Mark OttobreFounder, Enterprise Fitness · Results Driven Coaching

Fat Kid To Successful Business Owner

7 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this first‑person narrative, the speaker recounts how being an overweight child sparked an interest in personal training. After falling in love with weightlifting, he entered his first bodybuilding competition in 2004, placed last, and made a personal vow never to let a client have a similar experience. He then devoted himself to mastering how to get people in shape, which generated strong demand for his training services. Over the next decade he coached Janet Kane, guiding her to win four Australian titles, four Olympia titles, and three Arnold Classic titles. Her success amplified his reputation, leading to a surge of clients and the recurring challenge of having “too many people who want to train with me.”

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So when I started, I was the fat kid at school. That's what got me into PT. I fell in love with weights. Long story short, I did my first bodybuilding show in 2004, came last, and vowed that my experience would never happen to anyone again on my watch. So I dedicated myself to learning actually how to get people in shape. From that came a huge demand of people wanting to train with me. I met the lovely Janet Kane, who I ended up coaching for over 10 years, and she won 4 Australian titles, 4 Olympias, 3 Arnold Classics. And that led to more clients. And I remember my biggest complaint was there's too many people who want to train with me.