Coach Donta Finney is the head trainer at SBY MMA. Donta has the fight of an underdog and he knows how to train like an underdog. In this episode, Donta shares how he turned his passion for mixed martial arts and fitness training into a business. Mixed martial Fitness was born out of the love for training and the drive for the opportunity. Through the years Donta has developed online training and coaching, along with an outdoor training program that dubbed him the name Mr. Pain in the Park. Whether you need a change of habit, a boost of self-confidence, a desire to compete, or a shift of mindset Donta is the right trainer to have in your corner to push you to good failure.
Key Highlights
[02:26] Getting into fitness and martial arts and turning them into a business
[03:45] From personal training to group training
[05:54] Pivoting into online training
[06:58] The training program
[10:55] SBY MMA victory
[12:12] What SBY MMA has to offer
[14:07] SBY MMA classes and schedules
[15:11] What’s Brazilian Jiujitsu? (BJJ)
[16:29] How to reach out to Donta
[17:23] Nutrition training program
[21:15] “Calories in and calories out”
Notable Quotes
● You can be anywhere anytime. We got people training in their closets at their work.
● The conversations that I have with my online people are so deep and they resonate so deeply with me and them.
● Those concepts that you learn with online training, that’s what going to push you.
● Even if you want to compete, you got to come in there for the conditioning. You got to come in there for the mindset. And that’s where we start with for everybody.
● In SBY MMA, we’re going to teach you how to help yourself, grow yourself, whether you are a kid or an adult, then go out there and help other people.
● A lot of people get meal plans. They tell you the exact thing to eat and what time to eat it. And then you know what happens? You don’t have that exact food at that time. It doesn’t work that way.
● Even if you buy all the food that you’re supposed to have on Sunday, 92% of people will not follow through with that plan.
● Find what you like and what’s available.
● Every diet works.
Resources
Connect with Donta Finney
Donta Finney on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullcontact4fun/
SBY MMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sbymmawrestlingclub/
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