Nine years. Recharge just hit nine years, and the crew is taking a beat to look back at how a small idea with no name (and a temporary CrossFit affiliation no one asked about) became the place a lot of you now build your week around.

Dr. Gene, Dr. Meghan, and Dr. Michelle talk through the early chaos with Ryan, the moment the community started running itself, the things they tried that flopped (youth fitness, briefly), and the things they will absolutely never do (yoga taught by Meghan, daycare, a second location). They get into what has stayed exactly the same since year two: the focus on people, the twenty year membership concept, and the belief that the workouts get people in but the relationships are what keep them.

They also talk about something most coaches do not talk about openly. Coaching the movement is the easy part. Caring about every person in the room while you do it, week after week, year after year, is the work. They share how they each refill their cups, and how learning to do that is part of why Recharge is still here.

And the big one: this is the official launch of PhysioStrong, the next chapter for Recharge. An app built on the same methodology, programming, and physio coach philosophy you get in the gym, now available to anyone forty and over who wants in. Gym workouts, home workouts, women's health and menopause programming, and golf. iOS and web, with a built in AI physiocoach trained on Recharge's approach. Recharge members get free access. Everyone else, sucks to suck (but it is worth it).

Thanks for being part of nine years. Here is to what is next.

Recorded live at Recharge in Howard County, Maryland. www.rechargexfit.com