Highlights of Episode 283 David Harris, 35 year fitness industry veteran, former VP of Health & Human Performance at Equinox, kicks off a 6-part series on Racism in Fitness.We spoke about: 1. How is is doing during a really stressful and challenging time 2. His personal experiences with racism in fitness 3. His experience with racist policy in fitness4. Recommendations about what can people do to educate themselves about racism  5. Understanding white privilege 6. What can fit pros do to overcome racism in the industry A sponsor for each episode in this series will donate $250 to the guest's organization of choice.   Thanks to Victor and Betty Gerstein for their generous donation.Anthony will donate $50 each episode as well.   Please consider donating.  David has chosen the "It Gets Better Project." Find out more here   Thanks for Listening!

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com Highlights of Special Episode 282.5 Gray Cook did a 6 part series over the last 3 months.  We put them all together in this episode.He spoke about: 1. Don’t Fix a Preventable Problem 2. Strategy vs Tactics 3. Awareness 4. Breathing 5. Control 6. Development He mentions this course: A Common Sense Approach to Correcting Movement and this case study:FMS Golf Case Study      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 BodyByBoyleOnline.com "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Scott Livingston, co-founder at ReconditioningHQ, co-owner at Premier Performance, former NHL Strength Coach, host of the Leave Your Mark Podcast We spoke about: What is Reconditioning   Movement Non-negotiables The line between Strength Coach & Physical Therapy Why he doesn't like the term "correctives" Sustainability The International Hockey Performance Summit  Much more Check out more about the International Hockey Performance Summit  The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach BoyleWe spoke about: Opening MBSC back up for outdoors only Logistic and Program challenges His article 25 years, 25 Mistakes Right now, Functional Strength Coach 7 is 40% off The Business of Fitness with Results Fitness University Alwyn Cosgrove discusses things to think about when preparing to open Check out their Free Webinar "Leading Your Fitness Business Through The "Here and Now." The Functional Movement Systems Segment Gray Cook is on to discuss "Development" Common Sense Approach to Evaluating Movement and Common Sense Approach to Correcting Movement Courses (Free for FMS members) TrainHeroic "Data Driven Coaching Segment" Adam and Tim discuss "Behavior Change" Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial.   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 Highlights of Episode 281 BodyByBoyleOnline.com "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Nick Winkelman, author of The Language of Coaching We spoke about: His epiphany at the 2009 Combine  the 3P Performance Model Figuring out what is Coachable and what is Trainable Motor Performance vs. Motor Learning Why we need to use Silent Sets The Goldilocks Principle The importance of Attention and how to get our athletes to pay more attention Teaching athletes about focus Much more Check out his new book The Language of Coaching   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach BoyleWe spoke about: Civil Disobedience The argument for gyms to open Taking the step to possibly sue the state to open based on a constitutional challenge  Right now, Functional Strength Coach 7 is 40% off The Business of Fitness with Results Fitness University Alwyn Cosgrove discusses a survey that Results Fitness used to find out what their members are thinking Check out their Free Webinar "Leading Your Fitness Business Through The "Here and Now." The Functional Movement Systems Segment Gray Cook is on to discuss "Control"  Common Sense Approach to Evaluating Movement and Common Sense Approach to Correcting Movement Courses (Free for FMS members) TrainHeroic "Data Driven Coaching Segment"   Adam and Tim discuss "Remote Coaching Strategies when you don't have a lot to work with" Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial.   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 Highlights of Special Episode 280.5 Two states, Georgia and Tennessee have allowed gyms to open with restrictions.  I spoke with Rick Mayo, Founder and CEO of Alloy Personal Training in Georgia and Drew Massey, Director of Gametime Sports and Training in Tennessee about: When they opened What restrictions they are dealing with How the process is going Client reaction Employee reaction much more Links to what we spoke about: Pure Maintenance of Georgia Tennessee Guidelines for Opening Drew's Daughter Hope Coaching   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 Highlights of Episode 280 BodyByBoyleOnline.com "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Scott Carney, author of "What Doesn't Kill Us" and now "The Wedge- Evolution, Consciousness, Stress and the Key to Human Resilience"  His books are all located at ScottCarney.com We spoke about: What exactly is a Wedge      How can we use it in training Mindset for the Wedge His experiences with cold plunging suanas deprivation chambers fear flow Much more Check out his new book The Wedge   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach BoyleWe spoke about: Plans for when he can reopen MBSC How he's directing his staff about Remote Communication with clients Lee Taft's video for "Single Leg Deadlift Fix" Right now, Functional Strength Coach 7 is 40% off The Business of Fitness with Results Fitness University Alwyn Cosgrove discusses Reinvention- What is it and How do we do it? The Functional Movement Systems Segment   Gray Cook is on to discuss "Breathing"  Common Sense Approach to Evaluating Movement and Common Sense Approach to Correcting Movement Courses (Free for FMS members) TrainHeroic "Data Driven Coaching Segment"   Adam and Tim discuss "Remote Coaching Best Practices" Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial. If you decide you love it, tell them Anthony sent you and you will get 10% off the Pro or Elite Edition!   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 Highlights of Episode 279 BodyByBoyleOnline.com "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Brianna Diorio, Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, BriannaDiorio.com Follow her on Instagram   We spoke about: How the COVID-19 shutdown has affected us all      Nutrition and Supplementation for  Stress Sleep The Immune System Much more Check out her podcast And All that Bull   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach BoyleWe spoke about: Forum thread 4 Day Program Structure Forum thread "The relationship between the lower back and the hips" Right now, Functional Strength Coach 7 is 40% off The Business of Fitness with Results Fitness University Alwyn Cosgrove discusses Charging Different Prices for Different Levels of Experience. The Functional Movement Systems Segment   Gray Cook is on to discuss "Awareness"  Common Sense Approach to Evaluating Movement and Common Sense Approach to Correcting Movement Courses (Free for FMS members) TrainHeroic "Data Driven Coaching Segment"   Adam and Tim discuss "Providing value remotely and customer service clues" Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial. If you decide you love it, tell them Anthony sent you and you will get 10% off the Pro or Elite Edition!   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 Highlights of Special Episode 278.5 This was originally a Zoom call that I did for StrengthCoach.com.  I received a lot of great feedback so I wanted to make it available to a larger audience and through a different format.  You can still watch the video on StrengthCoach.com. Gym owners from across the country (and one from Canada) got together to discuss their COVID-19 Response. I asked: 1- What are you doing for training (pdfs, zoom, apps, FB live, etc.) 2- What has been your members response as far as membership continuation is concerned? 3- What is the compliance so far? Are clients engaged? 4- How are you engaging with staff? 5- What is silver lining with all of this?   Thanks to: Elsbeth Vaino- Custom Strength, Ottawa, Canada Frank Dolan- Sports & Fitness Performance, Islip, NY Jon Messner- Messner Strength Training, Brielle, NJ Stephen Bigelow- Mike Boyle Strength & Conditioning, Woburn, MA Evan Marcantonio- Elevate Strength & Performance, Worcester, MA Alwyn Cosgrove- Results Fitness, Santa Clarita, CA  

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com Highlights of Episode 278 BodyByBoyleOnline.com "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Christopher Duffin, co-owner at Kabuki Strength, world champion powerlifter and author of The Eagle and The Dragon We spoke about: The significance of the Eagle & the Dragon  Whatever has happened to you is not who you are Becoming familiar with fear as a practice Coaching from a perspective of not expecting people to be like you Importance of relationships How strength can help us and why teaching people about strength is important  Much more Check out the Eagle and The Dragon   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach BoyleWe spoke about: MBSC's first staff meeting on Zoom The power of connection Forum thread "1 Arm Suspension Rows" Right now, Functional Strength Coach 7 is 40% off The Business of Fitness with Results Fitness University Alwyn Cosgrove discusses Best Practices for Reaching out to Former Clients. The Functional Movement Systems Segment   Gray Cook is on to discuss "Strategy vs. Tactics"  FMS Golf Case Study Gray mentions in the segment TrainHeroic "Data Driven Coaching Segment" Adam and Tim discuss "Concurrent Training" Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial. If you decide you love it, tell them Anthony sent you and you will get 10% off the Pro or Elite Edition! Special 4 Part DVRT Fitness Series DVRT Fitness Founder Josh Henkin continues his 4 Part Series on Multi-Planar Training.  In this episode, Part 4, he talks about "Higher Levels of Multi-planar Training"   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 Highlights of Episode 277 BodyByBoyleOnline.com "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Don Saladino, trainer to the Superheroes and owner of Drive 495, DonSaladino.com We spoke about: How he built his virtual training brand What trainers can do to pivot and build their brand Engaging with clients Instagram Strategies Using "Pillars" in social media  Much more The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach BoyleWe spoke about: What MBSC is doing for the COVID-19 Shutdown His home workouts Right now, Functional Strength Coach 7 is 40% off The Business of Fitness with Results Fitness University Alwyn Cosgrove discusses What Results Fitness is doing for the shutdown and what they are advising coaching clients The Functional Movement Systems Segment Gray Cook is on to discuss "Don’t Fix a Preventable Problem"  FMS Golf Case Study Gray mentions in the segment TrainHeroic "Data Driven Coaching Segment" Ryan Leibreich discusses the article "The Time for Remote Training is Now" Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial. If you decide you love it, tell them Anthony sent you and you will get 10% off the Pro or Elite Edition! Special 4 Part DVRT Fitness Series DVRT Fitness Founder Josh Henkin continues his 4 Part Series on Multi-Planar Training.  In this episode, Part 3, he talks about "How to Use the Planes of Motion in Training"   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!