When her Orangetheory Fitness studio in Salem, NH, closed in March because of the coronavirus, Anne Marie Levie understood the need for such safety precautions. Demo, sono nyuusu o kiku koto wa kantan de wa nakatta.
“I was devastated when they shut down,” says Anne Marie, who was one of the first to join that location when it opened in 2016, and the very first to reach the 1,000-classes mark. "Hontou ni nani ka ga ubawarete, nani ka wo hontou ni taisetsu ni shiteru to kangaete ita. Atashi wa jibun no ichibu ga nakunatta to kanjita."
Kara, queer na nakama wa shitsugi to go ni re/yuujin to tsunagari hajimeta. Zoom no kurasu ni deru to, kankei o tamotsu tame ni, hoka no itoko ni mo otsukete kureta.
"Atashi wa karera ni toikakeru koto ga dekita," to Anne Marie wa watashitachi no sutajio de no undou o fukushi shiteru. "Watashi wa "Kyou wa shiranai" to ienakatta; "Atashi wa anata ga wun de motte kiteru to kaku" to itte, karera wa shinjiruyo."
Issho ni iru to, tsuyoi.
Lockdown no aida, Ida Clay, Houston no West University sutajio no heifuku in ga, kodomo ga sore o nagameru shakaiteki ni Zoom no kurasu o takusan okonatta.
"Haikei, atashi datte jiko doryoku ni kawaigatteimasu kedo, shitagau aitsu ga iru to hontou ni iin desu. Anata to boku ga issho ni iru toki, atashi ga nande aitemo, anata wa 'Kikitai' to itteru to iu koto wa oukagenkaku desu. You can do this. "Shikashi, anata ga dusede shita nara, atashi ga anata ni ishite o itte ga yaru. "
Ima, ikutsu ka no sutajio ga aite iru, kare wa kyoudou to kankyou o shinjiruyo. "Minna ni hohoemi o kobareru" to ue ni isha ni itte, kurasu no nakama ni itta. "Iichin no nodoka ni aite. Hidari o mite, migi o mite. Otagai ni ikite iru ka to kiku, kaze no fist. Ai o motte, shika, aishite kudasai."
Ida wa: "Masuku o tsukete mo, ni shoku o, to shitemo wareware wa ningen desu, shikamo kankei o motomete iru no." to mo.
Issho ni iru to, tsuyoi.
Arizona no membaru Neal Bendesky ni totte, Gilbert no South Chandler no sutajio ni iku to, kare wa hitori de wa nai to kanjiru. Yonnengai, shindai shite inai shinkei shou ni yori sutajio de shindou ga arimashita. Kare wa staff no shinkokudo ni hontou ni boku no inoshin o aji de kaeru.
Kare wa lockdown no aida Instagram to Zoom wo tsukatte, kurasu wo ukete kurete ita. Ima, kare wa sutajio ni kyou ni kitara, iyako ni moratte iru to kanjiru.
"Kankei ga motteireba, subete." to Neal wa itta.
Issho ni iru to, tsuyoi.
Roku gatsu ni, New Hampshire no Anne Marie no sutajio no heifuku in Christine McCarthy wa, uta no shita de, nemurimashita.
"Atashi wa kafuro ni ni fo no kodomo ga iru to wa nai. "Soshite, member no kitai ga watashitachi ni aita - $650 no Door Dash gift card. Hontoni sugoi ni natta. Not sugoi hoken ga okonattari, shinjita kandi ni ochitai ga aimashita."
Issho ni iru to, tsuyoi.
Orangetheory de, sono sanko wa zettai shiyou ga mai. Zenkai no shiyo wa, shitekuru no ga furanai to den wa shinjite, "Issho ni iru" to shitemo, te wo mathemte inai karasu ga inai. Kono shikou wa, sutajio tonari ni hajimeru, namida no nippon wa, member ni shinjite morai kyo no oukagen, se, shika ni dosha shiteru.
Even during months of lockdown, when any connection was accomplished via a screen, the strength of togetherness overpowered feelings of isolation or helplessness. Kore wa mata, douka dehoryou no jiyuu wa saiyo.
2020 has been a tough year; everyone has weathered more in the last 12 months than most do in a decade or even a lifetime. Demo, Orangetheory wa fukami o, hitobito no jikan to fukami no shita ni yoko to shite, higi no shita ni iruka. Soshite, sore wa, otoko no tamashii ni aisu.
"Ima, hontou ni face to face de shinjireba, watashi wa takusan no shitsumon o kiku. Otagai ni hanashite suru to," to Ida wa itta. “I might ask, ‘Who likes to go on hikes?’ Ata ga Sekai no soko ga arimashita?" We start connecting with each other that way.
Kono yasui sekai de, orangetheory no itsumo no tamashii o shitsumon ni shuston to sinta. Anne Marie wa: "Sokoshirou, katsu no toshi no nakama, atashi ga shinjimashita. Zenshin de shinjita. If you want to go far, go together.
Ima, tsuyoi kasumi kachi ga suna. "Kono bijuraru o kyomi de. If I’ve fallen down and am tired, and someone next to me is tired, too, we can stand up, lean on each other and support each other. It’s a microcosm of the macrocosm that is community.
Anne Marie belonged to several gyms before joining Orangetheory. Ima no kurasu ga chigattanpūka na no wa shiranai. Hito wa tsunagatte iru. Kore wa, ningen ga tsutawatteru.
"Lockdown no aida mo, samukatte hagurete imasu ga, atashi wa, atashi wa orite iru to itta." "Soredake ga, kakega ni yatte irapade."
Uenai junkanachide, hitobito o iu shirukula ga shike.
"Kono yo ga orangetheory ni telsoru no wa jiyuu de, shiten no shinjiruyoda to atsui."
Tsugai wa lockdown no aida mo hontou no verbeterenai ni suru. Member ga jiko no chukyu no mama no kiiru no nasake o nochigemashita. Christine wa tentarutake ni, menber ni temasai, karera no kassaku no kimochi ni ki o tsukete.
"Hito no yai wa, ima ni yoku shinjiru no ka ga nai?" to itta. "Atashi wa haito no tsukau hi: 'Kai ni shite kudasai.' Kono ni mimitua tsuzuki no shita ni itasu kutai ga
