So I got a request. This is a request from an actual listener to the podcast, and I got a message from them saying, can you guys talk about what you guys are watching? Because they love when we talk about what we're watching because it gives them the idea and they take our recommendations of what we're watching right now. So we haven't done this in a while. And I actually need this too because I've recently run out of things to watch. I was finishing up the what did
I recently finish up? The one that we both were watching? No, no, not yet. It was the football one receiver Receiver.
I just finished that.
I took my time on that one. Okay, I took my time on that one.
I've already moved on to Hard Knocks, but.
If you're a smorts sports fan, Hard Knocks, I'm watching that every Tuesday. And then Receivers on Netflix, where last season they did just quarterbacks where they followed a few quarterbacks, this time they followed receivers tight ends. And you know, I had to watch this one because they highlighted one of my team was Grey Niners. Yeah, Debo and.
Kittle and Davante Adams is on there, and you're right.
I saw that episode. They dropped Fresnel Stays so many times in that episode.
A matter of fact, he met his wife at Fresno. Yeah yeah, yeah.
So Receiver is a good watch if you're a sports fan, and also Hard Knocks.
Yeah, that comes out every Tuesday. I believe there's only one episode left. They're following the Bears right now, so that's been cool.
I like watching all those stuff because it gets you ready for the season.
Yeah, yeah, I'm excited. Which was actually officially the recording of this podcast a week from today. Yes, first game of the season. All right, So I brought this up Presumed Innocent.
Presumed Innocent on Apple TV.
That's what Jake Gillen Hall sort of a murder mystery it's based.
It's based off a novel.
Oh yeah yeah. Eight episodes a mini series, so it's just one series. I enjoyed it. Episode after episode. It would end like on a cliffhanger, made you want to watch the next episode, and.
Then the classic who done it?
Yeah? Who done it? You know what I'm saying. And it obviously tries to throw you off, and it could be this person. I don't want to spoil anything, but I'll just say I was disappointed with the ending of it. I was disappointed. I know, we talked about it a little.
I wasn't disappointed, but I get what you're saying.
Without I was disappointed.
Yea. Yeah. And this is not to like try to show like, oh, I knew I had a towards the you know you said eight episodes maybe episode six, I had a because you keep switching of who you think is gonna be.
That'd be this person.
Oh no, it's gonna be this person.
So by episode six you thought you figured it out.
I was at the scene. I was like, but the funny thing is about that is as you're watching it, you're saying it out loud. I think it's this person. I think it's this person. And when I saw this certain episode in my head, I was like, I think it's I think this person. Yeah yeah, And then it ended up being that person. But I never said it out loud.
It's I mean, other than that, though, like it was, it's a solid watch, easy watch, good pay scene.
I do.
Let me ask you this because when I brought this up to you, I was the one that told you to check it out. I don't know if you remember I warned you about the first episode of how slow it is for me. It was slow for me to get into it, gotcha, But this is just the first episode. It felt like hours to me, and then you were saying, no, the first episode only forty five minutes. Yeah, I don't know why the first episode felt so long, but I was like, where is this going? And then the last scene,
I was like, Okay, you got me. Was it like that for you a little?
Maybe not as bad as I thought it was, But I get what you're saying, because first episodes are like that a lot, because they got to introduce characters and kind of like set the story and you're you're kind of figure trying to figure out names, and so I get what you're saying. And then yeah, at the end, you're like, Okay, this is definitely good. It's definitely sets
off where the series is gonna go. And then it kind of ended as a little week to me, but you know whatever, at least it has an ending, a satisfying ending. I just didn't really like it. Another one that I just got on on Netflix. This one is what is it called again? Worst x Ever? This is new. This is a documentary style docuseries. Yeah, and every episode is a different story about like a crazy X. The stories about these crazy x'es and they're like criminal stories.
And I just watched the first one and I was just like, Yo, this is this is kind of wow that there's like psycho people out there, like like Psycho X's out there, and this is relatively new, like this was something that happened like just last year type of new. Okay, yeah, so I just like I said, I just watched the first one. The first one hooked me right away. I think there's like three or four episodes, So check that out. It's up on Netflix. I think it's already trending like
top ten. But it's a docuseries that's new that I recently got into. I just actually finished this. I know a lot of people don't have ESPN plus, it's not really like a it's not really a norm. But you know, if you have that that Disney package of ESPN, Hulu and Disney. There's a Serena Williams documentary on there. An eight part series is actually pretty dope. I forget about how dope and dominant Serena was and how much she went through in her career. So it was interesting to
watch to watch that episode. So if you happen to have ESPN plus, I would highly recommend watching her documentary it's called In the Arena.
Even if you've watched the movie the one will Will Smith.
Yeah, because this that movie was more about Venus I felt like, and how they when they were like, yah, you're right, And this one is like solely about Serena and it goes into like personal life and some things that she had to go through and a lot of things that I kind of completely forgot about, Like wow, like she really won a lot, and I forgot she had went through this and she had a kid and she was pregnant while she was playing, and there were some wild stories in there.
In the same subject of sports and documentaries. One I just watched yesterday, I believe because someone a friend of mine tweeted about it and I forgot. This person is even gone Steven mcmaren McNair The Murder of Aaron McNair. Is that the title of something like Aeron McNair.
Yeah, So that's those Netflix documentaries. They're called like Untold, So those are like what they have. Every episode is a different story, so it's like untold Steve McNair something. Oh yeah, right, because they got another one about the sign stealing that they were doing at Michigan.
I just saw I saw that pop up, so I was gonna check that out.
So the Steve McNair one. I was interested in that story because I remember when it happened.
I see, I don't, I don't even I thought he was still alive.
Nah, she well, I think I remembered it happening because it actually happens maybe like a week after Michael Jackson had died in two thousand and nine, and that was a really weird year because a lot of celebrities had died that year, and I remember hearing about him like being murdered. Was he murdered? And I didn't quite remember the story. So I watched this. Honestly, as I was
watching it, it was kind of bored. It kind of dragged for me, so I kind of just fast forward through, like what happened, And then when I found out what happened, I was like, oh, yeah, I think I remember that.
I think I was. I'm with you. It was sort of getting door right, But then I so I clicked to see how much more I had left and it was like, oh, I only have eight minutes left, let me just knock it out. So it was you know, it's it doesn't drag too much.
Yeah, it's like one episode, but I get what you're saying.
It was an hour on HBO Max. I just finished Dragons.
Oh House, Dragon House.
Yeah, how's I mean? It's cool, it's another.
I didn't like the ending, yeah, because it was a build up for nothing essentially exactly. It was two episodes of build up and then it just ended on the build up, and I was like, ah, that was kind of disappointing.
Speaking of disappointing, I have a few that I don't want to say they're disappointing, but I think the gas just ran out in the tank. But do you remember Cobra Kai was so big.
Yeah, like the first few.
Seasons, everyone could not wait for the next Cobra Kai. I watched the first episode and I'm like, nope, off it. I'm off it, Like done. Yeah, it's just there's no more you know what it is, there's no more nostalgia. It's done already, so you're.
Only watching it for the nostalle for sure.
All the characters came back from the original movies, and now that that's done and they're trying to just create this new story, I personally don't care for it. So the new season, I'm off it.
Did you see that they're doing a Karate Kid movie?
I did I hear about that where they're combining both.
Yeah, I'm confused because Jackie Chan's character is mister Miyagi from the Jaden Smith the Jaden Smith movie, which was a whole.
Different life at a whole different story, whole different universe.
Yeah, and then you got what's his real name, Ralph Maschio. Yeah, you got his character, which is the Karate Kid from the original movies, and they're both going to be in the movie together. I don't see how that's working.
I will say, I'm looking forward to the preview or what is it called, the trailer, just to see what this is all about, because I'm confused to I'm willing to see what it's about. Karate Kid is one of my top ten movies growing up of all time, so I mean, I'm here to see the trailer. Well, I like it. I have no idea because I'm over Cobra Kai already, another one that's kind of did the same thing. Is the Umbrella Academy.
Oh yeah, I remember you get me so.
Into the Umbrella Academy and it's I think season four five, This one I only watched a few minutes. Maybe I need to give it a chance, because I'll be honest, I didn't give it a chance yet. But I guess the feeling on what I'm trying to say is when each season came out, I was excited about it. So when you know what's missing the hype when it's about to come out. Because I'm just scrolling on Netflix and he goes new episodes of Umbrella Academy, I'm like.
Oh, where did that come from? Yeah?
What did it? Usually it's in two weeks, one week in days. You know, there's no excitement for these new seasons. At least that's how I'm kind of seeing it.
Did you ever finish Love Island?
So?
Which one the USA? No, I've never seen a USA. Well that's the one that you needed to watch. I don't know why you watched. Do you watch the wrong one?
Well, I'll tell you why. I don't have access to that. I only have access to the one I see.
You don't have Peacock.
I don't have Peacock. So Hulu shows Love Island Australia, and I thought that's what everyone was watching. So I watched it and I got into it. I was like, this is this is all right? And then I started seeing that no one was talking about what I was watching. Yeah, and I'm like, wait, what is everyone talking about?
So I was on the same boat of view of everyone talking about this Love Island. I've never seen any of them even, like I guess those are spin offs or whatever. So then I got into this Love Island USA season six. That was the one that everyone was talking about, which, by the way, there's thirty something episodes. I didn't know. It was like they're all our each I was like, wow, this is like a huge investment. But I binged it, and I gotta say it was
it was kind of addicting to watch. It's just one of those shows, you know, it's just it's an easy watch and there's like some hot girls on there. Uh you know, they bring on good looking people to kind of like stir the pot, and uh there was there was some good drama on it. So I actually went through it. I kind of enjoyed it, and I actually caught up right before they did the reunion and uh yeah it was cool. I'll probably watch it again. So now I gotta watch it.
Well, how like, man, I got Peacock, bro, I got paid for Peacock now, Man, too many streaming services.
There is and and honestly I have like fucking all of them.
So the thing I'm looking for right now is a new series, a new show. But I'm not getting into anything right now.
Nothing new, no, So we're telling everybody all the ideas, but now we need some ideas.
Yeah, so if you guys have any you know, you can either straight up d m us or leave it on the comments from wherever you're listening to this podcast too. Yeah, we need ideas to start watching some new stuff.
All right. We actually went off for a good while on this one, but it was a good conversation. So are we getting ready to get into the pod?
Let's go?
This could give me fire podcast? What up on Gizzo? That is John Magic and we are back today's guest.
She's trained over one thousand women here in the valley. So I'm assuming because I don't know today's guest, which that's why I'm excited to get to know her. She's a trainer. She's opened up her gym called bris Fit Training, where it's an all women boot camp center. Ladies and gentlemen. Today's guests, Brizzette Lopez, Welcome to the podcast. Say what up?
Thank you so much you guys. I'm so excited to be here to talk about my journey. I can't even believe that I'm here with you guys. I hear you guys on the radio all the time, and to be here today is just amazing.
Well, we appreciate you stopping by, So let's go ahead in let's go to the beginning. Are you originally from Fresno or where are you from?
I was born in Tilivista and I was raised in Tijuana.
Oh wow, yeah, okay, So when when did you get to the States?
Uh?
Well, I started going to school middle school in San Diego and then I moved to Fresno when I turned fifteen.
So what was the reason for the move to Fresno?
It was crazy man Tijuana?
Well, why yeah, there's a.
Lot of killing out there. You know. My dad had gotten murdered, so oh wow, yeah, it was it was it was wild. It was crazy for my family. So my mom's from Farbaugh. So, Okay, she ran away.
So this is more of like an escape than yeah we escaped.
We're looking for us.
Oh wow yeah wow. We should we not have you on this podcast. Wow tap in with us. All right, so you moved to Fresno. You said middle school?
Yeah, middle school?
Okay, what school did you go to?
I went to Wana?
Oh? Nice? I went to Woana two back in the days. Well, high school, Fresne High okay, Fresno High. Nice? And then when where did you go from Fresno High? Did you go into college after that? Was you know, training something that was always part of your life and working out or how did you get into training?
Well? I mean right after high school, I just started having babies. I have four kids. I started just popping all my kids back to back, and I stayed at the house. I didn't I tried college for like one semester, and I just wanted to be with my kids. So I started just being at home being a mom. And right after that, I stayed at home for about six six years until my little one turned four she was
young enough to go to daycare. And then from there I started going to the gym because I I was really depressed, you know, being very physically active to not you know, not being able to do anything just you know, be a mom all day. It was like something I needed to do. So I started going to the gym and I just fell in.
Love real quick during that time. Was there a different career path you were dreaming of about where before the whole gym thing. I know you said you were a mom, but you know even before you were mom, was there a dream to do something else?
Yeah? I was doing a lot of I worked at the mall for about five years, so I was doing a lot of that, like jumping around from store to store. Started at a KB Toys.
Toys that was the spot right there.
Oh yeah, and then after that got Tawks, Lucky Brand jeans, and then Bath and Body and I did a lot of customer service there.
And was this all at Fashion Fair or fashion their mom? Yeah, I was a mall rat to I did the mall. I worked at the mall.
Yeah, you worked at a magic store? Yeah? Man, all right, So when when did this shift happen to do training? You? You started going to the gym and you started what you just became your own trainer.
No, I just started taking the class. So I became very obsessed with the spin class. It was like an addiction for me. What class, spin class? So the class was at five in the morning. At the time, I was with my partner or so he had to be at work at seven, So the class was at five, which was perfect. I'll get up in the morning at four, you know, jam to the gym, get a workout in.
And I just started showing up every day. I got so addicted to the class that it was like it was it was crazy, like I like it was causing problems at home. Oh wow, because I needed to be there real quick.
Let's back up, because you talked about going to going to the gym because you were depressed. I mean, people have different ways of dealing with depression. What was it about choosing the gym to deal with it?
Growing up? You know, I've always been very into sports. You know, I did a lot. I did track, soccer, basketball, some brestling as well. I grew up with my boy cousin, so I was always outside.
So you were always pretty active, pretty active.
So is that what you were feeling? You were just you felt like you weren't moving anymore, right, very I had a.
Lot of anxiety at the time, So in my ADHD, it's crazy till this day. So I think the gym and AID my ADHD is just just a perfect match for me. It just works perfectly.
Okay, So going into the gym you said you were with with your partner, did you know to go straight to the spin class, because you know, my first time at the gym, I needed almost like a community, like a trainer and to kind of guide me of how to do workouts. What was your situation of why did you go to the spin class?
Because the spin class was like a very high cardio class, and it's just it was just like a high, fast paced So I was like, Okay, I don't know how to use these machines. So I'm just gonna go. I'm going to the class. I'm just gonna follow this instructor and I'm gonna be the best at it where she's gonna notice and I'm just gonna be. I don't know, I just I'm very competitive as well, So it was just very It was kind of like a I tried the match.
I tried to spin. That spin is hard.
It's not your vibe.
No, man, I'll stick with the heavy lifting and I'll do my own cardio, but spin is tough. You haven't tried spin before.
I mean, I've done the bike, and yeah, it's not really my vibe. I'm more of a treadmill person. Like the stairs, but yeah, that's that's a whole nother workout because I'll want.
To stay in the seat. They get you to stand up, cattle standing up, but you sweat. It works, it works.
It's just crazy like the workouts. And then just like you said, it's hard, you know, and just being able to overcome that and just finish the hour and like I did it all the way to the hour made me feel amazing, Right.
So then this transition into you being a personal trainer at the gym or what was the next step after that?
So after that, the spin instructor obviously noticed that I was always there, and then I started making friendships and then she I guess she was I think she left that gym. So when she left the gym, she offered me the class and I had no clue. I've never even done the class, but I every time I left the class, I always had like this vision, like I because the class is all about music, It's all about beats, so I'll drive away after the class and I'll hear
music and I'll just think about my own routine. So it was kind of like already, like, you know, I was already thinking about, like, yo, if I have the class, I'll have the class cracking, like because I'm a music person and I know people when you have good music, the vibe is just you know, the class is going to be popping. So I already had this vision coming
towards me. So then when she gave me the class, She's like, just show up at this time, I'm gonna train you, and I was it was nerve wrecking for me because this person, this I don't know, if you guys know about Andy Fit, she trains bodybuilders. She's very popular with you know, in the bodybuilding community. So it me being a you know, just a regular student to
become an instructor was like a big shift. So I went, I met with her, and I showed her three of my songs and she was like, all right, cool on Monday, just take over the class.
What wait, real quick, what were the three songs or do you remember the three songs?
And showed her, Yeah, it was pop that with Freshmantana.
Yeah, yeah, man, I have I have to bring that one back at the club.
That was a good one.
What else?
Then I had a fast paced song, so I used some d blow you know, I can't remember exactly what song, but I have some people because Diplo is pretty fast paced, so just music like that, you know. But most of my songs were all hip hop, you know, cussing and.
Wait, why did they need to hear a song for It's like a song set.
Because the way the bike like it's like m PM's right, like one hundred or whatever, like the way it has to be a certain pace, a certain pacem Yeah, yeah, there you go the bpm.
Okay, wait, let me ask you this. What's what's the song that that you've like worked out with where it wasn't your class and it just ruined your vibe because of the song. It's like a bad song, like.
A slow song probablysha Cole like what's going on?
R and right?
Yeah, it's very slow and it's kind of like, man, I don't want to hear that right now. I want some something that's not gonna like your mind is just you know, on a whole other level.
Where were you doing these classes at GM three? Okay, was this the Palm Low or King's Kanyon?
So I started there at King's Canyon and I did that for about two years, and then I started doing boot camps as well. So I became close friends with the boot camp instructor and then she gave me the class as so I was doing spin and boot camp at the same time. At GB three, they were.
Doing boot camp. Okay, explain what boot camp is in case people don't know what that is.
So boot camp technically it is like a full body workout. So it's a to me, it's when you, like, honestly, you prove you're the beast thing you comes out because it's it's really honestly, it's it's like weightlifting, and then it's like boss slamming, it's ropes, it's running, it's doing all everything at once. So that's the type of boot camps I do. And then also since I was in
lived in Tijuana, I did like military out there. So my boot camp is very like organized where I have the girls like, you know, killing it and doing it in military style.
Don't you have to be certified to be like so during this time, let's go to this period that you're at where your teacher's like, oh, those three songs are good. All right, you're gonna do the next class. Aren't you supposed to be certified?
Yeah, she's Well, the thing about being in aerobics instructor, it's only like a one day thing. Oh, you go through the process. You have to like basically it's like a whole eight hour you know, course, and then you do the test and then boom.
Can you do this all online?
Yes? Oh do you get like a license?
Yeah?
Okay, so that make it official?
Yeah, because I can't. You know, you can't train without the certification at GB three it so how to get that right after? You know, right away? Right after that probably like the first three classes. I mean, you don't say nothing, but I mean it was on the loan and then.
After yeah, okay, so you did this for two years and then what happened after that?
I started doing boot camps and I decided to let go of spend because I was just losing so much weight. I was looking crazy, and I'm like, you know what, I like boot camp better because I'm using weights and we're doing cardio at the same time.
You know, now, was this when was the time where you started to do workouts outside. Was this during the pandemic when you started to kind of do your own thing? Yes, okay, so what happened there?
So after the gym was closed, I had a lot of clients at GB three. I'm like, my classes were so full. It was packed. You know, COVID happened, gyms are shut down. People are messaging me like hey, like are you still doing any workouts? And I was kind of like, man, I was scared because you know, and nobody was working at the time. Everything was closed. So then I was like, well, I need to mix, you know, I'll try to see if I could do a class
out in the park. Started with three to four or five clients and then next you know, boom, all kinds of people out the park.
Where were you doing this's at?
What were it park?
Okay? Did you just get the word out or is that word of mouth or how did that?
I started just posting on social media, so I like to post a lot on social media. I started posting everything on social media. Besides doing that, I was also training at their home and having them come to my house as well.
Oh you were doing like personal training.
I was custling. Yeah, yeah, trying to get all these clients. I wanted to change lives. This is what I love doing. So it was just it kept coming. So I'm like, I'm not going to stop.
During that time of the pandemic where you know, where people were saying social assistancing, and what was your mentality at during that time? Were you at like, no, I don't care, let's just get a community together and let's just work out no rules or what were you do you remember that the energy what you were doing during.
That well, you know, I bought the box with a you know, with little mask. I just want to wear the mask, you know, go ahead. But I mean I was very you know aware because I also worked at Kaiser at the time, so obviously the rules are big, you know for you know, working at the hospital. But I mean I just felt like, you know, people want to work out. I want to work out. I'm just going to go out there and do it. You know, there's no stopping me.
So you were doing this at Woodward Park Park and it just continued to keep growing. More and more girls were coming out, and then you started doing this downtown as well too, right, right, So.
One of the trainers I was at the Big Brother. He's the Big Brother Boxing was downtown, right next to the building I'm currently at right now. He reached out to me and he was like, hey, brids is getting called out there. You know it's going to get real cool. They would you know, I have a spot available, and I was like so happy to you know, get that offer from him. I went and checked it out, and I'm like, all right, cool, I'm gonna start training here.
So I trained with him at his location for about three months, and then after that I just opened up my own right next door.
So all the girls followed you over there, and then over time after training, you were kind of like borrowing this guy's building, yes, and then you found a building for yourself, right, So I.
Started ranting out the building from him, and then his spot it's a thousand It was one thousand, five hundred square feet. I had girls in the alley, like the whole spot was full. The alley was and we're downtown. You know there's there's you know a lot of crazy people out there. So I was kind of like, man, I need to find a spot asap.
I know the big thing that you're doing it's for women, right, Yes, was were you just doing women only, even starting at the park.
Yes, when I started at the park, I just started one.
Yeah when did it become women only? Was it even during your spin class? Was that women only? No?
At jub Through I had males. Well okay, yeah. But once I started doing my own thing, I'm like, I'm just going to do it for all women because I started thinking. I started thinking, like, you know, a lot of women want to work out, or maybe they're married and they can't work out, So I need to find something for these women. Because I started thinking about my own journey when I was, you know, depressed, and I didn't know where to start or how do I do it.
So I came out with, you know what, I'm just gonna start training now that I have this opportunity, take it to the park. You make it all women.
That's how you promoted it on your socials. Was for women only.
No, it just started coming like that, Okay, we're guys going to the park.
In the beginning, they weren't.
Oh so it's just kind of organically was like that, yeah, okay.
And then you were like, wait, I have something here, I have something here. Yeah.
I mean I think those type of you know, gyms always kind of like work, like was a curve back in the day. Is that what they used to be called where it just makes women feel more comfortable when they were just around each other and there's just not like creeper guys or whatever. So there's definitely something to that, and it's dope that you you tap into that and now you opened up your own building. Was this a situation where you just needed a bigger space or was
it a situation where you're like, it's about time? Did I just want my own? When did that come about?
Well? I did my I started a challenge there. So once I seen the clientele was I was getting, I'm like, yo, I'm a creative challenge. You know, this is great for all these women. I'm a creative challenge where I'm gonna start giving prices. Now you know, I'm making a little bit more money. I have enough to like, you know, you know, give some like you know, give them a you know, their money back or and stuff like that.
So that's when I when I announced that challenge. The challenge was like, you know, my dms were going off and I'm like, damn, well, what am I going to do? They're not gonna fit there. So that's when I decided, like, you know, I need a bigger space. So that's when I luckily that space that's right next to the Big Brothers was empty. So every time I'll leave the space, I'll lock down. I've always there's window, so I always just like look out the window inside of that building.
And I was like, man, this is perfect, this, this is this has to be mine. Yeah, and I just like manifested it. It happened.
So my friends and I opened a restaurant, and I know how tough getting this space that we did, and also how much it costs. So how did you come up with? Like what was it strictly from what you were making working out before you opened this gym? Is what you used to open up your own place? Because it's tough opening up a place.
Oh no, it is. It is. The thing about me is that I had I was working at Kaiser at the same time, so I was working there full time and doing these classes in the morning, five in the morning and then after work.
So I was busy, so I nonstopped.
I was NonStop. So then I took that risk. I said, you know what, I'm open it up and you know at the end of the day, you know, I didn't want to think that way, but I'm like, just in case it don't work out. I mean, I still have my job, have my benefits. Okay, so I have that, but I mean it just I don't know. It just I didn't. I just started growing. It was just wild.
Are you still at Kaiser?
No? I was. I actually quit Kaiser.
Because the business was booming.
It was booming. Oh wow, wait hold up. I did it for five months and I got scared and I got a job again and I started working at the VA. But then I just recently two months ago. I just now I'm full time again.
Wow yeah, and congratulations definitely.
So what's the I know it's boot camp, but you do these like six week challenges? Is that what you do at your gym?
I do challenges and programs. I have both.
Okay, So how does that work? Like if somebody was interested in being part of your gym, like, how did they sign up or what do they do?
So if they want to just be part of a regular program. I do have my packages. I have my four weeks three times a week without the challenge. I also have the six weeks three times a week, or I have the six weeks, five days a week. Those are the packages I have.
So they're broken down in weeks. Yes, okay, and that's something that they pay up front or yeah okay. And what are the challenges? They're just they you switch them up all the time.
They switch them up all the time. I mean, this last challenge, it was kind of tough because I have so many women. It's so hard to choose, like who's you.
Know, how many people can you fit in your building? Putting in there?
Yeah, they've been squeezed, but I'm currently working on a bigger location. Wow, it's expanding that much. And yeah, we're pretty much you know, and there. They don't they don't want to leave. Man, what do.
Guys want to you know? I know it's women only, but have guys tried to be like, hey, I want to join this too? Uh? Yeah.
I had a few guys ask me, but I.
Mean, yeah, how do you turn them down?
I just tell them they saw women come. Okay. But I mean, if I open up a bigger space, I would like to go back to my you know, roots and have both because it is it is it's fun to have males in there too. You know, because it's it makes the girls we're herder too. You know, there's guys there. You know, the guys and the girls are both working hard. Because when I used to work at GB three and there was I had like a mix, it was it was always fun classes.
So are you like currently looking for a bigger spot right now?
Yes? Oh wow, yeah, it's just it's kind of hard right now, you know. It's yeah, the space, the area. You know, I'm very picky how I like. You know, I like that building downtown because it has these windows. Most of these spaces are just like closed, no windows, you know, because it's warehouse.
So do you have other trainers with you or is it literally just yourself just me right now? You think you'll get to a point where you have other trainers or maybe open up multiple locations.
That's the goal.
Okay, that's the cool nice I. So something else that I wanted to talk about is I know you always post a lot of girls, you know that they're part of your gym. Do you have any like really good success stories.
Yes, a lot of them. It's just amazing to hear you know, how I changed your life. Yeah, a lot of these women are really really invested into my business. It's just it's just it's empowering, It's it's amazing. I'm grateful. I feel blessed, you know, to be able to help someone, you know, feel that.
Now when when women come up to you and you know they want to work out, what are what are they usually looking more for? Is it they want the weight loss? Is it they want you know, a flat stomach? Is it they want a bigger booty?
Like?
What is? What is? What is? Women? What did they usually come to you for?
It's all of the above, But like you know, mainly they're just like, you know, because you know they're they're you know, they want to feel good again. Yeah, because being a woman, you know, we have to feel amazing every day. And some of these women, you know, they get lost with work, you know, being married, not being able to like you know, socialized like before. And I feel like the space I created, it's it's been, it's became you know, very natural and very you know, life changing for them.
Do you have any like training philosophy that you stick with or that you tell your clients as far as a like, I don't know you have like a quote that you use or like you know, this is like how I go about things, and I don't know. Is there something that you instill in your clients.
Yeah, I just let them know, Like you guys like this, this is me. You know, I'm a mother of four. You know I I have no excuses. If I could do it, you could do it too, And it's possible. You just got to believe in yourself while believing in you and in your dream, in your body, and you'll achieve it.
I think that's really what it is. I know a lot of times people always say they don't have the time for it, but obviously you had multiple jobs, multiple kids, and you still made it work. So I really think it's just doing it, you know what I'm saying. Once you do it, get into a routine, it becomes a lot easier.
The thing I wanted to kind of switch over is if you have your philosophy on diets. And the reason why I bring this up because you know, something that we've talked about in the pod before, I lost my seventy five pounds through keto. But then there's also that side of people that might be against keto. Some people have different philosophies kind of like what I've learned is everyone has different philosophy and you kind of have to find what works for you. So how what's your thoughts
on diet? Like, what do you tell your clients because it's not only working out, you know, or do you.
Have your own like diet plan, my diet plan for all.
Of these clients, they all have whatever their goal is. I speak to them and I send them an email and I have my own you know, conversations with them, and then I set them up on a mail plan that works best for them.
What is your philosophy on the on the diets is like less you know, mine is no carbs, no sugar basically.
So for the clients I want to, like, you know, lose weight basically, it's like a low carb diet, you know protein, you know, having their two ounces of carbs four ounces of protein. You know, someone that wants to gain weight, then I'll have up the protein of the carbs. But you know I have different types.
Okay, so do you kind of I guess you customize it per clients, correct, Okay, just for something for fun and we kind of spoke a little bit about it earlier. What is like your your workout playlist? If you had to put one together, maybe right now, maybe you have one like what songs are you currently working out to tap in?
Freak leak, some too short, blow of the whistle, some forty you know.
All of that, the high energy like all the old.
School songs are they're still popping. Yeah, those songs are like you know, they motivate these women. Yea they maybe they might not act like that, but when I put those playlists in the class, they're they're you know, they're toorking it. Yeah, they're loving it.
That's funny. You got anything else? No, that's no, I'm good all right. So you know, for people that wanted to get in touch with you or interested in being part of your gym, who do they reach out to? What do they reach out to? What's your socials or you got a website?
And also why should they choose going to you then yeah brisfit then going to just the gym on their.
Own because brisfit the results speak for themselves. Man, the empowerments there. You know, I'm there to support you and you know, be with you throughout your journey if you want to, you know, change your life. My instagram is brisftit Underscore or one, or just hit up my line, you know five five nine seven nine five nine four three six.
There it is.
And again, I think that's dope that you're doing this for women and kind of like what Giso said, maybe the people that are nervous in the beginning they can kind of feel more comfortable because it's a community of women working out. Yes, that's dope. Man. Well man, you know this is the first time have you met brisbeefore good to officially meet you, and congratulations continued success and hopefully you get this bigger spot and the spand your business.
Yeah, and we start seeing bris fits like all over town. That'll be dope.
Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
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