Thank you.

Brien Shamp
http://www.optimalfitnesslifestyle.com

I was an overweight drug dealing pot head just 6 years ago. Then one day (when I was sober) I realized that my life was going down the drain and I had a daughter on the way. That day I started working out and lost roughly 70lbs in a little over 4 months. Since then I been helping people to accomplish the same success I did. I became a personal trainer and I was dead broke and then I purchased Hitech Trainer. Then I actually found you and you have change my life. Financially and mentally. I'm not where I'm going to be yet but I'm definitely on my way. Thanks Dude.

I too was never really interested in learning. Maybe it is because it is forced upon you whether you are interested or not, or maybe you would rather be doing things that are more fun. I went to high school everyday to play whatever sport I was doing at the time. Classes were a necessary evil. But then I went to college and finally studied something I enjoyed. Then I went to grad school and got even deeper into a tighter niche. And in the 10 years since grad school I have changed 100 times over, and I hope like a fine wine, I just keep getting better with age! I love learning now, about many topics not just a few. And I love that

I was booted outa school because they didnt want me mixing with the other kids, I was only aloud in for my lessons then sent on my way. I graduated with sweet F.A.

Joined Military straight from school… fighting every week, boozing… got banned from boozing, banned from the town centre and confined to camp. Bit a dudes pinky finger off, because he was bullying me… put a corporal in the hospital for a week and had to have reconstuctive surgery on his face because he was bullying me. Ended up in a psyciatric hospital!

Left Army in 2002… continued boozing and fighting until me and my brother left 5 door men unconsious in a kebab house… well I didnt know when enough was enough so they through me in jail for 9 months after I was looking at up to 14 years in jail. Lookily… no of them pressed charges.

Since I've been out I've not been in trouble with the law or had and sort of fisty cuffs with anyone.

I'm now regarded as the best PT in my town, got 2 beautiful lil boys and on my to a 7 figure fitness business all because of dudes like Bedros, Chris, and Steve.

Nobody in my new circle knows of my troubled past… You see, that just aint me!

It seems like a lot of the most successful people have "hard luck stories" about their pasts. While I am not saying it is necessarily fundamental for success, there's got to be an intangible quality about it that proves to be invaluable for those who go through it all. Heck, you're more successful than many PhD's and a class act to boot! That speaks volumes on so many levels.

Thank you for being so generous with your time and for all that you share on this blog.

I'm still a bit of an a$$hole, but I can control it more now, I still hate authority (which is why I am my own boss) but I have learned to pick and choose my battles. I now try to stay positive as much as possible, I got married and run my own business.

I could write a book on how much I've changed, but right now I'm just happy that I live the life I live.

Doug Seamans
PRIDE Conditioning
http://www.prideconditioning.com

I used to hang out on my computer all day and just surf the web (I actually thought I was being productive!)

I used to be so afraid of committing to anything that I wouldn't even make a Facebook account.

I used to be so afraid of committing I would practically turn away leads and prospects!

I used to live inside my comfort box that I would regret it at the end of every day.

It's crazy to look back to even a few years ago at how much I've changed. I hope I'll be making the same strides (if not more) in the years to come.

Forces us to grow, step out of the comfort zone, become the people were were meant to be, and to dominate!

Thanks for all the comments all… keep'em coming

B

Change is constant and everyday something about me change, sometimes good and sometimes not so good. But to evolve into the person I want to be, I have to try new things and push the envelope a little harder than I am used to doing. So Change – I accept it, I welcome it and I change daily.

Now today I am changing my out look on some things – FIRST – after I right this post, I'm looking into the mirror and changing into Super Man (The Training Genius)LOL. Seriously, everyday we change, however, we must stay focus and make changes (as you say TWEAK) to become better.

Shannon (Mastermind 2009-2010 $Millionaire)

You have changed me, in the past couple of years. I remember the first fitness summit that you put on. It opened my eyes to what was possible. I was an in-the-trenches, work 14 hours a day kind of guy working clients one on one. But that first summit, I learned about the power of boot camps and group training and asking for what I was truly worth. Not just doing a "free aerobics class" like they do at a gym but actually charging people per head, per month. From there on, my journey has taken many twists and turns, some of which you know about. Lets just say, I will never have a partner in business again, (other then my wife) unless its a "silent Partner" backing us with the funds to go on!

But, looking back just one a couple of years ago to now, I have really done a lot of growing. Kristen, my wife, and I own our own 3200 square foot "private studio". We take on one on one training clients based on if we want to or not, most of the time we just work on building our boot camps. Best bang for the buck, right? Now we have 5 boot camps going on everyday, 5 days per week with around 10 to 15 people in each one.

I still have a lot to learn, but I am so happy to have found you just a couple of years ago and i look forward to working with you in the future as well.

Keep up the good work spreading the message to trainers, just none in my area, okay!!!! LOL