[LL]: Flexibility is a Leadership Promise

Hey Leader! 🙌

At the end of last year, I was in pain.

Literally.

I run daily, I lift hard, but my body was so tight it started breaking down. I was hitting a wall, not from lack of effort but from lack of flexibility.

So I made a decision. 

I declared 2025 the Year of Flexibility as my personal theme. 

But not because I wanted to touch my toes or nail a handstand. 

This wasn’t vanity, it was necessity.

So I made a promise to myself: become more flexible so I could stay in the game.

After all, Longevity is the play here. 

The good news?  I kept it.

I hired a stretch coach. I showed up weekly. 

I added Sunday yoga. 

As of today, I have stacked over 130 guided sessions. 

No, I’m not the rubber band man yet, but I’m proof that consistency beats intensity.

That’s the first lesson and here is the 2nd:

Leadership is making a promise and keeping it.

To your clients. 

To your team. 

And most importantly, to yourself.

Because if you can’t keep a promise to yourself, why should anyone trust you to lead them?

So, as we wrap the year, I want you to zoom out and reflect:

What pain are you tolerating?

Where have you gone tight, physically, mentally, emotionally?

What promise do you need to make and keep in 2026?

My challenge to you this week: Set your personal leadership theme for the year ahead. Make the promise now, then design your life to keep it.

Because the world doesn’t need more wishful thinkers.

It needs leaders who follow through.

Make it a FLEXIBLE week,

Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body

The 5 Immutable Rules of Leadership

1. Take Extreme Ownership: Everything is your responsibility—even when it’s not your fault.
2. Put Your Oxygen Mask On First: Lead yourself before leading others.
3. Wield Influence Through Moral Authority: People follow who you are, not what you say.
4. It’s Not About You—Never Was, Never Will Be: Elevate others, build legacy.
5. Turn Adversity Into Advantage: Pain is your power—use it.