Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
You’ve built a great life. So why does something still feel unfinished?
You're not looking for inspiration — you have plenty of that.
You need a program to give you structure and honest accountability.
The problem isn’t motivation. It’s follow through.
Introducing an 8-week coaching program with a foundation of: You start with 12 minutes. Every day. Without negotiation.
Your next chapter doesn't build itself. But you can start building it with 12 minutes a day.
Commit. Let’s get to work.
A powerful 1:1 and group coaching experience.
FOR WOMEN READY TO REIGNITE ENERGY, PURPOSE, AND STRENGTH TO START THEIR NEXT PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER WITH DIRECTION, CONFIDENCE AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
Welcome! I’m Jan Guenther—entrepreneur, endurance athlete, mom, and founder of Gear West Ski Bike & Run. After 40 years of building business, competing at an elite lever, and navigating every transition midlife delivers, I built Gals with Grit for women who refuse to wind down.
In this program you will:
• Build physical strength that supports the life you want — now and for the next decade
· Choose and complete a goal that is genuinely yours — not what looks good, but what you've been quietly putting off
· Break the patterns keeping you stuck — The perfectionism, the maybe, the autopilot that has been running your life without your permission
· Build the daily discipline that maintains momentum when motivation disappears — starting with 12 minutes
· Find your people — women who are capable, supportive, and navigating the same season of life
· Pursue adventure — stay curious, engaged, and ready for what comes next
Meet Jan, Program Designer and Your Coach
You are not here to slow down. You are here to build more.
33+ years building and leading Gear West Ski & Bike, a specialty sports retail campus in Long Lake, MN.
Mom/wife who raised two boys while balancing athletics, building a business from ground up and other life challenges.
Competed in endurance sport since the early 1980s — Ironman triathlons, Olympic cross-country ski trials, and national races in triathlon, XC skiing, and paddling.
· Built and led women's sport programs for decades, introducing women to the challenges and rewards of human-powered adventure.
Faced and overcame adversity — in business, sport, and health.
Created proven systems to move forward through aging and life’s adversities and find energy and fulfillment
JOIN and build YOUR Grit, Gratitude & Growth.
The problem isn't motivation. It's follow-through and commitment to improvement.
You know what needs to change — the workouts, the habits, the goal you keep circling. Missing is structure – and accountability.
Gals with Grit is for the woman who is done circling and ready to move. More energy, more confidence, more strength — at exactly the age when it matters most.
Created by a woman who has spent over 40 years competing, building and still growing.
Introducing The 12 Minute Reset.
Not a workout program or meal plan. A daily discipline practice that maintains your momentum when life pushes back, expands what's possible when motivation disappears, and proves to you every single day that your goals still matter.
It starts with 12 minutes. It builds everything else from there.
INTRODUCING GALS WITH GRIT, an 8 WEEK PROGRAM built around one discipline that moves you forward –
Reignite your confidence. Maintain your motivation. Expand what’s possible. Commit to what matters.
Understand the power of building muscle. Physical movement becomes non-negotiable for living your best life as you age. Strength training and functional movement builds essential muscle for health in both mind and body.
Keep building your incredible life. Choose your Vision Statement. Set your “Really Cool Goal’. Redefine what you can accomplish through improved confidence, health and inspiration.
Grit keeps you showing up. Gratitude appreciates your ability to grow.
Build the belief of what you can do. Convert ‘should do’ into ‘will do’. Start with 12 minutes a day to expand your life… your way.
Food is fuel — and at this stage, it matters more than ever. Nutrition tailored to women: better energy, hormonal balance, faster recovery, and yes — just dang good vibes.
Grit Gratitude and Growth 8-week 8-point program.
You will trade winding down for BUILDING UP.
You will swap slowing down for SHOWING UP.
With energy. With boldness. With purpose.
Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
This is your 8-week program. Let’s start.
Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
Commitment to growth throughout ALL of life’s transitions requires health in both mind and body.
Aging hurdles add complexity, but the solution is timeless.
Setting clear GOALS.
Finding GRIT to stick with your vision.
Embracing the uncomfortableness of CONTRAST.
· Recognizing the power of a GRATITUDE mindset. The anchor that keeps you motivated.
· Understanding that GROWTH stems from one decision, made daily, to keep going.
That decision starts with 12 minutes. Not when conditions are perfect. Not when life slows down. Now. Every day. Without negotiation.
That is The 12 Minute Reset - the daily foundation of Gals with Grit.
“To adventure is to leave our safe harbor and set sail into the unknown. It’s how we grow and discover who we are.”
—said by Explorer, Belinda Kirk
The heart of this program is the belief that a full life requires the full range of experience.
The hard things make the easy ones meaningful. The cold makes the warmth sweeter. The effort makes the rest earned. This is contrast — and it is not something that just happens. You choose to experience contrast, deliberately, at every age.
The choice requires one foundation: a body and mind you trust.
When you commit to both your physical and mental strength, everything else sharpens — your focus, your mood, your belief in what is still possible. That belief is the engine. Without it, goals stay wishes. With it, the challenges in front of you — big or small — become the next step forward.
The 12 Minute Reset is where that commitment begins.
