Eventually, I began working at a gym. While other trainers struggled to find clients, my schedule quickly filled. I earned the reputation as a no nonsense trainer that genuinely cared about a client's success. The gym management encouraged shorter training sessions to allow for more time selling memberships and products. They invested no time in helping the trainers develop better knowledge about health and fitness but had many meetings on high pressure sales. I believed that leading by example in exercise and diet, conducting business with integrity, using honesty to develop trust and taking the time to answer a question even to those that would never become a paying client would lead to success. I was correct. After a few months, I became an independent trainer and started Shark Fitness Training.

Boot camps started as a way to allow people of all backgrounds and abilities to train in the same environment and have the opportunity to give their best effort. Group training usually consists of a spandex clad instructor in front of the class moving to a musical score. Participants simply try to keep up with the leader. For some, it is an impossible task while others aren't challenged. How can the instructor teach their clients anything or monitor exercise form while they are taking the class along with the trainees? Since nutrition is vital to success in training, why don't the instructors take the time to cover the topic?