“If you are good

and you display

confidence, you

have a leg up on

most.”

“Train because you love

your body, not because you

hate your body.”

“You are perfect just as you

are, and you could use a little

improvement.” – Shunryu

Suzuki

“Are you in this to help

people or to help your bank?

If it’s the people that pump

you up, the bank will do its

thing. If it’s dollars that drive

you, take another route.”

“The secret to getting

ahead is getting started”

“Courage is resistance to

fear, mastery of fear, not

absence of fear” – Mark

Twain

“Don’t be afraid to

play a different

game on the same

field as your

competition.”

“Contact those who are

better than you and ask

questions. You’ll be

surprised how many will

answer you.”

“Listen to everyone, but believe no one. It’s far

more dangerous to assume people know what

they’re talking about, than it is to assume they don’t

and let them prove you wrong. So, be a good

skeptic and assume people are unaware of their

own ignorance (including yourself) and ask

questions to sort out the difference. Apart from

social media, websites, et cetera, don’t ‘follow’ me.

Don’t ‘follow’ anyone. Follow reason. Follow the

evidence (i.e., the data), and follow it wherever it

leads.”

“Measure your success by

the ability of your clients to

follow through on health

behaviours when you are not

around. Teaching is the

process of making yourself

unnecessary.”

“If you care about this profession,

show it. You have to treat it like a

business, which means staying

organized with scheduling,

marketing, programs, invoicing,

and taking care of yourself along

the way. Take regular vacations,

get hobbies, and make sure you

live a balanced life.”

“It is okay to love what you do and also

make money at it. I’ve encountered many

in the fitness industry who are against

efforts to sell themselves because they do

it to help people, not to make money. Be

excellent and market yourself, and you’ll

make money and you’ll also help more

people than the person who’s just in it to

help people.”

“Talk is cheap and ambition is

easy. Grinding it out and sacrifice

is what sets you down the road

less travelled. Adjust your goals

according to what you are

prepared to put in and never lose

sight of why we all became

trainers in the first place–to help

people!”

“The importance of the

quality of the program that

you design pales in

comparison to your ability to

make your client want to do

that program. ”

“It all starts with passion…”