The Backstory That Predicted an Entire Industry
Back in 1998, when dial-up internet was the only option, I had just relocated.
My clients from the city I left were cheering me on, but heartbroken that I was leaving.
We’d built incredible connections, and I wanted to keep training them somehow.
I loved technology… and figured there had to be a way to use my computer and a 56k modem to train clients, no matter where they lived.
So I drew up a plan for what I called my Virtual Fitness Trainer, long before online fitness even existed.
It was going to cost around $250,000 to build. It was an impossible number for me at the time.
Everyone laughed.
Banks said the internet was just a fad.
Fellow PTs told me I was crazy.
So I said, “Screw it, I’ll build it myself.”