2020... WHAT HAPPENED: Street Parking Edition

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Dear Street Parking Members,

No newsletter can fully answer the question of "what just happened?" this past year, but there are more than a few things to say about it, that's for sure. Our SP fam grew with the addition of sweet babies Banner and Indy for the Alcaraz and Vollmer families (and their very special birthday workouts) - and with so many of you that are here! So whether this is your Day 1, Day 100 or Day 1000 with Street Parking lets start with this:

We are so dang proud of YOU.

"...if someone said to me, 'you have to pick only ONE of ALL of the tools that have the most profound effect on mental and emotional resilience...', I would have to choose exercise every time, and there is not even a close second..."
- Tim Ferris, author/podcaster


You have proven that not only are you consistent, but you are resilient. You showed up, you challenged yourself, you adapted... and you even got some sweet gear along the way. Many of you often say that the 75 and 365 earned rewards represent 75 and 365 times of not making excuses, embracing #morethannothing days, and experiencing far more than just a physical transformation -- and you couldn't have proved that more true in 2020!

  • We are SO PROUD to have shipped off 8173 earned 75 hoodies, 1381 earned 365 Club tees and tanks, and 67 earned 1000 Workouts Pennants to members who reached these milestones in 2020.

  • Of the four Challenges we offered throughout the year, 3400 of you started the year with the (now retired) Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge, 8989 of you jumped into the Jacked by June challenge during the first part of the #stayhealthystayhome season, 3015 of you put in extra efforts with the Fall Into Consistency Nutrition Challenge and 8130 Gallos and Palomas made Julian vs Miranda the most EPIC showdown of the year.

  • And of course, we introduced the VAULT in 2020 where (as of today's count) over 7352 of you earned the coveted 2020 Vault tee! If someone wants to math out how many burpees or Devil Press that was, have at it... still over here trying to find the pieces of my soul that Tres, Doce, and Diecesiete took from me before the Chaos in 2021 begins.

No matter how the Great Dumbbell Shortage of 2020 impacted many of you who adjusted to working out at home, we are celebrating your consistency in a year that was full of the unexpected.

Some of you set specific goals this year to utilize some of the more specific tools in the SP program. We saw you getting your first pull ups, running your first 5ks, setting PRs on your 20 Rep Squats, and we have to give a huge shout out to SP members Caron S, DJ M, Val U, Gina R, Michelle O, Ken S, Shelly-Ann B for completing 52 consecutive weeks of the weekly Endurance workouts, along with the hundreds of unofficial #spendurancecrew members getting after your weekly Endurance goals!

  • Trust me, if we could have compiled a highlight reel of ALL of your stories, posts, videos, to share here we would have -- but it also would take us until 2022 since there were SO many incredible moments from the thousands of you. All you have to do is peek over at the @streetparking and @streetparkingmembers Instagram accounts/stories, and follow the #streetparking hashtag to make your social media scrolling time worth it. Or at least go search #spdanceparty because you guys can clearly crush more than just workouts.

As the Street Parking community and program is about to turn 4 years old officially in just a few days, here's a little trivia for everyone: did you know that the Members Only website didn't even launch officially until April 2018?!?

As the Street Parking community and program is about to turn 4 years old officially in just a few days, here's a little trivia for everyone: did you know that the Members Only website didn't even launch officially until April 2018?!?

As the community grew, so did the program options and resources. 2020 was no different (in this way at least.) Despite the Great Members Only Crash of February, new resources were added and we have LOVED hearing your feedback from from our military members crushing their tests to seeing stories emerge from all you families working out at home with kids joining along. Take a peek at what was added for you this year, since a few days ago we mentioned we've got more on the way for you in 2021!

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We sure did miss seeing you face to face in 2020.

Shout out with this #TBT vlog to the SoCal Orange County crew for making the February park meet up the best (and only) of the year! Even though we didn't get to host our annual SPHQ meet ups in Vegas, at Summer Camp, hitting the trail run together in Hawaii or make our way to Texas - we loved seeing the hundreds of zoom workouts among members and sharing time with you in over a dozen Live Maintenance sessions hosted by Jeb and Carolina, and 3 Live Endurance sessions hosted by Molly and Kim. You can count on more of those in 2021 thankyouverymuch.

And one more note about our online community...

Even though this was a year where many of our members didn't get to put a face or give a high five and a hug to the real life person behind the names you see on Facebook, Instagram or even those of us at SPHQ, we are beyond grateful for the ways you embraced the SP mission and rallied to support each other (especially through the members helping members scholarship fund) and the greater community throughout the year.

  • You even helped make this not-an-apparel company apparel drops with a purpose as we were able to donate $2900 to the World Wide Fund Australia with the SP Dog Bandanas, $700 to the Human Rights Campaign with our Equality Collection, over $21,000 to National Black Child Development Institute with the the Do Something collection, and $3550 to VetWod through the RED SP Vet Tee. THANK YOU!

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Speaking of Street Parking Lives... we have so appreciated you joining us recently as we ventured into offering more live content on our Street Parking YouTube channel including our Coaches Roundtables where Miranda, Julian, Jeb and Alex chat through topics and questions you have about all things SP like rest days, how to make the workout your training partner and so much more.

  • And just in case you need yet another reminder: go get yourself subscribed to the SP YouTube channel, since that is where our LIVE VAULT ANNOUNCEMENTS & WORKOUTS will be every Friday during 2021. That is literally TOMORROW, JANUARY 1st.

We are so excited to head into 2021 with you and see just what taking control of your fitness will mean to all of us. But before this year ends, we couldn't NOT tell you how proud of you we are, how grateful we are that we get to share these journeys with you, and that we are rooting you on for what is ahead!

And once again, a final 2020 congratulations to the Palomas and Team Miranda for pulling off the win of all 2020 wins and good luck to the Gallos, and maybe 2021 will finally be your year...

Now get ready for your #streetparkingsend to go right along with #365moderate and see you Friday, January 1st on YouTube LIVE!

- Hugs and high fives from your SPHQ fam

QUESTIONS or feedback about your SP membership or need help accessing the Members Only website? Email support@streetparking.com

COACHES are always here to support you, answer questions, even give feedback on movements! Email coaches@streetparking.com

SP MAMAS whether pregnant or postpartum, have resources, tools, modifications, and even private Facebook group! Email mamas@streetparking.com for more information or to connect with Coach Carolina!

NUTRITION support and guidance, as well as opportunities for additional coaching is available to anyone with a Street Parking membership! Email nutrition@streetparking.com

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