Crazy

It has been a crazy couple of months. The Groupon sold 223 offically and about 235 after I honored the deal to more people who did not get it through Groupon. Over 100 people started in the first month unfortunately I did not offer an enticing offer soon enough. I lost 5 of my members that were coming in and need to get them back. I currently have 28 people on board at $67 for 6 weeks, just hired a salseman, am looking for a second morning trainer, have a thursday evening trainer so i can go to Australian Rules Football practice. This week she will be teaching thursday, friday, and saturday as I am going to Chicago to a Cubs-Yankess game and an Aussy rules match against Chicago United.

I graduated about 5 weeks ago, need to start studying for the C.S.C.S. exam. On another note I just learned about the new postal service program to help small businesses with direct mail campaigns. You no longer need to purchase a list but can just send 200-5000 postcards up to 8 1/2 x 11 on any routhe within a zip code. For my first campaign I am going to sewnd out 1000 in the Grandview area. Hopefully this will turen into about 30 more people coming into the gym. On another note I have placed 14 signs and I think they are all gone now. So my new plan of attack is to ask my clients if they have a yard and if so ask them if they would be willing to put them in their yards. Tonight Berena took a sign to put in her yard. When I get back from Chicago I hope to get my decals onto my car might even go for a half wrap. Also in the works is Qnanza and I hope to get a Living Social Deal soon as well. But if I do get a Living Social Coupon I am going to have three more trainers ready to train!

On a personal note trying to do too much too fast and I am not sure why. I am not exactly sure what I want. I know what I am used to and I miss the things I grew accustomed to.

Why you do not reach your goals?

Tom Venuto’s top ten Body transformation mistakes.

Body Transformation mistake #1:Blaming something or someone else for your condition

Success Strategy:Taking personal responsibility

Body Transformation mistake #2:Self doubt / not believing you can do it

Success Strategy:Self Faith / believing in yourself

Body Transformation mistake #3:Dieting

Success Strategy:Eating healthy for life

Body Transformation mistake #4:No accountability system

Success Strategy:Being accountable to yourself AND to others

Body Transformation mistake #5:Following the crowd

Success Strategy:Following the successful people

Body Transformation mistake #6:Using only willpower; trying to change with force

Success Strategy:Using habit power and your subconscious mind to change automatically

Body Transformation mistake #7:Lying to yourself about your condition, your commitment or

your consistency

Success Strategy:Honesty about your condition, commitment and consistency

Body Transformation mistake #8:Inconsistency

Success Strategy:Consistency with nutrition and training every single day

Body Transformation mistake #9:No Goals or fuzzy goals

Success Strategy:Lots of specific goals/ becoming a lifelong goal setter

Body Transformation mistake #10:Giving up at the first obstacle

On another note my offer for 6 weeks of unlimited boot camp for $67 is good through June1, 2011

On my way!

Hello, I don't write nearly as often as I should. This week brought 8 new people to my boot camp. Thanks to Faveroo, Eversave, and referrals. This coming week I am suppossed to have a Groupon promotion in conjunction with Jeremy Werner of Powell Fitbody Boot Camp. Very few people know this but I have secured a territory and am now not only operating Jackhammer Strength Training but also Grandview Fitbody Boot Camp. The potential is huge as I hav access to 80,000 square feet. Groupon's goal for the two locations is to sell 1000 so if that happens I am probably looking at 400-600 new customers which would be a good bit of money on the front end but also the chance to literally close hundreds of people for recurring income. I know I am a good trainer, my clients have fun, get results, and I think I get better every week. I have 6 people ready to work for me. I have Volo software for people to log in to register for their assessment as well as when they are going to come to their boot camps. Also I just got my sumo suit so if anyone is interested in helping me recruit new clients during the May and or June Gallery Hop let me know. My plan is to run through the short north yelling I'm going to Jackhammer's Boot Camp with people following me and others with clipboards and jackhammer shirts on getting leads, and hopefully signing up 20 plus people on the spot. On the personal front I am starting to feel a little better about my whole situation. I am not where I need to be yet. Certain things are still very difficult. On a bright note I got to practice Australian Rules Football today for the first time this year. It felt really great to kick a ball around and run on a beautiful spring day. I am about to go to work at Spaghetti Warehouse then going to Mickey's tonight. Hopefully that will not be too awkward. Tomorrow I will get a new bed and then I will feel much better. :) Till next time Jackhammer

Trying to improve your position in life :) or :(

Have you ever done something to try to improve your position in life? Maybe you had a dream to be a sports coach, maybe you wanted to be a teacher so you went to college to become a teacher. Sometime after I realized that I was not going to be a professional athlete I decided to become a personal trainer. Due to certain things I could not find a job as a trainer at a commercial gym so I went and opened my own.

By doing this I was on my way to achieving a dream and doing what I wanted to do. Something that I enjoy immensely while helping countless people. Unfortunately their were some huge downfalls. Me opening a gym was very detrimental to my marriage as I could not spend as much time, pay as much attention, give my wife the attention and love she deserved, as well as the financial equation.

She lost 65 pounds in less than 6 months. Unfortunately I helped her to do so by recommending Tabata intervals as well as giving her some resistance training exercises to follow. She started getting tons of attention from other people. These people did not pay attention to her like I did when she was a little bigger. When she started losing the weight she basically quit eating full meals and would just graze. This took away a very important part of our relationship as supper time was when we had most of our conversations.

I have been through some very rough patches in my life some of my very close friends and family know a lot about my past but one person knows more than everybody else. My latest ordeal in my life has been harder than all the others. I've had to talk to almost everyone I've encountered just to talk about it and try to feel better. I've talked to co-workers at all three of my jobs, a mentor, friends, family, clients, and even counselours. Nobody really has good advice for this sort of thing. The best things I have heard are "it will all work out for the best" and my dad said "with all the crap you've been through I wished you'd never have to go through something like this."

If you are reading this you might know what is going on in my life. I don't know how this is all going to end up but it seems like I have to move on. I now feel like I have to avoid a lot of things because they remind me. For example tonight I got off 315 south at lane avenue and thought how happy I used to be coming home from indoor soccer to see my wife. I did not tell her nearly enough how beautiful she was. I apparently was not assertive enough in certain situations and I definitely screwed up more than I realized.

I am pretty sure that I was supportive of her through most of her phD. and hall directing time. I often had supper ready for her when she got home after long 10-12 hour days but when the tables turned and I started working a crazy amount of hours was she supportive? No.

Arnold expo!

All kinds of things happen at The Arnold Festival which is happening this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. This was the fourth time that I attended the expo. Each time I am less impressed. I used to be in awe like a little kid seeing Lou Ferigno (hulk), Frank Zane, Ronny Coleman, jay Cutler, Jamie Eason, and of course Arnold. Two years ago during the beginning of the pump and run I gave Arnold 5/shook his hand. Today he walked by me and was probably 2-3 feet away and all I wanted to do was for Arnold to go on by so I could find the ISSA table to place a lead box at. The guys do not seem as big to me anymore, the girls do not seem as attractive, and I do not really care about all the free bs supplements. Yes I still got supplements but then again I still have some left over from last year. Unlike a lot of people I realize that a crappy diet plus supplements is still a crappy diet.

The things I liked that happend today are I placed a lead box at the ISSA table, obtained a coupon code for the CSCS preparation and test which will save me about $400, met a plastic surgeon in Dublin who is on board for a plastic gift card promotion, and met a man who works for a Columbus magazine. Also today I sent Eversave an email about pushups for charity. Next up make my pushups for charity website, contact local police, fire, and every media outlet in the Columbus area. After that contact businesses to donate prizes to top competitors, watch the rest of my fit body boot camp videos, play around with Izigg text autoresponders, figure out the ins and outs of my volo software, go through the irainmaker tutorials, order signs for pushups for charity and Jackhammer Strength Training, get car decals, hang two more banners in facility, schedule more networking events, contact more businesses that have had recent online coupons, get more clients, train more people, over deliver, help people improve their lives, have my assisstant start training, and take a much needed vacation.

On another note yesterday I hex bar deadlifted 405. It had been a while. Muscle memory is amazing! Today I benched 255 for 3 easy reps. I think the planks, swings, and presses are making me a little stronger.

Faveroo and the real start of Jackhammer Strength Training!

Thanks to Faveroo a social marketing coupon site like Groupon I am about to have an awesome fitness business. My deal is 1 month of my boot camp with Jackhammer Strength Training up to four times per week for only $25. That works out to less than a doller seventy per session. So far 68 have been sold. Today I trained the first of the 68 then two more. Also I set up to accept credit card payments and got my logo put on the top of every page of my website. I also learned about some cool new websites where you can have all kinds of stuff done like get 15,000 backlinks to your website for $20.

Exciting times!

Since my last post I have signed up for the most recognized boot camp franchise in the world Fit Body Boot Camp. I now have a mentor who is very successful and is opening up his second location in Powell, Ohio. My location is 1200 Steelwood Rd Grandview, Ohio 43212 right next to The Ohio State University. Tommorow I am having a Faveroo ad which is in conjuction with the 614 magazine. This is like Groupon or Living Social and my ad will go out to a list of over 20,000 people. The deal is 1 month of my boot camp for only $25. If you were to attend 4 times per week for the month that would equate to about $1.56 per session. Meanwhile some personal trainers charge $50 to $80 per session. The coupon is limited to 2 per person and the evening sessions are extremely limited. Also I have limited hours available for personal training at an extremely affordable rate of only $25 per hour. Also my mentor is trying to hook me up with a contract with a major corporate restaurant which has a nutrition part of a wellness program but no resistance training included.