It is increasingly important for entrepreneurs to have a space during the day to do sports, so that they can “detach themselves” from the hard work that initially means “doing them all” and/or “having to deal” with growth.
This is where going jogging, cycling, swimming or doing some other physical activity can change the way you face your day-to-day life, and at the same time, avoid stress and the so-called “burnout”.
On this occasion, at Entreprenerd we spoke with Eduardo Henríquez, founder of Espacio Wellness Fit, a space in Viña del Mar for sports, recreation and health.
“The name Wellness Space was born because I always wanted to create just that, a space where each person would feel good, because wellness is well-being. So I wanted to create a space that was always personalized”Eduardo Henríquez explains to Entreprenerd.
As Henríquez, a Physical Education teacher at the University of Playa Ancha, relates, Espacio Wellnes was born in 2019 after several attempts to gain work independence.
“I always had the desire to create something of my own. Therefore, my head was always creating certain protocols, certain ways, I would do this, I would buy this, I would treat my students, clients, etc. like this. And I actually tried it several times but due to lack of knowledge, capital, lack of maturity – which I was acquiring and continue to do so – my initiatives did not work,” explains Eduardo.
However, all these knocks against the door led to him deciding to train himself to be able to undertake seriously, be independent and formal. What she was looking for was a differentiating factor from the massive gyms.
A HOLISTIC OR INTEGRAL LOOK
“I worked in a personalized way with my students in massive gyms, apart from group classes, but in any case I felt, and also from my students’ personal experience, that they needed an absolutely personalized space,” he recalls.
It was under that gaze that he could “see the differentiating factor”. “These people or this group very urgently needed a space where they felt absolutely comfortable from the music, from the atmosphere, from the conversation, from the clothes they could wear that mattered to them, where they felt comfortable, not observed, not judged and comfortable in a one-on-one conversation with me or the coach. So, it’s a big difference.”
Eduardo explains that people who come to Espacio Wellness are because they need to lower their stress levels, or they feel bad because they can’t play with their children, or they can’t go for a walk, among other situations. “There are multiple objectives and reasons why they come here. So, I approach precisely that integral form from that point of view, from the lifestyle of the person within.”
POST PANDEMIC APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
While the pandemic caused all gyms to close, others turned to virtual classes or workouts. This was the case of Eduardo, who faced the times of COVID-19 with online training.
“With this, the idea of remote training or remote consulting was born and established through the incorporation of an application,” explains Eduardo, who adds that he himself designed the training.
It is “Wellness Log, where you can record your daily life for a week, a diary of life,” he says.
“There are three main areas in which we address online training or advice. Precisely the physical training of what to do, what to move, what to lift, etc., through an application. As we mentioned, you watch your programs, you do them remotely, I teach you how to play the application beforehand, logically. That is the physical part, just the physical part,” she maintains.
Espacio Wellness is a place, a meeting point, whether in person or digital, that can effectively lead you to find yourself to have the self-identity that you should and want to have, versus if you want to train only the body, go to a gym or a massive.
