Since 2018, Find Where You Fit has had a mission to connect the Columbus community with the best fitness opportunities so everyone can feel right where they belong. Image Credit: Courtesy Lindsay Goodman
Finding your way around the fitness world and figuring out where to start can be intimidating – but it doesn’t have to be.
Find where you fit is an online fitness guide that connects the Columbus community with fitness opportunities across the city, said Lindsay Goodman, owner of the platform. Through monthly online leader and information on fitness-related events in Columbus, Goodman said she wanted to open fitness opportunities for community members to try until they feel like they are where they belong.
“Columbus has the most extensive and diverse range of fitness,” said Goodman. “I saw it as my mission to get out in the community, try out as many things as possible and tell stories in the hope that people can network where they feel they are successful.”
On the first of every month, Find Where You Fit publishes an online guide to upcoming fitness events in the Columbus area, Goodman said. The website highlights recurring fitness classes, one-time events, and exclusive offers from Find Where You Fit, including dance fights, biking for pride, and training with pumpkins.
Goodman said she founded Find Where You Fit in 2018 and hosts about one event a month to help motivate the local fitness community and keep trying something new.
“I really believe everyone deserves to find a place where they can be active and feel both empowered and comfortable in this space,” said Goodman.
Charles Gibson, an inspiring speaker and self-employed fitness trainer Charles Gibson Fitness, will lead this month’s Find Where You Fit event “Autumn fitness on the farm” on Saturday at 9 am. Gibson said he has given fitness classes for over two decades, including numerous training methods like spinning, kickboxing, yoga, and TRX, a special form of suspension training.
“We’re going to be using a pumpkin as our weight and resistance, and I hope people will challenge themselves and do something they’ve never done before,” Gibson said. “You will be with some like-minded, positive people who want to do something for themselves and for others.”
GooD.Mann said the event will be held at Harrison Farms in Groveport, Ohio, and Find Where You Fit donates part of the proceeds Flying Horse Farms charity, that provides camp experiences to children with critical illnesses. Tickets for the event can be purchased via Eventbrite.
“My mission is to inspire hope and change through fitness,” said Gibson. “It is important that we invest in our health.”
Goodman said it can be intimidating to start fitness when there is so much to try. However, she said she wanted to lead people on their way to healthier lifestyles by making the process less intimidating.
“My goal is to make everything safe, accessible, and fun,” said Goodman. “The ultimate goal is that everyone feels welcome and included in what we do.”
