Today we’d like to introduce you to Marc Thompson.
Hi Marc, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Marc D. Thompson is a prominent fitness trainer, personal coach and virtual personal trainer (VPT) with a background in medicine and exercise physiology. He is also a volunteer Fitness Trainer for City of Delray Beach Annual “Fitness in the Park” Series. He has devoted his life to understanding the body and its systems. His passion is finding and isolating the physical strengths and weaknesses of each client and matching them with a multitude of fitness disciplines to improve their physical, mental and psychological well-being. Approaching fitness holistically, Marc believes the fusion of creativity analysis and practicality is essential in moving each individual toward their fitness goals. Along with 25 years of experience, his greatest strength is his ability to draw from numerous fitness disciplines and sports, thousands of exercises, psychological techniques and nutritional principals to empower each client. He combines corrective exercise, integrated function and dynamic flexibility with psychology, cognition and motivation to progress his clientele. Marc incorporates muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, range of motion, balance, power, agility, quickness, speed, coordination and proprioception and much more.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The biggest hurdle was when my wife unexpectedly passed in 2008. She was a crucial part of my fitness & genealogy businesses. And with children at home, the youngest just 4, I needed to reinvent myself. So I innovated the first online fitness, Virtu-Fit that year. The very first live video fitness, yoga, pilates, spinning, even meditation. This became successful and I have reached clients on six continents and in both hemispheres.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I utilize what I call Creatalytical thinking. Both fitness routine and genealogy research can be considered a science with artist approaches. Variety is the key to fitness, allowing all levels to achieve balance, self-reliance, harmony and well-being through monitored progression, complete safety and fun. Everyone can make great strides and enjoy fitness with diversity and adherence. When fitness is a passion it becomes contagious. I have never duplicated a workout with a client in over 100,000 sessions. Your success will include your nutritional, cardiovascular, flexibility, strength, psychological, cognitive and restorative health. This varies for all clients, but as you progress it will be easier and easier to find your way. The philosophy I prescribe to is that of consistency with variety. We must constantly test ourselves, our heart and our head to improve. As for Genealogy, research is a matrix that I weave through with a creative and scientific approach. Assuring I find a sensible and confident result, be it family history or wellness..
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
No luck, all dedicated, determined hard work. A solid business plan using creative avenues to secure clients and have them succeed. A constantly-evolving but well-thought out plan. My success has come by design.
Pricing:
- Fitness rates range from $99/month up
- Genealogy rates range from $50-70/hour
Contact Info:
- Website: https://arcifc.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virtufit.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-thompson-a5b2b6187/
Image Credits
Photo credit, Dana Donaty. Marc Thompson, Sophia Thompson
