About
How To Make Damn Good Money and Have a Ton of Fun Helping Others Get Into Shape… WHILE Still Having Plenty of Time and Freedom For Yourself and Your Life
Hey there, my name is Chris McCombs… lotsa people call me Big Chris… either one works.
The purpose of this site is to act as a FREE resource and launching pad to help you earn the kind of money you deserve and live the kind of lifestyle you want through helping others enjoy a happier, healthier, more confident, more athletic, more fun filled life through your knowledge of health and fitness.
For me, it’s about giving back as well as saying thank you to an industry that has been so damn good to me.
For you…
It’s about getting your message to the right audience, a message that gets them to say “yes, I need to know more” …
It’s about making enough irresistible offers in enough of the right places to get enough of the right people to exchange enough of their money for your product or services ability to help them live the kind of life they want to live…
…whether it’s through personal training, group training, boot camps, fitness info products, nutrition consulting, your fitness studio of philosophy or ???? … you can fill in the blank
After reading the rest of this page and looking around the site a little, you’ll have no doubt that while most fitness professionals struggle financially … by doin just a few simple things, average fitness trainers and experts all over the world are earning six and seven figures each year with this stuff.. and often their ability to get people into shape of how good they look has very little to do with their success.
It’s about doin’ the right things
So you gotta “do” .. meaning act on, move forward, take action, etc….
The “right” stuff… and that’s the stuff I’m here to share with you
But lets face it, I can share all of my client-getting, business-generating and sales and marketing tactics with you… but if you don’t actually “DO” anything with them… the odds are stacked HIGH against you
It’s also about creating long term win/win relationships with as many ideal clients or customers as you can to reach your goals… whether it’s because you want to help x amount of people, or you want to earn a six ( or even seven ) figure income… or if it’s because you want to live the lifestyle of having multiple sources of automated fitness income… and most likely it’s a combination of all three
This site is loaded with free information in the form of blog posts, videos, audio interviews, charts and graphs on how you can enjoy more money and more freedom through applying my marketing, sales, productivity, lifestyle, management, training, mindset and other overall business building and success strategies for the modern day fitness entrepreneur
This site is also hub for many of my paid resources as well.
With the exception of the already successful six or seven figure professionals who land on this site, immediately see the obvious value in the strategies and purchase all of my programs… and a few high five-figure earners who do the same as well… here’s usually how it works…
Typically fitness professionals, trainers, studio owners and other entrepreneurs who earn a living or owning a business find this site, start with some free strategies from my blog posts or my video opt-in offer or lower end products, earn some good money with those, and then re- invest a piece of it back into some of my higher end programs… and really let their businesses take off
( Oh, and before I forget, as a quick heads up… just fyi … I promote affiliate products on this site from time to time, and while I ONLY promote things I believe in, if you buy something from another site or mentor who I referred you to… like via clicking a link… assume I make a profit ok?)
I just wanna be up front about that in case you didn’t know I did that or how those things work
Now, also…
You can see case studies and success stories from fitness professionals and entrepreneurs all over the world who’ve applied my stuff and created their dream fitness business, these are real people just like you and you can see them by clicking here
Also, it’s important to understand that you don’t really need to know one damn thing about me to create a six or even seven-figure fitness business…. all you need to do is take my principles and apply them to your business
HOWEVER… some people have a hard time believing in themselves … especially at first … of what they’re capable of… and they short change themselves, and usually by a lot… trust me, I know…
I did it to myself when I first started MY business… and I come from a pretty bad place in my twenties… homelessness, jail ( for selling/trafficking weed in my mid-twenties )… too much partying…
did horrible in school… I’m total introvert ( who loves attention, another reason the internet is BAD ASS)… into one of the most well known and successful business and marketing coaches, teacher and strategist on the planet in just a few years ( that still trips me out BTW)
Usually my story makes people see just how easy creating their own version of an ideal life through selling fitness via a service like training or a product like an ebook or video series
So here’s the quick story of how this site started if you’re interested, and below is some cool info on how to best use this site to serve you and your business…
Alright, basically in around 2003 I started a training at a big box gym and it was NOT for me… and I couldn’t sell shit…
…within 3 weeks I decided this corporate gym trainer gig had to go… and I split
When I left I started my own fitness training business in Southern California with less than $200 to my name, and using just a few referral ad guerrilla marketing style strategies ( you can learn about right here on this site ) I was able to get my business to six figures in just a few months.
And then I started adding internet marketing strategies to my offline stuff and my business took off FAST
But soon I was working more than I wanted, so I systematized and automated my business, getting other people to do pretty much all of the work for me, which included getting about 15 trainers in my county and the one next to it… I got the biz down to literally taking only between an hour and four hours a month of my time, which is sweet for bringing in a mid six-figures.
Dream business?
Maybe not everyone’s, but mine… that’s for sure.
After a while, I started teaching my client getting and business building strategies via info-products and coaching programs…
My first product launch, Market Annihilator, which shows trainers how to get clients in Google, did $304,000.00 in billable sales in just 7 days online, using similar strategies as the ones I used to build my automated six-figure training biz…
My SECOND “lifestyle” biz… or “freedom” business in the fitness industry… was in full effect
Today I continue to work with fitness professionals all over the world to help spread their message, make a helluva good living and live the life and lifestyle they want and deserve…
I mean, as far as I’m concerned, you help people to be healthier and happier.. and often times to live a more full and fun life in almost every area… I say for THAT alone you deserve to be one of the highest paid people on the planet… and there’s a strategy to commanding that level of income and a way to get there.
This site is to act as your sign post to get you from where you are now to where you wanna go…
..in as reasonably as quickly of a time as possible
Keyword being “Reasonably” .. this site is not for people looking to “get rich quick” … Just so we’re clear.

Also…

Marketing guru Frank Kern taking questions and looking for his misplaced reefer at my first Las Vegas Mastermind Meeting I hosted for my coaching and mentoring clients from all over the globe… it was a pretty wild weekend (;
You can learn more about me by clicking the post here about a day in my life
You can learn about some of my personal life and business philosophies by clicking here
You can see an exclusive interview I did with Internet Marketing Guru Frank Kern here
And here’s a great little video where Andy Jenkins breaks down the most important things fitness pro’s should be doin’ each day from my recent KBL Mastermind meeting
And here’s a great post you can check out to get some start plugging some new revenue generating strategies in your business right away
Oh, and since having fun and lifestyle is important to me, I try to make my marketing and content fun to do for me… and fun for you to absorb… ESPECIALLY the newer stuff.
And if my stuff ain’t your style, no biggie, it’s NOT for everyone, there’s plenty of other places out there with information that can help you better your business.. by no means do I wish to pressure you or convince you to jump on the exciting ride to freedom and success offered to you here… building a kick ass business isn’t for everyone and neither are my teachings or style of delivery… if it’s not for you, that’s cool… I hope my stuff is never for “everyone” or “every fitness professional”
How boring would that be?

Here's Bossman Andy Jenkins, one of the worlds top internet marketers, who's pulled in 8 Figures in ONE DAY with the most successful "IM" launch of all time, helping teach fitness entrepreneurs from all around the world how to market online at my KBL Jedi Mastermind Meeting
This website is where the top 1% of the fitness industry chills out and has a good time making substantially more money than they every thought was possible … even just a few months back… where success happens with ease and freedom is the standard
The majority of the fitness industry just barely gets by… living month to month and never really creating any wealth or freedom in their life or business… that sucks for a bunch of generally really cool people who are helping others to get into shape and live more fun and fulfilling lives.
If you’re like me… and prefer to watch what the majority of people do and then do the opposite… even when others may laugh at you, put you down and tell you that you can’t succeed… then there’s a good chance you’ll fit right in around here
Now, just so you know… as you probably know the only thing that doesn’t change is change itself… my content has evolved and will continue to evolve as I’m in this industry
If you want a $29K a year training business that takes up 40 hours a week, then model what the fitness professionals do who own those kinds of businesses do
But if you want a six-figure boot camp that only takes 12 hours a week to own and operate… or a fitness ebook that makes you an extra $1k a month for an hour a day… or even create a seven-figure fitness info-empire or a seven-figure studio… like a some of my coaching and consulting clients have done… as you’ll see here on my site.
This site is about refusing to be like the majority of the the industry who are broke and tip toeing their way through life hoping to making it safely to death
Building a thumping fitness business is one of the most awesome, exhilarating journeys in the world… and even if you’re naturally selfish like I can tend to be, these practices FORCE you to help others… but remember, no matter good your marketing and sales strategies are, if your stuff sucks … like your training and/or information isn’t dialed in… you will fail
HOWEVER… if you’re at least “good” at getting people into shape with your “fill in the blank… training? dvd’s? whatever” … and you combine your knowledge of fitness and desire and willingness to the be the best you can be, while combining that with the business building and wealth creation strategies I teach here on this blog… you will be unstoppable… and probably have a helluva good time the process… at least if I can have anything to do with it you will (=
You can see most of my paid programs by clicking here
You might wanna check out some of my best posts over the right under “Must Read…” … usually that’s a good place to start, along with leaving you email in exchange for some cool free stuff… there should be an opt-in box in the top right corner of this site
If you have any question for my support team you can contact them by clicking here
And if you’d like to check out a few of my case studies and success stories, then just click here
The success stories can be pretty inspiring, ESPECIALLY if you’re new to these kinds of business and marketing strategies …
Because the trainers who do this stuff often average three to THIRTY times the income of the typical fitness pro… so it’s pretty cool to see…
There’s a TON of stories of trainers goin from having an OK business to having a KICK ASS high-profit one… and fast.
On the success stories page you’ll see plenty of stories just like these two right here…


And if you like me to send you lots of cool stuff as well as some offers.. then be sure to leave you name and email in the form in the top right corner of this site
Before you go, I wanna tell you a “code” real quick that I think can change your life.. cuz I know it did mine…
I have this philosophy I live by, I call it ‘Rise Above’ …
Old Black Flag fans will get the reference… but to me it means a WHOLE LOT more and actually has nothing to do with the music of Black Flag… even though I’m a huge fan of Henry Rollins… that’s just where I first heard those two words put together and it always resonated with me
‘Rise Above’ is away of life for me
It’s my code
It’s my “call to arms” when I slip into thoughts or actions that don’t serve me or the world in a positive way.
In fact, this code I live by means so much to me I go it tattooed an my forearm… as a constant reminder…
People are constantly asking me what the phrase means when they see my tattoo.
It’s really quite simple, in my twenties I “settled” for a mediocre existence at best… and less than mediocre by most standards… poverty, negative thinking, bad drug addictions, doin’ work I couldn’t stand ( that’s why I sold weed for so long, I could not stand regular day jobs.. still can’t), selfishness and letting my self-imposed limiting beliefs created by early conditioning hold me back from the living the kind of the life I really wanted to live down deep inside
I my thirties I decided to turn it all around and rise above the negative thinking, poor self-image, lack of money, drug addictions, trading dollars for hours, and the ego based selfish mindset of only being concerned of what’s in it for me… which has proven to me time and again to be a losing battle.
Now, life has ups and down, struggles, temptations, is constantly changing and I think that means one needs to constantly evolve and become better, or we tend to slip backwards.
Even just a few years ago I was in a mastermind with Vince Delmonte and Craig Ballantyne and I told the group that I was firing on 10 out of 10 cylinders in almost every area of life… like finances, spirituality, relationships… EXCEPT my health and fitness, and that I felt like a 2 out of 10 in that area, bringing my whole collective life down to like a 7 or 8… I was pretty outta shape, eating like shit and had neglected taking care of the physical for a few years… and that day I made a commitment to do something about it
So first I started lifting and making changes in my diet, then adding in cardio and finally plugging in carb cycling about 5 months ago.
Here I am about a year or so later after that meeting … weighing in at 252 pounds at 6’6″ … and firing on all cylinders in every area of life ====>>>>
Heavy weights, fasted state cardio and hiring Shelby Starnes as my nutrition mentor ( he put me on carb cycling ) has been a pretty effective combo…. working Shelby as my nutrition mentor was one of the best decisions I ever made.. and wasn’t exactly sure how to rip up without being hungry, weak and cranky all the time, so I went to the worlds best… he told me what to do… and I did it… and I’m huge fan of hiring mentors and people who’ve walked the path I wanna walk to make my journey much easier and save me what could turn out to be years of frustrations… why not learn from them what mistakes to avoid and where the straightest line is between points ya know? It only makes sense and almost every single successful person that I know does this
Today, I Rise Above “settling” for anything less than what I truly want, Rise Above the status quo, Rise Above the naysayers and people who want to hold you back and see you fail because it makes them feel better about themselves and their lack of living a good life, Rise Above mediocrity, average pay and deadly self-limitations… Rise Above limited thinking and close-mindedness.. Rise Above selfishness…. Rise Above fear and a sense of lack… Rise Above what others think… Rise Above stagnation.
Rise Above the masses, the 99% who tip toe through life everyday hoping to make it safely to death…
Rise Above and be a 1%er who creates my own reality, contributes to the world in MANY positive ways, doing what I love for a living… on my own terms, and creating an amazing life for myself and the ones I care about… a life that the other 99% would say is impossible to achieve and doesn’t exist…
Well I’m living proof that it DOES exist.
One thing that most people settle for is an “hamster in a wheel” average work day… and usually a pretty lousy average workday where they just go through the motions to make a paycheck… getting up by the alarm, commuting, waiting for a break… waiting to get off… trading the hours of their day for dollars… now I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that for anyone else but me… I can only speak for myself here… but deep in my gut, I KNOW it’s not my path… I want to spend my time doin’ things that I’m passionate about, with lots of flexibility, helping the make the world the best place I can and having a helluva lotta fun in the process.
I refuse to trade my life away for money… working to make someone else rich… living by others values… and thinking that the only way to financially succeed is get up, put long hard hours in at some job I could care less about, go home and get up and do it all again the next day… living like a rat in a cage
I wanted to create a business that gave me the kind of work day and lifestyle that I really wanted deep inside… so a few years ago, I sat down and wrote out exactly what that day would look like, made it a goal, and figured out how many people I’d have to help get what they wanted in life to make the kind of money that would make this ideal work day of mine a reality… and how I could help them.
I got it set deep in my gut that I would make this happen no matter what… cuz otherwise… I’m just settling, and then my entire Rise Above philosophy is just a philosophy, and not a way of life.
But once I set my sights on something and lock it into my gut, and let my sub-conscious go to work putting all the right strategies, connections, mentors and steps in front of me for me to take action on… success is guaranteed every single time… provided I take those actions and persist like a true BMF.
Today, because of locking in on my target, working with the right mentors, becoming one of the modern days masters of direct response marketing, taking massive actions, and then learning and plugging in all the right systems to pull in all streams of income, my ideal work day that I set my sights on has become the norm.
Now, what is ideal to ME, might be boring to you…
…you may wanna jump out of planes into the jungle for a living, or guard the president, or work as a bouncer at a strip club for all I know… or who knows, maybe if you value family and freedom your ideal work day will look something like mine… it’s an individual thing.
My question to you is, what does YOUR ideal normal work day look like?
Judging by past experience and the results of others, I’ll make the prediction that if you do what this site says, what my opt-in stuff says, what a few of my lower cost programs say to do and then when your dead serious about the success of your fitness business just roll just a fraction of your profits from these into some of my higher end programs … take massive action on what I teach NEVER waiting for things to be perfect… help others, be a good person, think positive, give great customer service and generally care deep down inside that the people who hand you money and apply your stuff will get results… just like when people invest in my programs… do these simple things and your success is certain.
You can own the type of business most people cannot even fathom exists, a freedom business, where it works FOR YOU and around YOUR LIFESTYLE … instead of being a slave to some gym job you cant stand… or having a training business where you work long hard hours with one on one clients yet make half or just a third or fourth or even tenth what you’re worth…
… or where you have this amazing idea for a product or program yet have no idea how to bring it to the world.
You CAN actually work where you want, when you want, how you want doin’ what you want… and have a good time doin it... if you want it enough, do what this site and my programs show you to do and are an overall good and cool person… then there’s no doubt that you can now go kick major ass with what you’ve found here
This is site is for the modern day fitness entrepreneur… a renegade spirit who helps others feel good and look smoking hot ( or at least better than they did before they started your program )
This site can help take you from where you are now in your fitness career or business journey, to having one of the most fun, profitable, predictable, prosperous, and flexible businesses around.
This stuff works, any idiot can do it as long as they don’t wait for things to be perfect OR to try and make them perfect when getting started with my materials.. just act and fix any mistakes as you go… cuz NEVER forget
A great place to start is at the bottom of the site under “Must Read” and “Most Recent”
PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY OF ACTION AND IS STRAIGHT-UP KRYPTONITE TO YOUR RESULTS
This site, is to help you achieve your IDEAL reality and DREAM BUSINESS… and do it in a fun and exciting way….
For now I’m out…
Oh, and I’d love to hear your comments below…
Thanks a ton!
Big Chris ( Fitness Marketing Strategist and Consultant )
PS. Oh, and these little boogermagoo’s are pretty much why I do EVERYTHING…






















Hey Chris,
Thank you for helping me with my site (You even wrote the copy) and helping me realize the power of online marketing. Thanks to you these days 8-10 of my clients find me on search engines and I have actually now developed a team to help other trainers get a ton of leads on autopilot through the internet. Thanks to you my local blog is getting a tone of traffic and I am making an additional 12.5K per month just from affiliate and supplement sales from my blog.
It is true! Literally 100 clients added in 3 months, and we are trending up even faster!! I had to put the brakes on just to let my trainer team catch up (they…we were not prepared for that much growth…) But now we REALLY have our game faces on and we are looking to grow into a facility three times the size as the one we currently own, as well as be a nationally recognized niche training company! Stoked on the time you have spent with me Chris!!
Your friend and brother,
Aaron
I have known Chris McCombs for about 7 years now. He is absolutely all vision and progress and very little talk. He has helped me with things that I have struggled with in my business. His personal moniker "Rise Above" and what it means is something that I use to this day. I work about 20 hours a week and I have maintained a business that is very successful and rewarding. To this day I look forward to getting up every single day to go to work. He has taught me that when things aren't fun for you then its time to change your life to fit YOUR needs. Chris is a valuable leader in the fitness community and an honest colleague and friend.
Greg Faunce
President of OCTrainer.net
Chris Mcombs has changed my life as a trainer/entrepreneur in so many amazing ways. First off, within the first 5 months of reading his blog, using his products and applying his strategies I literally doubled my income and dramatically reduced my work hours.
Chris taught me the actual blueprint of how to work smarter, and not harder. He opened up my eyes to a whole new world of marketing and business building strategies.
Soon after my success with his principles and products, I decided to hire Chris as a coach to push me to the next level. As Chris coached me I was blown away at how quickly he revamped my entire business and accelerated me towards my income goals. The secrets he shared with me allowed me to live the life I’ve always dreamed of.
To give you an example, Chris emailed me a tactic that generated 278 new leads and added an additional $5976 to my monthly revenue!!!
I only have 1 regret, and that is not utilizing Chris McCombs the moment I decided to be trainer. The man will take you places if you believe in him and take action with his methods!
Aj Mihrzad
Long Island Weight Loss http://www.LifeFuelFit.com
Life before Chris- 11 clients, training one-on-one just kinda winging it. A year and a half later, life after Chris… A team of trainers, multiple boot camps, totally different mindset, on our way to opening our own facility and over 100 clients and growing rapidly! He not only helped me grow my business but helped me grow mentally and as a whole, Big Chris has helped me develop this unstoppable mindset and and outlook on life. One of the most generous dudes I know.
He's helped me create systems for everything and pretty much put the business in autopilot, I actually took 3 months off in 2010 because of a surgery I had and was on pace to do better than the year before…All thanks to the big fella.
A big part of where I'm at today is because of his guidance, support and belief in me. Thanks again for everything Chris, you've always gone above and beyond.
Sako Yakinian
No Limit Personal Training
Chris has literally changed my life and changed the way I do business FOREVER.
He has helped me accomplish the following things:
- Going from working 20 hours in my business to working "0" hours in my business.
- Helped me go from a personal trainer making $60,000 a year to being a BUSINESS OWNER who makes multiple six figures every year and has his sights on seven figures.
- Helped me DOMINATE my competition on Google with multiple listings in the first page.
- Introduced me to my current mastermind group of high achieving business owners from whom I get awesome marketing and business strategies from.
- Helped me create a business that runs on its own so I can take a 3 month trip to Asia this October to January.
I do not know where I would be if it wasn't for Chris' coaching program and his products. Dude…I can't thank you enough for helping turn my business around.
Chris Mcombs has changed my life as a trainer/entrepreneur in so many amazing ways. First off, within the first 5 months of reading his blog, using his products and applying his strategies I literally doubled my income and dramatically reduced my work hours.
Chris taught me the actual blueprint of how to work smarter, and not harder. He opened up my eyes to a whole new world of marketing and business building strategies.
Soon after my success with his principles and products, I decided to hire Chris as a coach to push me to the next level. As Chris coached me I was blown away at how quickly he revamped my entire business and accelerated me towards my income goals. The secrets he shared with me allowed me to live the life I’ve always dreamed of.
To give you an example, Chris emailed me a tactic that generated 78 new leads and added an additional $3976 to my monthly revenue!!!
I only have 1 regret, and that is not utilizing Chris McCombs the moment I decided to be trainer. The man will take you places if you Believe in him and take Action with his methods!
Aj Mihrzad
Long Island Weight Loss http://www.LifeFuelFit.com
Chris has inspired me and helped me out in so many ways. I have had my own fitness biz for about two years and have been following Chris's blog for about a year. I started off my biz knowing what I wanted the end result to be but with no idea of how to get there. I felt so lost with no direction.
I started following Chris's blog and products and my whole view on biz changed. I now have a clear, simple path of how to get my biz to where I want it to be and I am loving the simple process of taking my biz to that level.
Chris- I am so appreciative for everything that you do. You kick a$%
Chris
ever since I met you in the convention in Vegas my biz has taken off. I have added 15 new EFT clients to my Bootcamp and my biz is doing better than it ever has before. I look forward to reading your blog posts, they are extremely inspirational when I put them to use.
Thanks for for everything dude
Looking forward to seeing you next time
P.S. That new assistant was a definite score
From the office of Dustin "The Dominator:"
Before I discovered Chris I was jsut your average 1-on-1 trainer making somewhere between $2500-3000 per month.
I could barely pay my bills, had no spending money, was living at home, and was a slave to my dying business.
Life pretty much sucked…
You see, in the Midwest the economy had been hit harder than anywhere in the country and 1-on-1 training just wasn't in demand anymore. Folks around here were much more concerned with losing their house than with losing weight.
I was losing clients quick, fast and in a hurry and the referral well had pretty much dried up.
Every day I struggled to remain positive and I was VERY close to quitting training altogether and shutting the doors on my studio.
But then something awesome happened…
I found Chris McCombs online and things began to change.
Chris taught me how to train groups instead of 1-on-1's, how to market, how to sell, how to manage my time, how to delegate and outsource most of my business, etc.
And in just over a years time I've gone from making very little money, working all day long and hating my job to working very little, making ALOT of money and absolutely loving what I do.
Thank you SO much Chris!
Hey Chris, Just wanted to chime in here and say how awesome it is to be one of your first coaching clients. I have learned so much advanced marketing, seo, blogging, and emailing techniques from your coaching….so much that it had put me light years ahead of my competition..HA!
On top of that, you have made it possible for me to become the laziest trainer in the world where I only have to work no more then 20 hours a month…. It's pretty funny…Going on vacation is actually more work then actually running my business
Thanks for all your guidance and also thanks for your support team and awesome wife.
I look forward to many years living the kickback lifestyle.
Jonas- aka laziest trainer in the world.
P.S. DUDE!!! your MASTERmind in VEGAS was UNREAL…especially when Frank Kern Popped in looking for his weed..lol.. I don't know how you pulled that off but it was SO BAD ASS! You know how to throw down a awesome Mastermind bro!
Hey Chris!
Did I ever tell you i actually was saying to myself the first time i saw you…"who is the guy…WTH does he know about training? I've been in the business for years…who the hell is he and how did he gets so successful, so quick?"
Yeah…about 5 years ago you started popping on to the scene and you blew my mind. The stories you shared about some personal stuff was real….and I thought "OK…let me come in for a landing off this ego tripping cloud i was on"
Your intense learning curve of strategies that you studied and picked up so fast….helped me by getting one of my sites,Mr. Fat Loss boot camp, up pain free with Shingo and the Fitness Formula Website process…which started a metamorphosis for seriously my stagnant training business.
And a lot like a domino effect of several other elements my man…you taught this old dog to bow down brother. My business is currently climbing into a financial places that rivals Doctors , Lawyers and other professionals. Some of them actually ask me for web advice now!
Not so long ago…being a "trainer" was frowned upon by many in society…but the cash flow we make now….shuts their @ss up!
Apologies to the PG reader…but those who know me…know I shoot straight almost to a fault.
More fluff,smoke and mirrors in our industry is not what we all need…but fast, effective money making strategies that prove to work…even if your a stubborn, think you know it all kinda guy like I was!
Many Thanks again and hope to enjoy more success with you in the future!
Emile Jarreau
Bea Fox
http://www.m2fitnesspros.com/
http://www.mrfatlossbootcamp.com/
Hey Chris!
Its been over 20 years that I've been in the fitness game…and to understand the impact that
you and technology has had for my business has been amazing. About 5 years ago, when you first came up on my "radar"…i didn't honestly know what to think.
Part of me was like "who is this guy think he is and WTH does he know about training!" and the other part, which still has to be controlled,was my big, F#king ego, saying all the typical
non-sense about who,how,what,why I or my way was the best. It wasn't.
I had to suspend some B.S. thinking long enough and listen closer…but when you spoke about your personal story and how your past had to really be part of your process…i actually had to take another look at not "how" you were saying it…but "what" you were saying and the results. Which has been very impressive in the short span of time I've seen you "rise up in the ranks"
Two things…first,your "Fitness Formula Website" with Shingo and the plug and play way of set up made a previous,crazy waste of time for me trying to learn all of this, simple and painless…which was scaled down to less than a week! The results for my Google placement has been insane with 20+ leads
per month from the one site.
And second, the ongoing blog and "kickback" monthly membership site you have with your boy Zach. I am not "Mr. Tech Guy" and the tools that were simplified into bite size chunks of info, video, audio plus PDF to model after made this monthly payment give back 100 times a return!
So Chris…the journey always starts out tough…but if a person has the strength and can handle the heat long enough…the best stuff still will come. I'm watching you and learning like a sponge…keep up the great job your doing "paying it forward" because you've moved into a top tier position as one of the industry's elite.
Emile Jarreau
Bea Fox
http://www.m2fitnesspros.com/
http://www.mrfatlossbootcamp.com/
Hey Chris
It has been about 6 months since I started working with you as a VIP coaching client and I just wanted to say thanks dude, it has been awesome!
I have taken my business from struggling month to month to find income or sell PT packs to straight up EFT.
In that time we have gone from earning $1500 on EFT per month to $16,000 per month on EFT and each month we keep growing and our retention is through the roof.
I spent way too much money with other coaches and marketing businesses building pretty looking marketing pieces which were full of we to shit and were totally ineffective.
We had a shopping list of options for our members and I was only working to pay wages and provide a great service to my clients.
Since I started with Chris he moved us to EFT, I only now have 3 types memberships with only 2 options, month to month or 12 month. (no one ever takes month to month)
We have recently changed our 1 on 1 pt to small specialized groups and my costs have been chopped in half, my margin has tripled and my clients can now train longer and not pay any more. Talk about a Win/ Win outcome.
Chris's help with getting my complete in the box training software for trainers to run their businesses, full nutrition tracking and a complete system for running transformation contests, has been amazing.
I love working with Chris and I love his blog because he tells it how it is, which I like and this shit really works. It makes sense and if you have the balls to take massive action with it all, you cannot go wrong and you can achieve anything you want.
Thanks for everything bro, has been a blast so far and I cannot wait to see what we achieve in the next 6 months.
Without exception, every single time I talk to Chris, he gives me an idea that directly results in at least 5-figures of additional revenue to my business.
That's why dinner's ALWAYS on me
Thanks for all you do, Chris.
–Clay
Back in the day, I took a huge leap of faith and spent like $3k to attend a live internet marketing event (at the time, that was not cheap for me, and I remember trying to hide the fact that I was NOT staying at the fancy conference hotel, but instead at a cheap hotel in the bad part of town about 1.5 miles away).
The event started at 9AM on a Friday. And being completely incapable of getting up before 10AM, I walked through the seminar doors a few hours late.
Anyway, when I walked through the doors, the first thing I did was approach some guy sitting at the very end of the very last row of seats to ask him if I’d missed anything important. (By the way, the guy I approached was a friggin’ huge dude with a shaved head . . . and I couldn’t quite figure out if he was a Buddhist monk, an ex-green special forces/black-ops military guy, or both.)
That guy was Chris McCombs.
When I Met Chris, He Was THINKING About Launching a Product For Personal Trainers
When I met Chris, he was thinking about doing this product for personal trainers (for the record, he ended up launching that product, but I’m getting ahead of myself).
Long story short . . . Chris and I began a friendship at that event. (Chris, by the way, is one of the most generous people I know).
And since we were both passionate about marketing, we spent a lot of time talking about that (I told him what I knew about blogging, and he told me what he knew about direct response marketing).
Anyway . . .
About A Month After That Event, Chris Launched That Program He’d Been Thinking About Creating (And He Totally Crushed It)
After the seminar where I met Chris, he did end up launching that product we’d talked about (at the seminar where I met him).
And he launched it in a big way.
But the magnitude of Chris’ success isn’t all that I remember.
Not by a long shot.
I remember seeing Chris’ sales copy the day before he went live.
I remember him telling me (before he put everything into motion) how he lined up his affiliates, how he decided what to work on and what NOT to work on.
I remember Chris showing me draft copies of the logo before everything went down.
And I remember him mulling over his plan of attack.
I Remember The Experience of Being Behind The Scenes As I Watched Chris’ Big Info-Marketing Victory Unfold Right Before My Eyes
As a consumer, I’ve seen literally hundreds of winning and losing marketing campaigns over the course of my life.
I’ve watched them on television.
Listened to them on the radio.
And participated in them on the internet.
But for me, Chris’ launch was different.
Chris’ Launch Marked the First Time that I’d Personally Gone Behind The Scenes of a High-Grossing Campaign . . . Of A One-Person Launch That *I* Was Capable of Running
Somehow . . . hearing Chris’ personal account, and seeing specific examples and numbers behind his launch (plus hearing the story of how it came to be) . . . made everything believable in a way it hadn’t before.
Sitting there on the phone, listening to Chris recount to me the play-by-play on how his launch took shape did something for me and my education that hadn’t happened previously.
It opened me up to a new reality and made everything real.
Getting all the nitty-gritty step-by-step plans and details behind a real live campaign that I had seen with my own eyes made something click.
It made me think “I can do this too.”
But most importantly . . .
Watching Chris Got Me To Do What No Other Course, Program, Or Coach Could Do . . . IMPLEMENT
Seeing behind the scenes of Chris’ campaign got me to take action for the very first time.
I’d read “all the books,” gone through “all the courses,” and spent plenty of money and time doing what consultants, and gurus, and teachers TOLD me would work.
But with all the courses, there was always this little voice in the back of my head saying “this is internet marketing, this is probably bullshit, you can’t REALLY do this, this isn’t REALLY possible” . . .
. . . and that voice had scared me action-less for too long.
That voice is why I never gave it my all.
That voice is why I never really fully committed.
That voice is why it took me so long to finally follow through.
Yes, I had gone through all the courses. I had studied everything. But, strangely, seeing Chris’ specific example got me to actually believe that this whole online business thing was real (and not just a pipe-dream created by marketing teachers to sell me expensive shit).
And it was when I truly, deep-down, believed it was possible that my dreams became a reality . . .
And then I started executing like a madman because I finally had recaptured the enthusiasm and “I can do anything” outlook of excitement that I had when I first got started.
Watching Chris not only gave me confidence, but it also gave me an airtight PLAN (that I had 100% faith in) and a simplified, workable structure for moving forward.
And within three months of watching Chris do his thing, my income skyrocketed.
In fact, I pretty much learned from Chris’ plan of attack . . . and adapted his approach to my market.
And within three months of seeing what he did, I’d tripled my income.
And Then It Happened Again. And Again. And Again.
At the very next conference I attended, I ran into Chris again.
And he SHOWED me behind the scenes of another promotion he’d run (he told me what he did, showed me his copy and conversion stats).
I implemented. And I made money. AGAIN.
In fact, I made about $12k within the next three weeks.
That's the longest about me page I've ever read!
Nice work.