Scott Fairweather - The Renovator

When I stumbled across Scott as a follower of The Australian Fitness Podcast, I was intrigued by his profile.  A little bit of research showed me that he had quite the background in training, business and the military.  So I investigated and invited him to be on the Podcast.  This is a valuable episode and Scott is an impressive operator.  If you are an entrepreneur or have an interest in being an owner / operator in the Fitness Industry, you need to listen in.

This is how it should be done.  This guy worked as a PTI in the Australian Defence Force for 14 years.  By his estimation he has trained tens of thousands of people over his time, not including the people he has trained privately in his business.

His business is impressive, his philosophy is clear and his skills are exceptionally well honed.  This guy knows his trade, he’s refined his skills for close to 20 years and that is indeed why he has a successful and flourishing business.

I see this repeated over and over again.  The fitness industry is a tough one to negotiate.  It’s incredibly competitive, it’s volatile, and if you don’t have the skills, the temperament or the work ethic this industry will chew you up and spit you out, quickly.

In my opinion, Scott’s path is how people should learn and grow their knowledge and skills before opening up their own business.  This industry has way to many people who fly in, produce substandard or even poor experiences and in some cases injury to people and then disappear.

This is a guy who is well trained, very experienced and in the game for all the right reasons

Commit to learning and do the apprenticeship people.

Scott, thanks for the chat.