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PART 1: Ego, the Enemy in The Fitness Realm

January 29, 2020

M. Nicholson hip hop fitness instructor Mike Nicholson wearing a black baseball cap turned backward overlooking the class full of people doing dance fitness in Columbus OhioYou have to be confident in your abilities.

I’ve helped a lot of people get into the fitness profession and aided fit pros in growing their businesses. I tell them that one day, all of what I’ve shared with them will not matter to them. That there will come a window of time, be it big or small, where their ego will get the better of them. The response is always, “That’ll never happen with me…” Eventually, it does happen. Why is this so prevalent in the fitness industry?

For you to effectively do your fit pro job, you need to have confidence. As a fitness pro, your primary objective is to help people become better versions of themselves. When you are achieving this goal, you feel motivated and rewarded. You have people leaning on your every word of advice and command for movement. Your clientele comes in each day eagerly waiting to perform a workout that you have spent time (in some cases) putting together. You have a captive audience. As you continue to instruct or train and have returning clients, is when confidence can turn into ego.

M. Nicholson hip hop fitness instructor Mike Nicholson looks at the camera while people are performing moments in his dance fitness class Confidence left unchecked can become detrimental.

As a fitness professional, you need to be self-assured. You have people who are coming to your classes or watching your Instagram for your expertise. You have to be confident in your knowledge, education, and answers that you provide. Being satisfied in your prowess builds trust with your audience. Confidence beyond what is unnecessarily needed is when ego rears its ugly head. You need to possess a self-awareness in this regard and cut ego off at the pass.

The ego in the fitness world is detectable. You have seen fitness instructors compete with their colleagues in terms of how packed their classes are, the idea they have more clients, the amount of experience they have, and how much they look physically better. At this point, the ego-filled individual begins to become toxic. They refuse to listen to anyone but themselves. Their ability to connect, learn, and grow is going to be negatively impacted.

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Mr. Nicholson currently runs a graphic design business in Gahanna, Ohio as well as provide hip-hop fitness dance instruction at Life Time Fitness, Urban Active Fitness, Diamond Dance & Fitness and Phlex Fitness among others.

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Michael Demetrius Nicholson was born on March 2nd in Brooklyn, New York.

Paul Roberson is one of my heroes who inspired me to be who I am today.

While in New York. It was discovered that Michael had artistic talent. He began drawing life like portraits at the age of 6 years old. He began dancing at the age of 8. This prompted his parents to enroll him in schools for the gifted and talented. This experience even more so fostered Michael’s creative talents. He later attended the High School of Art and Design where he studied commercial art and photography.

Michael received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Ohio Wesleyan University. He originally attended the university to double major in French and theology but decided that his passion was in the arts.

Mr. Nicholson currently runs a graphic design business in Gahanna, Ohio as well as provide hip-hop fitness dance instruction at Life Time Fitness, Urban Active Fitness and Diamond Dance & Fitness.

To all you haters,
to all you trolls,
close your eyes
and picture me rollin'.

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