Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
You know where you want to go. gals with grit helps you get there.
You have the vision and the drive - for more experiences and growth.
Yet without structure and accountability, you stay stuck when facing the obstacles of aging.
Gals with Grit offers you a proven roadmap from someone who navigates this exact season of life-
and knows what it takes to keep growing through it.
Establish deliberate habits towards progress and growth today.
Gals with grit: A powerful coaching experience…
FOR WOMEN READY TO REIGNITE PURPOSE AND STRENGTH. START your NEXT PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER WITH CONFIDence.
Meet Jan, Program Designer and Your Coach
We are here to grow. with purpose. with adventure. with confidence.
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 level, and navigating every transition midlife delivers, I built Gals with Grit for women who want more and refuse to wind down.
Gals with Grit provides you with the structure to:
Build the physical strength and nutritional discipline you need for decades to come.
Choose a goal that is meaningful to you - and accomplish it.
Shift out of autopilot by creating new patterns/habits that move you forward.
Build your 12 minute daily discipline to get you started when motivation is low.
Find your people who are navigating the same season of life.
continue to find purpose and to pursue adventure and personal growth !
START NOW. Do not just think about change. Act on it now.
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, built a business from ground up and navigated many 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, adventure and fulfillment
Build YOUR Grit, Gratitude & Growth.
You know what needs to change - the workouts, the habits, the goal you keep circling.
Make it happen with the structure, accountability and experience that a great coach provides.
Clarify your goals. Reignite your WHY. Design your plan. Commit to your purpose. Find your strategy. Maximize YOU.
Created by a woman who has spent over 40 years competing, building and growing. A women who knows that money can’t buy health and fulfillment. A women who will help you define your “2nd life” vision and map out your strategy to get there.
Avoid trying to achieve your same goals five years from now. See where life will take you. Start now.
GALS WITH GRIT. a PROGRAM built around a set of strategies to accomplish your really meaningful goal.
Reignite your confidence. Commit to what matters. ExpandYOUR possible.
Understand the health improvements 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 and energy 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’. Build the habit of starting with 12 minutes a day - get your goals started now!
Food is fuel - as you age good nutrition matters more than ever. Understand the WHY’s of eating better. Improved energy, hormonal balance, physical and mental recovery…learn the power of great nutrition.
Grit Gratitude and Growth
An 8-week 8-point program.
A complete strength-based growth experience for high-achieving women who are ready to start now.
GWG is built around five dimensions of high performance: Mindset. Identity and Expansion. Deliberate Habits. Physical Strength and Proper Fuel. Goal Achievement.
This is not a self help course. GWG is a structured personal journey that takes you from where you are now to full power- using wisdom you have earned and the grit within you to commit and achieve YOUR very important goals.
Grit. Gratitude. Growth.
Navigating life’s transitions requires health in both mind and body.
Aging hurdles add complexity, but the solution is timeless. Build your roadmap. Commit to your goals. Start NOW.
“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 Gals with grit
is the belief that a full life requires living with energy, gratitude and purpose.
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 expand your boundaries and experience more fully, 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 and how to get it done.
Live your WHY. Embody the daily discipline of your 12 Minute standard. Redefine what is possible. Your commitment begins now with GWG.
