Comments on: MAKING THE JUMP! Talking to Marc Lebert, the da Vinci of Fitness, About Life After PERSONAL TRAINING …

By: Doug Groce

Doug Groce — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:27:39 +0000

Yeah Kaiser,
I just reread that last part of the post and it makes sense - The first thing you need is a successful practice, because then you have money to work with for other projects. I’ll have to re-read this post once a week to keep me focused on the MASTER PLAN, like he said.

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:28:53 +0000

This was a really cool post! Where I am, we don’t have any role-models like Marc and Kaiser so it’s easy to get bogged down sometimes - thanx for the motivation! That idea of doing what you love sounds good - I love martial arts too and I’m going to make that my specialty.

By: bill moore

bill moore — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:46:13 +0000

great story, I am as well always searching for revenue streams, currently have massage rental, office rental, and trainer revenue. never hurts to explore the opportunities.

By: Kaiser

Kaiser — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:23:42 +0000

Yeah Doug M. I know what you mean - when I’m 80 you’ll probably see me selling juicers like Jack Lallane at 3 in the morning!

But this is the route I think most established trainers take - at least from what I see out there. There are just so many different ways to grow in this industry, and Marc’s an example of that.

And Doug G., you’re right, but most of these successful people have a lot of help with their different projects, which is what Marc indicated in the end. If you’re on your own, make sure you don’t try to do more than two major things at once (your business and school are an example). A lot of people have wasted a lot of time trying to do too many things at once. Consistent action and determination on just a small number of things is really what you’ll see behind every major success story out there.

By: Doug Groce

Doug Groce — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:39:19 +0000

Awesome stuff.

While I’m still working for a personal training company, I am trying to find ways to grow–like doing some public speaking for members of the gym, working with local high school athletic teams, and working on the website.

It seems like this is one thing a lot of successful people have in common–always working on different projects and getting excited about it along the way.

By: Doug Murphy

Doug Murphy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:15:38 +0000

Fantastic post! It’s great to read about someone who’s accomplished so much and the mindset it took to do it. You’re so right about having a master plan and always thinking about what comes next. I love personal training, but I don’t want to be training clients when I’m 80! I’m always assessing what I enjoy doing and where my experience and strengths lie in order to look into branching out into other areas, and this post really helped reinforce that. I recently bought the Lebert Equalizer, and it’s great-my clients love/hate it, which means they’re getting a killer workout!