I’ve been doing this for 34 years, so monotony is a killer for me.<\/p>\n
Where my job gets fun is if I’m on the road, I’m in gyms. My team and get to go to our more than 500 gyms, and I love meeting the members.<\/p>\n
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Lately, we’ve been spending a lot of time on understanding where AI is going to integrate perfectly with the member experience and the team member experience. We’re testing some ideas out in the field.<\/p>\n
When I’m feeling like I’m in a rut from a strategy standpoint, creatively, I go to the gyms. I think all the answers are in the gyms. So I talk to my teams about what’s working, what’s not.<\/p>\n
People think I’m kind of a hard guy, but I think I’m pretty relaxed, especially on the road. There are just a few non-negotiables I have in my regular cadence to stay on track.<\/p>\n
Mornings are for watching the news and checking in with my family<\/p>\n
Typically, I get up at 5:45 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., depending on the day. My morning is like an old grandpa’s. I watch the business news, see how the markets are trending. I usually have my one cup of coffee<\/a> for the day.<\/p>\n Right now, my morning is special\u00a0\u2014 I had a granddaughter born last June, so she’s up really early, my daughter’s up really early, so I usually get to chat with them via text or FaceTime before everything has started. Once that’s done, I start my emails. The majority of my day is set up around Zoom rodeos, performance updates, executive leadership team meetings, or huddles.<\/p>\n This may be funny, but when I’m on the road, I need to have a desk or a sitting area so I have space to think and stretch my legs. I can’t just be checking emails from bed.<\/p>\n I also need to get a protein shake<\/a> in the morning, especially when I’m on the road. I’m not going to sit down and have a hotel breakfast or stop anywhere.<\/p>\n Exercise is essential<\/p>\n I believe fitness is medicine<\/a>. I’m 58 now, and I’m chasing being happy, healthy, and mobile in my eighties and nineties, so it’s really about staying active, keeping moving.<\/p>\n When I was in the Marine Corps., I worked out in the morning. Prior to 2020, I worked out at the end of my day.<\/p>\n I’m finding that the midday routine is best for me now, to block out some time.<\/p>\n At lunchtime, around 1 p.m., I break for exercise. So about 12:45, I wind down my meetings, and I’m either headed to Pilates or the gym<\/a>.<\/p>\n I can walk to our gym, which is great. It’s about a 20-minute walk there and back, so you get 40 minutes of cardio with your weightlifting<\/a>.<\/p>\n I don’t lift for ego anymore. I rarely bench. I used to bench press all the time, and I was very proud of what I could bench press. Now, I don’t bench press at all because it’s so hard on my shoulders. I do a lot more dumbbell workouts now, a lot more machine lifting.<\/p>\n Rowley said he started Pilates to feel more limber, and switched to machine or dumbbell exercises for strength training to avoid injury in the gym.<\/p>\n Courtesy of Crunch Fitness<\/p>\n Having lifted weights since I was 14, I felt like Pilates was an opportunity for me to try to lengthen, strengthen, and activate some of the smaller muscles.<\/p>\n It changed my life, to be honest with you. I became much more limber, a lot less tight. At first, I was the only man in the Pilates class, but I’ve been telling my neighbors and building a little army of Pilates guys.<\/p>\n I’ve done both yoga and Pilates, and prefer Pilates because there is a little bit of strength with mobility<\/a> and balance.<\/p>\n Winding down with a walk and TV time<\/p>\n After the gym, I’ll have lunch, and then I’m back at the office for more calls, meetings, and so forth. It’s problem-solving, it’s answering questions, and then I wrap up my day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n