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Picture this: 8:00 AM on a Saturday, I'm standing in eye-popping hot pink gear about to tackle the HYROX fitness challenge for the second time with my daughter Taya. But this isn't a fitness story. It's about what happened when we finished five minutes faster than our first attempt, and what that taught me about business. The lesson hit me somewhere between the rowing station and the sled push: we didn't get faster by completely changing our approach. We got faster by refining what already worked.

Today we’re exploring why brilliant business owners keep questioning their direction despite smashing results, and why we're obsessed with reinventing the wheel instead of doubling down on what's working. I see this constantly with the women I coach: clients are thrilled, revenue is growing, yet they're still questioning whether they should pivot. Not because something's broken, but because consistency feels too simple.

Your business breakthrough isn't hiding in some brand-new strategy you haven't discovered yet. The question is: are you ready to commit to what's already working, or are you going to keep chasing the next shiny object? Your five-minute shift is waiting.

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Hello.

Hello, Janine Garner here.

I hope you are all having

a fabulous day from

wherever you are listening

into this podcast.

Now,

if you are watching this

on YouTube or you've seen

a snippet, you can probably

see that I am sat here in my

Hyrox merch and I'm here with

absolute pride wearing it.

It's one of those days where

I can actually remember.

Feel of the sweat, the

grit, the determination.

Every single inch of that

arena was in my bones.

And the response from sharing

my journey of Hyrox with

friends and family, with

clients through my emails and

on the socials has been huge.

And so what I thought

I'd do is jump on here.

And record a little bit of a

podcast about my lessons from

H really sort of unpacking

it a little bit more deeper

for you, because this isn't

just a story, another fitness

story, or a mother and

daughter bonding moment over

burpees and sled bushes.

This is actually a story

about what happens when

you stop chasing those

shiny objects and instead

when you double down

on you.

On what works and

on what matters.

It's a story about

five tiny minutes.

Five, the tiny minutes that

completely change the game.

And if right now you are

feeling tired or distracted,

you might be over it.

You might be wondering

whether to burn it all down

or pivot again, just because

you wanna feel alive again.

I want you to listen up

because this, this episode

is your wake up call.

Now, I want you

to picture this.

It's 8:00 AM on a Saturday

morning, and my daughter

and I are back in that Hyrox

arena for the second time.

The music is pumping

really loudly.

Bodies are stretching and

there's chalk dust in the

air, and I'm standing there

next to Taya, my gorgeous

daughter, my race partner.

And yes, we'd gone all in.

I'd left it up to her to

buy those matching outfits

and she'd gone for hot pink.

Now, full disclosure, when

I actually put on that full

set, I'm talking tight, hot

pink shorts and gym top.

I felt more like a piece

of salmon at the age of 54

than a hot young bod that

was about to do the Hyrox.

And at 54, let me tell you.

Feeling like a giant piece

of salmon was not a vibe

that I was going to rock.

So I decided to, in all

honesty, ditch the top and

just rocked the bottom half.

And if you know, you know,

matching outfits are a

little bit of a Hyrox thing.

And as I said a second ago,

this wasn't our first race.

We knew, we actually

knew what we were in for.

We knew that we were in for

sled pushes that feel like

you need to be super human

to be able to push what

feels like a small truck.

We knew that the farmer

carries that we were

about to experience.

Are those where your

grip dies long before?

Spirit, the rowing machines,

the distance that never ends

the burp is, oh my goodness.

And then right at the end when

you've got nothing left, the

insert, whatever exploitive

works for you, warbles.

Oh my goodness.

The warbles, the last

station, the last gasp,

and they absolutely hurt.

Now, last year I

got a big fat zero.

Not one counted.

Not one rep was a proper

rep. Every single one

of them I failed on.

This year they upped the

reps from 75 to a hundred

because of course they can.

And I reckon this year I

landed at least half of

them, although my daughter

might challenge me on that.

But that my friends,

is what I call a win.

You see, this time

we train differently.

We doubled down.

We did the more early morning

runs when the sun hadn't

even yawned awake yet.

And each week, pushing

our distance that little

bit further, building

that uncomfortable comfort

zone space, there were

high rock simulation.

Saturday morning sessions

at my gym, F 45, and

a huge shout out.

To the F 45 crew in dy, in

Sydney's Northern Beaches, but

also the F 45 crew in Denver.

That took me on when I

was traveling, right smack

bang in the middle of H I

trained when the rest of

the world was sleeping.

We were lifting more weights,

we were lunging more lunges.

We were jumping more

jumps, we were pushing

more weight, sweating

through the pain, and.

In all honesty, most of the

time, laughing through the

absolute madness that we were

putting ourselves through.

We worked on those burpees.

We worked on our

lunges and my knee.

If any of you have been

following on, you'll know

that I've had a little

bit of a dodgy knee.

still not a hundred percent,

but no more excuses.

We showed up anyway

because we weren't just

prepping for a race.

We were preparing to go all

in to better our results.

From the prior year, and you

know what the result was, we

managed to shave five minutes,

five whole minutes off our

previous finishing time.

And in that space,

in the Hyrox arena,

that's no small tweak.

That for us was

a transformation.

And you know what it felt

like while we were doing it.

Exactly the same, the

same grind, the same pain,

the same little voice

in my head whispering.

Maybe you don't need

to finish this, Janine.

And yes, there were

moments when, during

the race, when Taya was

dragging me into that rug.

Through the station.

Literally she was pulling

us both forward with her

energy, her belief, her

absolute refusal to settle.

And when we crossed that

finish line, sweaty,

broken, but buzzing.

So when she saw that we'd

shaved the five minutes

off, she burst into

tears, not because it was

over, because she finally

saw what was possible

when she backed herself.

We both backed ourselves.

Now Now let me be clear.

This isn't just

a fitness story.

I, on reflection, realized

that actually that Hyrox

experience was a beautiful

metaphor for, for business.

It's a business story,

it's a leadership story.

It's a story about what it

takes to keep showing up.

Because what happened in that

race is exactly what happens

when we stop dabbling and

when we start committing,

when we stop chasing hacks

and start focusing on what

actually works, when we stop

second guessing ourselves

and decide to go all in,

I see it all the time.

Women running

brilliant businesses.

Leading incredible teams

carrying a ridiculous load,

achieving great results,

and yet they're still

questioning if they are

doing enough, wondering if

they should change direction

or, or burn it all down

or, or start something new.

Just because someone on

LinkedIn made it look

sexy, but you don't need

to always start again.

Sometimes you

need to go deeper.

You need to sharpen up the

focus because just like we

didn't shave five minutes off

our Hyrox time by accident,

your next level doesn't come

necessarily from reinvention

for reinvention's sake.

It comes from consistency,

from that 1% extra effort,

from doing that extra rep,

from focus, from small,

boring, powerful reps that

stack up when no one is

watching, and it comes

from backing yourself

again and again and again.

Even when your brain is

screaming, this isn't working

fast enough, I'm not getting

the results fast enough.

You know what I'm

talking about.

So I wanna ask you,

what is your version

of Hyrox right now?

Because I can guarantee

you, you already know

what works for me.

If I think about that.

Hyrox, I knew I had to

increase my running speed.

I knew I had to get better

at the wall balls, and

I knew I had to practice

the sled pushes and pulls

because we hadn't done

that for the first race.

We had to really look at

what we knew worked, and we

had to put in the effort.

You've already

seen the results.

You've already had the wins.

You've already had

the awesome feedback.

You've already achieved

the results and served

the right people.

You've already sold

the right offer.

You've already had

clients that say that

changed everything for me.

Look for the clues.

Look for the breadcrumbs, the

results, the evidence that

what you have done has worked.

And I reckon you need to

identify those breadcrumbs.

And those clues are where

you need to double down.

You know, the product or the

service that your clients are

loving right now, you know

the problems that you solve

better than anyone else.

You know the audience,

that rays about you, that

refers you, that rebook you,

that my friends, is your

equivalent of your nutrition.

That is your equivalent

of your mindset training.

That is the equivalent

of your reps. Still.

You see what I see

happening is we ditch it.

We ditch the stuff.

We know, we tweak, we

change, we reinvent.

And maybe just, maybe

all we need to do is

actually double down.

What if instead of chasing

you, you chased it better?

What if instead of

chasing you, you double

down on serving your Inc

existing clients more

awesome stuff because that

is where your edge is.

That's where your five

minutes are hiding.

That's where your next

level of results could live.

Now I get every path is hard.

Here's the thing,

pivoting is hard.

Starting from scratch is hard.

You starting out is hard.

Every single inflection point

in your businesses so far

has been hard, and sticking

with the thing you know

deep down is right for you.

That's also hard.

But if it's gonna be

hard anyway, why not pick

the one that actually

leads you somewhere?

Now, of course there's

gonna be times where you

do need to switch gears.

I've reinvented myself

plenty of times.

I've responded to market

shifts, changed my offer,

repositioned my brand.

I get it.

But I've done it when

the market has shifted.

What I'm talking about today

isn't that, that's I've talked

about on other podcasts.

What I'm talking about today

is when you've got something

that works, but you are

not giving it your all.

I'm talking about the urge to

jump ship for no real, real

reason other than boredom

or fear of distraction.

That's not strategy.

That is sabotage.

When you double down on what's

already working, you build

momentum, you reduce the cost

per lead, you increase your

retention, you streamline

your delivery, you free up

your head space and resources,

you create actual profits.

It's the difference between

running a business that

feels chaotic and building

one that's scalable,

sustainable, and powerful.

You don't necessarily

need 20 offers.

You don't necessarily need to

be on a another social media

platform because it feels like

every other single person has

jumped onto that platform.

You need to do the things

that work and have the

courage to stick with it.

So wherever you are at right

now, I want to challenge you.

Don't chase the shiny,

don't start over just

to feel something.

Look for those breadcrumbs,

the breadcrumbs of success

that are already there,

the clues that are already

there, and double down.

Double down on the thing

that works, on the thing that

lights you up and brings you

joy on the thing that you know

gets results, even if it's not

fancy, even if it's not fast.

The thing that gets results.

I've got a client currently in

my inner Circle, VIP program,

and she knows that the best

way to get sales is to pick

up the phone, is to go back

to her previous clients.

She knows if she doubles

down on making phone

calls, her sales.

I've got another client that

has literally sold high six

figures in the last six weeks

by giving a micro gift to

her existing client base.

Check out my prior

podcast where I've

talked about micro gifts.

You know what works, you

know what lights you up, what

works, what brings you joy?

You know the thing

that gets results.

It may not be fancy.

That is the equivalent

of your Hyrox moment.

That is your equivalent

of the early morning

reps in your business.

The unglamorous training,

the extra kilometer when

everyone else is tapping

out that extra 1% when

everyone else gives up.

That's your rocks moment.

That is your equivalent of

your nutrition, your sleep,

your early morning runs,

your doubling down, the 1% of

training, the extra weight.

Tara and I, oh my God.

We've already signed up for

another hiroc later this

year, and we've committed

to two more next year.

Fingers crossed.

There'll be an international

one in that we've committed

because once you've seen

what's possible when you back

yourself, you can't go back.

I know looking at the

race results from last

year where the training

has to be this year where

I need to double down.

We've already calculated the

work that we need to do to

shave off some more time.

That is what I want you

to focus on, so that's my

challenge for you this week.

What is one thing, just one.

That you are going to double

down on what's your Hyrox

moment, your equivalent

of your five minutes

finding your five minutes.

Tag me on the socials,

share it with me.

Let me know and know that I'm

gonna be cheering you along.

All the way.

And hey, as always, if

this episode give you a

nudge, a shift, a reminder

of what you're capable

of, please share it.

I'd love you to

leave me a review.

Every little review helps.

Please leave a review, send

it on to a another person who

you think needs to hear this.

Let's spread this message.

I'm sitting here.

You can probably see me if

you're watching me on YouTube.

The ox jumper is

definitely still on.

I've still got the knee

sleeve on because my knee

is still a little bit sore,

but my heart is ridiculously

full for so many reasons.

Doing ox with my daughter,

seeing what I am capable

of, and really firing

up my training as we get

ready for the next one.

Until next time,

please stay bold.

Please stay brilliant and

whatever you do, keep going

because your five minute

shift that's waiting for

you just on the other

side of one more rep.

I'll see you next week.