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T<\/span>wice a week, Tess Meeker pumps loud music into the loft speakers at the ARC and gets moving \u2014she leads a high-fitness workout class, and she loves it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that I look forward to every week,\u201d Meeker said.<\/span><\/p>\n

While getting sweaty, she teaches and encourages those in her class through movement. Plus, she loves getting to know the people she coaches each week personally.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just love the relationships and the community that there is here and getting to make friends in and outside of class,\u201d Meeker said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through upbeat music and movement, she leads her class every Tuesday and Wednesday in cardio and low-impact aerobic workouts. For Meeker, the focus of these high-fit classes is on being fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so much fun, and I get my dance fix,\u201d Meeker said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before Meeker became a fitness instructor, she was a dancer and a cheerleader. Always looking to stay active, she says the decision to pick up high-fit came after she got home from serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI got back from my mission, and I needed to get back into fitness,\u201d Meeker said. \u201cI was in a running rut, and so I got back into high-fit, and I just fell in love with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And by \u201cgetting back into it,\u201d she means the exercises she used to do with her aunt when she was younger. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy aunt was one of the first high-fit instructors, and so growing up, I went to all her classes,\u201d Meeker said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The memory of doing high-fit with her helped Meeker get back into movement and fitness. Now, she likes to share that with others because it helps her push her limits.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI like pushing myself,\u201d Meeker said. \u201cI wanted to teach it because it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeker has a saying in life, something she calls \u201cembracing the suck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to embrace the suck,\u201d Meeker said. \u201cThat\u2019s my favorite saying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While she believes it\u2019s important for people to make moving their bodies a priority, the best part of being a fitness instructor comes down to building people up. Through her \u201cembracing the suck\u201d mentality, she hopes those who attend her class feel uplifted and energized by the end of her sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just hope that they get a high out of it,\u201d Meeker said. \u201cWhat I love about high is that you just feel good about yourself. You release those endorphins and hormones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if it\u2019s just for an hour twice a week, she hopes her class can get more out of the session than just those feel-good feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just hope that they feel welcome and confident in themselves and that they did something hard and to know that they have somebody who cares for them if they need anything,\u201d Meeker said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeker\u2019s friend and class attendee Bryn Riley-Jensen thinks Meeker does a great job at getting that message across. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s really high energy and just silly and doesn\u2019t take it too seriously,\u201d Riley-Jensen said. \u201cEveryone\u2019s too focused on themselves to care about or judge other people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Maggie Batholomew, a regular of Meeker\u2019s classes, agrees that Meeker curates an environment fitting for a class focused on uplifting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is super, super welcoming and just kind of excited to be there,\u201d Bartholomew said. \u201cHigh-fit is such high-energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With finals approaching and the days getting shorter, Bartholomew thinks Meeker\u2019s classes keep her sane while she\u2019s tackling the bigger challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m super busy all the time, so just having two hours out of the week that I force myself not to think about school or work or anything \u2014 it\u2019s so refreshing,\u201d Bartholomew said.<\/span><\/p>\n

But at the end of the day, and the end of every class, Meeker believes high-fit is about who you\u2019re with, not just breaking a sweat.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI do it for the people I love and my friends,\u201d Meeker said. \u201cThere\u2019s just love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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