Fitness and overall wellness are not strangers anymore in the gaming community. Competitive and recreational gamers, streamers, and pretty much every person in the industry spending long hours in front of a monitor understands the importance of staying physically, emotionally, and mentally fit to enhance their experiences and give their 100%. 

Today, we had an educational conversation with Kristen Anderson, Mike Anderson, and Landon Gorbenko from FitGMR.

Kristen, the co-founder and CEO of FitGMR, is an experienced financial professional who spent over ten years at JPMorgan and then joined Evercore Partners. She has over 700 hours of yoga training and is a CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer. 

Mike is the co-founder and President of FitGMR. He is in charge of the Physical Maintenance Department and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health & Experiential Education and a B.S. in Sports Medicine. 

Landon, the Head of Mental Performance, is FITGMR’s Mental Performance director and trainer. He is a lifelong gamer who experienced the benefits of balancing mental, physical, and emotional health and is passionate about expertise development. He holds a B.Sc. in Psychology and an M.Sc. in Performance Psychology.

In this episode, we delve into the central role of community in the mental, physical, and emotional health space. We discuss how relying on someone makes it easier to keep ourselves accountable for our physical health and the incredible benefits of measuring progress with percentages to encourage and motivate ourselves. 

Resources:

Visit the FitGMR website: https://fitgmr.gg/.

Or follow them on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fitgmr/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitgmr/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChj7VERZ2-WSQisVpkpmvSA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitgmr

Full Episode Breakdown:

1:25 – Kristen shares the story of how they come up with the idea of creating FitGMR.

7:13 – Landon talks about his upbringing as a gamer and the mental and physical issues he started experiencing in his teen years.

9:41 – Landon explains how his desire to fix something led to studying psychology and why he decided he wanted to help the gaming community instead of becoming a classical clinician.

14:01 – Mike talks about his journey into physical health and how he ended up at FitGMR.

21:26 – Kristen talks about the FitGMR app and how it helps its users.

25:12 – Kristen shares some of the app users’ conversations, how they expressed their progress, and how important the sense of community was for them.

27:21 – Kristen talks a bit about what FitGMR offers to its users and the importance of constantly trying out new things.

31:23 – Megan talks about her relationship with nutrition during her childhood.

32:59 – Kristin talks about the community aspect of FitGMR.

37:00 – Landon talks about how the industry has been aiming to turn gaming into a community-based experience. 

42:55 – Mike describes the main components of his work at FitGMR.

51:28 – We take a couple of seconds to perform one of FitGMR’s quick drills!