Resilience, Fitness and Redemption | Sean Casey

In this episode, Sean Casey shares his inspiring journey from a troubled past in the streets to becoming a respected figure in the fitness industry. He discusses the importance of community, discipline, and authenticity in transforming lives and emphasizes that everyone has the power to change their trajectory through hard work and resilience. 

• Sean's transition from street life to fitness
• Discovering the importance of fitness during incarceration
• The challenges of rebuilding his life after prison
• Viewing fitness as a business and the value of personal trainers
• The significance of community and accountability in achieving health goals
• Encouraging others to focus on daily progress and self-improvement
• The future vision for Raw305 and the fitness industry

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yo, today, with the podcast, we're doing something
extraordinary.
We're about to shoot a livepodcast in a tattoo shop.
I got a fire guest that's goingto be coming on talking about
his story in a tattoo shop whilehe's getting tatted.
You guys definitely want tomake sure that you walked into
this episode.
Shout out to my guy Raw305.
Listen, it's going to beamazing.
You guys do not want to missthis podcast.

(00:21):
Let's get it, let's go.
So what do you think?
What do you think trainersoverlook or don't see in this
area, in fitness, where they canreally get a badge?

Speaker 2 (00:29):
My old boss used to tell me, all the time too, he's
like you're not paying for aworkout, you're paying for an
hour of your time, a hundredpercent.
How much does your time work toyou?
Like?
Is your time only worth 75bucks?
I plus grinding 16, 18 hourdays to accumulate this
knowledge and then trying onpeople and experience and see
how it works and what doesn'twork, adding tools to my tool

(00:50):
belt every day.
So I know, like, what to do,what not to do, when to try this
, when not to try this.
So you paying for that, what doyou think kept?

Speaker 1 (00:58):
you in there, I'm so long.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Well, I always tell people don't get in at all,
because once you in it it's likealmost impossible to get out
Because it's addicting, like thepower you get.
You know what I mean.
Like you're the man.
Now you got some money, you gotsome clout.
You know what I mean.
So it's like, oh, I like thisshit, you like everything that
comes with it, until it allcomes crumbling down.
It's definitely easy to stay init.

(01:20):
Biggest challenge of running agym, like any business, is
finding good help.
So like team, yeah, team,another train.
Because people will be likedamn, if it's not your class,
I'm not coming and I can't haveit.
Then that's not a business,that's just me hustling.
So it has to be where theproduct is the product, no
matter who's teaching.
But just to find someone who'swilling to to dedicate their
life to somebody else's businessyou know what I mean.

(01:41):
When it's not theirs like, willthey really treat it like it's
theirs and help build it?

Speaker 1 (01:55):
what's up y'all?
Welcome to another episode ofthe arm suit podcast.
We're live in miami, we're onthe move.
You guys remember how we usedto start the podcast.
We actually shot all episodesmobile, in different locations.
So look we out the studio thistime with my guy, Sean Casey,
and he's getting a tattoo.
You know what I'm saying.
He has a very interesting story, so you guys are going to learn
a lot about what he got goingon.
So tap in, bro.

(02:16):
What's up?
What's up?
Man when?

Speaker 2 (02:18):
you got me today, bro , we fucking with Panda.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
House of Panda tattoo best tattoo artist in the game.
We about to start some tattoowars, but real quick.
Today's my best friend'sanniversary day 21 years ago.
So, ryan Fernandez, you know,got to keep that shit alive
forever, so RIP baby Love you,yeah, 100%.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
And then you know we'll put a picture up and have
his name going for you andeverything like that on the
episode, bro.
So, oh, yeah, I see it.
I see it.
So, um, what's special aboutwhere we at what you're getting
right now and why a tattoo?

Speaker 2 (02:54):
so, um, I mean pandas , he's the best in the game.
I met him a few years ago.
Somebody sent me his work whenI was gonna get the butterflies
and uh, we just locked in likethat.
And then recently he hit me bytraining.
I've been training him for acouple months and I've been.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
You know the gym is my life.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
I live in the gym.
It saved my life.
Everything I do is the gym, soI was like I got to put it on me
.
You know what I mean.
Like you got to rep your brandat all times.
So, I might not have a hat, Imight not have a t-shirt on me.
You know I like to stay with myshirt off, so I got to make
sure I got that raw on me allthe time.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Like I live by this shit, so so it's part of me.
What is raw, what is raw Like?
What does that stand for?
What does it mean to you?

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Raw is whatever you want.
I mean just being raw, like youknow.
I mean just get it out the mug,get it how you live.
I get that extra rep in the gym, get that extra rep in life.
Don't quit on shit, you know.
I mean like you wrong, like beauthentic, be yourself, no
matter what nobody says aboutyou, what you think about
yourself.
Past experiences, I mean likejust wrong.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
So so who was Sean Casey prior to you know you
being an gym owner.
You helping and changing a lotof people's lives with fitness.
Who were you?

Speaker 2 (04:08):
before this, so before I got into the gym, you
know I was fucking around in thestreets and shit like that
Ended up going away to federalprison for a while.
Somebody actually put a murderfor hire on me and it's crazy
because he just one of the dudeswho put the hit out on me
called me Friday and was like yo, I just want to apologize, blah
, blah, blah.
So I feel like that was kind oflike full circle type shit.

(04:29):
But you know I was on thestreets heavy like most of my
friends were dead in jail.
My best friends been 25 on amurder.
I talked to my boys when 23, 30, like every day.
So you know somebody who wasjust headed down the wrong path
trying to get some money, youknow trying to figure out life,
but just in the wrong directioncompletely so what city you grew
up in?

Speaker 1 (04:48):
I grew up in miami so you grew up in miami and you
said you got caught up in somestreet stuff.
So, so what type of streetstuff did you get caught up in?

Speaker 2 (04:57):
um, I ended up going away.
I played gifted to a weedcharge, armed trafficking charge
, but for weed you know weplayed around everything back in
the day, a little coke shithere and there I caught a dope
charge when I was like 18, butsmall shit.
And then you know we was justripping and running.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
Strapped up since, like high school, Um, you know,
just a lot of violence a lot ofyou know, robbing, stealing.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
You know what I mean, whatever it, the day and tear
we was on.
You know what I mean, but likeI was really deep in it.
So I mean like everybody wascarrying guns at all times, like
people were catching bodiesleft and right.
People were dying left and right, people were going to jail
forever, left and right.
So it was like every day waslike you could be your last.
You know what I mean?
It was just.
I was out here trying to getsome money, just acting a fool.

(05:40):
You didn't really want to thinkabout life, because you're so
caught up.
You know it's gonna end soonand not gonna end well, so just
like you're always just movingaround, you know, getting high
and shit, partying, fucking withbitches, and then just moving,
work all day, just waiting forthe ceiling to collapse you
think it was easy for you.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
Um, in retrospect, looking back on it, right,
you're older now, so you know,as an adolescent, is it easy to
just get into that life?
Or is that like a choice thatyou feel like teenagers make?
Or is it like you're just outand about, it's like this is
what we're doing.
Or you feel like kids that makeit a conscious effort to like
to do, to do that.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
I feel like it's super easy to get into this life
, cause everybody wants to be apart of something.
You know what I mean.
That's why the gym is huge,because of community.
You got different people youcan go to.
It's the streets, it's easy.
You know what I mean.
Like I played sports my wholelife so I always had that
camaraderie thing.
Like I lost two of my friendswhen I was very young.
So it's like you always justlooking for someone you can
relate to, similar age, thatjust like has your back and

(06:35):
loves you.
You know what I mean.
And to get in the gang and to bein the streets you don't really
have to do anything.
You might have to get jumped inor like hit a lick or some, but
it's like it doesn't take a lotof effort.
So people are easily grabbingtoward that because it's like a
family without any of the effortto get in.
Like you know, if you playsports you got to go practice
seven days where you got to workout.
You join a club in school, yougot to actually put in the work.

(06:57):
But if you you try to be on theblock and just hang around, all
you got to do is show up andjust start doing dumb shit and
you can fit in pretty quick.
So I think people always wantto try and gravitate towards
like an organization orlike-minded people where they
can fit in.
You know everybody wants to fitin, don't?
Nobody want to be an outsider.
So you know the streets and weglorify that shit nowadays, like
in music and tv shows and shit.

(07:18):
So I definitely feel like it'seasy to get into the street like
so easy.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
What do you feel like kept you in the streets?
Was it money, lifestyleCombination?
What do you think kept you inthere so long?

Speaker 2 (07:33):
I always tell people don't get in at all.
Once you're in it it's almostimpossible to get out Because
it's addicting.
The power you get, you're theman now.
You got some money, you gotsome clout.
I like this shit, you likeeverything that comes with it,
until it all comes crumblingdown.
Most people don't think thatfar ahead.
They get so addicted to havingmoney on them at all times To
have people looking at them acertain way, the respect you get

(07:54):
.
You know what I mean.
Like people move out of the wayfor you, they give you free
shit, they, I mean.
So it's definitely easy to stayin.
It's almost impossible to getout, like.
I think that's why peoplesalute me how they salute me,
because I got out and it's soeasy to just go pick that pack
back up and make a run.
You know what I mean.
So it's hard to get out thatshit, so don't ever get in it

(08:16):
because once you in, it isalmost impossible.

Speaker 1 (08:20):
People still think I'm in it now.
You know what I mean.
You think you.
You think, uh, how, how is itdifferent now than the way it
was back then?
So you think like, let's say,let's say, if you were in that
life and in that environment now, how different is it from from
back then?

Speaker 2 (08:33):
I mean if I was in it now, I'd just be way more
structured with it.
You know what I mean.
Like the discipline, the drive.
I'll probably be a problem forreal, but it just the feeling
like you, you at war withyourself all day, like you're
always looking over yourshoulder.
You got anxiety.
Every car to get behind youcould be the police or a jack
boy, or you know I mean one.
One bad shipment goes wrong,money gets fucked up, somebody

(08:56):
gets jammed up.
It's just you never have amoment of peace.
You know I mean.
So now it's like I can I feelgood all the time.
You know I mean I'd be proud ofwhat I'm doing.
Now it's like I feel good allthe time.
You know what I mean.
I can be proud of what I'mdoing.
I'm not always hiding, I'm notliving a lie.
I'm proud to be me.
You know what I mean.
So definitely peace of mind.
You know what I mean.
When you're in the streets,there's no peace of mind.

Speaker 1 (09:15):
So what was the transition from you being in the
streets to obviously having arealization that you know what
this ain't for me.
No more.
I'm going to get out of it, I'mgoing to do something else.
And then how to fitness likecome to play with all that.

Speaker 2 (09:28):
Well, it never got to a point where it's like I'm
done with this, I'm out of it.
Because even when I went up theroad it was still like, okay,
we go into where all the bestcriminals are, so we're going to
meet some plugs, do this shitagain, because it's all I really
knew, you know?
I mean like I was so scared tofail and I didn't want to waste
my time in school and then notknow what to do and then be a
play.
So I'm like, even if I go tojail and this, at least I tried

(09:51):
something you know what I meanso just ripping, running and
shit like that.
What was the question?

Speaker 1 (09:57):
like when did you realize that you had to get out
of?

Speaker 2 (09:59):
it.
I ain't never.
I ain't never.
Like when I was in jail, I juststarted working out, really,
because I was like, all right, Ihave time.
You know what I mean.
You want to live with it.

Speaker 1 (10:05):
Were you working out before?

Speaker 2 (10:06):
No, I never worked out before jail, all right.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
So being locked up, you found fitness, I'm assuming,
because there wasn't much elseto do.
Exactly.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
So you're doing push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups.
We didn't have pull up bars andthen we had like a little room
where we do like body weightexercises and shit.
But it was just like, yeah,pull up dips, push-ups, burpees,
squats, jump squats, whateverwe could come up with.
We would come up with somecrazy ass shit too.
You know, like we talked aboutearlier.
You mean, people areresourceful yeah, in fact you
ain't got much.
You're gonna figure out a way toget it in especially you got a

(10:36):
lot of people around you,somebody gonna come up with some
shit.
Yeah, sometimes good, sometimesbad, but you know we we're
going to get that work inregardless.

Speaker 1 (10:43):
So you didn't have that habit of going to the gym
prior to, so you locked up.
Did you get into the habit offitness?
Is that now forming adiscipline, or like when you so,
when you get, when you leave,are you taking that discipline
with you?
Right, okay?

Speaker 2 (10:56):
That's like I feel like it's my biggest strong suit
, like one of them is no matterwhat it takes, I'm gonna get the
job done, no matter how I feel,no matter what is going on
around me.
Like if the job got to get done, we're gonna get it done.
Like, no matter what we got toget up at this time, we're gonna
get up at this time.
We got to go walk a thousandmiles, we're gonna walk a
thousand miles because that'sthat's what we're supposed to do

(11:17):
.
And they instilled that in mein there like no other.
Like I was already prettydisciplined in some areas in my
life.

Speaker 1 (11:22):
But like that really locked me into a point where
it's like there's just, there'sno, there's no negotiations with
yourself so you feel like, ifyou know, unfortunately, those
that are locked up, or peoplethat may have gotten locked up
today or might be going away fora little bit, do you think
that's a blessing that they canreceive from being locked up,
that discipline?

Speaker 2 (11:42):
I mean, I feel like everybody should go away for a
little while, like, definitelyremove yourself from society.
Cell phones even if they gotphones but just to really like
find yourself.
I'm going to create yourself.
No distractions, no girls, notechnology.
Really, just it's you.
What are you going to do withyour life?
You know what I mean.

(12:03):
So you get a chance to reallylook yourself in the mirror,
like, tell yourself, I'm gonnastop being a piece of, I'm gonna
stop making excuses and I'mgonna try and better myself.
And then, once you startbettering yourself, it becomes
like a domino effect.
You just want to keep gettingbetter and better, because as
you get better, you start tofeel better and it's like okay,
I like this.
You know what I mean.
So it definitely afforded methe time to fall into those,
create those habits and thenpause those habits, because out

(12:24):
here there's so manydistractions.
You know you might be like well, I'm going to do this, I'm
going to do that, I'm going tostop doing this, I'm going to
stop doing that.
But there's so manydistractions, so many
temptations, it's hard to reallylock it in.
And it takes a little while tolock those habits in, to make
them permanent.
So I feel like I had justcreate those habits and then
instill those habits in me wherethey'll never be?

Speaker 1 (12:44):
How long was you locked up for?

Speaker 2 (12:48):
I had a 65-month sentence.

Speaker 1 (12:48):
I ended up doing like four and a half years.
So what was that like?
Friendships, family Did youhave relationships with people
that was close to you, and didthose relationships change when
you were locked up, when you gotout?
What was that like?

Speaker 2 (12:59):
I mean it was hard for me because I was 22 when I
went away, so I knew most of myfriends that I was with at that
point were going to go getmarried move away shit like that
.
So that was tough.
You know what I mean.
You want to hold on to thoselast couple of years, your 20s
and stuff.
So that was tough.
But the relationships I builtinside are unbreakable.
When you're at your lowest andpeople are stripped down,

(13:20):
everybody's wearing the samethings.
You can only get so much stuff.
You can't talk to your family,so you start to make
relationships involved withpeople in there.
It's just super genuine, youknow I mean because I can't
really do shit for you and youcan't do shit for me.
So it's like you know, we justlike-minded people.
Certain vibrations won't migrateto you and then you guys just

(13:40):
help each other, get better,help yourself through the time,
because you always have roughdays in there.
I mean you might get a badphone call.
You might remember some, andthen those people that really
held you down and made you gowork out when you didn't feel
like working out, or told younot to get in that fight when
you were about to get a fightyou know what I mean.
So I still talk to a lot ofthem, dude, a lot, a lot.
Unfortunately, a a lot.

(14:06):
You know.
Unfortunately, a few of themthat I was really close with got
out.
Some of them went back in, someof them died.
You know I mean because, justlike we talked about the
temptations and the distractions, you know I mean starts getting
at them a little bit, they geta little itch and then next
thing, you know, they back fullthrottle.
And you know they didn't, theyweren't ever to get completely
out.
So that's why I go even harderto represent for them.
You, I mean, I saw how good theybecame in there when you remove

(14:27):
the distraction and temptationslike what a good people they
could be and like how disciplineand the things they could
accomplish if they just wouldhave Stayed on the straight line
.
And a lot of people didn't havethis support system that I do,
so, you know, it's easy for themto turn back to it.
So that's why I really makesure that I got to stay focused.
I got to stay focused, I got tostay disciplined.
I can't let nothing knock meoff track because I'm
representing everybody that wasin jail and everybody coming out

(14:49):
for a second chance.
It's like if I could do it, whycan't they do it?
So I feel like it's a positionthat I got to play and hold down
.

Speaker 1 (14:58):
So where did the fitness aspect come from, as far
as you creating the businessside of it?
So when you came, out out.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
Did you already have that idea?
Where did you get the idea tocreate a business out of fitness
?
So one of my boys, t-fit, shoutout, t-fit.
He was doing the fitness thingbefore I went away, before.
It was like a big thing.
You know what I mean.
And when I was in jail I heardhe was doing pretty well.
So I was like I was already hadit in my mind like this is what
I was gonna do, because I lovedit, like I fell in love with it
.
I was gonna work out and trainall day, whether I got paid or
not.
But seeing someone that I knowdo it and be successful at it

(15:31):
gave me some confidence to belike okay, you can do this.
You know what I mean.
Like obviously I was nervous, Iwas scared, but I was like as
much work as I put in in jail,like the reading, the study and
the training, the working out.
I was so confident in mypreparation.
I was like I can't fail, like Iknew I was going to come out
and crush it.

Speaker 1 (15:48):
I mean I had like a little nerve and stuff but in
the back of my mind like therewas no way I was going to lose
so talk to me how you talk to mehow you started it right,
because there's a lot oftrainers that especially miami
100 but there's a lot oftrainers that'll never get a
studio, but there's a lot oftrainers that that don't really
know their worth.
You know I'm saying thatthere's a lot of trainers that

(16:09):
over train.
You know, you know I'm sayingso.
Uh, talk to me about, like, um,how you created your, your, you
know the concept for for,obviously, having studio, your
point.
You know I'm saying the uh, theum, the plans, the training,
like how, how did you come outwith the idea?
How'd you end up getting thestudio?
What was like getting thosefirst clients?

Speaker 2 (16:28):
well, that's why now, like I really try and train
trainers and help pay it forwardso I can teach them like yo,
you can get some money in this.
You just gotta do it the rightway because there are so many
trainers and it is so saturated.
But if you really stick to ascript you can really get a lot
of money in this shit, like dopemoney in this shit, but with
the peace of mind.
But when I was getting out itwas I had a friend who had a gym
and he was like I got you, butthen that shit fell through.

(16:49):
So I started just applyingaround different places.
I never really wanted my owngym, I just wanted to go work at
a gym.

Speaker 1 (16:55):
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(17:16):
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Speaker 2 (17:48):
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Speaker 1 (17:50):
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Speaker 2 (17:55):
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Speaker 2 (18:16):
Before.
I don't know what you wastalking about, but this, right
here, we're going to make a lotof money Because we gon' make a
lot of money Because of mybackground.
So I would go in, fill out theapplication, do the interview
and they're like oh you morethan qualified you A1.
I got like nine, 10certifications.
I got jailed Like my, the way Ispoke was on point, you know
what I mean.
So they were all like, oh,you're good, and then I would

(18:39):
never get a call back.
I would never get a call back.
I would never get a call back.
And then finally one of themtold me like yo, it's because
your background they're notallowed to tell you that,
because they're not allowed tonot hire a person because
they're a felon.
But they were like, yeah,that's what's stopping me.
So I just went on full throttle,just applying everywhere,
calling people, asking them ifthey knew anybody.
And I was really about to gowork at a pizza place the next
day because I was in the halfwayhouse.

(18:59):
You can't leave the halfwayhouse until you got a job.
So I was there for like twoweeks, no job.
It just wasn't looking like Iwas gonna get it.
And then I ended up that legacyfit, you know, shout out to
manning for putting me on.
And you know I had to beg alittle bit, but you got the job
done.
And then his guidance, hisleadership, that gym it was like
perfect fit.
So I just started learning fromhim and he was in his first gym

(19:22):
.
Now he owns, owns seven gyms,so I got to watch him open up
all these different gyms, seehow, see how it went, see his
path, see, okay, maybe Iwould've did this differently.
Or okay, damn, he did that likethis.
So being able to learn from himin that aspect.
And then in prison I had Bezo.
So Bezo ran that shit superstrict.
Shout out Bezo.
Um, we were like 60 deep inthere, but it was set schedule

(19:44):
Monday through Sunday.
You know exactly where you'regoing to be, at what time, what
you're going to do, what baryou're on, who's in your group.
And then when he left, I endedup taking that over.
So I just fell in love withhelping people get in shape.
And then there was alwayspeople like yo, I'll pay you,
I'll pay you, I'll pay you.

Speaker 1 (20:07):
Because, yo, I can make money, for instance, you
know what I'm saying.
Like, what do you think they,what do you think they're
overlooking?
Because I, I got, I got friendsthat train, I mean, I got a
homie that trains back in la,where I was living, and I'm not
in like I'm, I'm into fitness asfar as lifestyle, but I've
never been a trainer, you know.
You know what I mean.
So but I would always tell himlike, yo, I think you're
charging too low, bro, you knowwhat I'm saying.

(20:29):
Like, I feel like he wascharging like he didn't really
have no, he didn't have noprograms, right, because I, I'm
the one, I think, introducedhaving a program to him.
I think he's charging like 75dollars an hour.
You know I'm saying, um, but hehad a problem getting clients,
so we have one, maybe one, two,then none, then maybe one.
You know what I'm saying.
So, like he was, he reallywasn't into the marketing like

(20:49):
that, and I just felt like, evenafter, 75 dollars to me was low
for what you get.
Like you changed somebody's lifeyou know what I mean, um, and
on the outside it changes themon the inside and then you give
them habits.
You know what I saying.
So I feel like that, plus theaccountability, you're changing
someone's whole, you're helpingthem become who they're designed
to be.

(21:09):
You know what I mean?
And the by-product of that iswhat they job confidence,
marriage.
You know what I'm saying.
They can walk with their headup high, their chest put out.
You know what I mean?
Just yeah, 100%.
And as a byproduct, I mean welive in America, man, people
want to work with people thatlook good, you know, like, if

(21:31):
it's you versus someone else,100%.
And that other person let's saythe other person may be more
qualified, right, but they don'treally got the look.
But the person that's not asqualified got the look.

Speaker 2 (21:46):
Most likely you're going to go with the one with
the look.
You know what I'm saying myboys would tell me the look
going to draw them in and then,what you know, going to keep
them 100%.
So what?

Speaker 1 (21:52):
do you think trainers overlook or don't seem to kind
of see in this area, in fitness,where they can really get a
badge?

Speaker 2 (22:05):
75 in LA Miami is way too low.
Like I charge 200 sessions andI don't.
You got to do 10 up front, soit's 2000 for a 10 pack or I'm
not moving.
Yeah, I mean my old boss tellme all the time too.
He's like they're not payingfor a workout, they're paying
for an hour of your time 100 howmuch is your time worth to you?
like your time only worth 75bucks.
I spent 12 years plus grinding16, 18 hour days to accumulate
this knowledge and then try iton people and experience and see

(22:26):
how it works and what doesn'twork, adding tools to my tools
every day.
So I know, like, what to do,what not to do, when to try this
, when not to try this.
So you paying for that, you gotto pay for all this time and
this knowledge and this effortthat I've soaked up over the
years.
So you definitely got to.
I don't know how you can livein LA and Miami charging $7,000.

(22:47):
You can't, bro.

Speaker 1 (22:47):
You can't.

Speaker 2 (22:48):
So it's like I feel like I'm the best trainer in the
world and, like you said, I'mtaking care of your body.
You only get one body, 100%yeah.
You can get a new car, you canget a new house.
So if I'm not a good trainerand I give give you a torn ACL
or a herniated disc or aseparated shoulder or a sprained
AC joint, it's like you'refucked.
It's going to mess up your day.
It's going to mess up your life.

(23:08):
You're going to be in pain allday.
You're not going to be able tomove the way you want to move.
So most trainers aren't thatgood.
I feel like most trainersshould get malpractice because
they're really fucking you up.

Speaker 1 (23:30):
So when you find somebody that you have
confidence in, that's holdingyou accountable, that's
improving your life, that'schanging your mindset, like you
definitely gotta pray for that.
Yeah, 100, I mean I would, bro,I would agree, because just
someone that, like I said, I'mnot a trainer, but every day I'm
running, I run a mile every dayand I'm in the gym every day
and I built up thatself-discipline within myself
that I'm gonna go do the work.
I still feel like I need and Iwant a trainer because it's like
I should get a trainer too.

Speaker 2 (23:48):
100%.

Speaker 1 (23:49):
Like, coaches need coaches you know what I'm saying
If you want to go to the nextlevel.
I mean LeBron got a coach,jordan had a coach, everybody
needs a coach.

Speaker 2 (23:54):
You're going to see shit you don't see and they're
going to 100%.

Speaker 1 (24:00):
Two more reps.

Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah, facts, that was good.
It wasn't that good.

Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah, like even today , even today Over the weekend, I
heard this stat.
It was like because I'm 44.
So I heard this stat, right,the stat was only 5% of men over
30 still run, right.
And then it was like like Ithink the stat was less than 2%

(24:27):
of men over 30 can do like a boxjump over like 40 inches.
So now that's in my head nowright.
So normally I'm hitting theweights every day, so now, like
Sunday is going to be me goingback to lateral movements, me
doing lateral, I mean me doingladder drills.
You know what I'm saying Highjumping, high knees.

(24:48):
And today I hit the box I did.
It was 44 inches on a box, so Ihit it clean twice.
You know what I'm saying.
But it just made me think likethe older you get, like you said
, you got one body, you got onemind, you got one temple.
You have to take care of this.
You don't use it, you lose it.
100, you know.

Speaker 2 (25:04):
I mean like you see all these people professionally,
even like they retire fromtheir job next week, they're
dead because it's like once youstop using your muscles, they go
away and once they go away youget old, we can die.
Yeah, like I'm not big intorunning and box jumps and stuff
like that, because impact onyour body I'm all about like
risk reward.
Yeah, my whole thing is justget you stronger, build more
muscle, speed up your metabolismand then, if you want to do

(25:24):
stuff like that, that's more oflike a sport and a skill 100 I'm
just my job is to get you readyfor that yeah that foundation
yep joints move in a good rangeof motion.
You have integrity in yourjoints, like weak positions.
You're still strong.
I mean you got density in yourbones.
You're mobile, your strengthit's just that strength mobility
balance.
So I'm just trying to figureout what works best for you.

(25:45):
100%.
But yeah, you see a lot ofpeople like my age.
I'm 35.
I see people looking likethey're 75.
You know what I mean.
When I was up the road, youwould see a lot of people go to
medical and not come back.
So I was kind of like, damn, Igot to take care of myself.

Speaker 1 (25:59):
And If I don't?

Speaker 2 (26:00):
work out twice a day, I'm going to start thinking
some crazy thoughts.
I might end up doing somethingI'm not supposed to be doing,
fucking with some vices hangingaround some people.
I'm not supposed to.
But as soon as I get thatworkout in my mind like it
refreshes you know what I mean.
So it's like I definitely wantto keep my mental health strong
and then I want to be strong, Iwant to look good, I want to be
able to take my shirt off in belike damn you know what I mean

(26:21):
like it's the ultimate yeah,yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:24):
You can't, you can't buy that.

Speaker 2 (26:25):
You can't buy that when they do it, don't look
right yeah fake ass.
You got fake ass, but you're ayeah facts, yo people getting
fake apps all day, bro, likefake it.
Bro, you gotta earn this, yougotta put in the work, you gotta
earn it like that's that's life.
That's when you feel good.
When you earn something.
You don't earn it.
When you cheat it, you feel bad.
When you cheat on anything atest, a girl relationship, like

(26:47):
you always get that like queasyfeeling after.
Even if you got no conscience,you can block it off like it
doesn't feel good.
But when you put in that workevery day over years and years,
and years and years you look inthat mirror, you're like god
damn boy I'm a sexy motherfucker, you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yeah, you ain't wrong , that shit feels good, I think.
I think what makes it feelbetter and better is as you age
and as you get older and mature.
You know that less and lesspeople that that you know or
that you come up with are gonnahave that like when I go home.
It's just me, bro, like, like,like the homies I grew up with,

(27:20):
they all looking older.
You know what I'm saying.
They're all looking way moremature, way more age.
You know I'm saying so.
So, as you, if you, if you keepthese habits and you stay
working out, you stay with yourfitness, you stay on your game
and you get older, you're gonnalook at you it's gonna be easier
for you to stand out amongstmen or women that that are in
your age bracket.
You know, because the older youget, the less people are gonna

(27:44):
be staying with them habits,stay with that discipline,
taking care of themselves.
You know people gonna getaround.
You know I mean I look a littleolder, look a little age, move
a little bit slower.
You know saying so, I don'tpercent.
So what are some of the armchallenges of running the gym?

Speaker 2 (28:02):
Biggest challenge of running the gym, like any
business, is finding good.
So like team, team, anothertrain people would be like damn,
if it's not your class, I'm notcoming and I can't have it.
Then that's not a business,that's just me hustling, so it
has to be where the product isthe product, no matter who's
teaching.

Speaker 1 (28:18):
Obviously people have their favorites and connect
with certain people and you know, training is kind of like a
cult, but just to find someonewho's willing to to dedicate
their life to somebody else'sbusiness you know what I mean
when it's not theirs like willthey really treat it like it's
theirs and help build it?

Speaker 2 (28:33):
that's how I was at legacy fit.
I treated it like it was mine,you know, I mean, and I ran to
the top with it because I wasn'tlike, oh, I'm not getting paid
for that, or oh, that's, that'soutside my pay range, or it's
like no job needs to get done,like let's do the job.
So just finding people that arewilling to go all in trust the
process.
Take a little less money in thebeginning to go to the top.

(28:53):
You know just everyday bullshit.
You know you got clients whocomplain, people, this and that,
but none of that stuff.
Really Just finding good helpyou.
When you find yourself somegood help, it's easy, like I got
me some good help now.
So now breath of fresh air.
I'm a little bit more calm downand then my class is better, my
clients are better because I'mnot worried about like damn, do
I have to do this all myself, orwhat are they gonna think later

(29:17):
?
You know, I got a week latecoming up.
Next.
It's like I know I got somebodyholding me down.
When I'm not there it feelsgood.
You know what I mean yeah sodefinitely find the help.

Speaker 1 (29:25):
So talk to me about the money in the fitness space.
I mean you're a gym owner.
I mean you already kind ofbroke down like what it's going
to take for you to even trainsomebody.
You know what I'm saying, right?
So what type of money cansomeone in this space let's say
I'm a brand new trainer, youknow?
Let's say, I hear about you andI want to come under your
tutelage, right?
What can I learn as far as howmuch money I can make in the

(29:48):
space or what my ceiling mightbe if anything?

Speaker 2 (29:50):
Well, that's why I'm doing what I'm doing now.
I'm trying to help personaltrainers maximize their income.

Speaker 1 (29:56):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (29:57):
There's only so many hours in the day and there's
only so many people you can see,obviously.
So you're obviously capped outas far as, like, the in-person
training.
But I always tell people,especially new trainers coming
in, like, can you do fiveclients a day at 100 bucks a pop
?
That's 15 grand for the month.
You know what I mean.
So I'm doing 200 a session.
I teach classes in between twoI gotta pay, but I'm doing no

(30:18):
less than six, seven clients aday at 200 bucks.
You know, I mean you make 1500,2000 a day if you really got
your foot on the gas yeah youcan make anywhere from 30 to 60.
You know what I mean minimum 15.
To me the minimum is 15.
Yeah, like you're a realtraining professional with it
minimum 15.
But you should be in the 20s30s and then, if you're elite
and you know how to move peopletogether and they're cool with

(30:39):
it, then you can get up into the50s and 60s.
But I don't see how you can dothat.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
So just for clarity, you're talking about 50 racks a
month, 60 racks a month, 30racks a month, so anywhere
between like 15 to like 60 racksa month, a trainer that's.
I mean.
If y'all listen to this rightnow, you're saying a trainer, a
personal trainer can make about15 to 60 plus thousand a month.
You know what I'm saying?
Somewhere in that range, yeah.

Speaker 2 (31:05):
Should be, but most of them start between like three
and 10, they're in the five,six, six, seven range.
Because they don't fully committo it, they're not living it
themselves.
Like that's one of the biggestthings, like you gotta live it,
but people don't want to trainwith you.
They gotta see it like it'salmost like remember michael
jordan in uh space jam he hadlike the super soup juice and it
was just water, yeah peoplegotta think you got that sauce

(31:27):
yeah I post my picture every day4, 30 in the morning.
People like damn, damn thisfucking human.

Speaker 1 (31:31):
No, I've seen that.
I've seen that joint, yeah,every day, not because I want to
post a fucking picture.

Speaker 2 (31:35):
But it's like yo I'm showing you I'm really living
that life.
I mean I'm really in heregetting it and I've really been
training all day, every day.
I really got all the tools inthe tool belt, so it's like you
got, you got to separateyourself and show people your
craft and what you're doing.
So your your first thing is youlike, like we talked about, they
got to see you that you livethat shit, and then it's just
grinding, grinding, grinding.
You got to make sure yourschedule is set.

(31:55):
On the weekends you got to betexting everybody like, hey,
what day you come and make surethe payments you run it like a
business pay upfront for themonth If you miss your session.
I got a strict 24 hourcancellation policy.
I don't give a fuck.
You know what I mean.
Kid's sick Cool, you got yourwork.
Cool.
Like I understand I don't takeit personal, but like I got a
kid too, you know what I meanwhen she's sick, I'm still here.
This is my work.

(32:15):
You know what I mean.
I make sure I'm here for you.
You're paying for an hour of mytime.
So it's being strict becausetreated like a business.
So the more you run it like abusiness, the more the money
will come.
And then you got to beorganized.
You got to have your scheduleset.
You got to always be reachingout for new clients because
people come and go and ifsomebody can afford 200 an hour,

(32:37):
they can afford to go onvacation for the summer.
Most of them are probably goingto be in the south of france, so
you might have to put like two,three people together to get
that same 200, or you might haveto train athletes in the off
season or you might have to runa couple camps or something out
in the field and events and shitlike that, or to come up with
that when it's not at the front.
You know, the last four yearspeople been a little fucked up

(32:57):
because, uh, you know we got itback though, so now that money's
starting to flow a littlebetter so people can spend that
little bit extra.
But it's just about committingto the process and sticking to
your script.
And if you're doing anythingthat takes you away from the end
goal or your script or yourprocess, and you fucking up and
it's gonna cost you money, somost people be oh no, I'm just
gonna go out for a drink, butthen you're not up at five in

(33:19):
the morning with that sameenergy you might be up but it's
not that same energy.
And if it's that day or yourclient had a lot of energy and
you bring them down, they'regonna be like fuck this dude.
Or if you cancel on a client,like I don't never cancel on a
client, ever give a fuck, gotcovid dead.
Whoever like I'm gonna be therebecause, they might want to
really train that day and that'swhen they might be feeling
extra motivated.
And then you tell them no andthey're gonna be like man, fuck

(33:40):
this shit.
You know what I mean.
So it's just about you're neveroff.
People think like you get topick your own hours and set your
own schedule.
Like no, you're living thisshit 24 7.
Like every time I get in theelevator I hit people.
Hey, man, you work out.
When you work out, hey, yourhips look a little off like I'm
always selling so what's up?

Speaker 1 (33:55):
what's up my, my cows look on or off, bro.
What we got going on quick I'lltell you.

Speaker 2 (34:00):
It looked like your right hips a little higher than
the same probably my bad, butthey don't mean that those
imbalances yeah certain pain andback problem so when you can
help people fix their injuriesand their chronic pain and shit
like that.
They fall in love with you.
They'll give you their children.
You know what I mean Christmasgifts and this and that.
And you're going back to themoney.
Like I make a lot of money.
I make good money for a trainer.
You know what I mean.
I never like because there arepeople out there killing it.

(34:21):
Give me access to things thatmoney can't buy.
You know what I mean.
I can get floor tickets to thegames.
I go in the backstage at theconcerts.
You know what I mean.
Like I get to go to openings arestaurant they don't even hit
me with a bill because they loveme so much, because I'll go
that extra mile for them everytime.
I'll park their car, I'll carrytheir kid.

(34:42):
Like you see me in classcarrying babies and shit.
You know what I mean.
Like you just got to go thatextra mile and most people want
to turn it off sometimes andyou'll never get to turn this
shit off.
You get to do it 24-7.

Speaker 1 (34:58):
Was this the same energy that you had when you was
using the streets with it?

Speaker 2 (35:01):
Yeah, yeah, I, that's why we were at a certain level
and you don't really understandwhat you're doing is wrong, like
you know it's wrong, it's a lot, but it's like this is the game
, this is what we've been taught, this is what's glorified in
music and movies.
So we're going to do this Likethat's one thing on me, like if
I'm going to do something, I'mgoing all in.
Yeah, that's why I.

(35:26):
I let everybody, you know what.

Speaker 1 (35:27):
I mean, I feel like it's interesting how, like
before, you were contributing topeople's lives in a different
way you know what I mean Likeyou were destroying lives and
now you're building and you'regiving people opportunities,
like you're helping them out alot.
You know you're changing lives,right.

Speaker 2 (35:46):
Yeah, and that's what feels so good about it.
You know what I meanno-transcript like yo, I need

(36:12):
you to help my son.
Like hey, I'm trying to getright.
People call me at their lowestbecause they know they've seen
me go through it and come backbetter for it.
Most people don't do that.
So being able to do that likefeels really good.
That's like my biggestaccomplishment and that's why I
want to pay it forward and gotell everybody like nah, leave
that shit alone, bro.
Like because when you in it itfeels good.
Like it feel you feel powerful.
Like you the streets is fun.

(36:33):
You know what I mean.
But your day's coming, dog,like your days are numbered.
So this side over here justfeels so much better.
Like when you help with people,when you're doing the right
thing, when you make your familyproud, when you be able to take
care of your family, doingsomething positive, like it
really really feels good.
So I feel like I had to gothrough all that just to come
out this side.
So I really help people.
Yeah, you know what I meanbecause I've been through it and

(36:54):
I know the perspective and Iknow the intensity it takes to
really make a change.
A lot of people that never hitrock bottom don't understand,
like, how intense you have to beto change.
That's why I'm so intense,that's why I treat everything
like life and death, because onewrong move and you're out of
here.

Speaker 1 (37:08):
Yeah, yeah, so what do you think about?
You know the recent electionthat happened.
What's your feelings on that?
As far as, like the energy inthe country, you know what
you're seeing from people, howit may or may not affect you.

Speaker 2 (37:26):
I mean it affects me, it affects everybody in a
certain type of way, obviouslywith the money and the inflation
and taxes.
You know Team Trump baby, youknow we do, and not that like I
love Donald Trump as a person,but just as far as what I've
seen from his presidency, I fuckwith, I respect it.
You know what I mean.
Like I used to be like, oh no,he's a piece of shit too that
I'm a vote for because the money.
Then this girl shout out toLinda.

(37:46):
She really showed me hispolicies.
Like he did more for blackpeople than any other president
ever has.
You know.
I mean like he helps, uh, theeconomy better than it ever has.
You know I mean like he you maysay like a good old boy type
shit, but like he denounced kkka thousand times shit like that
but the media will spin it anddo all this shit.
You know, kamala harris, she'slocking motherfuckers up left

(38:06):
and right for trees.
I'm probably gonna get killedfor talking politics on this
shit, but I don't give a fuckyou know I mean, but I feel like
they brainwash a lot of people.
They get celebrities andathletes, people that have clout
to communicate to the no yeah,I think so, yeah, and like they
trick me for a little bit, youknow.
I mean like when you're puttingit in front of your face all the
time, you're not really doingthat research.
It's like what they teach youin school is not how to get
money.
I feel like, yeah, not at all.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
I mean, bro, just COVID alone yeah, that didn't
open your eyes.
That's what I'm saying.
In South Florida, that's whatI'm saying everything was open.

Speaker 2 (38:35):
It was like this shit , don't make sense yeah, like I
feel like people got to reallylike take this into account,
like does that make sense ifthey don't?
Like just somebody tells themsomething they go for?
They go for it.
You know what I mean and I'venever been that person like I
gotta, you gotta show me.
So I feel like a lot of peoplebeen blinded by I, the
government in general.
You know.
I mean like I like trumpbecause don't do anything for me
.
I mean I'm gonna do this myself.

(38:56):
Like I don't want no help, Idon't want no favors, don't take
nothing from me, don't give menothing.
Like let me live my life andI'm gonna make the best of it.
You know, I mean regardlesswho's president, not much is
going to change either way.
That's why we in americabecause you know the house and
the senate control everything,majority pretty much anything.
So it's like, will there be somechanges?
Yeah, but again you got tocontrol what you can control.
There's nothing I can do aboutit.

Speaker 1 (39:16):
Yeah I agree with that.

Speaker 2 (39:17):
You definitely got control so whether it's kamala,
whether it's biden, whether it'sfucking panda whether it's me
the next person.
Yeah, if I go out and live mylife.
I'm supposed to live every daylike it's not really gonna
matter you know I mean if I takecare of myself, my community
and my people around me.

Speaker 1 (39:31):
You know I mean like we're gonna be all right I mean
no matter who the fuck's thepresident.

Speaker 2 (39:34):
So it's just kind of like yeah, I prefer this and
this, but at the end of the day,like I can't control it, so I'm
just keep working on me and ifit's a fucked, up situation I'm
gonna have to overcome it.
If it's a better situation, it'dbe easy to overcome, but either
way, I'm still.
I'm still going for perfect.
You know.
I mean like I'm shooting forperfect.
I'll never get it, and I'maware of that.
I mean far from perfect, butlike I'm gonna try and be

(39:54):
perfect in everything I'll dobecause that's the standard and
I feel like if more people liveby standard of like you know,
I'm gonna do this shit myselfand whatever it takes and we'd
be okay, and not looking for ahandout or for some free shit
and some whatever so youmentioned that, uh, your father,
so, so talk to me a little bitabout family.

Speaker 1 (40:12):
What would that mean for you?

Speaker 2 (40:14):
I mean family's, everything.
You know what I mean.
Like I'm pretty like quiet,care about my family, anything
like I feel passion for reallylove.
You keep quiet because you knowI've had people try and kill me
.
I've been in the streets andlike that.
So it's like I try to protectthem, like that and even like if
I'm out in public with them andsomebody looks at them and says
something wrong, like I'llattack.
You know what I mean.
So I'm very like I like to keepthem private in a way and I

(40:37):
haven't always had the bestrelationship with my family
because of my decisions.
You know.
I mean like I come from a goodhome.
I went to private school.
My dad's a lawyer.
He worked his ass off every day, you know.
I mean he's a good dude likemorals, morals, values.
He speaks very well.
You know what I mean.
So I think that's part of why Ispeak how I speak, just to piss
him off a little bit.
You know what I mean rebellion,and yeah, I got to but no
family's.
Everything like, like I told youearlier, my support system,

(40:59):
like getting out of jail, havingpeople make sure I did the
right thing, stayed on the rightpath.
These prices because a lot ofmy friends didn't look where
they ended up you know what Imean like they never gave up on
me.
I would do anything for myfamily.
I know they wish I would comearound more and spend more time
with them and stuff.
They don't understand.
I'm always working, working,working Because I want to make
them proud and I want to be ableto take care of them and shit

(41:19):
like that.
But family is everything.
Now that I'm getting older,especially, I want a family of
my own.
I have a daughter.
She's 17.
And I regret not being there asmuch as I should have going
away working too much.
We have a great relationshipand special and if I ever have
another child, it'll be nothinglike that, because I had her
when I was 17, 18.
You know what I mean and she'sbeen with me through all this.

(41:41):
But I like to have a family andbe an actual father and try and
show the world what likemasculine and feminine energy is
supposed to be, and like what afamily is supposed to be, and
how happy it'll make you and howgood for the world it is when
everybody plays their role.
Not just like this crazy miamisituation, shit party scene like
three baby daddies fivedifferent months.

(42:01):
You know what I mean.
Like yeah and I'm not knockingnone of that shit, because I
mean it just.

Speaker 1 (42:06):
It is what it is, that's not, that's not the way I
feel like we're supposed toconduct ourselves in the world.

Speaker 2 (42:09):
You're supposed to have a family, you're supposed
to have a male and a female,masculine energy, feminine
energy.
You combine those and then youraise your children with love
and everybody, like you, pick meup where I drop off and I pick
you up where I drop off, and weboth work on ourselves together
and just I feel like everyone inthe world is connected.

Speaker 1 (42:32):
So if we're doing that, we, everybody's showing
love and we, we operating at ahigher frequency than the world
to be a better place, but I'mhuge on family, so how did being
a father change you at all from?
I mean, you was a father young,so so what was your?

Speaker 2 (42:42):
some of your perspectives I mean there was no
big like, oh shit, like I gotta.
You know what I mean.
I was so young and I was soignorant to the situation.
I thought I could handle thatshit in two seconds, but then it
started to really like creep up.
You know what I mean.
I had so much help, though,from my family, from my mom,
from my dad, my sisters, likeeverybody helped out so much.

(43:05):
So, but it just always made mehave that thought in the back of
my mind.
Like yo, you got somebody who'sdependent on you.
So when a lot of my homies werecrashing out like kitchen
murder charges like doing thingsthat were just above and beyond
where it's like you're nevergonna get out of jail.
You're gonna get caught.
It was like, man, maybe Ishouldn't do that.
It was like that, almost likeanother conscious voice in my
head, like you got somebodydepending on you forever, like

(43:27):
it looks up to you, that thatshe's gonna have to tell people
you're her father and she gonnahave to put her head down and be
ashamed of you or she gonna belike that's my daddy.
You know what I mean and I'mproud of him and I love him and
he gives me a good example.
Like me and my daughter go overa script that I took nifty
hustle.
You know rip nip.
You know I fuck with nip heavy.
Um, I ask her what's integrityand she answers doing the right
thing when no one's watching.

(43:47):
Are you a leader or a follower?
A leader, what's a leader?
Somebody who makes their owndecisions for themselves.
You know what I mean.
So that was just.
You know, having another youlooking at you like what are you
going to do?
What are you?

Speaker 1 (43:58):
going to show that's crazy, though who you going to
be.

Speaker 2 (44:03):
So that definitely is .
She saved my life too, you,because I was always trying to
prove myself, but it was like,no, I can't, I got that one.

Speaker 1 (44:11):
So if you came from a good home, bro, if you came
from a good home, goodbackground, good support system,
you know what I mean.
You sound like you came forlove.
You know what I'm saying.
You went to private school,definitely.
What was it about yourenvironment that made you rebel
or go the other way?
What was attractive about that?
Why didn't you kind of stay inthis environment and blossom and

(44:31):
grow a different way versus theexperiences that you had?

Speaker 2 (44:34):
I mean, I feel like my personality in general is
just always to rebel.
When I came from a good home Iwanted the street shit and then
when I went to jail I became abetter person.
You know what I'm saying whensomeone kind of tells me you
can't.
And then I played a lot ofsports and I was good at sports.
So it was like the kids that inthe areas that I was around

(44:56):
couldn't really play with me,like I was playing three, four
years up from the time I waslike seven years old, so they
would take me to the hood a lotlike coaches and other people
like let's see if you play withthe real boys so you know I got
that.
Yeah, you know what I mean andthat was and being the only
white person and being small, itwas like you got to be extra
gangster with it, like you can'tlet nobody punk you, you can't
let nobody try.
Like I'm swinging off the rip,like you look at me wrong just
because I gotta stand out.
In that sense of not, you'regonna try and take advantage of

(45:17):
me.
So just sports really likebrought me into that that type
of environment, that type ofculture, and then you know
hip-hop culture in general, youknow they glorify that like
selling a pack, being a mancatching a body like bitches
thatcrazy, yeah.
And then my idol is AllenIverson yeah, yeah, yeah, that's
mine too.
Yeah, poros, tattoos and stuff.
So it's like yo, these are thepeople I'm looking up to and

(45:38):
this is what they're doing.
So that's why now, even moreespecially, it's kind of like
I'm trying to pay it forward,like the athletes.
I mean, you see kids like that,you try to take them in and be
like, not like, stay on theright track, so then you can go
back and teach somebody.
I mean, so we all start tochange, and then you grab
somebody to pay it forward.
But I said the collective gonnaimprove.

Speaker 1 (46:04):
so, knowing what I came from to.
I feel like it helped me when Iwas down there.

Speaker 2 (46:07):
Because I know what this is like.
I'm almost like the bridge.
I feel like I got used to takeall the hood kids to the rich
people party.
You know what?
I mean, and then drop them offand it's like, nah, they cool,
they with me.
You know what I mean.
So it really brings the gapbetween you might judge him
because he looks this way andhe's from here, but you're going
to know him, you realize likedamn, that's a real cool person.

(46:29):
Yeah, and a real coolindividual just happened to come
from a fucked up situation.
So you know what I mean.
Sports really drew me to thatand then I just like to rebel.

Speaker 1 (46:40):
You just like to rebel, yeah.
So what's Sean Casey like now?
Business man, an entrepreneur,a gym owner, the father?
You know more mature.
You're in your 30s.
Who are you now?
What's important to you now?
And then, what are some of thegoals and visions you have for

(47:00):
the future?

Speaker 2 (47:02):
I feel like now I'm a leader.
I never thought I'd say that,but as far as my generation
35-year-olds like 40 to 25, youlook around and people aren't
really living correctly,especially in Miami.

Speaker 1 (47:15):
It's like people don't operate off integrity and
value and they don't stand onprinciples, and then this is
what our kids are looking up toand seeing so they're going to
operate like that too, so I feellike it's my job to kind of
lead the way and be like no,don't do it like that.

Speaker 2 (47:26):
It might be the easy way out, but that's not the
right way.
You know what I mean.
Good or bad, hard or easy, dothe right thing, do it the right
way.
Even when I was in the streets,I tried to really stand on
principles and shit like that,but now more than ever even it's
like I want to show people likehow you're supposed to live and
just be a leader for everyonearound me and help people have

(47:49):
better lives and become betterpeople.
So Sean Casey's him, you knowwhat I mean.
Like I'm him, I'm the onethat's going to get the job done
.
No, matter what I'm going to bethere every day when you call
and you can't go to nobody else,like I'm going to be there and
I'm going to handle business,just so you can see that there's
people like that that stillexist.
And then the little homie andbe like damn you know what I
mean Like.
I ain't got to look up to a dopeboy.
I ain't got to look up to aball player, like he's just a

(48:11):
regular dude out here.
You know what I mean Grindinghis ass off, made a living, made
a name for himself, took careof his family, gets respect out
here, just based on character,not money and not some other
fuck shit you feel me.

Speaker 1 (48:32):
So what do you think the future of Wild 305 is?
And future of fitness?
I mean, we got ai, we got allthis new tech, you know, I mean,
like I even did in brickell, um, I was with my, my friend, she
brought me by this, this, um,this fitness spot, and it
combined like electricity yeah,I hate that.
You know what I'm saying like,and then it was a whole
different thing.
So so, yeah, so you think wethink that the future of fitness
is, and what's the future ofroth 305?
The future of fitness is?

Speaker 2 (48:51):
and what's the future of Raw 305?
The future of fitness, I'mhoping, is to change it, like
that's my goal, to change thefitness industry Because, like
you said, like electricity shit,like it's a lot of gimmicks.
Like they're just trying to getyou in to spend some money and
they throw this little oh, getyour heart rate in this zone, or
you get a point for this and astart start and it's all
gimmicky related.
And that's not what fitness is.
Fitness is like life.

(49:12):
You know what I mean.
You do the hard shit everysingle day.
You get a little bit better atit.
It gets harder, it doesn't geteasier, but you get stronger and
then you overcome and you feelgood because you overcame and
then you get the results.
So it's like fuck the gimmickshit, fuck all that, like I I
don't know how to explain it butjust the bullshit, the glitter
and gold.
That's not what it's about.

(49:33):
Fitness is life to me.
You know what I mean.
You get stronger as life getsharder.
You get stronger and then youfeel good because you know any
situation you walk into, thatyou're going to be able to
overcome it because you've beenpracticing every day.
It's not that, oh, it's easynow.
No, it's just, I haveconfidence in myself because I
know I can overcome anysituation.
So raw 305 is just a placewhere we really exercise, no

(49:55):
gimmicks it's just you get inhere every day.
You do the work and it's got tobe perfect.
Your form got to be perfect.
You got to show up on time.
You got to do exactly whatyou're supposed to do.
You got to be able to keepyourself under control and just
get better every day and then,no matter how you you feel, no
matter what's going on in yourlife, like this is something
that has to get done.
It's not a hobby, it's not afad, it's a necessity for life.

(50:18):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (50:20):
So, as we wind it down a part, bro and I actually
really like how you put that,bro, because I feel the exact
same way it don't matter howmany days I hit that mile, it
don't matter how many days I hitthat gym.
Some days I feel like doing it,some days I don't, but every
time I finish it I feel great.
And some days are going to beeasier than others.
Some days are going to feelharder, right, it don't ever get

(50:42):
easier, but you feel amazingonce you accomplish it, and I
think, especially for those thatare working out in the morning,
if that's one of the firstthings you're doing, you're
gonna feel great after that.
Right, because you ran a mileor three, or five or ten.
You know I'm saying you, you,you threw up some weight, um,
you hit a class, whatever thecase may be, so, so, so I would

(51:02):
definitely agree with you there.
Um, if you were going overseas,to a country you've never been
into, to do a workout withsomeone dead or alive, what
country would you go to?
Who would you?

Speaker 2 (51:15):
want to do a workout with, oh wow, I mean probably
Nipsey Hussle or Allen Iverson.
I mean, ai was my childhoodrole model.
I would die if you just like,touched his hand, like the way
he carried himself, theconfidence, the little
motherfucker that's going ateverybody injuries this shit,

(51:35):
that shit.
so just to be in his presencewould be dope and then nipsey,
nipsey's, like you know, rolling60s gang members hood as it
gets.
But to be so educated and toprogress so much and become such
a good person and help so manypeople and change so many lives,
but still kind of have thatlike street mentality and that

(51:55):
swagger and a little bit, butjust the progression, you know,
I mean you watch dude progressat a place where people ain't
supposed to progress.
Yeah, you know, I mean likehats off to him all day.

Speaker 1 (52:05):
So probably those two and then what country you going
to country?

Speaker 2 (52:09):
yeah, I've never really traveled like that, like
I went to Mykonos once, athens,but probably somewhere in Europe
like Italy maybe.

Speaker 1 (52:21):
So you're going to work out with Nip and AI in
Italy and then his pasta.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what'sup.

Speaker 2 (52:28):
That real shit.
But like the quality of foodover there.
You hear people eat pasta allday, all day, and gain a pasta.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's what's up, that realshit, but like the quality of
food over there you hear peopleoh, I eat pasta all day, all day
, didn't gain a pound.
You come over here and it'slike that's how fucked up it is
here.

Speaker 1 (52:35):
Like people really don't understand Like yo, you're
gonna you're killing yourselfwith your decisions.

Speaker 2 (52:46):
Every day you make is life or death.

Speaker 1 (52:48):
There's no like oh it's not that serious.

Speaker 2 (52:49):
Yeah, it's that serious.
It is that serious, Especiallyif you're trying to go somewhere
and accomplish something Likewe only got so much time, we
only got 25 hours in a day.
You know what I mean.
Like the clock's ticking, LikeI'm already on the back now.
I feel like most people averageage is 74.
Yeah, 100%.
So, let's do this shit, bro.
Let's do it Everything you got.

Speaker 1 (53:10):
Yo, listen, I can't say no better than that.
I mean, listen that right,there is it.
I actually just said thatyesterday to a friend of mine
Because, again, you know whatI'm saying I'm 44.
So I'm like if I got 50 yearsleft, I'm going to be 95.
You know what I'm saying?
That's probably like 20 yearslonger than what the average man

(53:31):
man lives.
So like me putting this workevery day, me being healthy,
like I'm putting daily depositsto my future, so the only way
I'm either going to be in thatposition is by doing the work
right now.

Speaker 2 (53:43):
You know saying my bad, but I'm like that's how I
explain it to my clients andstuff too.
Like you said, the dailydeposits yep, but like all reps
ain't created equal on createdequal so make sure you do it
right, so you deposit those $100bills into your bank account,
not your singles.

Speaker 1 (53:55):
Pick the correct exercises.

Speaker 2 (53:56):
so you deposit $100, not singles, because if you add
up 10 singles, that's $10.
You add up $10,000, that's$1,000.
Do that every day over thecourse of a week, a month, two
years.

Speaker 1 (54:16):
You're making sense right there, like the bank
account gonna be fat.
So it's like you want a fatbank account, not not an
overdraft bank account.
Yeah, facts, that's a really,that's a really good way to uh
to look at it.
So, so what do you want to leadthe people with?
Bro, I don't know if you got abook.
I feel like if you don't got abook, we gotta put one together.
You know, I mean, you need, youneed one.
That's like a combo, like it's.
You give me some life stories,you know I'm saying, but then
you also give me you know I'msaying, but then you also give
me you know what I'm saying Somestructure.
So what's something you want tolead people with?
And then, on top of that, ifsomeone can't afford to get in a

(54:36):
gym, what's one exercise thatyou would recommend that they
could start with from home oroutside?

Speaker 2 (54:42):
I mean everybody can do push ups and pull, like get a
towel, pull it on the door likeuse a T-shirt, just start
moving, start walk, go walk, gowalk, just start walking.
And you can afford a gymmembership, like figure it out,
you fit ten dollars, like go geta job.
Find a way like you need weights, you need resistance, so get
your ass in the gym.
Stop making excuses.
Figure it out like you can getyourself a fucking gym

(55:02):
membership or a band orsomething, but you got to work
all the muscles.
So it's like that's kind ofhard because my expertise I want
to like, okay, if you like this, do this.
If you like this, do this, likethis.
But it's like yo go for a walkand then like pick up some heavy
shit.
You can do a good form and thenjust keep picking it up.
But definitely get in the gymlike you need tools.
You know you can build a housewith mud and sticks, but like yo
, use the tools.
Yeah, it's ten dollars, bro.

(55:23):
Like you can make it happen andthen, once you start building up
, you go to another gym, youfigure shit out like shit, like
that, and then what I want toleave the people with is like
it's just one day at a time.
Don't get so overwhelmed withwhere you're trying to be in 10
years, five years.
Obviously have that goal andvision in mind, but like handle
your business right now, today,like what's in front of you
right now.
Put all your energy into that.

(55:44):
Be in the moment, handle yourbusiness, because you'll never
get this moment again that'sright and then, if you handle
this moment and then I handlenext moment to the best of my
ability and the next moment tothe best of my ability five
years, a year from now, I gottabe straight because if I did my
very best now, like how could I?
So I don't even worry about,like I got so much shit going on
in my head, like if I thoughtabout I'd probably jump off a
building, you know I mean, butit's like yo, what am I doing

(56:05):
right now?
If I handle this, I got abetter chance of the end road.
So just stay calm one day at atime and just handle the moment,
be in the moment and give yourall to that moment, because
you'll never get that momentagain.

Speaker 1 (56:16):
And let people know where they can find you, where
they can lock into the gym.
I don't know if you got anyfree giveaways or free training,
free classes or a way thatpeople can kind of experience
the jump into coming to miami,but let everybody know that's
loving it right there, seancasey s-e-a-n-c-a-s-e-y 305.

Speaker 2 (56:34):
Gmailcom.
Raw fit 305.
Pat, I don't know I'm sayingthe goddamn email, but yeah,
instagram, sean casey 305.
Raw fit 305.
Um, just pull up and firstclass is on me if you want it.
Bad enough, like, I'll make adeal for you.
I have trouble telling people.
No, they're trying to get back.
You know what I mean?
I'm looking at an investment.
If I start investing in you,you'll pay it back one day.

(56:56):
So get off your motherfuckingass and come see me, bro.
I'll save your life, I promiselisten y'all.

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