In the 60th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Owner And Operator Of Results Performance Training In Virginia, Detric Smith will talk about Detric’s work with personal training and conditioning, working with other coaches for developing their businesses, and more.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter you will discover:

(1:00) Introducing our special guest Owner And Operator Of Results Performance Training In Virginia, Detric Smith @detric_smith

(1:10) Shout out to Andrew Coates @andrewcoatesfitness

(1:40) Detric’s origin story

(2:20) Getting into college

(2:35) Working at different gyms

(3:05) Performance training business in Virginia

(3:50) Initial work experience

(4:25) Teaching at school

(4:35) “My experience teaching kindergarteners taught me more about life than any meeting and owning a business.” - Detric Smith @detric_smith

(4:55) “All the experiences in life are going to come back to help you out you have attitude.” Detric Smith @detric_smith

(5:20) “With teaching kindergarteners, you realize the simplicity of the vital few things that are really important.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(5:50) First volunteer internship 

(7:30) Blending experiences

(8:20) Benefits of having a teaching background

(9:05) Teaching trainers

(9:35) About transitioning from teaching to coaching

(12:40) Working with a variety of clients

(13:20) Detric’s teaching process

(15:00) Common mistakes of young coaches

(17:10) “When you're in your 20s push your thresholds, see how much you can work.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(18:40) The disadvantage of high expectations

(19:30) Doing it for passion

(22:00) Change in Detric’s goals

(23:00) Detric’s favorite type of clients

(25:25) About Detric’s work

(26:15) Detric’s writing

(26:35) Different forms of writing

(27:15) Start of Detric’s writing journey

(28:50) Shout out to Nick Tumminello @nick_tumminello

(28:00) Getting a writing coach

(29:00) “Anything that says it all comes down to one thing I can’t stand.” - @mike_strength_connection

(29:40) Nick’s feedback

(30:00) Detric’s writing routine

(30:30) “Reading more and listening to others is going to give you a lot of ideas. It might not necessarily be new, but the way we share our stories will be new there.” - Detric Smith @detric_smith

(31:35) The first time working with Nick Tumminello @nick_tumminello

(32:15) Detric’s editing process

(33:05) Different routines for different writings

(34:45) How Detric gets ideas

(36:05) “To write is to be human, to edit is to be divine.” - Stephen King @stephenking

(36:20) Let it out!

(37:10) Do Detric do journaling?

(37:50) Detric’s reading list

(37:55) Shout out to Dan John @coachdanjohn

(38:20) Never let go by Dan John @coachdanjohn

https://www.amazon.com/Never-Let-Go-Philosophy-Learning/dp/1931046387 

(38:45) Shout out to Seth Godin @sethgodin

(39:00) About reading fiction

(40:10) Fitness industry evolution

(42:25) Working with groups

(42:40) Detric’s current business model

(43:50) “People who can train at different places will train at different places.” - Detric Smith @detric_smith

(46:00) “Teaching people how to be self-sufficient in fitness is the best thing you can do.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(46:50) Where to find Detric Smith? @detric_smith

https://www.detricsmith.com/