Guy Lochhead is a personal trainer and the founder of the Bristol Cooperative Gym, which is one of the first of its kind in the UK. Stuart and Guy discuss what a Co-Operative gym is, why Guy decided to run his business this way, how the gym makes decisions and some of the things he's learnt that he would love to share with other gym owners.     Find Out More About Guy: Website: https://www.guylochhead.com/  Bristol Co-Operative Website: https://bristolcooperativegym.org/    Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://liftthebar.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/? 14-Day Free Trial: https://liftthebar.thrivecart.com/ltb-membership-49

Jenny Rearick runs Fit to Speak, where she helps coaches with their communication and presentation skills. She also runs a gym at her home with her husband, Brendon. These two roles mean she is incredibly well placed to talk about the intersecting worlds of personal training and communication. Stuart and Jenny discuss what is communication and why it is important before getting into 3 specific areas: the consultation, the 1-1 session and group sessions, where they talk about some of the main communication considerations with each. They also discuss overcoming communication anxiety and how to stop saying "umm".     Find Out More About Jenny: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fit_to_speak/?hl=en  Website: https://fit-to-speak.com/    Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://liftthebar.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/? 14-Day Free Trial: https://liftthebar.thrivecart.com/ltb-membership-49

Alex Pearson is Lift the Bar's Head of Research and the creator of many of our member's site resources including Obesity, Behaviour Change, Client Ambivalence and Hypermobility.   Stuart & Alex discuss what personality is, how it's measured, the five main traits that make up a person's personality, whether or not it can change and why you, the personal trainer, should care.     Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://liftthebar.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/? 14-Day Free Trial: https://liftthebar.thrivecart.com/ltb-membership-49

Sukh Sidhu, fitness business owner and creator of Stridist coaching software, discusses getting clients online and shares business lessons. They talk about the importance of starting conversations with potential clients and offering free coaching. They also discuss ethical marketing vs abusive marketing in transition coaching and share key insights from the fitness industry. The podcast concludes with a discussion on the acquisition of Stridist, a game changer for fitness and nutrition professionals.

Nicola Hobbs is an author and Chartered Psychologist. She has just been hired as our Head of Psychology at Lift the Bar, focussing on how she can best support our member's mental and emotional wellbeing. She's going to be running a mental well-being mentorship very soon. If you're a member, keep an eye out for more details about that!   In this episode, Stuart and Nicola discuss not feeling like you look like a PT (41.21), becoming a more present person, journalling, holding space and how we can all become more informed about the effects trauma can have on our clients.     Find Out More About Nicola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolajanehobbs/?hl=en  Her new book: http://www.nicolajanehobbs.com/books.html      Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://liftthebar.com/  14-Day Free Trial: https://liftthebar.thrivecart.com/ltb-membership-49 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/?

Gregg Slater is LTB's Head of Education and the creator of some of our most popular courses including general population programme design, hypertrophy, understanding weight loss and practical nutrition coaching. In this reposted conversation from 2020, Stuart & Gregg cover what he's learned in the creation of his hypertrophy course, why hypertrophy is for everyone, what he hopes to see in the research over the coming years, how to start planning out long term programming and why the psychology of programme design is as important as the physical.     Find Out More About Gregg: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregg_ltb/  LTB PT course: https://www.instagram.com/ltb_personal_training_course/?hl=en      Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://liftthebar.com/  14-Day Free Trial: https://liftthebar.thrivecart.com/ltb-membership-49 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/?

Stuart talks about how to improve your retention rates. Why retention matters for personal training businesses, how to make sense of client retention and a breakdown of Stuart's 'retention pyramid' are all covered in this episode.   Find Out More About LTB: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: https://liftthebar.com/  14-Day Free Trial: https://liftthebar.thrivecart.com/ltb-membership-49/?_ga=2.38457827.131955376.1649175384-1886411879.1643910653  Client retention course: https://members.liftthebar.com/courses/client-retention/ 

Paul Standell is a fitness coach and educator who has been in the industry for 10 years. He is part of the team that make up the Muscle Mentors. Stuart & Paul talk about all things exercise mechanics - why you should care about it as a personal trainer, whether it'll make your programming and sessions boring, and a basic introduction to it from someone who is doing great work to make the subject less confusing and intimidating.       Find Out More About Paul: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_themusclementors/?hl=en     Find Out More About LTB: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: https://liftthebar.com/ 

Stuart talks about some offline marketing methods you can use to market your personal training business. How to grow relationships with local business owners, how to start a podcast and use it for local lead gen, why seminars are great and more ideas for marketing your business offline are covered in this episode.   Find Out More About LTB: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: https://liftthebar.com/  FB ads webinar: https://members.liftthebar.com/webinar/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-facebook-advert/  Running a seminar course: https://members.liftthebar.com/courses/running-a-seminar-for-your-clients/ 

Tally Rye is a personal trainer and class instructor and the author of two books - Train Happy and The Train Happy Journal. Stuart chats to Tally about how she found her place in the industry after initially struggling, why she no longer works with weight loss clients, alternative ways of marketing PT on social media other than using transformation pictures and how trainers can integrate a more intuitive movement-based approach with their clients.       Find Out More About Tally: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tallyrye/?hl=en  Website: https://tallyrye.co.uk/    Find Out More About LTB: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: https://liftthebar.com/