The Strength Coach Podcast

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com The Meeting of the Minds Summit is coming Dec 2-4, click here for more info Highlights of Episode 324 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Build Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication Allistair McCaw, Leadership, Team Culture and Mindset consultant, author of "Champion Minded" and "Lead with Purpose, Make an Impact" We spoke about: Why having a title does not automatically make you a leader the Zulu phrase Ubuntu and how it relates to coaching You don't need a big team, a staff or a lot of followers to make an impact A Reward leader vs. a Responsibility leader How strength coaches can show integrity How to Influence and Inspire yourself Why Self-Awareness is important How to lead with Trust much more   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We spoke about: Take aways from "Is Strength Training Cardiovascular?" Cueing toes up, heels down" in the bridge and hip lift Professionalism in social media Partner Offer from AG1 by Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off   The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince discusses "The 2 Most Important Parts of Your Business"" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   The Fit to Speak Segment with Jenny Rearick Jenny is on to take you through 3 principles to improve your business writing - think tweets, social media posts, writing blogs, emails. Specifically, she's going to tell you how you can write in the 'tone' that works best for your reader, considerations you'll want to make when it comes to word choice, and practical tips to speed up the editing process. Fit to Speak is where Great Coaches Go to be Great Speakers. Get the PDF that details the skills and steps Jenny spoke about here     About "Be Like the Best" During the last 12 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com The Meeting of the Minds Summit is coming Dec 2-4, click here for more info Highlights of Episode 323 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Build Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication Rett Larson, Head S&C for the German National Women's Volleyball Team We spoke about: Why a week of warm-ups should take as much time to design and plan as your strength sessions Why all of this other stuff if the injury-reduction and performance advantages of a proper warm-up vetted by meta-analysis can largely be attributed to the physiological benefits of increased temperature within muscle tissue Microdosing Strength        Out-of-Alignment Strength       Constraints-Based Programming Stretching       Individualizing Team Warm Up Cooling down much more The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We spoke about: The forum thread Is Strength Training Cardiovascular?  His article "12 Great Airbike Workouts" Partner Offer from AG1 by Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off   The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince asks "Are you committing marketing malpractice?" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   About "Be Like the Best" During the last 12 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Eric D'Agati, founder of One Human Performance and Co-Creator of 'Principles of Program Design,' discusses mistakes in program design, getting buy-in and rapport, and developing a system. Coach Boyle shares insights on little league shoulder and foam rolling research. Vince Gabriele talks about how many hours gym owners should spend on marketing. The importance of pain-free strength training in children, enhancing Instagram engagement, and embracing feedback are also discussed.

Brought you by PerformBetter.com The Meeting of the Minds Summit is coming Dec 2-4, click here for more info Highlights of Episode 321 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" SegmentBuild Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication David Joyce, author of "High-Performance Training for Sports" We spoke about: Changes is high-performance sport over the last few years The new edition of "High-Performance Training for Sports" Establishing and developing resilience Developing athletic capabilities Enhancing and sustaining performance His chapter - Retraining the Injured Athlete much more The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We spoke about: His article "Hypertrophy Training for Athletes" Why he never trains athletes with the goal of producing muscle hypertrophy Taking body types into consideration Applying all of this to female athletes Partner Offer from AG1 by Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off   The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince discusses "Preparing Now for Black Friday Offers" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.     About "Be Like the Best" During the last 12 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Brought to You by PerformBetter.com Get the App!  Click here for more info. Highlights of Episode 320 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" SegmentBuild Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication Matthew Johnson, Butler Men's Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coach We spoke about: Philosophy about working with basketball athletes Sport specific training and needs analysis for basketball Train big ranges before big weights How he is programming single leg training Understanding the foot Technology used at Butler much more The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We spoke about: Forum thread Falling of the horse drills for equestrian athletes Forum thread Coaches that use the Foam Roll  Forum thread about Gary Taubes article how Calories in vs Calories out is tragically flawed Partner Offer from AG1 by Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off   The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince discusses "How much should you charge for small group training?" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   The Fit to Speak Segment with Jenny Rearick Jenny is on to speak about "Best practices when it comes to communicating your value to others. This might be when you're talking to potential new clients, interviewing for a job, asking for a promotion, or maybe submitting a proposal to speak at an industry event. We all communicate our value, but is it possible you could do it better?" Fit to Speak is where Great Coaches Go to be Great Speakers. Get the PDF that details the skills and steps Jenny spoke about here     About "Be Like the Best" During the last 12 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com Get the App for lots of great webinars!  Click here for more info. Highlights of Special Episode 319.5 Vince Gabriele, owner of Gabriele Fitness and founder of Fitness Business University and Kiss Marketing  Creator of the Free Masterclass for Gym Owners: "How To Get Your Next 20 Small Group Personal Training Clients in 30 Days.."   We spoke about: The case for Small Group Personal Training One-on-One has made a comeback, should we think about adding it as a service? Mis-information out there about marketing for Small Group Personal Training The best way to market Small Group Personal Training Market to message match Who Do You Want to Be the Hero To? The 6-Week New Client Surge His Free Masterclass for Gym Owners: "How To Get Your Next 20 Small Group Personal Training Clients in 30 Days.."       Partner Offer from AG1 by Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off   Thanks for Listening!

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com Get the App!  Click here for more info. Highlights of Episode 319 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" SegmentBuild Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication Nicole Rodriguez, physical development coach currently supporting youth academies and organizations in Poland, Slovakia, and Czechia. Former MBSC and EXOS Performance Coach We spoke about: They WHY? behind her move back to working with young athletes The stages of the young athlete's development Foundation Development  Performance Peak Height Velocity- what is it and how can we measure it Key Physical Development Qualities The reality of working with kids who Specialize Early Windows of Trainability much more The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We spoke about: Methods of measuring client strength Recovery Lifting on game day Partner Offer from AG1 by Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince discusses "If I was starting a gym from scratch this is what I’d do…" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   The Certified Functional Strength Coach Segment Brendon Rearick finishes the series "Why new coaches should "Stick to the Recipe, Part 3".  Get Certified!   About "Be Like the Best" During the last 14 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com HUGE Summer Sale. Get the App!  Click here for more info. Highlights of Episode 318 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" SegmentBuild Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication Chris Ritter, CEO of RITTER Sports Performance and creator SURGE Strength Dryland Certification We spoke about: Needs analysis for swimmers What are the most prominent injuries Assessment & Testing uniqueness of swimmers compared to other athletes history of strength training in the sport Online training, serving a niche and building a business SURGE Strength Dryland Certification (SSDC) (Enrollment for the latest cert ends Tuesday, Sept 14th) much more   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle   We spoke about: His video on Transverse Chops His article Poor Mans Sprint Training or, Feeding the Cats When You Have No Money Putting Yourself Out There Partner Offer from Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince discusses "A referral idea that really works" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   The Fit to Speak Segment with Jenny Rearick Jenny is on to speak about "Practical advice on asking better questions. She'll talk about what qualifies as a good question, three specific things you can do to improve your questions, and then she'll introduce you to a simple framework you can follow to make sure your questions get answered when you ask them." Fit to Speak is where Great Coaches Go to be Great Speakers. Get the PDF that details the skills and steps Jenny spoke about here     About "Be Like the Best" During the last 12 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com Check out the Huge Summer Sale Get the App!  Click here for more info. Highlights of Special Episode 317.5 Vince Gabriele, owner of Gabriele Fitness and founder of Fitness Business University and Kiss Marketing We spoke about: Looking at adversity as a growth opportunity The strategy he used to survive at Gabriele Fitness during the shutdown and how he coaches his gym owner clients during that time. Preserve what you have Find an additional way to make money How can we be better when we return Serve the community Becoming a Wartime CEO The importance of the Cash Cushion You don't need social media to market your business Focusing on becoming a local fitness celebrity The Marketing Glove Get a Free Copy of Vince's book here.     If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   Partner Offer from Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off       About "Be Like the Best" During the last 12 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!

Brought to You By PerformBetter.com Get the App!  Click here for more info. Highlights of Episode 317 Naamly "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" SegmentBuild Lasting Relationships Through Personalized Communication Joel Jackson, Co-owner of Competitive Thread and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Edmonton Oilers We spoke about: His article "Movin" On Up: Stair Conditioning for Hockey Players" Skating Ground contact times Comparing skating and stair running: ranges of motion, joint movements and athlete orientation rate of force production and power outputs muscular actions Implementing Stairs into your program Comparing data from On-ice testing Mistakes parent lake with young athletes much more The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We spoke about: Leadership ideas from the lecture "Character and Culture" from Greg Carvel Forum thread about Tracking Sprint Momentum Takeaways from a Vince Anderson lecture Partner Offer from Athletic Greens Subscribe and get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs and 20% off The KISS Marketing "Business Secrets for Gym Owners" Segment with Vince Gabriele Vince discusses "What To Say To Your Clients Right Now So They Buy From You" If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon.  The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.   The Certified Functional Strength Coach Segment Brendon Rearick continues the series "Why new coaches should "Stick to the Recipe, Part 2". Get Certified!     About "Be Like the Best" During the last 14 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession. This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following. After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession. As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success. Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info Thanks for Listening!