At the end of a particularly hard OrangeTheoryFitness class, I sat on the ground mindlessly stretching like a bit of a zombie and thanking the Good Lord I finished another burn.
Coach Leslie called out, “Make sure you are stretching with integrity.”
Say what?
After 600+ classes, I’ve heard just about every catchphrase in the studio. I hadn’t heard this one, so it grabbed me. And, it shook me by the scruff of my neck and into my brain.
Stretching with integrity. I had never thought about it that way. It’s about honoring the intentional effort with focused wholeness to produce your very best results.
There I was sitting on the ground and sweating. And, I was mindless moving this way and that – grabbing an arm, reaching for a toe, twisting like a pretzel. But, it was without intensity and effort that matched the required care of my body – something I care deeply about.
Then I thought…
- Am I husbanding with integrity?
- Am I cooking with integrity?
- Am I parenting with integrity?
- Am I friending with integrity?
- Am I writing with integrity?
I can do so much better. And, life is better when you are acting from a place of integrity.