The Gym That Proved I Wasn’t Crazy
In 2014, I co-founded Momentum Training, a gym tucked away in East London’s gritty backstreets. To most people, it looked like just another CrossFit box.
To me, it was everything.
It was the moment I finally proved, to myself and everyone else, that I wasn’t crazy.
Six years earlier, I’d walked away from a secure, well-paying corporate job in Australia. Four years before opening the gym, I’d stepped off the corporate ladder entirely to become a personal trainer.
I left behind the suit, the steady paycheck, and the “respectable career” I’d worked so hard to build.
My dad thought I was nuts. My mates didn’t get it.
What's your unique coaching ability?
If there’s one skill to master that allows you to make more money doing what you love, it’s understanding your Unique Ability. As health and fitness professionals we are all unique - from our experiences, our knowledge and skills, our passions, values, goals, and the things that energise and motivate us to get out of bed and work with our clients. Unfortunately, many of us downplay our uniqueness because we’ve never acknowledged or appreciated our talents.
Often, the things we are best at are so ingrained in us; we don’t recognise them as being special or unique. If your ambition is to take charge and build the business and lifestyle that you want, finding your unique ability is a sure-fire route to getting there.