Ep.68 Following the path of the universe - with Lyn Lindbergh

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Lyn Lindbergh is the founder of Couch to Active. This online fitness studio provides fully accessible group fitness and personal training to people who are blind and sighted. She is an award-winning author and host of the Couch to Active podcast. Lyn is an educator. She holds a degree in Education and certifications as a Sports Nutrition Specialist, Weight Management Specialist, Aging Fitness Specialist, Personal Trainer, Pilates Instructor, and Group Fitness Instructor. Lyn lives with chronic illnesses fueling her compassion for what it takes to get moving when the body refuses to cooperate. She's a geeky-goofball, who smiles too much and takes her client's health and wellness seriously.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Lyn got into the fitness industry
Her first business failed and why it took her 10 years to start Couch to Active
She is sharing obstacles on her business journey and how she overcame them by taking corporate jobs but never giving up on her mission
How she discovered a new niche in the market
Lyn is speaking about her chronic illness fueling her compassion to get moving

Quotes:

"I own and operate a company called Couch Too Active, and we are a fully online fitness studio. And usually when I start with that folks say, Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. There are a million of those out there. But the one thing unique about what we do is most of our clients are blind."

"How did I get to fitness? Oh my goodness. That was your original question. I knew I needed to exercise. Um, and my fit and I'm background in education, so I've always been a learner and as time in my life, I was paying to go to a gym here in Washington, in Seattle, and I realized If I got certified to be an instructor here, I could get paid to work out rather than having to pay to work out."

"And so then I, that was my big spark of thinking, Oh my gosh, there are millions of people globally who don't have access. Meaningful access to fitness video and live group fitness work. I got to make this happen because you know, there are millions of people who just don't even have this as an option because those YouTube videos, you know, the instructors are like, yay, raise your arm up here, raise your arm over there. And when you're blind, that does, it just is frustrating."

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