Meet Donald Montero | Personal Trainer, Gym Manager, Model

We had the good fortune of connecting with Donald Montero and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Donald, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
During 2020 mid-quarantine I started to workout an unusual amount of times throughout the day , I would wake up at 5am to hit my friends backyard gym and I had developed a love for fitness unlike any other activity I have ever done my entire life. It brought me pure joy, confidence, and a sense of accomplishment in my life. Working out created a radiation of positivity that spread throughout other aspects of my life such as my discipline, my ability to get things done and motivated me to do good at work. People started to notice my physical change and started to ask for questions and tips pertaining to fitness and I remember talking to my mother one day and telling her “Mom, Imagine if I become a personal trainer one day?” then after that I realized that is what I wanted to do so I signed up for a personal trainer course with the American Council of Exercise known as “ACE Fitness” and started to gain clients and now I am a personal trainer. My thought process was that this was my way of being able to help others improve their quality of life through fitness.
Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
As quarantine ended I got a job at a gym facility as a front desk employee called Prestige Miami Fitness Club and I’ve been there for about a year and a half now and I’m proud to say I’ve worked my way up to manager position.
I also became a signed model with select models miami early 2021.
Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
If I had a friend coming to Miami to hangout I would take them to Club Space and dance all night , We would workout at my gym as well , and eat at my some of my favorite spots such as organic food kings, olive garden, we would also go bowling at strike 10,
Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
If I had to give a Shoutout to everyone who has helped me develop into the human being I am today, this would turn into a college essay. But the one person who deserves the most credit and recognition for my success is my loving, caring , supporting mother. It was only my mom and I for a while and she’s cared for me and loved me and supported me like nobody else has. She’s worked very hard for me to become a man of value and success one day therefore I owe it all to her. She’s supported each and every one of my decisions even if she didn’t fully agree with some of them. She’s been along my side my whole entire life and has been my #1 fan for as long as I can remember. I admire my mother’s hard work and motivation to keep going when things are looking down she always keeps her faith up. Shoutout to My Mother, the only love in my life that will forever be unconditional.
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