How I Started My Business

I’ve been an online fitness coach since 2013. I stumbled across this business as a newlywed, living in a new state with my husband. I was disconnected from my core group of fit friends and fell into some bad habits — hiiiii double-stuffed Oreos on the couch every night after dinner! 

You can read more about that story here. In short, I started P90X (for the third time ;)), found a virtual accountability group, and saw results in nine days. I was SHOCKED. The workouts were so easy to follow and the meal plan taught me so much about nutrition, without feeling deprived. 

I was one of those people who didn’t know I needed support — I thought I could just show up and do it myself. But that wasn’t working. I needed the accountability of the virtual accountability group to finally get out of my rut. 

Signing Up

I signed up to be a coach early in my journey because I the idea of getting a discount on the product. But I quickly became curious about what it meant to be a fulltime coach, what this business was really about. Wait it’s a business? A real one? 

I learned that a coach didn’t need this INSANE transformation story. They didn’t need to be an expert in fitness or nutrition. Our product development team does all of that for you. They develop innovative fitness programming and sustainable balanced nutrition plans. A coach just had to be willing to show up and support others. I COULD DO THAT! I saw how quickly my life was changed when I gained access to a support group after years of trying to motivate myself… by myself. How could I NOT share that with others?

My biggest driver for becoming a coach was to hold myself accountable. I knew that if ONE person was looking to me for support and accountability, I could keep going. That would be enough to keep me on track. And it was!

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Getting Started

I dove right into learning the ins and outs of this business. That’s the thing about getting started. You have to be WILLING and EAGER to learn. Ask questions. Be curious. Be passionate. This will help you grow your business. No one is an expert at first and THAT’S FINE! But if you’re not coachable, you’re going to find it hard to succeed. 

I felt like a sponge those first few months. I soaked up everything I learned. One of my favorite and MOST CRITICAL parts of this business for me, outside of the amazing programs and products, is that my team is never salesy. There’s an authenticity that I LOVE about the people I work with & that is what I teach. I never wanted to be THAT GIRL on social media trying to constantly sell to my friends and family.

Pressuring people to buy something – ugh. No. I partner with Beachbody — I don’t sling for Beachbody. They have the BEST in the industry developing innovative fitness programming + creating simple, sustainable, and effective nutrition plans – all we have to do is follow it. I learned how to share in a way that felt authentic to ME and MY story. It felt like.. Ok.. this is working for me. I’m kind of surprised too. But it works – so let me share. Just like that taco shop I share, that braid tutorial I share, or that amazon find I share. Same thing. I believe in what I offer others because it’s worked for ME and it’s changed my life.

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Building My Team

I saw the vision quickly and I hit the ground running. I launched my first virtual Fit Camp in January 2013 with a couple of clients — I was SO EXCITED. It was such an amazing experience to be the person who got to help these women transform their bodies and relationship with food/fitness!

The story I began to share started with how virtual accountability groups helped me stick to this P90X program and helped me to actually finish it instead of quitting. It started with real results from a real girl who used to be a quitter. People started to relate to my story. I wasn’t this fitness junkie who LOVED all the salads and healthy foods right away. I was a hard-working nurse who sort of lost my way and gave in to some bad habits. Every day, I showed up and that simple consistency paired with the effectiveness of our programs spread quickly.

Others saw themselves in my story and began to trust me. They thought – well if SHE can do it, WHY NOT ME? And that is the ULTIMATE compliment!

They watched me implement this as my lifestyle. Showing up daily, including home fitness programming into my daily life. They watched me experience infertility, IVF, pregnancy, and postpartum weight loss. Each piece of my story connected with more and more people. Every month new people would connect with my story and join us in the virtual Fit Camp community I’ve built over the last 7.5 years.

Growing My Team

On top of fitness success and sustainability – the people in my life and my social network began to see my business thriving. They saw me “retire” from my nursing career. They saw me tell the story of paying cash for IVF and retiring my husband 10 years early from the SEAL teams. Everyone watched as we became debt-free and started building financial freedom. Others began to show their curiosity and wondered if they could build a “side gig” out of this business.

People were already joining me for the fitness and community. But now they were joining me to create residual income, build a business, or work for financial freedom and to come HOME from their traditional jobs. I was proof to them that this wasn’t some scam. This wasn’t too good to be true. This was a business I worked hard for, developed the skill for, and showed up consistently for. People began to trust me to mentor them on the path to their own success.

Again they said, if SHE can build a business, WHY NOT ME?

[no matter if they wanted to build a business for extra income – part-time or full time]

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Why I’m Grateful

Since then I’ve constantly been in the trenches leading and helping my team of coaches duplicate success. I’m always learning + growing.

I love what I do and love working but it is so important to me to keep my family as my priority no matter what, even on my calendar. My team is made up of the most incredible people from all different walks of like. My team is like me, PASSIONATE about what they do. We LOVE helping others. I teach my team to honor & prioritize their family – but to use the commitment they have to their family as FUEL to build this life changing business! 

THIS community isn’t one that I knew I needed. I certainly was not looking for it. I am so thankful for the way it has completely changed my life & also helped me to prioritize taking care of myself. My family has been through deployments, failed IUIs, IVF, postpartum, and more.

This community was there for me in so many ways and this BUSINESS has been a positive outlet in the most challenging of times. God knew exactly what He was doing – and I would have laughed if you told me this was the direction I was headed!! Truly unexpected. And the BIGGEST BLESSING of my life. I now have:

I’ve grown so much as a person and as a leader – which has spilled over into my personal life. I’m always working toward being the best version of myself so I can be the best wife, mother, and friend. This community encourages me to do that every day and I’m so grateful.

Why not you, too?

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Do this with us! Join Me!

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