
LTB Podcast
The Lift the Bar Podcast is a place where personal trainers can gain education, insight and knowledge from other personal trainers. It's aim is to provide personal trainers with the know-how and inspiration to build the kind of career they want to build.
Every week the show will feature interviews with fantastic guests who are at the top of their game in different areas specific to helping personal trainers.
Latest episodes

Jun 23, 2017 • 44min
LTBP #46 - Mike MacDonald: The Negatives Of Owning Your Own Facility & Why You've Got To Do Your Homework
Was great to welcome LTB member and friend Mike MacDonald on to the podcast. We covered: How he got started in the industry? What being involved with Glasgow Rangers as the nutrition consultant taught him What he’s noticed since starting as a PT What would he do differently if he could go back The importance of having your client’s details in a place that you can access When and how he took the jump from self-employed PT to gym owner What’s been surprising about opening AKR How he runs his referral system The importance of doing your homework Some of the unexpected negatives of running a facility

Jun 20, 2017 • 52min
LTBP #45 - Geoff Girvitz: Creating A Welcoming Culture, Retention & Referrals
In episode 45 we welcome on Geoff Girvitz from Bang Fitness (https://www.bangfitness.com/). Alongside discussing how Geoff and his team create a welcoming culture that encourages client's to stick around, we get into the importance of having patience, rethinking lead generation and what Geoff would love to see more of from the fitness industry. 2 week free trial from LTB - http://liftthebar.com/

Jun 16, 2017 • 53min
LTBP #44 - Bryan Krahn: Lessons Learnt From 26 Years In The Fitness Industry
Bryan Krahn has experienced and seen a lot of things come and go in his time as a fitness professional. In this episode, we get into what some of the lessons he's learnt during that time as well how he finds being an online coach, what he thinks about evidence vs experience and much much more!

Jun 12, 2017 • 55min
LTBP #43 - Krista Scott-Dixon: What Makes An Effective Coach, Empathy & Self Awareness
In this episode of the LTB podcast, we welcome on Krista Scott-Dixon from Precision Nutrition and Stumptuous.com for a discussion around all things coaching. We get into her new book, Why We Want Eat, what makes an effective coach, improving self-awareness, empathy and much much more.

Jun 6, 2017 • 1h 10min
LTBP #42 - Q&A w/ Gregg & Alex: Hip Hinges, Pull-Ups, Feedback & Underreporting
On this second Q&A, where we welcome previous guests Alex & Gregg back on, we chat about coaching the hip hinge, working towards pull-ups, underreporting and finding new ways to do nutrition tracking.

Jun 1, 2017 • 59min
LTBP #41 - Omar Ganai: Motivation Science for Better Client Results, Organismic Integration Theory & The Curse of Knowledge
We welcome Omar Ganai back onto the LTB podcast for episode 41. Following on from the last interview (episode 11) we dive straight into why PT's should make time to understand motivation science, what this thing called organismic integration theory is, how we support competence, autonomy and belonging and how to think about unconditional positive regard.

May 29, 2017 • 1h 11min
LTBP #40 - Martin MacDonald: Starting MNU, Nearly Leaving The Industry & Defining Success
In episode 40 of the LTB podcast, we chat to Martin MacDonald from Mac-Nutrition and Mac-Nutrition University. It was a pleasure to welcome Martin onto the show. We discuss in great depth - due to Martin's fantastic ability to answer questions with stories - why he started MNU, how he nearly left the industry, impostor syndrome, success and happiness!

May 25, 2017 • 53min
LTBP #39 - Tony Cottenden: Career Transition & Running A PT Business From A Shed
Tony Cottenden has been a member of LTB since basically day one of the company starting. In this interview, Stuart and Tony chat about how he transitioned from one job to full-time PT, and how he's now making more money doing what he does now as well all the lessons learnt along the way.

May 22, 2017 • 53min
LTBP #38 - Mark Fisher Interview: Unconditional Positive Regard, What It Means To Be Your Best Self & Making Learning Stick
Mark Fisher joins Stuart for an interview on the podcast today. Alongside discussing how Mark got into the industry and why he feels this has shaped his career, we also discuss: - The importance of mirroring your clients and how to do this - What unconditional positive regard means and why this is so essential for trainers to grasp - How to get feedback on something you want to get better at and where to start if you've no idea what you should be getting better at - How to approach fear - Why he loves learning so much and how to take this information from knowledge to application and a load of current book recommendations!

May 18, 2017 • 53min
LTBP #37 - Jerome Bolze: Mentors, Building Up Your Client Base & Getting Results
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!