It feels like yesterday when I told my mom I wanted to be a trainer and she almost fainted. I spent hours with my dad putting equipment together at my first location in 2011.

Personal training taught me the craft. Hospitality taught me the experience. TS Fitness was built on both.

15 years later, we are still going and still growing.

So many lessons learned, and it doesn’t stop.

I wanted to share a few of my top ones that have helped me not just survive, but thrive in the NYC fitness business.

15 Lessons From 15 Years of TS

1. Things that come easy are never worth it.
2. You either win or you learn — you never lose.
3. No one person does it alone.
4. If you are the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.
5. Resilience is consistency even when times are tough.
6. If everything is important, nothing is.
7. Focus on “one thing” and get really great at it.
8. Don’t mistake activity for achievement.
9. If you aren’t growing, you are dying.
10. Perfect is the enemy of good.
11. Complexity is the enemy of execution.
12. Motivation is what gets you started, but action is what keeps you going.
13. People support what they help to create.
14. Culture is everything.
15. Comparison is the thief of joy.

Thanks to all the team members, clients, friends, and family that have supported me along the way. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you.