Coach O’Neil Brown was born on the beautiful Island of Jamaica 48 years ago. He migrated to the States in 1981. Coach O’N
eil grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, and played multiple sports while in high school. Coach O’Neil developed a love for health and wellness by learning from his mother, the late Icilyn Brown. He has been a fitness and lifestyle trainer for over 15 years. He is the founder and CEO of OB-FIT. His greatest desire is to see everyone live in peace and happiness from within. O’Neil encourages everyone he trains to take their health seriously. Two of his many mantras are your health is your wealth and excuses don’t get results. And joining me today on my 6 Weeks to Fitness Podcast to discuss his personal journey into health and his fitness philosophy is coach O’Neil Brown.
Vincent Ferguson:
Thank you for coming on the show.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Hey, thank you for having me.
Vincent Ferguson:
In your bio, coach, you credit your mom, Icilyn Brown for getting you started in health and wellness. Tell my listeners about your mom and how she helped shape your views on health and wellness.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Well, my mother, was a hardworking woman and first and foremost, she always put God first in everything that she do, she always put God first. She made sure that everything that she does is lined up with the word of God. And the thing about it, the love that she had for us was amazing. I mean, words cannot explain. But one thing my mother took her health very seriously. And the foods that she ate, she made sure she ate foods that were healthy and nutritious. Now, would I tell you that, Hey, she wasn’t the most expensive eater no, but she knew what to eat. She made sure she’d take time, cooking her own food and learning from her also set my life up to where, you know what, I use that same lifestyle that my mother taught myself and also my brothers and sisters. And it has helped me tremendously.
Vincent Ferguson:
Well, you mentioned your brothers and sisters. How many siblings do you have?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Well, I had four brothers, one passed away and I have 4 Sisters. So it’s a total of nine of us. It would’ve been nine of us total.
Vincent Ferguson:
Man, that’s a big family man.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yeah and the greatest thing about it, one father.
Vincent Ferguson:
You don’t hear that too often today, man. So I credit good upbringing for that.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes Sir.
Vincent Ferguson:
Now, what was it your mother’s influence that inspired you to become a trainer?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes. I love to play sports. I always loved sports. Sports is something that I really loved and I realized that working a nine to five and there’s nothing wrong working the nine to five, I love to move. So I realized that you know what, this nine to five thing is not cutting it for me because I don’t like to just stay in one place. I like to move around and I had to do something. I had to make a change.
Vincent Ferguson:
Speaking of moving, now I know you were raised in New York, but I understand you currently live in Tallahassee, what attracted you to Tallahassee? Was it the weather?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Well, one thing the weather is something for me, the beautiful scenery, Tallahassee is a tremendous place. Lots of history. You have the University of Florida, A&M you have Florida State, you have Tallahassee Community College. It’s a great, small city that has a lot of history and moving here at the present time I was married and my wife had took an assignment. Unfortunately, we are not together anymore, but you know what, life is life. And then a person has to move on and just learn from his or her mistakes and better themselves and hoping that hey, they’ll never make that mistake again. So here I am today.
Vincent Ferguson:
Most definitely. Life is about learning, right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
It’s about learning, man. And we are all in this life together and we’re here to learn and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
Now you and your wife, your ex-wife, you guys still communicate, I would imagine, right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, we do communicate. We have great communication. We still talk to each other and everything. So at the end of the day, I learned from my mistakes. I learned from my mistakes, that’s the most important thing. And the funny part about it, it was never infidelity. It was never alcohol. It was never drugs, gambling or money. It was just my ego.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
My ego and lack of communication.
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s amazing, man. But to be able to speak to that, that’s a beautiful thing. How has your health helped, being in the fitness world, how has that helped you to deal with your relationship with your ex-wife?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
If I wasn’t taking care of myself from within, I also would’ve pointed the finger. I would not own up to my mistakes or own up to my responsibility. So I had to make sure my mental health was right because, in order for me to understand that I made a mistake, I had to own up to it. The only way you can ever, ever move on in life, you have to own up to your responsibility. And when you do own up to your responsibility, you must accept truth and once you accept the truth, change will come. And that’s what I did. And it made me a better person today.
Vincent Ferguson:
Amazing. A better, man. Huh?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
Amazing. That’s awesome. That’s awesome. Now you and I have a mutual friend, Patrice Rush from Rush Productions.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yeah.
Vincent Ferguson:
Now Patrice told me about you. And she said, coach O’Neil, he’s called THE FITNESS PREACHER. I was like, what? THE FITNESS PREACHER? So how’d you get that name?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I was in Miami. I was going to a wedding and it’s a young lady, she knows me and she said, you know what, you just not a person who just talk about health and wellness. You look it and you live it, I have a name for you. You should call yourself THE FITNESS PREACHER. And from that day on, that’s what I go by.
Vincent Ferguson:
Oh, from that day on, it stuck as they say.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
It stuck. It stuck, yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
Now that’s awesome. Cause when I heard that, right away, I’m thinking about, okay, this is obviously a brother who’s talking about the Bible and God, but it can also take on the other connotation where basically you practice what you preach, right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Exactly. Life, life. It’s so important when you put God in your entire life, whatever you’re doing, he should always come first.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Whatever you’re doing, he should come first. If God is not the head of it, then guess what, you’re going to lose in battle. Then it’s absolutely for the enemy.
Vincent Ferguson:
Now out of all the scriptures in the Bible, which one would you say motivates you the most?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I love Matthew 6, verse 33. It says, but “seek ye first, the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added onto you.” So once you seek God first, and once you are following God’s words and once you apply his words, then if you want good health, you are going to get it because now as you seek it, it requires action. So now you’re not just talking it, you’re also living it.
Vincent Ferguson:
Do you share your beliefs with your clients?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes. Yes. When the opportunity comes to share my beliefs, I find ways of plugging them in. I just don’t put it on them because, at end of the day, it’s not about force. Everyone has a choice. And at the end of the day, it’s your choice. Whatever you’re doing, life is all about choices.
Vincent Ferguson:
Exactly. I also believe that. You can make good choices or you can make some bad choices, right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, Yes. Absolutely.
Vincent Ferguson:
Excellent. Now, how important is faith and fitness to you?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
It’s everything because you got to understand, this body that we’re living in, it does not belong to us. It belongs to God.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
It belongs to our creator. We don’t own anything. We came into this world with nothing, right?
Vincent Ferguson:
Right.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
So we shall leave with nothing. So naked I am as I came and naked I will leave. So at the end of the day, if I’m not returning back this body to God, then Hey, as I said earlier, I am losing this battle while I’m living on earth. And you got to remember with God, all things are possible.
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s Powerful my brother. All things, not some things, all things.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
So if I want to be healthy, I can actually use that as part of my faith. My faith can help me to be healthy, right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
That’s right. Because when you look at it, you go back into third, John verse 2, it says “beloved, I wish above all things, that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.” So it’s just not your finance or just your marriage or in school. God wants us all to prosper in every aspect and area of our lives.
Vincent Ferguson:
And speaking of that, one of your mantras is your health is your wealth. That’s what you’re talking about, correct?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Right because good health, you got to understand, health is a treasure. And think about this. Everything that God has given to us is for a purpose and God gave us a perfect word.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
But, he also gave us the choice of how we should live in it.
Vincent Ferguson:
My question is, and I understand, I agree 100% with you, why is it so many of us abuse this body? Why is that?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Because one thing they aren’t disciplined. You have to be disciplined and when you’re disciplined, it’s not saying that you’re better than anyone. You’re just setting up yourself to be in a better place.
Vincent Ferguson:
Most definitely. Now how do you get that discipline?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
The discipline is now you got to acknowledge that, hey, at the end of the day, am I doing right or wrong? You will know when you’re doing right or wrong. You know, when you’re eating healthy because guess what, the human machinery, this body, it’s going to tell you, it’s going to always give you signs. Before there’s any disruption of the human body, you’re always getting a warning. So if we’re not taking heed to the things that we’re putting in, later on, we’re going to just, boom, collapse and there it is, that’s the end of it.
Vincent Ferguson:
What you put in is what you get out!
Coach O’Neil Brown:
That’s right. If you put junk in, absolutely, you’re going to feel like junk. You’re going to talk like junk. You’re going to walk like junk, you’re going to look like junk and you’re going to act like junk. It doesn’t matter how much money you have, because what’s the sense of having a nice, big, luxurious home, nice, beautiful cars having money, which is all good. But you still eating like a pauper.
Vincent Ferguson:
Definitely. And how long are you going to be able to enjoy those fancy, those fine things, if you’re not taking care of your health, correct?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Right and it all starts with what you put inside of your body because at the end of the day, food is something that, what controls the mind, it helps rejuvenate the mind, it stimulates the mind and also the body.
Vincent Ferguson:
And do you talk about, I mean, you talking about it right now, but do you talk about nutrition and prepare healthy meals for your clients?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Absolutely. Because that wouldn’t be the fitness preacher, just by preaching it. You have to live it.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I am one who loves to show it. I’m not one who will recommend my client, hey, eat kale and then you go on my social media page, you don’t see not one salad. You don’t see not one healthy meal on there. All you hear, I’m talking. You ever hear of the “Show-Me” State? Hey, I’m from the “Show-Me” State.
Vincent Ferguson:
Exactly.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I’m not just going to also tell you, but I’m going to show you how it’s was done because I’m going to live it. You got to see it. Not just in words, but in also action.
Vincent Ferguson:
In action. So what would you say on a scale of one to 10, 10 being the most important, where would you put nutrition?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
At the top.
Vincent Ferguson:
At the very top.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Because at the end of the day, God is number one. It’s two things food can do for us. Food can be our medicine, or it can be poison.
Vincent Ferguson:
So true. And so many of us have poisoned our bodies because of the foods that we eat. Right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Right.
Vincent Ferguson:
And would you say that the biggest contributor now to obesity and heart disease is basically the food that we eat?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Because it’s not the air. It’s not the sunlight because those things are free. Those are the things that God gave us.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Why would God give us things like those and harm us with it? So when we’re not putting anything inside of the body, that’s clogging up the human machinery, then it won’t happen now. But later on at a certain age. When we get older, we start to find out that you know what our digestive system is not working properly. And it’s not, even when you get older, even the young ones are having issues with their digestive system.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes. That’s true.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
So if you notice its poor lifestyle, I’ve always said this. We don’t have, we don’t have a hereditary problem, we have poor eating habits problem
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes. So many people want to blame their family history. That it runs in my family. So that’s why I’m like this.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
It’s funny because even a few days ago, I was showing someone that called me and I explained it plain and straight to them. I said the opportunity that my generation and your generation have to better ourselves with health, is 10 times better than what the generation before us had. My great-grandmother, their great-grandmother their great, their great grandmother. Because at the end of the day, you have to look at it like this. Some people never had got opportunity to even read a book because if they did, they would have been killed. And now we have the opportunity to read all the books. We have social media, we have smartphones, but we’re not taking advantage of it.
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s so true. How do we get people to think the way you think and take charge of their health like that? How do you get them to realize that their true wealth is their health?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Continue to be an example. Continue to allow God to use you. Continue to live the life of Christ. The only way I could live it is by him. I allow him to abide in me.
Vincent Ferguson:
Most definitely. You have, and another one of your mantras, another one that I really like, excuses don’t get results. Now explain what that means to my listeners.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Now we all have 24 hours in a day, right?
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s right.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Every human being has 24 hours in a day. So what I do with my 24 hours, if I’m wasting it then, and I’m not seeing any results out of it. And I’m spending my time on social media and I’m spending my time lollygagging, then you know what, at the end of the day, I won’t be progressing. Now, if I take my time and I struck out my morning, my afternoon, and my evening, and I find time for myself, I wake up, I prepare myself in the morning to make sure I’m going to get my workout in. I’m going to eat properly. Then, you know what, I won’t have any room for excuses because excuse is of the enemy.
Vincent Ferguson:
Definitely. Definitely. What excuses do you hear from people when it comes to exercise?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Oh, I don’t have enough time. Oh, it’s too expensive. Oh, you know what, it’s too expensive to eat healthy, but it’s more expensive when you don’t move your body. It’s more expensive when you go out to eat, it’s more expensive even spending one night in the hospital bed.
Vincent Ferguson:
Oh man. Oh, most definitely. If you don’t pay now, you’re going to pay later. Right?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Exactly.
Vincent Ferguson:
I Hear excuses all The time. But meanwhile, that same person making excuses is at home, watching Netflix for four or five hours.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Right. And the funny thing about it, as I said, everything that we need is right in front of us. If we want to know how to eat healthy, guess what? Google it. Even for those who aren’t able to read, you could at least, press that Google button and say, how do you eat healthy? Healthy meals, it’s right there.
Vincent Ferguson:
That is so true. Now what about goal setting? Do you talk to your clients about setting goals?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Absolutely. Small, realistic and reasonable goals.
Vincent Ferguson:
Have any clients come to you with unrealistic goals? Like I want to lose 50 pounds in two weeks.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
And I’m like, hey, I’m unable to do that. I can’t do that for you. And I’ve always let my clients know that, you know what, here’s the thing about me. I don’t do weight loss because the reason why I let them know that I don’t do weight loss, it’s more than weight loss. It’s more than about losing weight. I want you to understand this is a lifestyle. I want you to feel good from within. How are you going to feel good from within, by making simple changes one day at a time, let’s just focus on today. Let’s not look at next week, next month. Let’s focus on today.
Vincent Ferguson:
You’re the first trainer I’ve had on that said they don’t focus on weight loss. That’s amazing.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Because when you talk about weight loss, it’s a lot of times, it’s all about people who want to make money, and don’t get me wrong, this is a ministry, but it’s never about money for me. I want to see young men, young women, adults, I want them to live and be happy and understand at the end of the day, that someone out there cares about them. And they’re not in it for the money because I always said, I always say this, people, before profit.
Vincent Ferguson:
Nice. People before profit. Awesome. How many people were saying that? That’s awesome, man. That’s a blessing right there. You put people first before you put making money first.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yeah, people first. If we put the people first, I’ll tell you, the money will come. That’s why I never say, hey, I want to make $100 000 this year. No, that’s the last thing on my list. If I could touch 100 000 lives and hopefully that 100 000 lives that I touched, they could also plant seeds to touch another 100 000 lives. That’s even better than me making $10, $20 million.
Vincent Ferguson:
Wow. That’s awesome. Yes, I like that.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
It’s all about helping people, man, helping people. Can you share a success story from one of your clients?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I have so many, so many and even when people call me that aren’t my clients, I give them information. Like, I’m going to give you one, not even a client. Individual call me and they was like having an issue with glaucoma and I’ve never healed anyone. I don’t claim that I heal anyone. Now I can point you to the one that can heal and restore you and I recommended what that individual is supposed to do. And I also made a few drinks and everything and also bought it to them and I said, if you do this, I promise you this, watch how your body reacts. And I can tell you that, hey, in a couple of days you’re going to be here. But if you practice this on a daily basis, watch what’s going to happen. A week ago, when that individual came back to me, they were like, I have good news. When I went to the doctor, my last visit, my doctor said, I have glaucoma and they went back and all of a sudden the glaucoma is gone.
Vincent Ferguson:
Gone, really?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Gone.
Vincent Ferguson:
Now how long did that take?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
About a few months.
Vincent Ferguson:
Was she following your plan that whole time?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Vincent Ferguson:
Really?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
And it was just simple, simple, simple, simple foods. Foods that come from the earth.
Vincent Ferguson:
There you go. Did you tell her how to prepare juices?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes. How to eat? I said, if you really want to get rid of this, I’m not here to soothe whatever symptom you have. Let’s get to the head of this. Let’s cut the head. The only way you could get rid of the snake, right, is what, cutting the head off?
Vincent Ferguson:
And she stopped feeding that snake.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
That’s right, she stopped feeding that snake. So now she doesn’t have to worry about that snake biting her.
Vincent Ferguson:
And she wasn’t even one of your clients.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
No she wasn’t.
Vincent Ferguson:
So she never paid you. She’s never paid you for this service at all?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
No. The only thing, I may have requested, charge her for a few of the things that I made, but it wasn’t anything weird. Like, Oh my goodness, I have to pay 200, 300, no, nothing like that. Not even, nowhere close to that.
Vincent Ferguson:
So you actually made the juice for her?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir.
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s awesome, man. Was she in Tallahassee?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir. Yes. And then there are more stories, especially one of my clients, in August, it’s about to be two years and she came to me, she had high blood pressure. She was suffering from so many illnesses and I was like, listen, you have to change. You have to change how you eat. I said, the problem is, what you’re putting inside of your body.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
And I let her know, I’m not here to turn you into a vegan, that’s not what it is. That’s between you and God. But for us to start, I want you to make simple changes with one specific thing in the morning when you wake up, you have to avoid all of that heavy food that you’re eating.
Vincent Ferguson:
Did you give her something to eat?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I said nothing is wrong with having some fresh fruit in the morning. Nothing wrong with having a salad. Nothing is wrong with drinking herbal tea. Nothing is wrong with drinking your spring water with some lime in it.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Drink those, take those things. Start your morning off properly.
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s the key to jumpstart your metabolism. You are feeding your body properly and I understand, and I believe that your body was meant to heal itself.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Oh yes, absolutely. It can absolutely heal itself.
Vincent Ferguson:
But you have to give it what it needs in order for that to happen.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
Awesome. Now, do you train most of your clients in the gym or at home or virtually?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I do it all. I do it all.
Vincent Ferguson:
Excellent. So someone can actually reach out to you from another State and you can actually train them and give them fitness advice as well.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Vincent Ferguson:
Perfect. That’s very good to know. What advice would you give people who are sitting on the fence right now and haven’t decided to make fitness a part of their lives?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Well, if they don’t move it, they’re going to lose it.
Vincent Ferguson:
There you go. If you don’t move it, you’re going to lose it. I like that.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
And your body was designed to move.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
It’s not a sedentary lifestyle. We weren’t made to be couch potatoes. Yes, we were made to move our bodies and we get a good night’s sleep and come back again the next day. But we’re not supposed to be sitting down 18 to 20 hours out of the 24 hours all day.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes. Now from your experience, are people starting to take their health more seriously now because of this pandemic?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Oh, absolutely. I’m going to tell you something. My brother and I, right? My brother and I Vaughn Wilson and I, we started last year when the pandemic hit. He and I decided that, hey, we’re going to do this walking group. And it’s called the OB-FIT/Mega Ace 45 challenge group and we said, the month of March, we just want people to walk 45 miles. We have over 6,000, participants-
Vincent Ferguson:
Really?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
In this group. Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
All in Tallahassee?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
From different areas, from around the world.
Vincent Ferguson:
Around the world. Oh, my goodness, 6,000.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
6,000. Started it last year, March. In the pandemic, yes. When they shut down everything, and I’m telling you, we decided that, hey, this is not about us, this is about the people. Because you know people were getting, they were panicking. They didn’t know what to do.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
So we came up with that and we removed ourselves. We said this is not about us. This is for people because you got to understand. People are getting COVID. People are losing their jobs. People don’t know what to do. So we had to find a way of helping these people to make sure that these people are doing something for themselves. Okay. Don’t worry. We got a group for you. We’re not asking for any money. We’re not asking for you to donate anything. You don’t have to send any information to us. All you have to do is focus on putting 45 miles in it for a month by just walking and the amount of testimony that we had. People who were on medication are now off medication.
Vincent Ferguson:
Wow. That’s amazing. Really? Just from walking more?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Just by walking, because one of the greatest exercises is what, walking.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes, Yes. I often say that, man. It doesn’t cost any money.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
No.
Vincent Ferguson:
And it’s no stress on the joints. Just walk.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yeah.
Vincent Ferguson:
Wow.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yeah.
Vincent Ferguson:
That’s amazing. 6,000 people.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
You’re making the difference internationally.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir. And I take, he and I, we both take no credit and I am just fortunate and blessed that when you can connect with people who have the same positive energy and you can put it together and allow God to take the lead, it’s amazing. On the 30th, he and I will be, we’ll be meeting up with the mayor to receive a proclamation.
Vincent Ferguson:
Really?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
And we never did it for any rewards or any awards. We did it because we care about the people.
Vincent Ferguson:
Because you care about people. You don’t find that today. Unfortunately, not enough. Coach where can my listeners find out more about coach O’Neil Brown, THE FITNESS PREACHER?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
My Facebook page, O’Neil Brown. I don’t really have a private page. I keep it right where it is, I’m just one who straight forward, O’Neil Brown. O N E I L B R O W N. And if they type in the word on their Facebook page, #excusesdontgetresults, they’ll see me. If they type in boom with three Os and an M, B O O O M they’ll find me and on my Instagram, it’s O B F I T_THE FITNESS PREACHER.
Vincent Ferguson:
O B F I T_THE FITNESS PREACHER.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
THE FITNESS, that’s my Instagram and a beautiful thing that my brother and I, we are doing also, Kelvin Frazier owner of Kingz and Queenz Fitness. We are doing a 30-day fitness challenge. 30 Day Transformation Fitness Challenge. We’re starting it up in April and it’s only $25 to join. And last month we finished up one that was in February. We gave away $500.
Vincent Ferguson:
Really?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
To the winner.
Vincent Ferguson:
So tell me this fitness challenge starts in April. Do you have a flyer?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes. I have a flyer. Yes, sir.
Vincent Ferguson:
Where can you send that to me?
Coach O’Neil Brown:
I could send it to your messenger. I could email it to you.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yes.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
With all the Information.
Vincent Ferguson:
Yeah. Send that to me. I like to promote that, maybe even with the interview, that’ll come out next week and even separately, because this way people can know about the challenge.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
And here’s the thing about it. The exercises are only for 10 to 12 minutes. They could do it in the confines of their home.
Vincent Ferguson:
Nice, nice. Which is easier for most people.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Everyone can participate in it and we have modifications, we have advanced.
Vincent Ferguson:
I think people like challenges like that. Something that they can do at home.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yeah.
Vincent Ferguson:
Because so many of us have gained weight, during the pandemic, during the shut-down. And you got to get moving to get rid of that extra weight.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
That’s right.
Vincent Ferguson:
And having you guys, being accountable to someone or sharing it with one group is sometimes the best way to do it, you know.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
That’s right.
Vincent Ferguson:
I’m excited about that.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
It’s about helping people and when helping people you don’t have to be charging an arm and a leg. You could do it to where everyone is benefiting from it, everyone. So, the beautiful thing about what I do is this. At the end of the day, you know what, if 10 people who were struggling with health and wellness, and a few months later, as they get into your program, and they realize that, you know what, this person, what he or she is bringing to me is absolutely true. And once they start applying it, that’s the key they got to believe. And once they believe they just got to apply, and once they apply, they take action. Hey, it’s beyond the sky, it’s beyond the sky.
Vincent Ferguson:
No limit to what you can do, once you take action.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes.
Vincent Ferguson:
Well, this has been great, man. I tell you, this is one of the best 30 minutes I spent in a long time.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Vincent Ferguson:
I appreciate it. So coach O’Neil Brown on behalf of Body Sculpt of New York and 6 Weeks to Fitness, I truly want to thank you for coming on my show today.
Coach O’Neil Brown:
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I appreciate it. And I would like to leave the people with this, one of my favorite motivational speakers says this, Mr. Les Brown, he says, “you must be willing to do the things today that others won’t do in order to have the things tomorrow that others won’t have.” And “life is a fight for territory. And once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will automatically take over.” And I always say this, my mother always said this to me. She said, “son an ounce prevention is better than a pound of cure when you think right thoughts, you will perform right action.” And I say this to all the listeners out there. I say, embrace the mindset that excuses don’t get results. “Boom!”
Vincent Ferguson:
Boom! Awesome. To my listeners, I truly hope this program was informative and encouraging and inspiring, and that you will continue tuning in to my 6 Weeks to Fitness Podcast and if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the show, please leave them on my 6 Weeks to Fitness blog at http://www.6weektofitness.com or email me at Vince@6weeks.com and don’t forget to subscribe. So you don’t miss any future episodes like this one.
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