D ’ Marko ’ s personality is characterized by his choice of making major life decisions at the last moment and living life to the fullest . At this point he had arrived in the body building world . Magazines were looking for interviews , which gave D ’ Marko notoriety .
In 1990 D ’ Marko was offered a position starting a new Golds Gym in Las Vegas , Nevada where he had the resources to start educating others in the power of training and nutrition . While working at the gym , D ’ Marko got a call to read for a new live show at the Rio Hotel and Casino called “ Tropical Heat ” alongside three of the most beautiful women in Nevada . Although short lived , D ’ Marko was doing three shows a night until an injury to his ankle closed the show permanently .
In 1992 he came back to Utah to take care of his mother who was suffering from cancer . He had to find a way to make a living so he started his own chain of fitness stores called “ Custom Fit Nutrition Centers ”. Due to a divorce he was forced to sell his fitness stores , but this helped him to start up a whole new life in the fitness and wellness world with supplements and personal training .
D ’ Marko met Erica at his birthday party through a mutual friend and they got married nine months later . Together they were determined to follow a life of fitness and health . Together they opened a retail supplement store , but due to the cost of competition and online sales they sold it a few years later . When he and Erica discovered Dub nutrition , it gave them a format where customers could work out in the gym for free in exchange for a monthly supplement purchase and giving back to their communities for one hour a week . The pay-it-forward concept became not just a lifestyle , but their own personal goal .
Erica was a 36-year single mother of two with fibromyalgia , a non-stop chronic pain disorder , who had had three surgeries to remove cancer lesions when she met D ’ Marko . At the time , she was going through a divorce after eighteen years of marriage . “ I ’ ve been ill as far back as I can remember , starting in my 20s ,” states Erica . But as a young mother , she didn ’ t have the time to be sick so she turned to prescriptions to cope . She was on pills to help her sleep , stay awake , deal with pain , keep calm , reduce headaches and nausea . Her whole life felt like a lie .