Pod Insights The School of Greatness 51 Marc Fitt: The Mentality of a World Class Body and Mind About this episode Marc Fitt on the School of Greatness podcast with Lewis Howes discussing the sleep patterns, eating habits, exercise consistency and overall mindset that makes Marc so successful in his fitness and his business. For those of you seeking to align your actions with your vision for your body and business, this podcast is a must. Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX
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0:00 Lewis Howes? This is episode number 51 with Mark Fit.
0:06 Lewis Howes? Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howes, a former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur. And each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.
0:32 Lewis Howes? What is up, greats? And thanks so much for tuning in today with this very special episode because it's all about how to control your mind, body, and your life. And that's the mission behind our guest today, Mark Fit. And he is a 23-year-old, super-successful fitness model, personal trainer, sponsored athlete, and entrepreneur out of Montreal, Canada. And I first got tuned into Mark a few months ago because I saw, I think, a video or a picture of his or something that had so much response to what this kid was doing, that I just had to see for myself what it was all about and what he was up to.
1:15 Lewis Howes? And since then, I've been able to connect with Mark a little bit here and there and really learn about what he's been creating for himself. Again, a young guy, 23. He's got a huge fitness business that he's created in just a couple of short years. And his story is pretty interesting about how he went from kind of out of shape, trying to get in shape for the police academy up in Canada. And what he realizes, what he fell in love with. He fell in love with what he really loved doing, which was being the best version of himself physically and mentally, and the discipline behind that. And in this episode, we really break down kind of his whole journey over the last couple of years. Also, he learned English in two years because he had such a huge following.
1:57 Lewis Howes? Again, he's getting, you know, hundreds of thousands of millions of views on his YouTube channel for his videos, his Instagram, his Facebook has over a half a million fans, and it continues to rise extremely quickly. So, he was only speaking French a couple of years ago and realized that his audience was all over the world. So he decided to, again, take on something new and learn English in a couple of short years. So you'll hear his, his French accent in this episode as well, which is, uh, which is pretty cool. But I'm very excited about this because, again, a lot of the youth today get out of college and, uh, struggle because they're trying to find, they're trying to figure
2:39 Lewis Howes? out what it is they want to do. They're trying to figure out how to get a job, how to get a career, how to live someone else's dream, really, by just getting a paycheck. And what I like about Mark is that he just, he, he figured out what it is he fell in love with for himself. He figured out what his dream is. He discovered what makes him come alive, what he loves to feel every single moment of every single day. And he figured out his journey, his path. He's not living someone else's journey, someone else's path, and trying to figure out how to make a living working for someone else. And that's what I really admire about this young kid is that he's following his dreams, he's following his bliss, and living to the fullest every single day to serve others, to inspire them.
3:23 Lewis Howes? And for me, that's what it's all about. So in this episode, we're going to just dive into Mark's story, kind of what he's created. And again, he's a young guy, 23 years old, and what he's been able to create for himself, his business, relationships, his life, in a few short years, and, uh, let you know about how he's done it. So I'm very excited about this episode. And with that, guys, please welcome Mark Fit and Let the Class Begin.
4:05 Lewis Howes? And thanks again everyone for tuning back into the School of Greatness. I'm super pumped today because we've got a recent friend of mine, his name is Mark Fiton. How you doing Mark?
4:15 Speaker 01 I'm doing well and you?
4:16 Lewis Howes? I'm doing great. And Mark is from Quebec in Canada and he just learned English two years ago. He grew up speaking French and is new to the English world. So I'm excited to have you on and hopefully everything I say you understand, but it seems like you're pretty good at it already.
4:35 Speaker 01 It should be fine.
4:37 Lewis Howes? Now, Mark, for those that don't know, I recently have been in, kind of in touch with Mark. I saw him originally, I believe, on Instagram. I don't know how, what happened. Someone posted a picture or you might have liked one of my pictures or something. I saw you and I was like, who is this kid? And then he's a fitness coach, fitness expert. He's also a fitness model, trainer, sponsored athlete, entrepreneur, speaker. And he's a young guy. He's done a lot of great things. I think he has over like close to 20 million views on your YouTube channel. You've got a huge audience.
5:08 Lewis Howes? You're inspiring people all over the world with your message and with your lifestyle. And I'm excited to have you on and just kind of talk about what you've been up to, why you got into this type of fitness lifestyle and what you're doing next. So let's start off with, how'd you get into fitness, man? You're such like a good-looking dude and you know, you've got probably like 5% body fat or less. And why'd you get into this in the first place? And why'd you want to start teaching other people about living a great lifestyle?
5:41 Speaker 01 It's a really great question because in the first part, I wasn't training like for the shape. I was training for being more under and having more strength because I was in a police academy. So I wanted to be in the SWAT team.
5:52 Lewis Howes? Wow.
5:53 Speaker 01 Yeah, so it was my. My goal and I just started working out and I was around fifteen percent body fat, I think, when I started.
6:00 Lewis Howes? Wow.
6:01 Speaker 01 And I wasn't like in great shape. I was okay because I played hockey seventeen years. But apart that, uh, fitness and working out was not my thing. And, uh, then I started like to get in shape, really in shape and people ask me question about, uh, I did it, um, they want just some advice. And, um, then I started like that and I just started like a little blog on WordPress to just show what I'm doing. And I had a lot of traffic, so then the first video came out on YouTube and, uh, the response was well and that's how I started.
6:31 Lewis Howes? That's how you started. Now, when did you join or when did you want to be on the SWAT team or the police academy? How old were you?
6:36 Speaker 01 Um, I was twenty, twenty, yeah, twenty.
6:40 Lewis Howes? So three years ago.
6:42 Speaker 01 Yep.
6:42 Lewis Howes? And then what happened? Did you end up making the academy? Did you drop out or what?
6:47 Speaker 01 I know, uh, I dropped out for a year to start my, my own business. And, uh, just to create, uh, full content because I started while, while I was in school and, uh, it was crazy. Like you, you saw like my Facebook page and, uh, probably like my Instagram and stuff. So there's a lot of traffic, a lot of requests and I started like to make a good living with it. So I dropped out like for a year and then I returned to school to finish it because I wanted to finish it. Uh, and then, uh, yeah, I didn't go to the.
7:21 Lewis Howes? You didn't finish?
7:22 Speaker 01 No.
7:23 Lewis Howes? Did you finish?
7:23 Speaker 01 Yeah, I finished school. I finished school. Yeah.
7:25 Lewis Howes? And then you just decided you were like, well, I'm making more money that doing this and I'm working out every day as opposed to work.
7:31 Speaker 01 Yeah, I really enjoy it. It's crazy.
7:33 Lewis Howes? Yeah. Now you've got, you've got like five hundred fifty thousand Facebook fans. And I think the last time I talked to you, you had like, you just hit five hundred thousand like a few weeks ago. So it's growing really fast. YouTube channel is probably huge and your engagement is really big. So you've got a lot of people just constantly talking about it. They're very inspired by what you do. And I think it's cool that you, you know, were going to be a, a police officer or in the SWAT team. So your, was your original goal. Then you started to get in great shape and realized that, hey, I can build a business around this.
8:02 Speaker 01 Mm-hmm.
8:03 Lewis Howes? On the side and then realized that you were probably making a really great living around this. And doing, and doing it all on your own terms. You didn't have to like, you didn't have a boss.
8:13 Speaker 01 I work from home and it's crazy. And in the first part, it wasn't like to build a business because I didn't know nothing about online business, about SEO or I don't know like what was like traffic and everything. And I didn't know like how to build a website, so I learned just from scratch. And yeah, YouTube have some good tutorials to learn.
8:34 Lewis Howes? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, you can learn anything on YouTube. So what did you do then? You didn't know what you were doing. You just decided to put some videos up there and people really enjoyed it. They they loved the response that you were creating. And what was it like kind of getting your first sale? What did you do? Was it a t-shirt you sold? Was it a coaching call? Was it a membership site? What was it?
8:54 Speaker 01 It's kind of funny, but it started with my friends. So in the first part, I went to Walmart, buy some white shirt and made and I made like my own logo and put it like homemade in my garage directly on the shirt. And some of my friends just wanted the shirt, so I sell out like a couple of shirts like that. But then online, I don't know, I had a lot of traffic and I just decided to sell one workout for $4.99. And to see, yeah, I work out, one of my workout.
9:24 Lewis Howes? Like a video or like?
9:25 Speaker 01 A PDF file, a PDF file. With no picture, with nothing, just text, really basic. And yeah, that's what I I put on my site with a little PayPal button, nothing like crazy. And I had so much sales in in two days that I was like, oh, there's potential here.
9:43 Lewis Howes? How many sales? How many sales did you get?
9:45 Speaker 01 Ah, I don't remember, but it was a lot. It was more than what I was making as a security guard while I was. So it was crazy. And but I always wanted like not just to sell something and make money. It was just sharing, inspiring people, show that everything is possible and you can start from nothing and build something that you really want or you're passionate about.
10:06 Lewis Howes? That's great, man. And so what, what happened next? You sold this PDF for $4.99. You realized you're making more money with that?
10:12 Speaker 01 Yeah, and I was sent, yeah, it, it was a lot of work because I was sending everything manually.
10:17 Lewis Howes? Manually?
10:18 Speaker 01 Yeah, I didn't have any like automatic thing. So I was receiving like the manual on my PayPal on my cell phone and I was in school and I was like, oh my God. And I was with one of my friends and saying like, yo, check five bucks, five bucks, five bucks. And it was just the best feeling in the world, like, to see that someone interested in what I'm doing and.
10:36 Lewis Howes? Wow. And so you're, so you're manually emailing people back is what?
10:41 Speaker 01 Yeah, with the PDF file and with the instruction.
10:44 Lewis Howes? Oh my gosh, that must've taken forever.
10:46 Speaker 01 Yeah.
10:48 Lewis Howes? So, so what was next after that? Would you, you realized, hey, I've got a real business that I could create from this. Um, did you start understanding WordPress? Did you start?
10:58 Speaker 01 Yeah, because in the first part I was doing, I was using wordpress.com. So you cannot like really modify stuff. The team are not good and it's not the, the best platform to, to build something at your image. And so then I learned about like wordpress.org and I downloaded a team. I installed, installed that. I started with a WooCommerce. It's a plugin for online e-commerce.
11:25 Lewis Howes? Yep.
11:26 Speaker 01 And I just set up everything, then create more product and I've got my first sponsorship. So then we made a kind of agreement so I can sell cloning and supplements and it started like that, yeah.
11:39 Lewis Howes? Now, what's the sponsorship?
11:41 Speaker 01 Um, with a supplements company. So it's Beyond Yourself Supplements. It's based in Montreal, Canada.
11:46 Lewis Howes? Now, why did you, I like the name Beyond Yourself. Now, why did you attach yourself to this name and what's, what's it mean to you? Beyond Yourself, what's that mean to you?
11:55 Speaker 01 It's, it's, uh, yeah, great, great question. Because I had a lot of offer from, uh, local stores and, and Beyond Yourself is just what I represent. I'm with them since the beginning. And it's just a great company. The guys are nice. It's not, when, when you buy their supplements, they never say like, it's the magic formula to get result. It's, you have to work hard first and then the supplements are there to help you out.
12:23 Lewis Howes? Hmm.
12:24 Speaker 01 So, yeah, I just love their mindset.
12:27 Lewis Howes? Got you. And what is Beyond Yourself, what does that statement mean to you?
12:34 Speaker 01 Uh, just
12:34 Lewis Howes? What does it mean to be beyond yourself when you're working out? When you, I, cause I see you wearing the gear a lot. And what does that mean to you?
12:41 Speaker 01 It's kind of giving me like the power to go beyond what I can do. Like, I just always go over my limits. And it's not, maybe not human, it's not normal what I'm doing. It's, it's just, I've, I'm in the gym, I'm in, I'm in another world and it's just my own battlefield. It's where I can focus on myself and become, become more.
13:03 Lewis Howes? Hmm, I like that. So when you're in the gym, what's your mindset like? What do you think before you enter the gym? When you're about to do something that may seem impossible for you or that is extremely challenging? Where do you take yourself mentally and physically? Do you have a routine? Do you, do you listen to music? Do you have an alter ego where you're, you know, you put, picture yourself as, you know, Hercules? What is it?
13:29 Speaker 01 I have my own routine. So 40 minutes before I'm going to the gym, I always watch most visual video. I listen to most visual speech. I just place my mind at the right place to go work out and challenge myself in the gym. So when I arrive to the gym, for sure, I have a good pre-workout. So I'm really like pumped to work out. But I think about all, all my followers. It's maybe stupid, but I think like I have kind of a responsibility with what I'm doing. And I just need to give my best every day because I cannot, I cannot give up now. I have so many people who count on me and it's just, I want to show that everything is possible and it's just, yeah, that's what I want to do.
14:13 Speaker 01 And if I give up, like what kind of message, message I'm sending out like you? I don't know. It's maybe deep, I don't know.
14:22 Lewis Howes? Uh, I like that. Now, do you feel like that responsibility is a lot of pressure? Or do you put pressure on yourself? Or how do you manage that pressure?
14:31 Speaker 01 Yeah, it's a lot of pressure, but it's a good pressure because I can be the best version of me. Uh, because of that. It's, yeah, it's a pressure of our pairs, but it's a good pressure. Uh, in the beginning it was maybe.
14:47 Speaker 01 It's maybe hard to handle because like I still young, I still learning and there's a lot, there's a lot of thing like I have to do every day and I was working like eighteen, nineteen, twenty hours a day. I was sleeping four hours, sometime three hours, sometime I didn't sleep to build everything because I, I wa- I was the, the one man show in the beginning, you know?
15:11 Lewis Howes? Right, right.
15:12 Speaker 01 So it was a lot, but I learned a lot too and I, I became stronger mentally and yeah, it helped me out.
15:20 Lewis Howes? Now, where's most of your audience? Is it in Canada, is it in the US?
15:23 Speaker 01 Nope. No, uh, because I started like everything in English, uh, my main audience is in the US. US, then um, Germany, then Mexico. Canada is then the, the ninth country.
15:37 Lewis Howes? Wow. And what are your, what are most of your fans or what are most of your audience? Are they into fitness themselves? Are they more of a working class that's trying to get fit? What are they, who are they mostly?
15:49 Speaker 01 Uh, between seventeen and twenty-six, twenty-five.
15:53 Lewis Howes? Yeah, is it mostly men or women? Is it?
15:55 Speaker 01 Uh, mostly men.
15:56 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
15:56 Speaker 01 There's a lot of women recently, but yeah.
16:00 Lewis Howes? And what's their goal? They're just trying to, to get in shape? Are they trying to look as ripped as you? What's, what's the main goal for them?
16:06 Speaker 01 Uh, I think the goal is not, because my thing is fitness, is getting in shape and that is, I can share my message like. I'm getting shape not because I'm strong or whatever, it's just because it's, it's a reflection of I am mentally. Because um, it take a lot of artwork, discipline and you cannot have that kind of physique if you're not consistent in what you're doing. So I think like I have, I have a lot of followers who who know that and they see it as an inspiration in whatever they do.
16:38 Lewis Howes? Hmm. Now, you used to be fifteen percent body fat, right?
16:41 Speaker 01 Yeah.
16:42 Lewis Howes? And uh, fifteen percent body fat's not, you know, that big really, but it's.
16:47 Speaker 01 But I was skinny, no muscle, yeah. I was like a hundred and thirty pounds, something like that.
16:52 Lewis Howes? Wow. And what are you now?
16:54 Speaker 01 Uh, a hundred and seventy-five. I'm not that big too.
16:57 Lewis Howes? What are you about, five-ten or how tall are you?
16:59 Speaker 01 Uh, five-ten, yeah.
17:00 Lewis Howes? Okay, yeah. Interesting. So you put on like forty five, fifty pounds of muscle, it seems like. And dropped your body fat. So it's pretty amazing. And I like how you you're, you know, your logo, you say everything. Everything is possible.
17:15 Speaker 01 Mm hmm.
17:15 Lewis Howes? I like that you say that your physical physique is a reflection of your mental physique and where you are mentally. Now, what is your, what's your diet like? What's your daily routine with your, your intake, your nutrition?
17:29 Speaker 01 Uh, my diet, I have seven meals a day. So I eat every two hours. Um, it's, it's basic. It's not something like, oh, it's the best diet in the world. I just always follow it. So I, I get result. But one thing I'm doing, it's weighing all my food.
17:46 Lewis Howes? Weighing?
17:47 Speaker 01 Yeah, I weigh, I weigh my food.
17:49 Lewis Howes? Why do you weigh?
17:50 Speaker 01 Uh, because I can be sure at one hundred percent of what I'm eating. So I can reach the right amount of protein, carbs and fat. And in this way, if I don't see result, I can adjust myself easily.
18:00 Lewis Howes? Wow. So everything is very calculated, what you put in your body.
18:04 Speaker 01 Yeah, exactly.
18:05 Lewis Howes? Now, what about the people who say, you know, what about enjoying life and just having a meal and being out with your friends and? You know, it seems so dis- you're so disciplined and strict, you know, do you ever get to have fun with what you eat and relax and enjoy that in the playful foods? Um, what do you say about that?
18:24 Speaker 01 Um, I have one cheat meal a week, so I can say that. Uh, and it's, it's what I love to do. Um. If I'm not, I don't know, it's maybe an obsession of getting in shape, but I feel really great. I have so much energy now. Uh. I wake up early in the morning around five, five thirty AM and I do my own thing. I, I just love being in shape and feel that I, I can reach whatever I want in term of, uh, performance.
18:55 Lewis Howes? Hmm. Now, how much sleep do you get at night? What time do you just go to bed?
18:59 Speaker 01 Um, now it's better than before. So now, um, I almost get like seven hours a night.
19:05 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
19:06 Speaker 01 Between six and seven hours.
19:08 Lewis Howes? Okay.
19:08 Speaker 01 And I go bed around ten.
19:10 Lewis Howes? Okay. Do you feel like when you get a full seven, eight hours of sleep, that you're able to perform at a higher? Frequency and a higher, uh, strength level when you're working out?
19:21 Speaker 01 Yeah, for sure. Sleep is very important. If you're not sleeping tight, you cannot be performing at the gym the, the next days.
19:28 Lewis Howes? Right. Now.
19:31 Lewis Howes? Do you think if you started eating, let's just say, three to four meals a day, kind of being relaxed on what you're eating, having more sugar, desserts, not too much, but just kind of being relaxed with it and you weren't so disciplined, do you feel like your body would be as in good shape?
19:47 Speaker 01 I would have a relaxed body.
19:50 Lewis Howes? Really?
19:50 Speaker 01 Yeah, I mean, you can get in shape, but you cannot be one of the top fitness model in the world by eating sugars all the time or being average. If you want to be a top, you need to act like a champion.
20:02 Lewis Howes? Everything, every meal, everything you do, right?
20:05 Speaker 01 Yeah.
20:06 Lewis Howes? That's amazing.
20:07 Speaker 01 Yeah, it's my thing, like, it's not everyone who want to do that, but for me, that's what I enjoy, so.
20:13 Lewis Howes? Right, right.
20:14 Speaker 01 It's not a task for me, I just enjoy it.
20:16 Lewis Howes? You love it, yeah. So how much is the food important for the body compared to the workout? Is the food more important for you? Or is the workout what really matters in getting in shape?
20:31 Speaker 01 I think the food will give you all the result that you want.
20:34 Lewis Howes? Really?
20:34 Speaker 01 And it's the hardest part to follow. It's really hard to follow a right diet because in our world, we have so much fast food. Our friends don't want to eat healthy. It's so easy to go at Subway or McDonald's and get it fast. But food will play around eighty percent, I think, in your result because you can work out like crazy, but if you're not eating well, you can get in correct shape. But if you want to see your success, you need to get on a diet at least five times a day, a week, sorry.
21:07 Lewis Howes? Really? So you can have one cheat day or one cheat meal?
21:10 Speaker 01 For myself, I have only one cheat meal.
21:13 Lewis Howes? Wow. For someone that wants to look ripped but not as shredded as you, they could go for a one day a week, you think?
21:20 Speaker 01 It depend, it depend on your body type and it depend on your metabolism. If you are something who gain fat easily, I will not suggest it. But if you are an ectomorph, someone who struggle to gain muscle and fat. Uh, yes, you can have a cheat, a cheat day.
21:36 Lewis Howes? Hmm. Now, let me ask you this. Do you feel like someone with, let's say, in shape, let's say, between uh eight and twelve percent body fat. I would say, you know, usually they can look pretty good. They can have like a semi, semi six pack. You know, you can have a strong body, can be, you know, really strong and in shape, um, but not super shredded like you. Someone with, let's say, eight to twelve percent body fat, or maybe even a little higher. Um, do you feel like if your body is not in the best shape of your life, that you can still perform and achieve amazing results in your career and your relationships, or anything else you want to take on in your
22:20 Lewis Howes? life? Do you feel like, again, if your body is only, you know, average shape or good shape, but not the best, that it's going to reflect on the rest of your life? Or can you still have an amazing life and achieve huge results in everything else in your life if you're not in the best shape?
22:37 Speaker 01 I think you can still achieve whatever you want in life, but the thing with your body is it will just help you to have more energy. And it always depend uh on your goal. If you want to be, if you want to do like CrossFit, you don't have to be shredded as hell and be like in the four or five percent body fat. If you want to run a marathon, it's not good to be on a low body fat.
22:56 Lewis Howes? Hmm.
22:57 Speaker 01 So it's really, it depend on your goal.
23:00 Lewis Howes? So you think, so you think it doesn't, you don't have to be completely shredded in order to achieve, yeah, okay, interesting. But you definitely-
23:07 Speaker 01 As long as you feel right with your body and you love your body, it will be fine.
23:10 Lewis Howes? Yeah, okay. Now, what other, what a type of um, things are you studying in terms of your body? What have you done to study about and research about this for yourself? Or has it kind of just been exploring it and trying different things? Or is there someone that you, do you have a mentor or someone that you follow to learn this stuff?
23:30 Speaker 01 Um, I don't have any mentors, but like that I met physically, but I learn a lot from everyone that I can find.
23:39 Lewis Howes? Sure. Who are, who are some of the people that you, that you like?
23:43 Speaker 01 Uh, in the fitness world or?
23:44 Lewis Howes? Yeah, in the fitness world.
23:46 Speaker 01 A classic one, I'll note Schröder, Frangzane. There's a, I also like bodybuilders because their dedication is crazy. All the, they are at the gym, the mindset. So I learned from big guys like Jake Cutler, Phil E, all these guys. But it's not something that I wanted to achieve, but it's something that I respect. Um, I learned from almost everyone. There's always something that you can take from anybody. And Michael Jackson said a quote that learn from the great if you want to become greater. And it's something that touched me because I only mimic what the greats are doing, you know? It's, you don't have to start from scratch. There are so much people who, who had success and you can learn from it.
24:31 Speaker 01 And you just have to adjust, um, their own success in your life.
24:35 Lewis Howes? Sure. Now, what about people not in the fitness space? Who inspires you, um, for mindset or personal development type of information?
24:45 Speaker 01 Uh, oh, there's a lot that depend.
24:51 Speaker 01 You first, yeah, a year ago I was listening to your podcast, seriously. And a year ago I said to my girlfriend, I will be on this show one day. And now I'm here.
25:00 Lewis Howes? Well, there you go. Let's go, man. Yeah, I appreciate it. Well, you learned English, so we can make it happen.
25:06 Speaker 01 Uh, yeah, yeah, it was, it was a struggle in the beginning, seriously. I did my first live TV show when I just started like to speak English and it was so stressful. It was crazy and I, but when I saw like George Sheen Pier, it's a great inspiration. When I saw him like speaking, I was like, oh man, I can do it. Because like we are, we have almost like the same accent and people in the US love him. So I was like, you do it, I can.
25:33 Lewis Howes? He's from Quebec, right?
25:34 Speaker 01 Yeah, same place, Montreal.
25:36 Lewis Howes? Wow, nice.
25:37 Speaker 01 And, uh, yeah, but it was really hard and, uh, Yeah, it's it was a challenge for me because I cannot express myself like I want. If it wasn't French, it's like I have like kind of a language barrier and that kind of thing. It's it's it's hard when you have so much followers and you wanna say something and you don't know how to express yourself. It's really hard is yeah, can be it can it can frustrate you.
26:03 Lewis Howes? That's yeah. Now, what did you do to learn English then? Were you just you you said you were listening, watching TV. But were you really? Did you have a class that you were going to or is it more just talking with friends?
26:13 Speaker 01 We learn English at school, but in the beginning I didn't want to learn English because I was like here and we don't need like to speak English.
26:20 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
26:21 Speaker 01 Yeah, but I the majority of the world's speaking English, so I had to. But now I enjoy it. I prefer not speaking in English than in French because it's it's it's shorter.
26:31 Lewis Howes? It's easier, right?
26:32 Speaker 01 Yeah, easier.
26:33 Lewis Howes? We're we speak.
26:34 Speaker 01 But I mean, like when you write, writing in English, it's so short and if you compare to French.
26:40 Lewis Howes? Really?
26:40 Speaker 01 So, yeah.
26:41 Lewis Howes? Now, do you do all your writing in English as well or does someone in your team do that for you?
26:45 Speaker 01 Um, I write everything and some someone of my team just correct it.
26:48 Lewis Howes? Nice.
26:49 Speaker 01 Be sure everything is is right, but now I start to be good.
26:52 Lewis Howes? That's good, man. Now, what's what's next for you? What's what's on the journey? You've got this huge audience. You've got this coaching program, membership site with thousands of people who are getting your content and inspired every single day and every week. What's what's next for you? I know you've got a foundation. I think every time someone buys a shirt. And you you donate a portion of that to charity.
27:15 Speaker 01 Yeah.
27:15 Lewis Howes? So what do you got next for you, man?
27:17 Speaker 01 Um, I have a book who's coming. Um, I also also start like public speaking in French here in Canada. Then I will do probably a world tour. I will see how it's going, but I want to become better. You know, I express myself and just become better in the public speaking area. And I just wanna touch as many people as I can with what I'm doing, just to show that you can start from nothing and just live with passion and enjoy it and make a living from it, because it's sad that we see like ninety-five percent of the population, they just survive their life, you know? It's not, they don't live with passion, they don't wanna go work, and they just do what people are saying. They don't.
28:01 Lewis Howes? Yeah, they're living someone else's dream, not their own.
28:04 Speaker 01 Yeah, exactly.
28:05 Lewis Howes? What do you think's been the key to your success? Why are you so driven? How come you're so consistent every single day at the gym and with what you eat? And what is it, what is it that created you to do that? I mean, were you, did you grow up a certain way? Thinking like that with your parents? Did something happen to you, or you just decided, I'm gonna do this?
28:23 Speaker 01 Um, three years ago, my sister had a big car accident. And I think it was like, yeah, it was not the best feeling in the world. So, yeah, she, she had over fifty hours of surgery.
28:38 Lewis Howes? Wow.
28:39 Speaker 01 And it was crazy at the hospital, and I wasn't like able like to go to the hospital. I was like too in shock and didn't know how to react to it. And, but after all, I just saw her like become stronger mentally, physically, because now she's okay, she's working out, and she's really, really strong mentally. And she is one of my inspiration. And then after that, I just said like, life is too fragile, so I have to live my life I want and do what I'm passionate about.
29:13 Lewis Howes? Hmm, that's amazing, man.
29:16 Speaker 01 Yeah, thank you.
29:17 Lewis Howes? Where can we, uh, where can we connect with you online? What's the best place to really find more about what you're doing, what you're up to?
29:24 Speaker 01 Um, marfit.com, I have everything there. Uh, we also launched a podcast, we have videos, we have articles, we have a lot of stuff there.
29:32 Lewis Howes? Yeah, some of your videos, you know, I checked some of them out earlier, they're, they're pretty inspiring. A lot of them are just you getting shredded in the gym, but they're, they're all really inspiring.
29:40 Speaker 01 Thank you.
29:41 Lewis Howes? I encourage you to get more of your voice on the video, man. I think it's gonna attract more people when you're.
29:46 Speaker 01 Yeah, uh, inside Team Fit I always speak, but uh, on YouTube it's like, in the beginning, I did like fifty videos without talking and I had like millions of view and I was like, what? And then I decided to learn English and I started like in private and on my site and
30:02 Speaker 01 and that's how I learned like, so.
30:04 Lewis Howes? That's great, man. What's the main thing that you want to achieve in the next few years? What's, what's your big dream?
30:09 Speaker 01 Uh, speak in front of like a hundred thousand of people. That would be amazing.
30:13 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
30:14 Speaker 01 Just to see all these people in the same place for an idea. That would be crazy.
30:20 Lewis Howes? Hmm. Where, where do you see yourself doing that? Where, where would it be? Would it be?
30:25 Speaker 01 Everywhere in the world. I don't know. It can be, yeah. The place doesn't matter, really. It's just the energy that we will have there.
30:32 Lewis Howes? Nice. And are you gonna do any competitions or?
30:35 Speaker 01 Uh, it's not one of my goals, seriously. I don't, I don't wanna compare myself with others. I just wanna show that, like,
30:44 Speaker 01 I'm doing what I love and it's not one of my goal. It's not, uh, it's not about the shape, really.
30:49 Lewis Howes? Wow.
30:50 Speaker 01 It's really not about the shape and a lot of people just see the shape like, oh, a selfie. But, uh, no, it's not about that, man. It's just about like hard work and doing what I love.
30:58 Lewis Howes? Wow. Amazing. And you're, you're in a relationship, right? You got a girlfriend?
31:02 Speaker 01 Yep. Mm-hmm. It's been three years and a half.
31:05 Lewis Howes? So you're not trying to like pick up girls?
31:07 Speaker 01 No, no, I don't party, no.
31:09 Lewis Howes? Yeah. Do you drink at all?
31:12 Speaker 01 Um, one, two times a, a year when I go on vacation, yeah.
31:16 Lewis Howes? Wow, so you're very disciplined.
31:17 Speaker 01 I cannot, yeah, I cannot drink, but it's a good thing because in, when I was young, I was drinking a lot, like party like everyone. And, uh, I just lost myself, I think, in that. It's, it's a bad addiction. And it seems like in our day, like everyone need to drink alcohol to have fun.
31:35 Lewis Howes? Yeah.
31:35 Speaker 01 And, uh, you wanna do something? Well, let's go take a beer. No, man.
31:39 Lewis Howes? It's not fun. I mean, I'm the same way. I've never been drunk. I've maybe had a couple sips of alcohol, you know, uh.
31:45 Speaker 01 I've been drunk, yeah.
31:47 Lewis Howes? I never, I never got into it. I was just, you know, I was very disciplined with my training, with my, you know, I wanted to have an edge over everyone else and, uh, be in the best shape that I could be.
31:58 Lewis Howes? And be able to compete and keep my mind straight the whole time. So I completely understand it. It's never been a fun thing for me either. I like it, man. I love that you're disciplined and that you're you're committed to to greatness really for yourself and you're not trying to uh you're not trying to compete against anyone either. You're just trying to show people what is possible for themselves and to to chase their dreams and that you can work on your own and have an amazing life, have amazing relationships and inspire others. And I think that's very admirable uh of you to
32:31 Speaker 01 Thank you.
32:32 Lewis Howes? to be of service to so many people because really I feel like you're being of service by being there for them in some type of inspiration and it's going to evolve over time. I'm sure you may not do videos in the future. You may do something else, but you're you're figuring out what's working for you right now and it seems to be working really well. So congrats on all your success.
32:49 Speaker 01 Yeah, we'll keep going uh until I die, I think.
32:52 Lewis Howes? There you go.
32:52 Speaker 01 Seriously.
32:53 Lewis Howes? I love it. Well, Mark, final question. What is uh what's your definition of greatness?
32:58 Speaker 01 The question.
33:00 Lewis Howes? The question.
33:00 Speaker 01 Yeah, yeah, the sorry, bro.
33:02 Lewis Howes? You're good.
33:04 Speaker 01 I think greatness can be different for everyone. Uh but for me, it's when you you go after what you believe is right, no matter what. Uh no matter what the circumstances, no matter what others think. And if you can in the same way inspire others to go after what they believe, I think that is greatness.
33:24 Lewis Howes? Hmm. Spoken well in English, my friend.
33:28 Speaker 01 Uh, thanks.
33:29 Lewis Howes? I appreciate it.
33:31 Speaker 01 I'll become better.
33:33 Lewis Howes? Well, hopefully we can have you back on sometime in the future when you've got something else uh big that you're launching a new a new line, uh clothing line or supplement company, whatever you got going on. I'm a big fan of of you personally and your commitment to excellence, your commitment to serving others. And I think it's it's amazing what you do and I want to, you know, encourage other people. It doesn't matter what you're up to. It doesn't matter if you're, you know, into tuning your body into the best shape it can be, or if you want to become a public speaker, or if you love to write, whatever it is. I like uh Mark just as an example of do it to the highest level that you can do it so that you can serve others.
34:15 Lewis Howes? And that's what I really think Mark is doing is really serving others by being the best he can be.
34:19 Speaker 01 For sure and nothing, you can do whatever you want guys because for example, I'm French. I decided to learn English and I'm more popular in the English world than in French world. And I think it's just representing that people don't care how good you are, they just wanna see the effort and that you're true. And yeah, I think if you just show that you're doing it for the right thing, you will have success no matter what you start.
34:46 Lewis Howes? Yeah, I mean, I think it's pretty impressive that, I mean, you're kind of just saying, you know, I learned, I learned English in a couple of years, but that's really hard to do actually. To speak at the level you're speaking, I mean, I've tried to learn,
34:56 Speaker 01 Oh dang sir.
34:57 Lewis Howes? I've tried to learn Spanish for like eight years and I'm still horrible at it. So, the fact that you're committed to learning it and you can speak this well in two years is unbelievable.
35:06 Speaker 01 Thank you.
35:07 Lewis Howes? I think it's, and the fact that you're doing it to inspire people so that you could actually deliver your message is even more amazing. So, congrats on achieving that and, you know, doing it to serve others. So, Mark, I appreciate you, man. And thanks so much for coming on and being a humble servant to my audience and serving your audience as well. I know it's gonna continue to grow at a rapid pace. So, congrats with everything and make sure everyone to check out markfit.com. That's M A R C F I T T dot com.
35:42 Speaker 01 Thank you, my man.
35:55 Lewis Howes? And there you have it. Again, thanks so much for the one and only Mark Fit for coming on. Super young, successful guy. Proud of this guy for really taking on his life in a way that most 23-year-olds don't take on. And what he's been able to create for himself. Again, learning a new language so that he could serve his audience better and really bring on the right team for his company and growing it in just a couple of short years for what he's done. Super impressed with what he's created. Big props to you, Mark, and I hope for all the best in the future. If you guys enjoyed. This episode, please share it out with your friends over on Twitter, on Facebook. And again, make sure to check out Mark. He's at Mark Fit dot com, M A R C F I T T.
36:40 Lewis Howes? We've got all the show notes over at School of Greatness dot com or Lewis Howes dot com. If you want to check this out and yeah, this guy is, this guy's crushing it. So make sure to check it out. I'll have videos up there, some images for all the ladies. He's pretty nice to look at and for all the guys, he, his body is something to look at for you to try to get to yourself as well and get in that greatest shape. So I appreciate each and every one of you on here. It's my goal and my intention to find people that I'm inspired by and find people that are really being of service to the world and living a higher purpose. And that's what Mark inspired me to bring him on today.
37:22 Lewis Howes? And I'm going to continue to bring great guests each and every week to serve you and your highest purpose. So I appreciate all of the comments that you guys continue to put out there about this for sharing it with your friends and for keeping it one of the top podcasts on iTunes. It's, it means a lot to me. I'm completely humbled and grateful for all that you do and for being an amazing listener and taking action in your own life from what we create here on the School of Greatness podcast. So with that, guys, you know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.
38:07 Speaker 02 The body is very important, but the mind is more important than the body. You have to visualize what that body ought to look like in order to make it win. Because that's what creates then the will, the will that you need to go to the gym every day. The will that makes you go into the forced reps, the will that makes you go beyond when you do your 500 pound reps in a squats and you can't do another rep and your body is shaking. It's the will that makes you go one more time down and struggle up one more time. And so it's all of this, the mental aspect that motivates you and that makes the difference between you being in the gym full of joy and looking forward to. Doing that extra rep and looking forward to doing those extra 100 reps in the sit-ups
38:51 Speaker 02 and working past the pain periods. That ails the mind, that's not the body. So, this is why I think the body is very important, but the mind is more important than the body.
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