Three weeks into marathon training (not a runner, by the way) I hurt my foot. And the frustration of being forced to slow down right when I'd finally found my momentum sent me straight to Ellen Latham's story. Ellen was a single mom in her forties when she got fired from her dream job without warning. No plan. No backup. Just a Pilates certification and a spare room in her house. What she built from there eventually became Orangetheory Fitness. A billion dollar global company with over 1,300 studios in 23 countries. In this episode we talk about her dad's "momentum shifts up" philosophy, what it actually looks like to rebuild from nothing, and why the forced stop might be the thing that creates the opening. This one's for anyone sitting in a pause they didn't choose.

Sources & Disclaimer

• Strong Fitness Magazine — Orangetheory's Ellen Latham Found Wild Success After Being Fired at 40
• PNC Insights — Momentum Shift: How Ellen Latham Transformed a Career Setback into Orangetheory Fitness
• Austin Woman Magazine — How Ellen Latham Made Orangetheory Fitness a Global Trend
• Lifestyle Media Group — How Ellen Latham Created Orangetheory Fitness
• FranchiseWire — Turning Setbacks into Successes: The Ellen Latham Story
• Orangetheory Fitness — Momentum Shift documentary (2019)

All facts shared in this episode are based on information available at the time of recording. Any personal reflections, interpretations, or opinions are my own. If anything is found to be inaccurate, I'm happy to issue a correction.

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