Becoming Resilient & Ruthlessly Consistent with Don Saladino

On today’s episode of Transformation Talks, we’re joined by Don Saladino.

For over two decades, Don has coached actors, athletes, musicians, and business executives. In 2005, he opened his NYC Gym, Drive 495. After operating a gym for fifteen years, Don expanded to a global online fitness business. He has developed a reputation for training some of the biggest names in Hollywood for the big screen. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Liev Schreiber, Sebastian Stan, Anne Hathaway, Zachary Levi, Hugh Jackman, and David Harbour are among his roster of clients.

He has been tapped as a fitness expert in publications such as Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, and Met Rx. He has also been featured in People, US Weekly, Origins, In Touch, Cosmo, & Shape; and has made appearances doing live fitness demos on The Today Show, Page Six TV, People NOW, E News, The Better Show, & The Juice. He sits on the advisory board of Men’s Health Magazine.

In March 2018 & October 2021, it was his great honor to shoot the Cover of the iconic Muscle & Fitness Magazine.

Don lives in New York with his wife, Mel, and their two children, Amelia and Donny Jr., and their pups Rigatoni and Sambuca.

Here’s what we got into in the interview:

- How Don began his online businesses (01:21)
- How Don used fitness to become more confident and athletic growing up (03:12)
- The value of simplifying your process over the long haul (07:30)
- Why we should celebrate processed-based wins (10:40)
- How Don learned to be resilient and adaptable (13:40)
- Popular fitness advice that doesn’t set people up for success (27:28)
- Making the most of at-home workouts (30:41)
- Setting up a bulletproof plan (33:45)
- Being more consistent with your nutrition (38:07)
- The truth about celebrity transformations (42:48)
- Training athletes versus celebrities (51:34)
- How to STOP comparing yourself to others (56:10)
- Don’s Fast 5 answers (64:07)

Here’s where you can connect more deeply with Don:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saladinodon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donsaladino/
Website: https://donsaladino.com/

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