GINO ARCARO
Thank you for all your questions about the future of post-pandemic gyms. Here’s part of the answer. The following is one part of my prediction of what will happen to gyms and fitness coaches post-pandemic: 19 years as a gym owner has taught me that the fitness industry has caused irreparable damage to itself by […]
I lost count of how many #BarFights I responded to during my 15 year #police career. #BarFights were on of the top 5 calls for service I investigated as a #streetcop before I was promoted to #detective. The scene of every #BarFight included: People socially engaged at varied stages of impairment. The topic of conversations […]
#Disconnect&Protect. Disconnecting has been one of the top 51 ways of protecting my life in mind-body-soul. The original X Fitness in #TheBasement of my home has zero connection to PMS – Post-Modern Society. No TVs, no phones, no windows, no pretty shiny new equipment, no socializing, no party mode, no scrolling, no posting, no selfies, no bad […]
My first platoon Staff Sergeant told me when I was an 18 yr old rookie police officer, “You’ll be ok as long as you shut the fuck up, listen, and work.” My first SWAT Team Staff Sergeant told me when I was a 20 yr old rookie SWAT Team member, “You’ll be ok as long […]
Thank you for your questions about #buiness survival from those of you who have had their business shut down. Here are the basic 5 principles I follow: 1. Always focus on the #1priority – save lives. Nothing supersedes the priority of saving. 15 years of #policing that me that the moment you lose sight of the […]
My first workout in July, 1969, as a dysfunctional, obese 12-year old trying to escape from the physical hell and psychological hell of being #unfit, was as far below Minus-Zero as possible. My first workout was in #TheBasement of my poor illiterate Italian immigrant parent’s old house, a #basement that resembled a dungeon. Not one […]
My poor illiterate #Italian immigrant parents never stopped scolding me when I was growing up in the 1960s. #NoDaysOff. They were relentless. They never let up. They never took a break. The reason why they were chronic scolders is that I was a child, they were the adults. They knew better because of the adult-child […]
I want to be a football coach. I want a job coaching football. What do I need to build my coaching career and get hired as a football coach? Those are some of the top 51 questions I have been asked by hundreds of assistant coaches and coaches who I have never met. Here’s the […]
Today is my gym’s 19th anniversary. I started X Fitness from scratch in 2001, long before our competition started, before social media, before PMS – Post-Modern Society – replaced #ScoringTime with #ScrollingTime. There is nothing harder to sell than working out. Nothing. No exceptions. I did not inherit my gym. My poor illiterate Italian immigrant […]
Soul-selling—Dual Meaning This book is not the conventional business book. Being a gym owner sounds like fun until it has to be done. This book spills my guts about how I have to spill my guts as a gym owner and strength coach. I wrote this book during the Coronavirus Pandemic as part of the […]