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LTB Podcast

The podcast designed by Personal Trainers, for Personal Trainers. Want to become better at what you do? Learn how to build a full list of client's? Learn from some of the best of the industry? This is the podcast for you.
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Now displaying: May, 2018
LTBP #109 - Neil Donald: Continuous Improvement & Extreme Ownership 0
May 30, 2018

In this episode, Stuart chats to Neil Donald from the Scottish Institute of Sport.

Topics covered:

  • What Neil's role is in Scottish Sport and Strength and Conditioning.
  • How your perception shapes your environment.
  • Why you've got to take ownership of what's going on in your life.
  • The importance of soft skills and how to get better at these.
  • How to understand what drives your clients.
  • How to look at failure so it doesn't make you feel like a failure.
  • How Neil balances work and life to ensure he's as productive as possible.
  • Recommended books & ways Neil finds is best for improving.

 

Neil's Contact Email - neildonaldwork20@gmail.com

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LTBP #108 - Michael Keeler: Feedback - Why it's so Important And How to Get More of it 0
May 23, 2018

Michael is one of the founders of Business for Unicorns, which provides coaching, education and support to business owners. In this episode Stuart and Michael Discuss:

  • What he's learnt from starting a podcast.
  • What traits he sees successful business owners possess.
  • Why we shouldn't think making money is a bad thing.
  • Why feedback is so important.
  • How to start getting more of it.
  • How to change your relationship to feedback so that you can use it productively.
  • How to give better quality feedback.

 

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LTBP #107 - Mike MacDonald: Self-Delusion And Cognitive Bias 0
May 16, 2018

A slightly different episode than normal for the podcast. Stuart chats to Mike MacDonald about the topic of self-delusion and cognitive bias and what personal trainers can learn from this. 

Time Stamps
5.30 - Introducing the topic of self-delusion.
6.10 - Why Mike has become so interested in this topic.
10.30 - Confirmation bias.
16 - Getting round confirmation bias.
19.10 - Dunning Kruger effect
23 - the backfire effect
34.30 - post hoc fallacy
39 - confabulation
 
Resources Mentioned
Why we know what isn't so - Thomas Gilivich
Think - Michael LeGault
Why we make mistakes - Joseph.T Halinan
You're not so smart - David Mcraney
 
 
LTBP #106 - Gar Benn: Making Online Coaching Personal 0
May 9, 2018

In this episode, we welcome on Gar Benn.

Gar is a strength coach from Limerick Ireland. He is the head coach for Sigma Nutrition with Danny Lennon, the owner of CityGym Limerick and the co-owner of the European Powerlifting Conference & Titan Support Systems Ireland. 
 
Topics covered:
-- How Gar started in the industry.
-- How he manages his time between his gym and working for Sigma.
-- How he got started working with Sigma Nutrition.
-- How the 3-tier system works that they use for online coaching.
-- How they price their online coaching.
-- What Gar looks for in a coach.
-- How he makes new clients feel welcome at his gym.
-- How he is trying to get better at copywriting just now.
LTBP #105 - Common Coaching Mistakes With The Deadlift 0
May 4, 2018

In this short episode, Stuart covers common coaching mistakes, cueing and technique for the deadlift.

LTBP #104 - Cathy MacDonald: Listening, Influence, Persuasion and Changing Minds 0
May 2, 2018

Great to welcome back Cathy MacDonald to the show! We cover some simple tips for improving your listening skills and then deep dive into how you can go about changing a client's mind.

Timestamps
4.00 - why is listening so important
6.10 - tasks for improving your listening skills
10.00 - listening skills clip
15.10 - how to apply appropriate curiosity to conversations you have with clients
19.40 - why we're covering how to change clients minds
20.20 - what steps can we take as trainers to change our client's minds about things?
26.00 - why you can't actually change someone's mind, they change it themselves
28.00 - why information alone won't change someone's mind and may make the person less likely to change
34.40 - why helping change our client's minds is not about being manipulative, it's about improving lives
38.20 - why we have to be mindful of using the word "should" 
41.30 - how to change a client's mind who believes breakfast is essential
43.00 - how to use hooks (the things that are important to that person) to help this process
51.00 - a sample script for changing a client's mind about breakfast
55.10 - why it's not always possible to change someone's mind
57.50 - whether we should have these types of conversations offline vs online

 

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