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Sam George: Carving Out Your Own Path in The Fitness Industry 0

Apr 30, 2019

In today's episode, we welcome on Sam George. Sam has had one of the journeys that are just so nice to listen to. It's more common than we think to feel like we don't belong in this industry and a big part of this discussion with Sam is around how he carved his own path and why it's so important to think like that as a PT. We also get into how close he got to leaving the industry, what kept him in it, how he builds trust with clients, what template Sam uses to create programmes that his clients love and much more.

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From The Archive: Danny Lennon 0

Apr 26, 2019

In this episode, we have a "from the archives" episode from back in February 2017 with Danny Lennon from Sigma Nutrition. We get into some of Danny's early career mistakes, where his company Sigma Nutrition start a new client, fat loss phasing, what PTs need to know about sugar and much more.

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Dr Quinn Henoch: What Personal Trainers Need to Know About Mobility 0

Apr 23, 2019

Stuart welcomes on Dr Quinn Henoch. Quinn is an internationally recognized therapist, author, presenter, and coach. In this episode, they discuss how his approach to injuries & rehab have changed since he graduated in 2013, why he doesn't like the term mobility, how he would approach correcting a hip shift in a squat and much more.

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Corey Robb: How Our Own Struggles Can Help us Become Better PTs 0

Apr 19, 2019

Stuart welcomes on Corey Robb from Macros Inc to discuss how our own struggles and challenges with nutrition can help us become better coaches.

Topics Covered:

What was the industry like back in 1998 when he started as a PT?
Who were his early mentors in the industry?
How he has changed his coaching style over the years to work more effectively with clients?
Why and how being out of shape and struggling with his own nutrition helped him become a better coach.
Do we have to experience being obese to be able to effectively empathise with our obese clients?

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Dean Somerset: Assessments, Career Longevity & Developing a Niche 0

Apr 16, 2019

Stuart welcomes on Dean Somerset. Dean has been a personal trainer since 2004 who has been educating trainers for the last 10 years. He's worked with an array of clients from all kinds of backgrounds but has specifically built up a bit of a niche working with clients with injuries. In this episode, we discuss developing a niche in a commercial gym, how to accurately assess your clients and why some of Dean's clients of over 10 years have never touched a barbell.

Topics Covered:

How he has found making the jump from being in an employed commercial space to now being in a self-employed independent gym.
What it was like for him starting in 2004.
How to get into working with medical rehab populations.
What to do if you're struggling to become busy as a PT.
How he's achieved longevity as a trainer.
How he initially assesses a new client.
Why some of his clients, who have been with him for 10-12 years, have never touched a barbell.
How important Dean thinks posture is.
How he works with clients who have lower back pain.

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Jean-Claude Vacassin: What Separates The Successful vs The Struggling PT Facilities 0

Apr 9, 2019

Stuart welcomes back on Jean-Claude Vacassin from the International Fitness Business Alliance (IFBA) and W10 Gym in London to chat about common issues gym owners face, what to do if you're struggling as a facility owner and how he thinks about staffing and pricing.

Topics Covered:

How involved is he in the day-to-day running of W10 nowadays?
What separates great gyms from average gyms?
If you're struggling as a facility owner, where should you start?
He's been running the IFBA since 2016, what's been some of the big things he's learnt in that time about helping gym owners?
What he has learnt from visiting many gyms for on-site visits?
Have you seen many gyms fail? Why do you think happens?
Does he think it's harder now as a facility owner?
When you go to do an on-site audit, what you look for/ typically spot that are some easy fixes?
How to think about up setting up your pricing?
How he thinks about staffing.

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Mike Zimmerman: Lessons Learnt From Interviewing Celebrities And Working For WeightWatchers 0

Apr 2, 2019

In today's episode, we welcome on Mike Zimmerman. Mike is currently working for the PTDC and is in the process of creating a bunch of books on starting in the industry as a PT. He's a writer by trade who has been in media for 27 years. He's written many books in fiction and non-fiction which you can find on his Amazon page, and he's worked for Men's Health and Weight Watchers. During his time in the former, he interviewed 100s of public figures and created 50+ celebrity cover stories. All in all Mike's successful and varied career, his ability to tell stories and his "take work seriously but don't take life too serious" attitude makes for a fascinating interview that I would have happily done for hours more.

In this episode, we get into:

- The lessons he's learnt interviewing celebrities

- Why he prints off all of his content drafts
- What he picked up about speaking to your audience from working in MH and WW