Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
You’ve built a great life. So why does something still feel unfinished?
The problem isn’t motivation. It’s follow through.
Without structure and honest accountability, you stay stuck.
But the truth is - you can start building your next chapter in just 12 minutes.
Start with 12 Minutes, every day, no negotiations.
Establish deliberate habits towards progress and growth today.
A powerful 1:1 and group coaching experience.
FOR WOMEN READY TO REIGNITE PURPOSE AND STRENGTH needed to START their NEXT PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER WITH CONFIDENCE.
Meet Jan, Program Designer and Your Coach
You are not here to slow down. You are here to build more.
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.
I’ve designed Gals with Grit to help you:
Build the physical strength you need for decades to come.
Bodly choose a goal that you've been quietly putting off - and accomplish it.
Shift out of autopilot by create new patterns that move you forward.
Build your 12 minute daily discipline that will carry you through even when motivation is low.
Find your people who are navigating the same season of life.
Pursue adventure with a renewed readiness for what comes next!
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 start building YOUR Grit, Gratitude & Growth.
You know what needs to change - the workouts, the habits, the goal you keep circling.
You know you are missing structure and accountability to make it happen.
If you are done circling and ready to move with more energy, confidence, and strength - at exactly the age when it matters most - join and start building your GRIT, GRATITUDE, & GROWTH.
Created by a woman who has spent over 40 years competing, building and growing - the 12 Minute Reset is not a workout program or meal plan, but a daily discipline that maintains your momentum when life pushes back, expands what's possible when motivation disappears, and proves that your goals still matter.
It starts with 12 minutes. Everything else you want is built from there.
INTRODUCING GALS WITH GRIT, an 8 WEEK PROGRAM built around a daily discipline to move you forward.
Reignite your confidence. Commit to what matters. Expand what’s possible.
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’ starting with 12 minutes a day - and start expanding your life!
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.
Trade winding down for BUILDING UP.
Swap slowing down for SHOWING UP.
With energy, boldness, and purpose - this is Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
This is your program. Let’s start 12 minutes at a time.
Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
A commitment to growth through ALL of life’s transitions requires health in both mind and body.
Aging hurdles add complexity, but the solution is timeless.
“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 can 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.
A daily discipline of the 12 Minute Reset is where that commitment begins.
