Today we’d like to introduce you to Chris Green.
Hi Chris, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
Mean Green Training started with my failure of making it as a pro basketball player. Through sacrifice, dedication, consistency, being passionate, coachable, and being a hard worker made the brand we know now as Mean Green. However, it was created in my journey of trying to be the best basketball player. With the emotional attachment with my journey of playing ball; and the fulfillment of wanting to help people created Mean Green. In 2009, we started with outdoor bootcamps. With the demand of our service, I was able to hire like-minded trainers to create an empowering company that the Houston community loved. Our bootcamps then created momentum for us to open our first gym in 2015. Then our 2nd location in 2016. We found favor with a countless amount of Houstonians who trusted us to help them believe, achieve and receive. In 2020, we created our online workouts called “Daily Sweat 365” where we can train anyone, at any time, around the world.
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I truly believe with no challenge, there is no change. It would be crazy to think what Mean Green would be if we never changed anything since 2009. We have found a lot of success, but of course, we had our struggles. For me personally, being the leader of Mean Green brings a lot of responsibility. One of the challenges we had within our first couple of years, was fulfilling the need of the community. When I first started training, it was just me. I was working 12-16 hour days. Still, I personally couldn’t be everywhere at the same time. Therefore, I hired trainers to join my team. It sounds smart, but to me, all companies start with the head. I was a great trainer, but I wasn’t a good owner. Manager. Marketer. Developer of a team or company. Therefore, I pivoted quickly. I invested in reading and listening to audio. I took business seminars. A huge influence is my sister Shana. She opened my eyes to a world of personal development. Without her, there’s no way my mindset would be where it is today. I’m now not limited to a great trainer, but a leader. Someone that knows how to run a business, create and lead a team, plus more traits you need to run a brand effectively.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
Currently, I have the opportunity to develop people. Currently, I have created systems to run our Mean Green gyms, bootcamps, and online workouts. I truly focus on our members having the best experience when they train with us. Our system empowers our community to want to train with us. From our workouts being challenging, yet fun. When you come into our gyms, working out with a variety of equipment to listening to hype hip-hop music. Our bootcamps have matchless energy that helps Houstonians not just get in shape, but inspired to be better people. The different cultures that train at our gym creates a priceless community. Our online workouts give us the same experience but now we get to train people across the world.
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
I’m a risk taker. However, I only take them when the reward out weights the risk. One major risk I took was opening the first gym. The amount of overhead you have when running a gym can be risky. I never ran a gym before. We could have easily gone out of business. The amount of effort I put towards learning how to be a gym owner and train at the same time, I’m sure most people couldn’t have completed. However, that was the risk of me completing my goal, I felt the reward was greater. The reward of providing for my family, creating jobs for trainers, empowering Houston was the reward. So I rolled the dice, implemented and through the grace of God, we found success.
Pricing:
- If you want to check our gym out, you can try us out for $6 for 6 days. Check out meangreengym.com
- If you want to try our bootcamps out, you can try us out for 3 workouts for $20. Check out meangreenbootcamp.com
- Our online workouts are $14.99. Check out dailysweat365.com
Contact Info:
- Website: meangreentraining.cvom
- Instagram: instagram.com/meangreentraining
- Facebook: facebook.com/meangreentrainingcenter
- Youtube: youtube.com/meanfitnessgroup | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSdK4GSsDeq0uDYfg5TVoew
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/mean-green-training-center-houston-2
