Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I’m Marcus Smith. I’m an extreme athlete and coach, a motivational speaker and entrepreneur. I completed 30 marathons in 30 days, 9 months after almost losing my life being hit by a truck. Pretty crazy, right? I believe there is always a way, giving up means nothing to me, we have to keep striving to “live” and to push our limits. From a young age I’ve been passionate about sports. I played professional rugby from the age of 18, retiring after the 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup. It was this sporting background coupled with my experience in the corporate world that fuelled my desire to help people live great lives so I entered the world of entrepreneurship. I knew I could help others reach their highest potential. I was my first client and my strategies seemed to work well for me. I wanted to use my leadership knowledge to help people develop their physical strength and mental fitness, and so I founded InnerFight - a health and performance company that supports human optimisation. I like to believe that my discipline and determination to succeed can be passed onto others. That I can help you to be better at life. That I can help your teams do epic things. When you’re living at your optimum physical and mental fitness, that’s when you create endless possibilities, and that is what I have helped people do for the last 15 years. I’ve accomplished some cool things in my life, and I lean on these experiences when working with my clients, leading by example and showing that anything is possible. Some of the wild things I have done include: • Running 30 marathons in 30 days • Running around a track for 24 hours straight, racking up 206.9km • Completing a triple ascent of Mont Ventoux, the Tour De France’s hardest climb • Running Marathon Des Sables, a 250km run across the Sahara - the world’s toughest footrace • Completing a 50km cycle, 50km run, 50km cycle, over 8 hours, in 54-degree heat! When I’m not doing crazy fitness challenges, you can find me delivering motivational talks that remind people that they’re capable of achieving amazing things. My latest series, The Ultra Mindset, helps teams cultivate insane mental resilience so they can operate at ultra-performance levels. Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk to boost morale or to facilitate multi-day workshops to motivate your teams, I’m here to chat. · Email me: [email protected] · Check out my Instagram: @mjd_smith · Learn more on my website: www.innerfight.com · Tune into my podcast: www.innerfight.com/category/podcasts/ · Subscribe to my YouTube channel: Marcus Smith Let’s do this!
Founded in 2008, InnerFight is an international health and performance company based in Dubai. Delivering increased human performance, we offer group strength and conditioning classes, corporate motivation sessions, personal performance coaching and one-off endurance programs. We’re not just for the pros; we train those at all levels of fitness – whether you’re entering an Ironman or want to run one mile without stopping. And we train hard. We will make you better at life. Whoever you are. All we ask is that you SHOW NO WEAKNESS. The brainchild of one of the fittest men in Asia, InnerFight is also the home of the 29th fittest man in the world. Yet we’re also the gym of choice for many that have never exercised before, as well as children as young as five years old. And every single person that calls our 5,000 square foot sports facility home is an epic human being. We’re all just normal people doing normal things, abnormally well. For more information, head to www.innerfight.com where you’ll find our Daily and Red Zone Workouts, as well as paleo recipe inspiration, training plans and podcasts, too.
Marcus Smith is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and international athlete. With a clear vision of building brands that improve people’s lives through health, culture and environment, he has developed and established three successful businesses, including international performance company, InnerFight; Paleo food provider, Smith St Paleo; and culture and environment marketing agency, Dominate. With a competitive sporting background, Marcus played professional rugby from the age of 18, with a major highlight being his participation in the 2009 IRB Rugby Sevens World Cup. Retiring from the game in 2010, he remains highly active and now competes in CrossFit, as well as numerous extreme endurance events and challenges. Marcus believes that developing mental strength through physical challenges is one of the keys to a successful life and has multiple marathons and ultramarathons to his name, including the “toughest footrace on earth”, the Marathon Des Sables, which saw him run 250km self-supported across the Sahara desert in 2015. With a firm belief that human connection to brands lays within the culture and environment they create, he has taken this concept forward from his marketing agency, Dominate, to the other companies in his expanding portfolio, InnerFight and Smith St. Paleo. Prior to establishing his first business InnerFight, Marcus spent 10 years in the sporting goods industry, with over five years as a sales director at market leader, Adidas.
Smith St Paleo is a food business established in 2015 and based in Dubai. “It is my dream that people will be able to continue to have a love affair with food that does not harm them. Through my recipes and products I hope to provide people with solutions that taste great and enable their bodies and minds to function optimally leading to a fun and fulfilling life” Holly Smith - Founder
Handle the entire Wholesale arm of the regions biggest sports company across the GCC. (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman) Brands include Nike, Timeberland, Columbia, Under Armour, Arena, Dunlop, Bobolat, Vans
Responsible for the sales, growth and relationship management of European and Local Key Accounts across the Middle East. The role includes managing Key Account Managers and extensive travel through out the region as well as to Europe for strategic account meetings. A main focus has been on Key Account Excellence rolling out initiatives such as Strategic Account Plans, Retail Space Management, Customer Segmentation and Account Fact books in order to strengthen relationships with customers and develop sales. 2008 saw YOY growth of 28% with 17% expected for 2009.
adidas Emerging Markets, Dubai Set up 3 adidas franchise stores in Bahrain and 3 in Kuwait. Growth across the client base was 30% year on year. This has been achieved by dedication to retail space management and brand presentation as well as maintaining focus on sell out. Working closely with these key clients from sell in to following sell out and analysing sales data has been and integral part of the success.