Coach Catalyst Podcast

On this Podcast Episode we have a fantastic speaker in Mike Gelfgot. Our speaker talks about managing 23 branches of his business and shares the benefit of managing multiple branches. He then talks about how independent business owners can sell their business at the highest prices and talks deeper by pointing out three key points in successfully selling your business. He gets to talk about how he and two other business partners successfully ran their business together for 15 years and talks about how important decisions were made within the business between the three of them. He talks about the three main characteristics within him and his business partners that kept them together and ultimately made their business successful. Mike then finishes of this episode on giving a tip when handling mistakes that were made.     5:04 - 5:27 Mike Gelfgot talks about how having 23 places to manage also has its beneficial side   28:05 - 29:08 How independent owners can sell their business at the highest profit.   30:07 - 30:40 Three key points in successfully selling your business   35:52 - 36:49 Mike talks about how he and 2 other business partners worked together successfully for 15 years   37:14 - 38:02 Mike talks about how decisions are made with multiple business partners   41:04 - 42:18 Mike talks about his business partners and the three main things that they agreed on that kept them together   51:07 - 51:23 Tips on Mistakes

On this Podcast episode we have a great speaker in Nick Lambe. Our speaker starts off by talking about how personal coaches are similar in a way to healthcare practitioners. Trevor Wittwer also talks about how the industry of fitness and the concept of  fitness coaches have grown over the years and also the needs of clients grew as well. Nick gives a tip for up and coming beginning coaches on what they should do. Nick goes and talks about what got him in sleep and goes into detail about the different variables that would affect the sleep of a client. He goes and talks about how coaches should approach and improve talking about the importance of sleep to their clients. Nick also differentiates the way of tackling exercise and nutrition from the sleep of the client. Nick Finishes off the episode talking about Raise the Bar, an event they create with his business partner and friend Derrek Mendoza.   2:31 - 3:36 Nick talks about how he wants personal coaches to be healthcare practitioners   4:35 - 5:45 Nick Lambe talks about how personal coaches and healthcare practitioners are similar in a way   5:56 - 6:40 Trevor Wittwer talks about how the industry of fitness has grown over the years and also the needs of clients too   9:41 - 10:14 Nick Lambe shares about what a new fitness coach should do when they are beginning   11:58 - 13:20 What got nick into the topic Sleep   14:31 - 15:35 Different aspects that affect sleep in a person   16:15 - 17:14 How coaches should improve talking about sleep with their clients    25:34 - 26:25 The difference on how to tackle exercise and nutrition from sleep   32:19 - 33:47 Nick Lambe talks about the concept behind Raise the Bar  

On this Podcast Episode we have two fantastic speakers, the creators of Habit Coach Pro. Our speakers start off the episode with a backstory of how they found each other online  and how they shared a common interest in behavioral science where they eventually thought of creating a course certification about behavioral science applied to fitness coaching. They explained  why their certification videos are animated and how it helps clients learn better. They dove in on the struggles they faced on the business and talked about how each one handles how to handle two businesses simultaneously. Sharing how they got their first clients and what their goals were, even after they finished the course. They finished  off the episode sharing their personal strategies on how they built behavioral habits and applied  it in their day to day lives.

On this Podcast Episode we have a fantastic speaker in Eric Chessen. Our Speaker talks about what got him started with his career in Autism Fitness and how it eventually grew one-on-one with his clients. He goes into details how he figured out a coaching style that was suited for the autism and neuro adaptive population and how planning out every workout session first with his clients is a great way to prepare. He also talks about the advantages of doing workout repetitively and points out key reasons for its benefits. He explains the structure this workout creates and explains the fundamental goal of general fitness and conditioning programs. He goes and talks about the challenges he faced throughout his career and also the rewarding side of it all. He finishes the episode on how he eventually created the certification for autism fitness and caps off the episode with some advice for coaches that are looking into this side of the career path of the fitness world.   5:04 - 6:14 Eric Chessen talks about how he started working Autism Fitness   6:55 - 7:57 Opens up about himself adjusting to his new career path   8:51 - 9:45 Erick Chessen talks about how he wants to grow in this career path   11:24 - 12:53 How he figured out coaching for the autism neuro adaptive population   20:16 - 21:30 How he plans out every workout session with his clients   22:06 - 22:25 Eric Chessen talks about the advantages of doing a workout over and over again and how it benefits his clients   23:31 - 24:25 3 key points on doing repeating workouts   24:52 - 25:51 He then proceeds talks about what structure this workout creates and talks about the fundamental goal of general fitness and conditioning program   27:46 - 28:55 Eric on the challenges in communication with his clients and how he works around it   32:22 - 33:22 The most rewarding thing he gets from his clients   46:41 - 48:04 Eric shares his experience on how he got to his certification about autism fitness   57:45 - 58:34 Eric talks about how he handles some tough challenges with his clients   1:03:36 - 1:03:51 Advices to coaches that are interested in this field of fitness 1:05:20 - 1:05:58 What is Empathetic Coaching?

On this Podcast Episode we have a great speaker in Dr. Mike Nelson. Our speaker talks about how he got a degree in engineering and eventually to a PHd in engineering. He further talks about how he got interested in weight training, physiology and fitness. He also takes us through his transition from a fixed salary job to doing full time  online coaching and training. Dr. Mike Nelson also gives advice to new and upcoming coaches that want to venture into the online space and how communication between clients is a real benefit to both parties. He also goes into his newsletter writing and how it helped him gather new clients and used it to it’s advantage to reach out and communicate better with his clients.   11:23 - 11:50 Dr. Mike Nelson talks about how he got interested in weight training, physiology and into fitness   13:58 - 14:45  Dr. Mike Nelson talks about the moment he realized he needed to do something different   20:16 - 20:44 Mike talks about deciding what you really want to do   23:45 - 24:01 Trevor talks about the advantages of a phone at these times even on a coaching perspective   30:41 - 31:20 Tips from Dr. Mike Nelson to new coaches starting online training   31:53 - 32:49  More tips from Dr. Mike Nelson to new online coaches   37:10 - 38:01 Opens up about the hardships of transitioning from a stable salary based work to working online   47:54 -48:55 He talks about how communicating with clients on a daily basis helped him   55:06 - 56:39 Mike talks about the importance of a newsletter as a core marketing strategy   58:57 - 59:48 Mike talks about his workflow when creating a newsletter   1:00:00 - 1:02:15 Dr. Mike Nelson talks continues to talk about newsletter writing  1:02:42 - 1:02:57 Trevor agrees with Dr. Mike Nelson about how he writes newsletter

On this episode of the Podcast, Alex Cartmill has a very interesting story. Our speaker built his business through helping other people build big brands and really big businesses. He is one of the guys behind OTA (Online Trainer Academy), a successful workshop and certification program for online personal trainers. With his deep experience in the Fitness Industry and in the online coaching space he shares his journey and the things he learned along the way. This episode also has a lot to take from for new entrepreneurs and coaches as he shares his knowledge about the uncertainties of venturing into a new business and his ways to cope up with worse case scenarios. 5:05 - 5:31- Alex talks about how he started in the Fitness Business with journalism 10:46 - 11:52 Alex opens up about his transition from being a fitness coach to building the Online Training Academy 13:50 - 14:54 Alex talks about his first paid job with John Goodman which lead to future opportunities and built the Online Trainer Academy 15:41 - 16:30 Trevor praises Alex on his persistence and how it helps a person's natural relationship building skill 18:46 - 19:59 Alex Talks about being connected with people in the same industry 20:37 - 21:05 Alex’s approach with  working and building a relationship with other people in the industry 26:25 - 27:18 Alex shares his experience with challenges of starting the Online Trainer Academy 34:00 - 35:28 Alex Talks about how they solved challenges from being a cohort company to an evergreen company   41:37 - 41:53 He talks about the importance of building connections with people in online coaching 48:04 - 49:04 Alex talks about what pushed him to move from OTA and pursue his own business   49:29 - 50:33 Alex talks about taking the risk of  transitioning from working with John and OTA to being on his own 52:39 - 53:43 Alex talks about the uncertainties of venturing into new businesses 55:16 - 56:05 Alex on how to cope with worst case scenarios   1:07:35 - 1:08:06 Alex shares how his perspective might change if he were to have kids.   1:25:24 - 1:25:57 Trevor talks about the Pros and Cons of being Competitive

On this episode of the Podcast our speaker walks us through his journey on how he started his company Beyond Macros . He started  with a lot of mistakes, from charging too much at the very beginning and rushing into things. Despite these mistakes he found a way to bounce back and found different ways to remodel his company. He also takes us through how engaging into Podcast greatly impacted his audience and how it got him more clients.   6:48 - 7:06 Matthew talks about what got him into precision nutrition   8:53 - 9:24 Matthew shares about his early mistakes of rushing his goals and what he learned from it 11:52 - 12:09 Matthew Talks about one tip he could give his past self 21:50 - 22:14 He opens up about why his company was called Beyond Macros 26:23 - 26:53 The Podcast was a game changer. 35:58 - 36:46 How Matthew markets his business in-person and online 40:20 - 40:34 Matthew talks about tips for new coaches about borrowed audiences 51:53 - 52:08 A Lesson learned by Matthew on his travels 52:35 - 52:59 Meeting his clients from different parts of the world   59:28 - 1:00:05 Matthew talks about knowing what you want to do with your life     1:03:17 - 1:03:45 Matthew talks about how Beyond Macros turned into a business coaching

On this Episode of the podcast we had a fantastic speaker in Scott Rammage as he walked us through his Entrepreneurship adventures. Scott talks first about what got him into Crossfit, what he found interesting about it and how he eventually fell in love with it which ultimately led Scott to opening his own Gym. He talks about his drive and passion in entrepreneurship and talks how one of his goals is to help other people in the industry. Scott believes that eventually everything falls into place, how each step of the process becomes a stepping stone.  He also talks about the importance of joining groups and masterminds in the process and shares how he overcame the struggles of starting a  company from scratch. 4:47 - 5:27 Scott explains what drew him into crossfit 5:43 - 6:11 He shares  what he loved about Crossfit the crossfit experience 7:23 - 7:37 Trevor talks about the spectrum of what differentiates Good and Bad Coaches 8:24 - 9:05 How Scott tackled the Business side of Crossfit   16:23 - 16:47 Talking about working with people in fitness looking to start up a business   21:04 - 21:30 Scott opens up about his motivation 22:29- 22:51 Putting your passion to use 24:59 - 25:40 Scott Rummage talks about how things in life fall into place   26:43 - 27:06 Trevor on how joining groups or masterminds benefit you   46:11 - 46:26 Value of having VAs 49:43 - 49:58 Difficulties of growing VAs for gyms

On this episode of the podcast we are pleased to introduce to you our speaker Mr. Tim Lyons the Founder of Pulse Fitness and PROFIT. Here he talks about how his mastermind project started, the mistakes he made when he opened up his first gym and how he changed how things operated in order to save the company. He also shares with us how he sold 10 Lifetime memberships worth $25,000 each and how he used that to improve the quality of his gym and as well as to provide excellent service and give a very satisfying experience for the members who took the membership.   1:44-2:25 Tim Shares his thoughts about what the Iron Circle is made of. 3:59-5:00 How the genius mastermind was created. 7:48-8:28 Making Decisions than no decisions 9:33-10:21 He Shares his journey about how he started his first gym.   10:47-11:45 He talks about the ways he has found to increase his revenue   11:46-12:06 Tim shares his experiences and his dramatic changes over the years to his gym. 12:22-12:48 Tim Lyons on failing on his earlier years    13:07-13:19 Trevor response on Tim's early failures   17:50-18:24 Talking about Profit.   26:58-27:58 What are expensive memberships for?   27:59-28:54 He talks about what you should get for highly priced memberships   40:12-40:59 The power of SEMI-Private training model   42:34-43:25 Advantages of semi private training

Our speaker for this podcast is a big fan of taking risks or according to him  "going for that leap of faith" , he digs deep into his experiences and shares how he approached things during his early years of his career. He shares his methods and his knowledge on how to properly onboard clients especially for those who are not psychologically ready. On this podcast he also  shares how "Motivational interviewing" changed his life and his career for the better.   7:41-8:26 Gary on talks about his leap of faith in the business   16:43-17:04  Gary on going for things and not being afraid   23:09-24:04) He talks about handling clients that are psychologically ready   27:32-28:39  Gary shares his thoughts about how to create  a program for those who are not psychologically ready   34:10- 35:08 Behavioral change   39:27-40:22 Gary opens up the proper way to coach   42:34-42:48 Gary on the way coaches communicate with athletes   46:20-47:29 How Motivational Inverviewing changed Gary for good.