M.E FEATURE
M.E: Do you have a "coaching philosophy"?
Do you have different approaches with
different clients?
Marius: I am good at two things: I know
how to get different bodies into contest
shape and I know how to speed up a client's
metabolism. Once you have mastered that,
they can grow better and drop fat faster
depending on what plan you put them on.
I also know how to slow the metabolism down
when it needs to be slowed down.
M.E: So you train men and women. How do
they differ and who do you prefer training
the most.
Marius: Men’s and women's diets and
training differ completely, but both work
on the same metabolism protocol I use. It's
just the quantities of food that will differ
and the training will differ completely. With
bodybuilding men it's a time game - the
guys who have been at it the longest
will have the best results, but women
can shoot up in the ranks very fast. Take
Nicolene Booysen, for example, when
she started with me she just wanted to
make the transition from beach bikini to
M.E: Let's move to online coaching. What
can you as an online coach gain that you
could not gain with one-on one?
Marius: Online coaching is a great
occupation for a pro athlete. It allows me to
train more often and work anywhere in the
world. I can be in the USA competing and
still help my clients as long as I have wifi and
my cell phone or computer. As a personal
trainer you only make money from the
clients you physically train every day. With
online training I'm not present during the
training and it allows me to eat six times a
day and train twice a day as well. People don't
understand how busy you are as an IFBB Pro.
It takes me 45 minutes to finish a massive
meal and I eat 6 of them a day. That allows
me only an hour and 15 minutes to answer
clients or run errands between meals, and I
still need to squeeze in two training sessions
a day. That is why online training is such a
logical occupation for me and as an online
coach I can help more clients than a personal
trainer can. That is why we had 17 BTD clients
qualify for IFBB SAs this year.
M.E: What does a client gain from an
online coach? Does he lose out because it
is not one-on-one?
Marius: Both personal training and online
coaching have their benefits and at the end it
comes down to client preference. I've had lots
of people enquire and as soon as they hear it's
only online they are not interested anymore
because they need that physical push. The
biggest downfall with online coaching is the
physical motivation part. Most of the time a
fitness bikini. I don't think she knew I'd be able
to do it in 21 days and even more so get her to
win the IFBB SA fitness bikini line up and be so
strong in the overalls. I've had a whole bunch
of women shoot up like that: Tammy Jackson,
Melissa Storm and Angie Snyman were
the same. So for that fact I love taking new
unknown ladies and making champions out of
them. But my passion lies with bodybuilding.
Seeing Dylan and Carlos and Shanti, all three
my guys, standing on the IFBB SA overall line
up gave me goosebumps.
“With bodybuild-
ing men it’s a
time game - the
guys who have
been at it the
longest will have
the best results,
but women can
shoot up in the
ranks very fast.”
personal trainer can motivate a client better
than an online coach. But I don't have that
problem with my business, I only work with
self motivated people. It makes my job so
much easier and results are so much better.
Not all my clients are competitors but they all
know their way around a gym and they don't
need me to baby them. When a client joins my
online training team they can rest assured that
they can leave the thinking to me. Male or
female, fitness, bikini or bodybuilding, I know
how to get the human body into the best
shape possible.
M.E: Let's try our luck… what is your
secret to getting such good results with
your online clients?
Marius: If you can speed up a person's
metabolism you can do wonders with a
physique and that's what I'm good at. I can
also relate to what they are going through
because I’ve been doing it for 17 years and
I can advise them on how to break through
plateaus mentally and physically. I make
them believe in themselves and I show them
what their real potential could be. I also teach
which cheats won't harm the condition
M.E: How do you take an athlete and
make him/her a champion?
Marius: I make that athlete believe in
himself/herself and in me as a coach and that
way we work strongly together. You can't
force someone to be a champion - they either
want it or they don't. You can quickly see who
are the ones who want it and who are the
ones who make excuses.
M.E: Do you have views on what other
online coaches may be doing wrong?
Marius: I don't focus on other people and
what they are doing. I know a lot of people
complain because some people claim to be
online coaches but never stood on stage or
only did one show in their life but frankly I say
everybody needs to make a living somehow.
So it’s none of my business what others do
or don't do, all I focus on is that me and my
clients are number one.
M.E: What should a potential client be
looking for when finding an online coach?
Marius: They should be looking for one
of my Facebook pages Born to Dominate SA
or Marius Annelize Dohne or my Instagram
Marius Dohne where we showcase our clients'
results and where they can get a hold of me.
There is no need to look elsewhere. M.E
Team BTD, Marius and Annelize, can be contacted on mdsymmetry@gmail.com and annelize.stewart@gmail com.
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