Follow the Process
I document the process & the lessons behind it.
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Finding Purpose
I ended up graduating from Cal State Long Beach in 2012.
Around that time, fitness had become a huge part of my life.
It gave me something I felt like I had been searching for:
Luckily, I knew Randall Pich from class and we always got along.
At the time, he was leaving Bally’s
and starting his own private training business.
Meanwhile, I was sitting there trying to figure out what life after college even looked like.
So I asked him if I could shadow him for a bit…
just to learn.
He said yes
That small opportunity changed everything.
But even more importantly
Someone finally believed in me
So I kept showing up.
Things slowly started to pick up.
Then 2013 came along.
From all-nighters in the library basement studying for finals
to taking random activity classes
to graduating CSULB together...
Me and Jandar always stayed close through the years.
Somehow, our paths always lined up exactly when they were supposed to
So we built something from nothing.
And slowly…
Things started to move.
People started noticing.
Our name started spreading.
We began to really gain momentum.
We eventually outgrew the space we were in.
It was time to start looking for our own location
We were 27.
No real business experience.
No track record.
And every landlord we talked to?
Not a chance.
After a while…
it started to feel like it wasn’t going to happen.
Like maybe we weren’t ready.
Then out of nowhere…
An opportunity came.
We took a shot.
And somehow…
they took a shot on us too.
We signed the lease.
One month.
That’s all we had.
No Blueprint.
Just learning as we went.
And from there…
Things started coming together.
Things were getting real.
We were more than just a gym.
We were
A community.
A brand.
A safe place.
And most importantly, we were making an impact.
We were living the Dream.