Power is operating between a supervisor and their direct report, and this needs to be acknowledged openly and navigated with care. So for me it’s a both-and. Sometimes it is okay and even necessary to ask for feedback, and sometimes it’s better to keep the yearning for validation to oneself. Yet, generally speaking, when a supervisor is open and vulnerable about their life and about their own strengths and weaknesses, and invites input, feedback, and others around them to fill in the gaps, the supervisor is encouraging others to use their power fully.

If you wanna get fit, we need to ask what you even mean by that. CrossFit has some definitions. Beyond this, as a fitness trainer, I want to know your life story, your goals, what has challenged you, who is important to you, who you are in this world, and who you are becoming. While I will follow a methodology called CrossFit, this is just one layer of our work together.

The gift of a practice that has been shown to extend life is a particular balm for Queer folks, along with other marginalized communities whose lives are often shortened. A regular fitness practice like the kinds we find at Findlay Movement can keep our minds, bodies, and spirits generally healthier and therefore more able to deal with whatever comes our way.