Exactly... I see that everyday. I work a very technical and specialized job in the service and everyone I work with is all about getting out after 20yrs of service and making a whopping 75-85k working for Lockheed Martin or some bullshit. Great. If I get to 40 yrs old to make 85k max I'm going to shoot myself. Combine that with STILL being somebody elses bitch and I m completely lost. I want control.. I want financial independance... and I want to turn the fat and gross into people who can be proud of themselves!
After everything you said on this thread I am very inspired. I thought I might make 40-50k max as a PT. The idea was to do that until I can open my own club. But hearing how much CAN be made if I'm motivated is far beyond what I thought gives me great hope that I can do very well for myself even before I open my own club.
One of the tricks is to not limit yourself to just personal training, in my business, I have a number of services that we do such as Boot camps, Kids training and camps, online training, nutrition counsiling and after the first of the year we're introducing strength camps especially geared for civil service recruts like Police, fire, coast guard, lifeguards and military prep, the idea is to make it along the lines of strongman training that will impliment Tire flipping, sand bag exercises and carries, sled pulling, etc,etc I already have alot of requests asking when it will start, I personally can't wait for that!!