About Me

Last Updated on September 6, 2024 by Martin

About Me: From Personal Trainer to Your Online Fitness Coach

Hey everyone! Welcome to FatBurnerJournal.com. I’m Martin, and I spent years as a certified personal trainer and fitness coach ISSA-certified since 2006 guiding people through their weight loss and fitness journeys.

My Journey From the Gym Floor to the Web

While I loved working one-on-one with clients, I always felt there was a limit to how many people I could help. I wanted to share my knowledge and experience with a wider audience.

So, I retired, stopped working with clients, traded my TRX trainers, and created this site.

A space where I can pass on everything I’d learned on the gym floor, building muscles, losing weight, and staying healthy to people all over the world.

I will explain the reason why I stopped working as a trainer later in my about post.

What You’ll Find on FatBurnerJournal.com

• Training and Diet Tips From a Former Pro: You won’t find any theoretical fluff here, just practical advice straight from the trenches of the fitness industry.
• Workouts Designed for Real People: Forget about those cookie-cutter routines. We’ll explore exercise plans that fit your life and your goals, making fitness fun and sustainable.
• Supplement Insights From a Trainer’s Perspective: I’ll cut through the hype and give you the truth about weight loss supplements, based on my experience working with clients who’ve used them.
• Real Talk About Real Struggles: I’ll share stories from my time as a personal trainer, the challenges I faced, the mistakes I made, and the lessons I learned along the way.
• A critical view on fitness and how people approach this lifestyle.

My Story

I believe my story of getting started working on the gym floor as a personal trainer is a bit different compared to many others.

Back at the beginning of the 2000s, I was working as a technical post-production manager in the Television Industry. I worked on various reality shows such as Big Brother, Master Plan, and a couple of others in Sweden.

At the same time, I had an extreme passion for fitness and muscle building and spent lots of my free time in the gym working out. I remember I was so passionate about it that I managed to get my fat levels below 5% I was cut to the extreme.

However, my approach wasn’t the best. I was overstraining to the extreme and could easily have injured myself. All that I learned later on when I became a fitness coach.

After staying on and off in Sweden for 5 years, I had enough of dark winters and the cold weather. So, I decided to move to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico.

But before leaving I needed to figure out how I could make a living while being there. Since I was passionate about working out, it was obvious.

Get certified as a personal trainer and get clients such as “snowflakes” people living in Cabo San Lucas during Winter time, locals, and tourists. So, I got certified as an ISSA-certified personal trainer.

Why I Quit Being a Personal Trainer

I was starting to work online and felt satisfaction reaching a greater audience compared to a one-on-one personal training session. Gradually I started to make a living online and it ended up becoming more lucrative to me compared to having fitness clients.

At the same time, I spent a lot of time commuting around different areas around Los Cabos because my clients were spread out. Sometimes I would spend 4 hours driving to manage having 6 clients. It was very tiring and expensive on the gas. Also, it limited my spare time and my own time in the gym working out.

So, I finally decided to stop working as a fitness trainer and focus on working online. Oh boy, it was a difficult decision.

My Blog is For You?

Ready to get started getting in shape? Or, do you just want to keep your motivation high?

Or, perhaps you are just sick and tired of this world of perfection when it comes to health and fitness and want to more realistic hands-on experience?

Then I believe my blog is for you.

A Couple of Articles to Get You Started

I just refreshed my article regarding my favorite superfoods. I think you will like some of them too.

Check out: 7 Superfoods: My Secret Weapons for a Healthier, Happier Weight Loss Journey

If you are not sure how to get started with your fitness journey and lack motivation, then I’m sure you will find some here: Ditch the Diet Drama! – 10 Tips to Fuel Your Weight Loss Motivation

And finally, the best weight loss tips for men and women: The 10 Best Weight Loss Tips 2024 for Men and Women

Disclaimer:

Just a reminder – I’m a former personal trainer, not a doctor. So, always talk to your healthcare provider before starting any new diet or exercise program.