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Feb 12, 2025 • 1h 37min

502 - How To Start A New HIT Studio With Just $100,000 — The Complete Blueprint from Start To Finish with Pete Cerqua

If you had the money to start your HIT studio right now, do you know the exact steps to make sure it becomes sustainable and successful fast?    Million-dollar Trainer Pete Cerqua returns to talk about the exact steps you can take to build out your new HIT studio and get sessions as quickly as possible.    We talk about where to get capital, managing your budget, high-impact marketing at zero cost, and making sure your business grows with the least amount of stress possible.   If you want a tried-and-true blueprint for starting a new HIT studio in a smart and sustainable way, this episode is for you.  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ Get More Clients for Your HIT Business (FREE)  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💪 Get Great HIT Machines from Imagine Strength Here  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here
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Feb 5, 2025 • 49min

501 - The Best HIT Machines and Equipment for Your Strength Studio Just Got Even Better (Imagine Strength)

How big of an impact can the equipment you choose have on your HIT Business?   Imagine Strength’s Jeff Turner returns to talk about why your HIT studio equipment should help you to become as profitable as possible while helping you give your clients great results.    We also go into new additions and improvements that help you serve more customers, we talk about your feedback, and we go into some design details that explain how you can get the most out of training clients with different physical needs and limitations.   If you’ve wanted to know more about Imagine Strength, the new machines that are coming, and how to get them outside of the United States, make sure you check out this episode.    (Disclosure: Imagine Strength sponsors the High Intensity Business podcast). ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ Get More Clients for Your HIT Business (FREE)  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💪 Get Great HIT Machines from Imagine Strength Here  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here
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Jan 29, 2025 • 1h 11min

500 - What I've Learned After 11 Years of Interviewing World-Class HIT Experts and Fitness Entrepreneurs (Luke Carlson interviews Lawrence Neal)

In this milestone conversation, guest Luke Carlson, CEO of Discover Strength, reflects on his 11 years in fitness and the insights gained from interviewing industry leaders. He discusses effective strategies for expanding a high-intensity training business and the importance of customer relationships. The duo dives into work-life harmony, emphasizing time management and mentorship in balancing personal and professional life. They also share their passion for community building and the value of high-quality fitness equipment.
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Jan 22, 2025 • 55min

499 - The Best HIT Protocol for Strength, Muscle Mass, & Hypertrophy (SuperSlow VS High-Volume HIT Debate with Dagoberto Vila and Dr. James Fisher)

In this discussion, exercise scientist Dr. James Fisher debates SuperSlow Master Dagoberto Vila on the best HIT protocol for muscle growth. They delve into the effectiveness of SuperSlow training compared to high-volume HIT for maximizing strength and hypertrophy. The conversation includes insights on optimal workout frequency, muscle fatigue, and the role of genetics in training results. They also explore isometric exercises and their adaptive benefits, making for a lively exploration of what drives real gains in fitness.
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Jan 15, 2025 • 41min

498 - How to Fine-Tune Your HIT Workouts and Design A Great Client Experience (with Luke Carlson)

Luke Carlson, CEO and founder of Discover Strength, shares his expertise on creating unforgettable high-intensity training (HIT) experiences. He discusses the importance of delivering quality workouts to retain clients, even during injuries. Luke emphasizes the value of enthusiasm, effective communication, and personalized intensity levels in client engagement. He highlights how a strong trainer-client relationship fosters trust, leading to organic referrals. Tune in for insights on refining workout strategies to enhance client satisfaction and business growth!
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Jan 8, 2025 • 43min

497 - How to Design Great HIT Workouts That Blow Your Clients' Minds and Get You Automatic Referrals (with Lou Abato)

Lou Abato, CEO of the Ultimate Training Center in NYC and a Master Strength Trainer with over 200,000 sessions, shares insights on creating unforgettable HIT workouts. He discusses the art of standing out among big gyms without advertising, emphasizing the need for visible results to drive client referrals. Lou stresses simplicity in workout design, the critical role of training frequency on success, and the importance of building strong client relationships in a competitive market. His experiences reveal the dynamic nature of fitness training and client engagement.
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Jan 1, 2025 • 46min

496 - How to Build A Highly Successful, Isometrics-Only HIT Fitness Business (with Isophit Inventor Brad Thorpe)

Can you really build your own highly successful HIT Fitness Business using only Isometric Protocols and Equipment?    Isophit Inventor Brad Thorpe returns to the podcast to talk about just how powerful – and incredibly safe – isometric training is to the point that it can be used by both world-class athletes (including one very popular NBA rookie) and your 63-year-old grandmother.   Most importantly, Brad goes into how he would start and grow an Isometrics-only HIT studio, along with protocols, programming, and client coaching and retention approaches, among other things.   If you want a powerful, minimalist approach to building a HIT Business that draws in clients from all walks of life, you should check out this episode. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ To Start & Grow your HIT Business for FREE, click here  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here
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Dec 25, 2024 • 55min

495 - How to Grow A HIT Business Fast and Operate It Like A Well-Oiled Machine (with Smart Fit Method's Connor Darnbrough)

What resources and systems do you need to start and scale a successful HIT Business fast?   Connor Darnbrough is the co-founder of the Smart Fit Method, and there are so many things fitness business owners and HIT entrepreneurs can learn from his story — Connor is highly successful at such a young age, and that’s no accident!   In this episode, we talk about how Smart Fit got started, their surprising approach to training clients, and most importantly, Connor’s approach to learning, managing, and executing effectively in business (among other things).   If you want to fine-tune your HIT business and turn it into a well-oiled machine, this episode is packed with plenty of gems for you — tune in now. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ Start & Grow your HIT Business for FREE ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💪 Get Great HIT Machines from Imagine Strength Here  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here
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Dec 19, 2024 • 29min

494 - How to Grow Your HIT Fitness Business and Give it a MASSIVE Boost — Your Marketing Master Plan for 2025 (with Sherri McMillan)

What are the big things your HIT Fitness Business should focus on marketing-wise for 2025?   If you want to seriously grow your strength studio, get and retain more clients, and find highly profitable business speaking opportunities, then this is for you.   Sherri McMillan is the owner of Northwest Personal Training and is an award-winning fitness professional and business builder with more than 30 years of experience.    In this timeless throwback, she talks about why timing matters in marketing, what you should focus on, how to be organized and efficient when executing, and so much more.   If you want to start 2025 with a bang, grab your pencils, get ready to take notes and tune in to this one! ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ Start & Grow your HIT Business for FREE - https://www.skool.com/hib ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💪 Get Great HIT Machines from Imagine Strength Here  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here
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Dec 11, 2024 • 54min

493 - How to Start A HIT Fitness Business With Minimal Equipment and Get Personal Training Clients Fast

What’s it like to start a HIT Fitness Business using minimal equipment and grow it successfully to the tune of 50 sessions a week?   TimeSaver Strength founder Steve Berthiaume joins the podcast to talk about how he started his HIT studio with a barebones setup, using a simple, minimalist approach to High-Intensity Training, and the key moves he made that finally unlocked growth and success.   If you want to learn how to build a HIT studio with minimal equipment while maximizing your potential for success, tune in to Steve’s story! ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ Want to GROW your HIT business? Go here ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💪 Get Great HIT Machines from Imagine Strength Here  ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here

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