Questions We Hear Most Often

If you’ve never worked with a coach before, start with a Fitness Buddy Check-In ($49) or the 30-minute Session ($79). It’s the lowest-commitment, highest-clarity option. One session will tell you everything you need to know about whether this approach works for you.

A Fitness Buddy session is pure accountability with no ongoing commitment — choose a 20-minute Check-In, the 30-minute Session, or a 45-minute Deep Dive, or commit to a monthly accountability plan. Monthly Coaching is a different thing entirely: a full coaching relationship with weekly check-ins, progressive programming, and a coach tracking your progress every week.

No. Every program is built around where you are right now, not where you think you should be. Whether you’re completely restarting or pushing past a plateau, we start from your current reality.

Immediately. After payment, you’ll receive your onboarding form within a few hours. Most clients have their first session or program delivered within 48 hours of signing up.

A free account lets you create a profile, explore the site, and try the Stride tracker demo. The full training library, the day-by-day programs, the progress tools, Insights, challenges, the weekly live classes, and member events all live behind Visionary membership ($12.99/mo). Coaching is booked separately, and membership unlocks member pricing on every session and most store orders.

Visionary ($12.99/mo or $129/yr) is the full member experience: the full premium content library (premium podcast, audio, video, exclusive articles, downloadable resources), the day-by-day programs and challenges, weekly live classes with Mario (Mind Reset and Move With Mario) with replays, progress tools and 30-day Insights, the Vault, your private message thread with Mario, member events, members-first store drops, and 10% off Fitness Buddy, Life Coaching, and most of the store. Elite Visionary ($29.99/mo or $299/yr) adds Sidney, the FBS AI assistant (always on) — trained on every FBS program and tool, and grounded in Mario's method — plus the closest access to Mario: Elite AMA Live on the first Thursday of every month, the weekly Elite Strength Lab, private livestreams with live chat, Form Check, the Music Studio, behind-the-scenes and personal-life content, the Elite podcast, advanced program levels and Elite challenges, 90-day Insights, Mario's full coaching note with every daily tip, Elite-first store drops, a private custom-order brief, priority booking, and 15% off sessions and most of the store. Annual billing is the best value on both tiers — you save $26.88 or $60.88 a year. The first 150 members who join in December 2026 keep the founding price instead (see below). Both tiers can be cancelled any time.

Visionary is the full Fit Beyond Sight member experience: member content, programs, weekly live classes, progress tools, the Vault, member events, replays, and member savings. Elite Visionary includes everything in Visionary, then adds the closest-access premium layer: Sidney, the FBS AI assistant (always on), the monthly Elite AMA Live, the Elite Strength Lab, private livestreams, the Elite rooms of the Vault, music studio access, personal-life content, form checks, Elite-only store pieces, priority booking, and the highest member savings. Start with Visionary. Upgrade to Elite Visionary any time from your account settings.

Yes — switch between Visionary and Elite Visionary any time from your account settings. Billing is adjusted automatically for the change, and your access updates right away.

If you plan to stay more than ten months, yes. Annual billing saves $26.88 a year on Visionary and $60.88 a year on Elite Visionary versus paying monthly — the same access, billed once.

Membership doors open December 1, 2026. The first 150 members who join in December 2026 pay the founding price: Visionary $9.99 a month or $99 a year, and Elite Visionary $19.99 a month or $199 a year, instead of the regular $12.99 or $129 and $29.99 or $299. You keep the founding price for as long as you stay continuously subscribed: your subscription keeps the price you joined at, renewal after renewal. If you cancel and your membership ends, joining again later is at the regular price. If you change plan during December while founding spots remain, you move to the founding price of the new plan and keep your spot; after that, plan changes are at the regular price. Gift memberships are always at the regular price. The live count of founding spots left is on the pricing page.

Yes. You can cancel directly from your account settings with no penalties. Your access continues until the end of the billing period.

Your program is a day-by-day arc matched to your focus, experience, equipment, and time — drawn from a deep library of body, mind, and hybrid tracks. Every member self-starts a program, and Elite Visionary also unlocks the advanced program levels. Run it self-paced (it advances as you complete days) or scheduled (the clock keeps you honest). Milestone days earn badges, and you can restart a week — or the whole program — any time.

No. Programs come in home, gym, and upper/lower variants, and every guided workout offers scaled options in real time. Pick what matches your setup when you start, and adapt as your access changes.

Guided interval workouts run with a built-in timer, animated movement demos, and spoken cues — including the rest countdown — so you can train eyes-free. They never run silently in the background: if you try to leave mid-workout, you’re asked to confirm before it ends.

Yes. Quick Tools gives you a timer, a stopwatch, and an interval timer with audible alerts — handy for resting between sets or pacing rounds. It stays controllable from a fixed dock wherever you are on the site.

Stride turns your phone into a GPS workout tracker for walks, runs, and rides — live distance, pace, splits, and your route on a map, with spoken cues so you never look down. Connect a wearable (Strava, Garmin, and more) to bring in heart rate and steps, and every workout is saved with its history.

My Tools is one hub for everything you log: daily check-ins, sleep & recovery, an activity journal, goals, habits, body metrics, a food journal, private notes, a mindset journal, and progress photos. Each tool keeps its own filterable history, and you can add, edit, or download entries in place.

Yes. Everything in My Tools and your journals is private to you. Mario only sees what you explicitly choose to share in a session, or a progress photo you mark as coach-visible. Your messages stay between you and Mario.

Yes. Download any single entry, or a whole tool’s history, as a tagged PDF (or CSV/JSON). You can also export your full account data — profile, sessions, logs, messages, and more — from your account settings.

Insights turns everything you log into trends and patterns — your streaks, movement, mood and energy, sleep, body metrics, and program progress over time — so you can see what’s working. Elite Visionary members can review these with Mario.

Official challenges set by Mario, plus personal challenges he assigns just for you. Join one, follow it, and mark it complete when you finish — a simple way to keep momentum when motivation dips.

Every week you complete a short check-in — what you did, what you skipped, and what’s coming up. I review it and respond with feedback, adjustments, or simply holding you to what you committed to.

Yes. Members get a private message thread with Mario for questions, wins, and obstacles. He reads these — it’s a direct line, not a public forum, and it’s never shown anywhere else.

That’s exactly what coaching is for. The point isn’t perfection — it’s getting back on track faster than you would alone. I’ll address it directly without judgment and adjust if needed.

All coaching is delivered remotely — check-ins, programming, and communication happen online. This means you can work with us regardless of where you’re based.

Yes. Many clients run both simultaneously. Get in touch after signing up and I’ll discuss how to structure the two together.

Elite Visionary is the closest-access tier: Sidney — the FBS AI assistant, always on, trained on all of FBS — the monthly Elite AMA Live and weekly Elite Strength Lab with Mario, private livestreams, the private music studio, behind-the-scenes and personal-life content, form checks, a private custom-order brief, priority booking, and the highest member savings (15% off sessions and most of the store). Everything in Visionary is included.

Submit a short video of a lift or movement and Mario reviews your technique with specific feedback — an Elite Visionary benefit, so you’re training the right way, not just hard.

It’s a focused 1-on-1 accountability session with me — 20, 30, or 45 minutes depending on what you book. You fill in a short pre-session form after booking — takes five minutes — and I review it before the call. In the session, I assess where you are, identify what’s blocking you, and give you a clear set of next steps. You leave with clarity and real momentum.

Complete the pre-session form that arrives after booking. Come knowing your biggest current obstacle and one specific thing you want to walk away with. You do not need to have things figured out.

For many clients, yes — one session creates enough clarity and momentum to restart. For others, it is the proof point they needed before committing to monthly coaching. Either outcome is valid. The session is also available as a standalone top-up at any point.

Yes, and it’s the most natural path. The Buddy Session is designed as an entry point that leads naturally into either Monthly Coaching or the Membership — whichever fits best after the session.

Pick a service, choose an open time slot, and confirm. You’ll get a confirmation email with a calendar (.ics) file, and you can manage the booking any time from the link in that email or from My Sessions.

Yes, from your booking link or My Sessions. You can move a session any time before it starts, at no charge, up to 2 times per booking, and it keeps its full value. Cancel at least 24 hours ahead and you get a full refund to your card, or your session credit back. Inside 24 hours, a cancellation isn’t refunded and the credit is used, so moving the session is the better choice.

Session packs and the monthly Fitness Buddy plans add session credits to your account; a credit is used each time you book, and any expiry is shown when you buy. You can see your remaining credits in your account.

A stationary bike or turbo trainer, a device to join the call (phone, tablet, or laptop), water, and a towel. Any stationary setup works — you do not need a smart trainer or special equipment. I’ll provide pacing targets at the start of every session.

No. Every class is designed to be accessible regardless of starting point. I provide scaled options for every movement in real time. Mind Reset and Move With Mario in particular have no fitness prerequisites — if you can move, you can join.

When a live class is recorded, the replay is added to your member library — Elite classes to the Elite-only library. In-person events are not recorded. Each event listing on the Classes and Events page shows whether a replay will be available.

Every member gets two live classes with me each week: Mind Reset, twenty minutes of guided breathing and one clear intention, and Move With Mario, a thirty-minute guided session at three effort levels. Elite Visionary adds the weekly Elite Strength Lab and Elite AMA Live on the first Thursday of every month. Classes are for paying members — see the Membership page for tier options.

Yes. Buy a gift on the Gift page and your recipient gets a redeem code by email — they apply it to unlock a membership or sessions. It’s the easiest way to put someone’s momentum on you.

The store carries Fit Beyond Sight gear, and anyone can request a custom order — fixed-price items or request-to-quote. Members save 10–15% on most store purchases automatically, depending on tier, and Elite Visionary can also send a private custom-order brief: quote first, pay after.

Most of our gear is printed for you when you order, so we can’t refund a change of mind. If the size doesn’t fit, you can exchange it for a different size within 30 days of delivery, unworn and unwashed with the tags on: we send the new size and you send the original back (you pay that postage unless we sent the wrong size). If anything arrives damaged, misprinted, defective or wrong, we’ll replace or refund it; tell us within 30 days, with a photo. Items we stock can be returned within 30 days, unused and in their packaging. Gift cards and digital items can’t be returned once delivered. Each product page says which applies.

Yes — Fit Beyond Sight is built screen-reader-first and is keyboard-operable end to end. Workouts, Stride, and the timers speak their key cues, and a “use speech for most site content” toggle in your profile reads more of the site aloud. See the Accessibility page for the full statement.

Your messages to Mario, your bookings, and anything you choose to share. Your private logs, journals, and photos stay yours unless you share them or mark a photo coach-visible. You control your contact preferences and can export or delete your data at any time.

From your profile you can turn each notification topic on or off — messages, reminders, progress, challenges, events, and content — across email, SMS, and push. Billing and essential account notices always come through. SMS is only ever sent with your explicit consent.

No problem. All coaching and virtual sessions are available worldwide. Session times are agreed directly with me to work for your time zone. Live class times on the Classes and Events page are listed in EST.

Yes, with the right approach. If you have a current injury, medical condition, or physical limitation, mention it in your pre-session form or before booking. I’ll advise how to structure sessions around your situation. Fit Beyond Sight is not a medical service and does not replace advice from a doctor or physiotherapist.

Coaching covers training, accountability, and lifestyle structure. I provide general nutritional guidance — how to fuel your training, recovery, and energy — as part of the coaching conversation. Clinical dietary advice and prescribed meal plans require a registered dietitian, which is outside the scope of coaching here.

No. All personal coaching — Fitness Coaching, Life Coaching, and Buddy Sessions — is strictly 1-on-1 with me. Group elements exist in the membership through the live classes, but these complement personal coaching rather than replace it. You will never be put in a group when you have paid for personal coaching.

Most clients notice a meaningful shift in consistency and momentum within the first two to three weeks — because structure and accountability remove the daily decision fatigue that normally causes relapse. Physical results depend on your starting point, your goals, and how consistently you engage. I set realistic expectations in your first session. Anyone promising specific results in a specific timeframe without knowing you first is not being straight with you.

Every 1:1 session (Fitness Buddy, Life Coaching and Coaching) follows one rule. Cancel at least 24 hours before it starts for a full refund to your card, or your session credit back if you used one. Cancellations inside 24 hours and missed sessions are not refunded. You can move a session any time before it starts, up to 2 times per booking, and it keeps its full value.

Membership: your first payment for a Visionary Access or Elite Visionary membership, monthly or yearly, comes with a 14-day money-back promise. Email [email protected] within 14 days of that payment and we’ll refund it in full; your membership ends when the refund is made. After that, you can cancel any time and keep access through the end of the period you paid for, with no refund for part of a period. Monthly Coaching: refunds follow your coaching agreement (see part 5 of the Terms).

One-time packages and coaching engagements: set out in your individual agreement. Generally: partial refund within 7 days if onboarding hasn’t begun; non-refundable once programming is delivered. Session packs — unused, unbooked sessions refundable within 30 days of purchase, less the single-session rate for any used.

Pausing is available in genuine circumstances — serious illness, family emergency, or a major life event. It is not a routine option. Contact me directly to request a pause. Pauses are handled case by case and are limited to one billing cycle. The cancellation and re-enrolment process is always open if you need more flexibility.

Yes. Stripe automatically sends a payment confirmation to your email. If you need a formal invoice for business expenses or insurance, contact us via the contact page with your payment details and we will provide one promptly.