{"id":29412,"date":"2020-07-10T18:53:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=29412"},"modified":"2020-07-11T00:10:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:10:37","slug":"marcus-smith-on-dubai-works-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/podcasts\/marcus-smith-on-dubai-works-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Marcus Smith Opens Up About How InnerFight Has Grown To Become A Leading Fitness Brand In Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>LISTEN: Marcus Smith Opens Up About How InnerFight Has Grown To Become A Leading Fitness Brand In Dubai<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On this week&#8217;s episode of Dubai Works,\u00a0a business podcast for <a href=\"https:\/\/smashi.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Smashi TV<\/a>, we were joined by the inspirational, Marcus Smith, the Founder of\u00a0InnerFight, an\u00a0international fitness, performance company and centre based in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Smith is a thriving entrepreneur, motivational speaker extreme athlete and coach. With a clear vision of making peoples lives better through health, culture and environment, he has developed and established two successful businesses, including international performance company, InnerFight; and Paleo food provider, Smith St Paleo.<\/p>\n<p>What was discussed during this week&#8217;s interview on Dubai Works with Marcus Smith, from InnerFight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to create a gym with a difference<\/li>\n<li>The business of gyms<\/li>\n<li>The mental strength of completing 30 marathons in 30 days<\/li>\n<li>Fitness trends, nutrition and a whole lot more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/podcasts\/dennie-wallace-on-dubai-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>LISTEN:\u00a0Founder Of Wallace &amp; Co. On The Importance Of Pivoting Your Business Plan During A Crisis<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Marcus Smith, Founder of\u00a0InnerFight shares A-Z about the\u00a0Fitness industry in the region:<\/h2>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/dubai-works\/embed\/episodes\/EP-72---Marcus-Smith--Founder-of-InnerFight-eggnle\/a-a2ljqf4\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Prior to establishing his first business, InnerFight, Smith spent 10 years in the sporting goods industry, with over five years as a sales director at market leader, Adidas and Nike<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How hard is the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gym?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Gym<\/a> business? <\/p>\n<p>All questions related to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fitness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Fitness<\/a> industry answered by Marcus Smith, Founder of Innerfight <\/p>\n<p>LISTEN to full interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eoNniTMAzO\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/eoNniTMAzO<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InnerFight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@InnerFight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjd_smith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@mjd_smith<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qE3kuWZV4f\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qE3kuWZV4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Smashi (@smashitv_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashitv_en\/status\/1281468194620952577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Follow Dubai Works wherever you listen to your podcasts<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2PQkV2vYxVwwKupDVCg1a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/dubai-works\/episodes\/EP-72---Marcus-Smith--Founder-of-InnerFight-eggnle\/a-a2ljqf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anchor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ep-72-marcus-smith-founder-of-innerfight\/id1450257652?i=1000483767009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Has\u00a0Marcus inspired you to join the fitspo club and stop being a couch potato?! Then bring the gym home and work out at your own pace with these:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Continue your resistant training regime with this<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2zjtjsA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a011 Pcs Resistance Fitness Band Set<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you don\u2019t lose that upper body toning you\u2019ve worked so hard for pre-quarantine with this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YG7NsN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Adjustable Doorway Pull Up Bar.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Balance out your WFH tasks and cardio with the help of this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3beu9nM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mini Portable Elliptical Bike<\/a>! Plus you can binge-watch your fave series and burn off \u2019em popcorn calories AT THE SAME TIME with this bad boy.<\/li>\n<li>Check out some YouTube tutorials on home aerobics and start your home cardio session with this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3baB2Xe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fitness Aerobic Step<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/JUAZOmwHRIaoIpqdwu\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>To browse shopping categories in Dubai visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/shopping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lovin Dubai\u2019s Shopping Hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><i>This article may contain affiliate links. 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