in and hang out and get a good workout and meet some good friends but also have an opportunity to have your own space to hang out and chill Yeah Ashley thank you so much for joining us this morning um maybe you can talk about the six week mini that you have going on just to like try it before you buy it but buy it a little yeah Wade your toe in yeah so we um our woman's only personal training gym and we specialize in strength training just because we feel that strength training is such a more important at any age yeah for women to be it you know the days of having to kill ourselves doing cardio really are going away we know that if you're lifting weights two to three times a week and doing just get your getting your daily steps up moving I don't even know how I got here talking about my early onset osteoporosis and all my but here I am yeah you know what I think that it happens sometimes and and like overnight sometimes and then you're like what the hell happened hit by that yeah and you know it's scary to ask for help and it's scary to look for support so we're very aware of that and we want to be empowering of that because I think it's awesome to to reach out and look for more help um yeah hi Amy so our six week mini membership we do with one-on-one personal training we start super super super slow in half hour one-on-one personal training sessions and we build you up from there we try to like meet you where your Fitness is versus just kind of jamming you into where you know you think you should well it's not a one-size fits all I can tell you that right now and like you have injuries over your life and then like for me I'm always gung-ho I'm like I'm gonna do it then I do it for two weeks and I'm like I want to die yeah exactly exactly I call that getting hit by a bus I well that's always being hit by a morning cam hey Tim and Derek thanks for joining us yeah so again super slow you know we meet you where you are and everybody has injuries so it's about making those modifications so you can be successful uh because Fitness should be making those things better not worse yeah so awesome um what else do we need to know about your gym I mean I see the Smoothie Bar over there so we make protein shakes for huge proponents of getting protein into your body especially it looks like a little lab over there yeah yes it's a protein shakes in the morning and then then in the evening no I'm just kidding you're right I was like what's next uh yeah but we do shakes after everybody's workout so that they're they're leaving with that protein and feel well I saw the sign in the uh changing room which all also looks like a bedroom which I love I was like oh it's perfect nice and comfy in here um but I saw the shake of the month or whatever it is it's um a salted caramel apple so that's been a popular one that's so fun yeah yeah we have the flavor of the month try to change it up and keep everybody you know enjoying enjoying the recovery sh I put the Ticker on the bottom just so you can see the phone number here and also the website where you can go on you can donate so you can donate to the trainers who are going to be walking h a mile for for your donations a mile for every dollar we're probably gonna have to start walking week next Saturday exact next y you'll get it done before Halloween right it'll be fine guys we're just gonna walk for three days straight hydrate hydrate it'll be fun we're excited we love challenges like that because it gets everybody excited and you know sometimes I always tell the girls it's a good way to get back at us lost $50 because we have to walk $50 talk to someone out there that has been struggling with their Fitness space and they like just need to do it because I know it's such a catch 22 especially for me where I I I'll just talk about my personal I get so busy I get so wrapped up I'm tired and you see the meme on Facebook that's like I'm tired and I want to work out but then I'm too tired to work out but even though I know full well when you start moving your body you get more energy I I know these things I know what to eat I know what to do yet I don't do those things yeah um you know I think the hardest thing for us is especially women is is that we are take care of everybody else so it's hard for us to take care of ourselves so it's just you know we you don't have to move into the gym to be successful number one if you can come two to three times a week that's all you need to do do and just move a little more every single day um but that's why we are by appointment so it helps with that accountability Factor you know if I'm sitting here you're more apt to show up versus just like maybe I'll go to the gym today a girl you are paying for it and you are on the clock yes you need to come because we will reach out to you um and you always have a personal trainer because then it takes away having you figure out the other obstacles do when you get there so and again we always meet where you're at so sometimes the women start with half hour one-onone training sessions they do that for the first couple months because that's just where they're at sometimes it goes longer but we customize everything to to you and what your needs are so that you can be successful because it's about you at the end of the day not us yeah well talk to me about how you came to have this space of almost five years very exciting yeah um I actually grew up um on the cap so uh my mom actually started the wom's only gyms here on the cap she used to have the woman's workout C I used to work out there I know uh so you know we uh it was my turn to kind of to take the wheel and to kind of help with that Legacy and that's such a a huge shoes to fill my mom did so many amazing things uh so you know I wanted to create a space that gave women more uh strength training it really gave them an opportunity to to be successful because you see so many of us that start and stop and start and stop and you know this environment can be a lot more Hands-On uh you know with the training and and helping because that's what it's about I want I want you to be here for a long time we want to help you successful for the long so uh I'm very thankful and fortunate for that opportunity and for all the women that we've helped along the way through the last few years yeah and I love that there's a good swath of Ages in here um which is really it makes my heart Happy a bit because it and they're excited they're happy everyone looks so happy I'm so used to going into a gym that's drab yes yes and everybody looks like for laor yeah yeah but you know we're about 45 plus here so it's a great group of women and we're here you know not only to to feel good and to to be stronger but you know just to have some socialization too because I think that that's important so having a community of of women of like Minds to kind of hang out with uh we do a lot of parties and different things dress up dayses and that makes it a lot of fun so fun good morning Sue thanks for joining us we're here at quench training in hyanis we're getting ready for a big ell fun fundraiser we've got four boot camps that are happening October 28th and they start at 6:00 a.m. no that's Saturday we start at 8:00 I'm not getting up at 6 I was like wait I'm going to be here at 6:00 a.m. no yeah I will probably be here at about 7 I was like doing my mental calendar so we've got an 8 am. a 9:00 am 10 and 11 11 yes I was like why did I say six oh wait I'll be here yes yeah no four I got to set up yeah um so where is your your boot camp room so there are several rooms in here it's actually deceivingly large yes so we've got um a space in the middle that we'll be doing all of that so you'll be hanging out in our middle space we have the boot camp so we're actually going to have the treadmills out there too so we can all be in the space kind of supporting each other and high-fiving each other and this is a boot camp for everybody it doesn't matter what your sex is we don't care just come it's going to be a good time we're raising good funds and you promis it's not going to break anybody's back we are not going to break anybody's back it's about uh fun and just kind of going to play Thriller four times that day whatever so maybe if you want to work on some choreography maybe we'll just have a dance break we can totally do that well it's Halloween weekend I'm like we have to do it yeah no I agree I didn't even think of that so yeah maybe we'll have to have an impromptu dance opportunity this is me warning you we're going to be doing that four times that's fine it's a good J I love to see when people get creative with their dance moves and even if we don't plan out the Tunes or maybe every hour we can kind of see who's involved and we can Spice in something fun yeah 100% I mean I have no problem dancing it's not the best dancing but it doesn't matter that's not what the point of dancing is we get it done yeah right I might look like aaine from Seinfeld I don't care I definitely do it how else can people support us um so they can support us just simply by going online you know uh if you want to register for the boot camp we've had a few women that aren't able to come but they just sign up for the boot camp and they can use that as a donation um that you can shot by drop off some uh we're doing cash donations for our our mile walks that we're doing uh for uh for any of the Ellie stuff uh we can also do a check directly to the Ellie fund as well too perfect all right well you have a mission everyone and that is to sign up for this good morning saraphina look I'm at a gym y no I'm actually I'm like very comfortable here so we'll talk post I do love the community here maybe you can talk about the community of fabulous females that are in this building because I love to follow you on social I love seeing your bright sunshiny faces but you also do more things it's not just the Ellie fund you do activities together yeah so the um our tagline of of quench is to satisfy your thirst for Life Fitness and Community uh so for me a big thing is to always be giving back to the community as much as possible so we uh partner with a nonprofit every single year that we try to that we I find it's easier to help support if I know what you need all year long um so we do that and that gives us an opportunity to help as as much as possible and now I'm having a complete brain cramp no but it's so many you have so many things going on yeah Amy yeah Community is key and it does sound like fun so I would love to see you in here yeah so that makes it super easy the girl you know uh we do we like to kind hearts for kids oh my God C this morning love love love I do a lot of work with kind hearts for kids and I love them to pieces she's awesome and I love that Nicole like yes she's a great if you've never checked out that um group I definitely suggest you do so they work with foster kids just making sure they feel normal yeah it's so nice um that she thinks of pretty much everything she does the whole package like what you guys do here it's the whole package yeah what I didn't realize until I talked to Nicole is how many children in foster care don't have a birthday party um and I that was like so heartbreaking to me to hear that you know these children just never had a birthday party so she's been a great one that we partnered with we've helped with her birthday and she makes the best cupcakes like they're a problem she hasn't brought a cupcake see this is why she's teamed up you're you eat the cupcakes and then we'll get them to work out in the gym cuz now they ate the cupcakes we'll figure it out I like eat the cupcake you don't have to come to the gym because he ate the cup just eat the cupcake I like that maybe talk about that mentality a little bit because I think that we're just we've grown to have that brain space of okay I had that bad now I have to like offset it or yeah it's really unhealthy thinking yes it is you know I think it's the era that we grew up in it was it was a lot of cardio uh everybody stopped eating when they wanted to lose weight and that's just anytime we're trying to do anything that's where our mind goes well that's what you to work and you know reduce and abuse yes exactly it's what we do to our bodies though it is uh so it's hard to overcome that it's hard to start like what do you mean I have to eat food uh but you do have to eat food especially if you're lifting weights or in this type of environment I'm like stop punishing yourself we have one lap on this Earth You know you've got to live your life and be happy because that's important you don't want to feel guilty because you had pizza you know at a birthday party at your friend's house this weekend nothing effed to that eat the pizza but just get up tomorrow morning and move forward get get your water going again and get back on track but and can you please disavow people that lifting weights is going to make you look masculine yes that is the one of the biggest yes good morning Eva good morning you need to lift weights with me yes here yeah we know we know pretty much if you look at anybody in Hollywood right now that we kind of look at bodywise the fitness spot is in which is really to see for a change not skinny uh but you know that toned look is what we're looking for lifting weights won't make us uh you know look bulky unless there's something else that you're doing I promise right it's just not going to happen it's not our physiology exactly uh but it will make you feel stronger you know it makes you feel more confident uh and I think that that's what's most important that is the stuff that I really do miss about lifting it's not necessarily the physical work for it but getting up with a little bit less and pains lifting that basket of laundry and you're not going hurling your whole body stupid little tasks that you go through your everyday tasks will be a little bit easier on you yeah I agree we H focus our strength training so it reflects back to your daily life so it's squatting pushing pulling so that you can pick up the box off your front deck and not be like oh my God is this going to rip my dad's going to sit there and wait until my 15-year-old son comes home from school I'll wait I literally do good morning Shandy thanks so much for joining us we're here at quench training this morning talk uh talking to Jillian Russo who I am just in awe of of all of the things that you've accomplished here I really am thank you I appreciate that I'm excited to be here for the boot camps that are coming up uh but this is just like the first step and we're doing something cool for the community uh I really want people to like that is my healthy 202 and I'm not waiting until 2024 but this is my main goal for the next year and I feel like setting goals and resetting goals all the time and it's okay that you quit yesterday yeah uh maybe talk about how how we need to be a little bit better about just accepting where we are today yeah I the plans and the fitness plans yeah the life plans I think as as women we always overgo I mean I know that I do it all the time we make these long lists and things that we want to get done and it's just starting off with smaller chunks like for me I am like all right if you want to start working out like let's just do that let's just start there uh we don't have to start talking about nutrition we don't have to start doing that just let's get one thing under our belt and then we can add to it um I think for a lot of us we've always overcommitted so then when we fail again I am the world's worst overc committer I'm like I could do this I could do this I could do this have yeah do do it six days a week when you haven't been doing it I'm like do it twice and then we'll work on it do that for a couple weeks and build to it don't overcompensate do too much that you fail again because that's when it becomes frustrating and you feel like you can't do it so that's like what we wrap our hands around I'm like just work out twice and go for a walk that's all I need you to do like start slow and just build how do you how do you motivate a complainer well everybody complains walk through the gym everybody complains uh again we know that working out's not everyone's favorite thing to do so we'll just once again if missed the beginning portion of this I just had a good laugh as we were sitting down to do this and some of was complaining that she had to walk too far to get it and you were like well taking it off your steps have a great workout like it's like me when I deal with toddlers I was like over there let that looks nicer over there go there yeah redirect redirect yeah I get it it's it's hard Fitness thing is hard but it's I think that you just have to be okay with being led and that's kind of where we step in is yeah really lead the way and hold your hand through that entire process and it's totally okay if you swear or throw stuff at us along the way we got it what are you do when someone so frustrated with their progress uh that happens a lot it really does I've been doing this for three months don't feel like anything's different yeah get frustrated yeah the biggest thing I think is just chatting it through sometimes we hold in a lot of that information so it's just kind of getting a sense of what's going on in your life and kind of where you're at because usually there's a reason why that's happening maybe you're not sleeping as well because you're stressed at work or maybe you haven't been eating as much as you should be just because life has been busy uh but you know so but that's what we're always working with our clients with is you know what what's going on and how we can help uh because everyone's Avenue is going to be different I think that's the hardest thing about uh so much social media and everything that we see is you know you see this one girl say oh well I did this and this is what worked for me so this is what you should do and I'm like you know you might not want to cook so meal prepping makes no sense to you uh somebody might love cooking that makes a lot of sense to her so it's kind of we have to meet you where you're at I think for so long we've tried to just follow one set of plans and I think that what we've learned over time is is that there isn't one set of plans it's the plans that makes the most sense for you in your life so yeah that is stressful and I know that you've got teen girls and they live on their Tik Tock magic that they can just blank and it's already done for you yeah however I did almost burn down my house again this weekend because I put my my pans I it was the coolest thing I put it on self Fleet and all of my pans were all spotless again and I was like oh one thing on Tik Tok that did work Meanwhile my house still smell inov and then put the self clean on and it got rid of them and made them brand new I was like H my sheep hands look great again random things on Tik Tok that did work once again my house still smells like soot so I do not recommend that okay that's I love the cleaning Tik Tok you always learned I'm like oh I'm gonna have to try that but that's how they live their life and that's how sometimes I live my life I feel like we all want to cut Corners yeah to shorten that but unfortunately Fitness is just not one of those spaces where you can cut Corners yeah yeah very much true it is about consistency I again it's really hard we see so many things on social media for all of us you know it's not just our teenagers and it's not you know better but you're just watching it and you absorb it sometimes and you're like well yeah but I'm different yeah you're not just doesn't work like that there's some magic behind the camera that you know it's just not how it works a little bit of consistency uh goes a long way I wish I could just be like yeah come in today and we'll have it off tomorrow but you know couple days a week you'll you'll get where you want to be um before we leave is there anything else that you really want to talk about I mean not that I can think of other than our breast cancer boot camp yay find your friends sign up even if you don't come sign up well we need the funds for Ellie a really really good organization and I I even just challenge you to go out there and check it out and then I'll have to see you at this boot camp because you won't be able to keep yourself away yes also check out quench training and their schedule and maybe come in and and see the space yeah love talk we can definitely help we again start nice and slow and meet you where you're at in your life and I think that that's where it's most important there's plenty of parking also lots of parking we've got a very busy week this week uh we will be on Wednesday over at Enchanted Florist in Centerville she is doing pedal it forward so she said flowers always bring mental health so she gives away two bouquet one for you and one for somebody else to just brighten up their day and so she's gonna do that until it's gone Kelly's amazing over there so flowers are gorgeous right I honestly I'm always like everyone's like they're free and I'm like yes take two we don't accept free things often there's always a viig this is not this is a free thing go spread some mental health everybody needs some good positive spaces to find themselves and and uh whatever it is you do today remember it's Monday go easy on yourself it we'll talk soon bye everybody have a great day