Today we’d like to introduce you to Trevin O’Cain.
Trevin, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
Fitness and athletics has always been a large part of my life growing up. However, High school was the first time that I really began to become versed in weight training, as well as nutrition. I carried this passion into college and now post-grad having learned a lot through my self-study along the way (I actually graduated SDSU with a Bachelor’s in Economics and minor in Finance).
Over the years, friends would come to me all the time asking for fitness and nutrition advice. I began writing plans and helping people transform their bodies. About six months after college, I decided to start a fitness Instagram account in hopes of sharing my knowledge with more people. To be honest, I felt like I was really putting myself out there by doing this. Especially at first, a lot of people poked fun at me for doing this as I knew they would. I have been running that account for about a year and half though now and have acquired a following of 31,000 people. It was definitely one of the better decisions that I have made.
Throughout the process, I have been able to help people that I would have never been able to meet before transform their bodies. All I wanted to do when I started this journey was to help people and it’s been an amazing feeling to have achieved that goal.
At the beginning of 2020, I decided to really take my knowledge and talent to a different platform. Once again, I was a little nervous because I knew I would get made fun of again although I didn’t care quite as much this time because I had already been through this process once. In just two months, I have been able to build a following of 88,000 on the platform TikTok. I still get made fun of for doing them and to be honest, I kind of make fun of myself on the platform from time to time. However, I have been able to help a lot of younger kids (the platform is made up of mostly people under the age of 16) with their fitness journey. This really hits home to me because I remember being that age but not always having access to a gym or even knowing what to do if I did.
Fitness has always been something that I have been passionate about and its nice to be able to give back to the community.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Overall it’s been mostly a smooth road. I’ve had to deal with the typical issues that a person experiences when putting themselves out there on social media. People close to you either judging or making fun of you. Growing an Instagram account especially is not exactly easy. Working full time at a Wealth Management firm while trying to balance fitness and grow your social media presence has it’s difficulties as well. I would not say there have been any major roadblocks through thus far.
Please tell us more about your work. What do you do? What do you specialize in? What sets you apart from competition?
My business is fitness and I specialize in workout and nutrition advice. I think what set’s me apart from a lot of other people is the fact that I offer most my services either for free or a really low cost. For example, if you go check out the link in my Instagram bio @Trevinfit, I have a completely free workout program. Most people charge money for this sort of thing but once again I just want to help people.
So, what’s next? Any big plans?
To be honest, I am kind of learning and developing my plans as I go. I would like to make my following more monetize able one day. Every entrepreneurial dream is to be able to make your passion a full-time career. However, right now, my main focus is just to continue helping people and hopefully grow my following. Then maybe one day I can reach that inflection point.
Contact Info:
- Email: trevinfit@gmail.com
- Instagram: @Trevinfit
- Other: TikTok; @Trevinfit
Image Credit:
Kyle Poon
Hannah Brooke Sanders
Tucker DeCamp
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