Jerome Bolze, of The Performance Project, joins Stuart on this episode of the LTB Podcast to chat about how he started as a trainer, how he asked other coaches for advice early on in his career to help him move forwards, building systems and much more!

On episode 36 of the LTB Podcast, Stuart interviews James Krieger from weightology.com. They cover:

How important is it that personal trainers understand or read the research?

Could personal trainers do a better job when it comes to sharing research?

Explaining his insulin series in a simple format + some of those myths broken down?

What is NEAT? Why is it important we understand this?

What happens to your metabolism as weight loss occurs?

What can we do to ensure NEAT doesn’t decrease when dieting?

How can we make client’s aware of their NEAT?

Practical considerations for NEAT.

Intermittent fasting and why James is finding the research and uses for this interesting.

Robert Clarkson is the owner of Reactive Training in Glasgow. In this interview Robert tells us all about his journey, his many lessons learnt along the way and some of the struggles he's had since opening his facility.

In episode 34 of the LTB podcast speaks to Tony Gentilcore of tonygentilcore.com. Alongside chatting about how Tony has found transitioning from working in Cressey Sports Performance to running his own small group training facility, Tony also tells us what he feels is important for long-term sustainability as a coach, why he thinks starting a blog is still a good idea and how he thinks about his own professional development.

In this episode of the podcast, we interview Jonny Stephens from the LTB gym. Jonny was over in New York with Stuart for the LTB conference so we chat in depth about this and what we learnt, what it was like being at Mark Fisher Fitness and how the LTB gym have gone about building community.

In this interview with the trainer of trainers, Nick Tumminello, Nick discusses:

How he got the title “trainer of trainers”

How do we speed up the process of getting better at what we do

What is the role of the trainer?

Why “it depends” is not an answer

Myths about what a bad trainer is

What makes a good trainer 

Training principles

What does Nick commonly see PT's doing wrong with their programming

Links to:

Nick's site - http://nicktumminello.com/
Strength training for fat loss book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strength-Training-Loss-Nick-Tumminello-x/dp/1450432077/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493462954&sr=1-1&keywords=nick+tumminello
Building muscle & performance book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Muscle-Performance-Nick-Tumminello/dp/1492512702/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493462954&sr=1-3&keywords=nick+tumminello 

In this episode of the LTB podcast, Stuart chats to LTB staff member Jonathon Mummert. Jonathon knows the menstrual cycle inside out and we get into what it is that we as PT's need to know about this topic, which is one I don't think is talked about enough!

For Chris's 2nd time on the podcast, Chris and Stuart chat about how to hire a second trainer and how he handles feelings of self-doubt and imposter syndrome.

In this episode, Stuart chats to Alex Gibilaro from the LTB gym side of things. They chat in depth about programming and working with a new client.

In episode 28 of the LTB Podcast, Stuart chats to Alwyn Cosgrove from Results Fitness in California. Alongside discussing his why for what he does, Alwyn tells us:

- How we need to rethink the way we think about asking our clients for money

- What lifetime customer value (LCV) is and what this means to us trainers

- Why he feels Results Fitness has done as well as it has

- Why knowing your businesses core values is so important and how you can make a start to creating these

In this episode of the LTB podcast, Stuart speaks to Nick Winkelman, head of athletic performance at the IRFU. They cover:

Work: life balance,

Overwhelm,

What can we take from Nick’s research and understanding about cueing,

Explicit vs implicit learning,

Retention of learning for clients,

Autonomy supportive vs dictatorship coaching,

Reflective practice - what this is and how we can use it to become better coaches

Stuart welcomes previous guests Alex Pearson and Gregg Slater onto the show to have a Q&A based off of questions we received in the LTB private FB group.

Alongside nutrition coaching, we touch on:

evening binge eating solutions, work: life balance, what to do when you think about giving up and finding your niche

work: life balance

what to do when you think about giving up

finding your niche.

Fancy having your question asked next time we do one of these? Email me @ stuart@liftthebar.com!

In this episode, Stuart chats to one of the members of the gym he's based out of, Laura Shepherd, about her weight loss journey so far.

We touch on:

- where Laura has come from and where she is now

- how she felt on day one of the joining the gym

- how she feels she's managing to keep her weight off

- what she struggles with most 

- her advice to the world of personal trainers out there

and much more!

Coach, author and podcast host, Leigh Peele comes onto the LTB podcast for an interview with Stuart.

They discuss:

8.30 - What does Leigh think separates the people who last in the industry.

15.20 - How to not let failure ruin things.

20 - Explanation of self-esteem and tips on improving this.

40 - Balancing working on self-awareness with clients in terms of scope of practice. 

50 - Teaching clients about critical thinking.

51 - The importance of the beginner's mindset.

55.30 - Messages to the world of personal training.

Another experimental episode!

In this one, Stuart and previous guest Ross Stewart (from #7) discuss what they enjoyed about the book "tools of titans" by Tim Ferris.

Alongside rating the book, we cover:

- The laziness manifesto

- Thoughts on meditation

- Saying no

- The spotlight effect

and loads more!

Joy Victoria, from Fitness Baddies, comes onto the LTB Podcast to discuss her journey into coaching, why & how she got started, some of the lessons she's learnt along the way and much more!

In episode 21, Stuart speaks to W10 owner, Jean-Claude Vacassin. Within the interview, JC covers:

4.20 - How he built a client base in private gym he worked in previous to W10

10.30 - why has he lasted in the industry 10+ years

15.20 - how would a commercial gym get feedback from other coaches in order to improve?

24 - why is he such a proponent of high standards (every single thing I do says I give a shit or I don’t)

27.10 - how does W10 structure referrals

32.40 - common advice that JC see’s given to new PT’s that he wishes wasn’t

32.40 - thoughts on online marketing

37 - what do W10 use social media for

38.50 - thoughts on the lead generation conversation

42.50 - what does ‘good coaching’ entail

44 -  how do you get better at coaching

In this episode, we speak to Will Levy from Melbourne Strength and Conditioning (MSC) in Australia. Here's a breakdown of what Stuart & Will discuss:

5.30 - how Will is finding running a gym

9.30 - who do MSC work with

13 - why has MSC hit the ground running in terms of profitability

17 - how did Will get up to the stage of building up a waiting list

25 - what’s a widespread message that Will wishes wasn’t as common

30.30 - how do we improve the standard of the industry

36 - what does the first 30 days of programming look like for a new client at MSC

54 - common mistakes trainers/ gyms when running small-group training programmes

59 - how does he ensure his staff members are at a high enough level to keep up the standards

1.07 - a message to new trainers

In this interview, Stuart speaks to Dan Mitchell from Dan Mitchell Fitness. They discuss:

4.15 - why is online coaching hard?

5.30 - online coaching systems

8.50 - serving an “apprenticeship” before getting into online coaching

15 - how Dan reflects on his coaching

19.30 - what’s it like running his gym

25.40 - would you advise a trainer to get into online coaching?

31 - do you need an online presence to build an online business?

33 - how did he start building a clients for his online business?

37.41 - how to upsell in a FB group

41.30 - commercial gym lead gen advice

47.30 - how does Dan manage self doubt?

In this Episode, Stuart talks about 12 lessons that 12 of the first guests have discussed on the podcast.

In this interview, we speak to Lisa Gimenez-Codd from Optimum Health. We chat about:

3.20 - How has Lisa niched down into working with the population she works with?

7.00 - How and who has Lisa learned from to improve her knowledge on all these topics?

8.30 - Why is getting more info out there on these topics so important?

11.00 - Should we as PT’s refer on pre/ post natal clients?

14.30 - Lisa’s thoughts on “getting your pre-baby body back”

17.00 - What do we have to consider with a client who tells us they are pregnant?

23.00 - Should we encourage clients to exercise all the way up to having their baby?

24.00 - Burpee’s during pregnancy?

26.50 - Post-natal considerations

29.40 - Drills to improve breathing

32.00 - The pelvic floor

37.00 - How can you train the pelvic floor

40.00 - Female client's needing to pee during sessions that contain movement or impact exercises

42.00 - Menopause-what do we need to know?

46.00 - Recommended resources

48.20 - Thoughts on body image

In this episode, Stuart talks with fellow LTB staff member Alex Pearson about all things obesity. They chat through topics such as:

- what is the cause of obesity in Alex's opinion

- what can the fitness industry do better when it comes to helping the obesity epidemic

- where do we start when working with an obese client

- how to encourage client's to set their own goals

- feedback loops: what these are and how we can interrupt them

- how to help client's from regressing

In this short episode, we chat to Lift the Bar member and 2015 winner of the Dedication to Education award, Ross Morgan about his experiences with overwhelm and how he deals with this following a very popular post he added into the LTB FB group last week.

We chat to Ben Cormack from the company Cor-Kinetic in this episode. Ben is a Physical Therapist who specialises in movement and pain. He lectures all over the world and runs courses that are designed for Personal Trainers and Physio's on the research to do with topics such as posture, pain, movement and stretching. In this conversation we touch on:

- What we can do for a client who has lower back pain

- If there is such a thing as bad posture

- If we can actually change posture

- What can "tightness" in a muscle be attributed to, and what we can to reduce this feeling

- What the science says about stretching

- The importance of the words we use with our clients

- What Ben's EMS course is all about

In this episode, Stuart interviews Danny Lennon from Sigma Nutrition. Alongside discussing Danny's journey, they talk about: 

- How Danny finds the world of online training

- How to gain some sense of what you would like to do using your strengths

- The importance of starting, without potentially knowing what the outcome is

- Early career mistakes

- Where sigma start a new client, and what their first 30days looks like

- The idea of “fat loss phasing”

- Sugar - what Sigma tell clients and is addiction a thing?