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The CLS Experience with Craig Siegel

Hollywood’s Sculptor: Trainer to The Superheroes With Don Saladino

The CLS Experience with Craig Siegel

Craig Siegel

Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Improvement, Mindset, Coach, Inspiration, Motivation, Self-improvement, Personal Development, Education, Self Help, Entrepreneurship, Transformation, Business

5732 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The CLS Experience, we’re joined by the one and only Don Saladino, a legend in the fitness world with a story that’s nothing short of inspiring. For over two decades, Don has built an empire, starting from his first gym in NYC to training Hollywood icons like Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. His journey is a testament to resilience, mastering the mindset, and pushing through challenges like the economic downturn of 2007-2008.On today’s episode of The CLS Experience, we have ...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the CLS experience. I'm your host, Craig Siegel. I'm a born and raised New Yorker

0:11.8

who achieved success with multiple businesses, but I crave something deeper. So I dedicated

0:16.8

myself to personal growth and transformation by revamping my mindset.

0:22.4

I went from being unable to run a mile to conquering four marathons the following year.

0:27.2

Now, I want to help others manufacture big breakthroughs of their own.

0:31.9

Don't do something because you feel like you have to.

0:34.6

You've got to take ownership over the fact that this is business and there's

0:38.1

risk. And if you want to be, you know, a CEO or you want to sit in the chair, call whatever

0:44.5

you want. If you want to be that person who's going to be an entrepreneur, then you've got to

0:48.5

understand that there's a lot of risk that comes with that and that there is a possibility that you

0:52.6

might lose your shirt and there's

0:54.6

plenty of time I've lost a lot of money and it's just you know you got to ask yourself what is

0:59.6

your personality and what do you want to do is this something that you want I'm grateful that I

1:03.3

pushed through but I was also in certain situations where I kind of had to we went PG we had a

1:08.4

personal guarantee on the lease of the space in one of our locations in Manhattan so So we were on the hook for like three million bucks. So if I closed up,

1:14.8

they're coming after me, my family, all the stuff that we had to lay out. So I had to push through.

1:19.1

I mean, I've been in the business now 26 years.

1:22.9

On today's episode of the series of experience with a very exclusive treat. He's a legendary coach, speaker,

1:27.8

and mega health entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience sculpting. The physiques of Hollywood's

1:33.1

elite, no big deal. He opened his first New York City gym, Drive 495 in 2005, and after 15 years

1:39.9

of Bricka Mortar's success, expanded into a global online fitness business and empire big facts.

1:45.6

His impressive client roster includes Ronald Reynolds, Lake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal,

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