Welcome back to the Jordan Siat podcast. Before we dive into this very exciting episode, make sure you listen the whole way through. I have a quick announcement. If you're watching the video, you can see I'm sitting with my buddy, Mike Vacanti. Mike, you want to say hello? Hey, y'all. Mike and I are the host of the How to Become a Personal Trainer podcast, which is meant for personal trainers who want to become really good at what you do. So if you want to be a better coach,

learn how to help your clients get better results in a sustainable way and also learn how to

build your online coaching business. I'll put the link in the show notes for the How to Become

a Personal Trainer podcast. Mike and I upload every single Tuesday and it's 100% free.

We hope you like it. And now let's get into today's podcast episode.

Today, I'm honored to introduce you to my friend Mike Dola. Mike and I first met 10 years ago when I was

speaking at a fitness conference in New York City. He was sitting in the front row, listening intently,

asking calculated questions, and furiously taking notes today 10 years later

mike has built and sold one of the world's most respected nutrition coaching companies stronger you

he's brilliant articulate thoughtful and more importantly he's a husband a father to two beautiful

young girls and it's a blessing to have him here with me today. Mike Dolah, welcome to the podcast, brother. Thanks, man. I always love these intros. I feel so good now. Thank you so much. It's the truth, man. I don't know if I've ever heard brilliant, but it was funny. I was thinking about that first time I met you because Mike Vaconti and I were just speaking at this event.

I just remember you sitting in the front taking notes furiously. And it's crazy to think now,

like, you sold stronger you. You're killing it. You've helped tens of thousands of people. It's

incredible. Yeah. It's, uh, we were in like the 50,000 plus one-on-one. Like that's, that's crazy. It's, it's nuts because these numbers, like you hear of them with like tech stuff. Yeah. Like users, they call them. Like we, there are people. Like, it's just so rewarding. It's so incredible. And usually when you hear about numbers that high, it's a lot of ad spend and revenue,

but from what I understand, stronger view is just word of mouth. Yeah, I'm so proud of it. I'm

probably annoying to people because I'm like, no ads, no traditional marketing, just people

that were very happy, got good results and told everybody. It's incredible. So fun. So before we dive in, can you just

give insight into your story? Who are you? Where are you from? What was your life like growing up?

And then how did you end up here today? Yeah. Normal kid, very shy, son of a single mother in

Newburgh, New York. If you Google Newberg, you will find that per capita,

it is the most violent city in all of New York, which is interesting because it's really

secluded to like a four block radius. So nothing has happened to me, fortunately. But it's not the

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