Bryce Henson

Happy Monday Mindset!

This weekend in Atlanta, I stood on stage at our 2025 Fit Body World Conference, delivering the keynote on our future as the wellness brand for adults 40+.

The stakes were high—500 owners, coaches, and leaders in the audience—our biggest conference in franchise history.

I shared a deeply personal story about my Grandma Josie—the woman who took my family in for 10 years after my parents split and saved us from a homeless shelter.

She became the inspiration behind Fit Body Forever, the program that will be a cornerstone of our brand for years to come.

It was a big win. I landed about 70% of what I wanted to say.

But here’s the behind-the-scenes truth…

The font on the projector was so small I could barely read my notes. The clicker glitched, then died halfway through. Suddenly, I was flying blind in front of the largest crowd I’ve ever addressed in our brand’s history.

In moments like that, you’ve got two choices:

1. Panic, freeze, and fumble.

2. Lean in, trust your preparation, and speak from the heart.

Because I’d rehearsed relentlessly, the message was already in me. Without my notes, I wasn’t delivering a “perfect” talk—just a real one. 

And the audience felt it.

Here’s the leadership lesson: Adversity is never convenient—but it’s always an invitation.

In business, your “clicker moment” will come. Maybe it’s a campaign flop, a tech failure, or a key team member leaving unexpectedly.

Your instinct will be to wish it away or scramble for a quick fix.

Don’t.

Instead—lean in. The setback is the setup. The obstacle is the opportunity.

That day on stage, the lack of a clicker stripped away polish and pushed me to speak with presence. And ironically, that’s what made the talk land even stronger.

Your Monday challenge: 

The next time adversity strikes, stop asking “Why me?” and start asking, “How can this make me better?”

Because when you do—adversity stops being your enemy. It becomes your edge.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body

Happy Monday!

Last weekend, I was in Scottsdale at a speaker’s conference, sharpening my communication game to better lead and inspire.

Come Monday morning—I was cooked.

The kind of cooked where your brain is foggy, body sore, and motivation in the gutter.

But I laced up, showed up to the gym, and started moving through the motions. Half-hearted. Half-awake.

Then, it happened.

I looked over and saw a woman—early 60s, maybe?

Nope. Dee is 79.

And she was dominating.

I’m talking full-body movements, core work, shoulders pumping, heart rate thumping.

I was embarrassed at my own effort.

So I did what leaders do: I got curious.

I approached her. Complimented her. Asked questions.

Dee smiled and poured out wisdom like protein from a shaker bottle: “Invest in your health. Invest in your mindset. Invest in your life. Because if you don’t—no one else will.”

She’s a living example that adversity, when approached proactively, creates longevity. Strength. Joy. Friendship.

She didn’t wait for life to force her hand—she turned resistance into her rhythm.

That, my friend, is the lesson.

You can coast and call it “discipline,” or you can lean in when it’s hard and become unstoppable.

So this Monday, remember:

You don’t need the perfect conditions.

You need the willingness to show up—tired, messy, unsure—and keep going.

Because the person who does that?

Becomes Dee at 79.

And inspires the next guy to sleepwalk through his Monday workout.

Adversity is your advantage.

Make it a GREAT week!

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body

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Happy Turn Adversity Into Advantage Monday!

Let me be real with you: I messed up last week.

Not intentionally. Not maliciously. 

But still—I messed up.

Here’s what happened…

I shared a tough situation a teammate was going through. In my attempt to offer perspective, I compared their challenge to another teammate’s story.

My intent was good. I thought I was being helpful.

But humans compare. 

And when we compare, someone always feels “less than.”

That someone was my teammate. And unintentionally, I hurt them.

Thankfully, another teammate had the courage to call out my blind spot. The moment they did, my heart sank. I felt sick for a day.

But instead of spiraling, I saw the opening:

• Reconnect.
• Seek understanding.
• Make amends.
• Rebuild trust.

And that’s exactly what I did.

The result?

One day of pain… traded for a deeper, more connected relationship built on honesty, ownership, and growth.

Here’s the lesson:

You will mess up.

When you do—own it. Fast.

Apologize. Be vulnerable. Reconnect.

It hurts short-term, but that moment of humility? It plants the seed for long-term trust.

That’s how you turn adversity into your advantage.

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body

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Happy Monday! 🙌

Let’s cut through the noise to kick off your week.

The truth?

Everyone struggles.

Everyone battles demons you don’t see.

Even the people you think are “winning” right now.

The problem isn’t the struggle. The problem is how we see the struggle.

Perspective isn’t just helpful—it’s everything.

And no one framed this better than Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of Man’s Search for Meaning:

“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.”

Read that again.

This came from a man who lived for years in hell on Earth!

It hits, doesn’t it?

Most people want comfort. Ease. A tension-free life.

But here’s the brutal truth: comfort doesn’t create character. 

Struggle does.

That uncomfortable stretch you’re feeling? The challenge that keeps you up at night?

That’s not the enemy—it’s the proving ground.

The tension is the tool that forges resilience, purpose, and meaning.

But only if you shift your lens.

Because the struggle only destroys you if you label it wrong.

If instead, you frame it as the path to a goal worthy of you—it transforms.

So this week, I want to remind you:

Your pain isn’t pointless. Your stress isn’t a setback.

It’s the path to power—if you’re willing to give it purpose.

Turn your tension into fuel.

Because in this life, striving for something worthy is the only real freedom.

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body

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Happy Monday!

I came across this perspective shifter a few weeks ago and thought of you:

Imagine for a moment you were born in the year 1900.

By the time you turn 14, World War I breaks out, and it ends when you’re 18, leaving over 22 million dead 💣.

Barely a breath later, at 20, you survive the Spanish Flu pandemic, which claims 50 million lives globally 🦠. 

At 29, you face the Great Depression, triggered by the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange—bringing mass unemployment, hunger, and global economic despair 📉.

By 33, Nazism rose to power.

At 39, you’re thrust into the horrors of World War II, which rages until you’re 45, taking 60 million lives with it ⚰️.

When you turn 52, the Korean War begins.

At 64, the Vietnam War erupts and lasts until you’re 75.

Now, picture someone born in 1985, who might think their grandparents “don’t understand” how hard life can be. 

What they may not realize is that those same grandparents survived war, famine, disease, and chaos on a scale we can hardly imagine.

That, my friend, is what we call temporal arrogance—judging the past without understanding its pain.

It’s also a display of the Dunning-Kruger effect—a psychological bias where those with less experience overestimate their understanding, while those who’ve lived through the fire often stay humble and quiet in their wisdom 🔥.

So here’s the message:

Perspective is power 💡.

And the next time you face hardship, pause and reflect on what others have endured—and overcome. 

Let it remind you of your own resilience.

You come from a legacy of survivors.

Now it’s your time to lead with that same strength.

Adversity is Your Advantage,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body 

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