On todays episode I am welcomed by Adam Hindley , a fellow fitness professional. Working full time as a physio, Adam has a tremendous amounts of knowledge in his field. Adam provides a high amount of value with his content across multiple social media streams so can share his personal thoughts on the 'realism' of social media.

Check Out Adam:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adam_hindley/?hl=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY2kbCh4nYRuAY-Qx4D3oRA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HYNDSITEFitness
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/hyndsitefitness/
Blogs: https://hyndsitefitness.com/blogs/
Website: https://www.regenphysio.co.uk/about-us/the-team/adam-hindley/

Show Notes:

Intro
1. Who, when, where introducing Adam
2. Our story/view with social media
3. How long we have been using social media for

Adam’s Insight 

 1. Favourite thing with socials

 2. Worst thing with socials


Pinch of Salt 

 1. The ‘perfect life’

 2. Instagram vs reality

 3. Highlight reel

 4. Portraying a lie to make themselves feel good - living for likes


How to sniff out a twat

 1. Only posts naked photos for likes

 2. Exercises you have never seen before

 3. Someone who makes you feel rubbish - delete them

Realism

 1. Authenticity

 2. Honesty

 3. Communication across your community

Different Platforms

 1. YouTube - Greater personality

 2. Facebook - Business & Tip videos

 3. LinkedIn - Professionals, better way to connect to companies

 4. Blogging & Pinterest - More personal touch

Quick fire questions

 1. Thoughts on IG removing likes?

 2. How can we all improve?

 3. What does social need to do?

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In this weeks episode I speak about the importance of finding your why and how doing something you love is a right not a privilege

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Show Notes:

What is your reason? 

• We all need one. Something to turn back 

Finding your why in life

• Fulfilment, enjoyment, motivation, the goal
• Doing something you love is a right not a privilege 

Sometimes you have to dig

• Dig for that reason
• And dig deep (deeper the better)
• The more deep the more meaningful it is

Don’t live someone else’s why

• In a world full of fake people, stop trying to be someone your not
• Stop trying to impress people that you don’t like
• You do you. Establish your why and only yours

In life and the gym floor

• The gym has shaped my life and given me my why
• Its why trying different things in life is needed, different training routine
• If I never started going to the gym I really don’t know where life would be

Goal driven

• Setting your why allows us to make personal goals
• Taper back from the why to then path the how
• How will you get there
• How will you do it
• How will you feel when you achieve it

Conclusion

• A why doesn’t have to be massive but it has to mean something got you

On todays episode I speak about the importance of being present, mentally and physically, being all in.

Show Notes:
Intro - Yes team, back with another solo one and back after a week in Sicily with Sarah (which stems the topic of discussion today)

What do I mean?
Being all in
Being present in the moment and being distraction free is something really taught by my good friends at Lululemon
How many times are you distracted by your phone?
In fact if any of you are on the phone right now scrolling through Instagram, turn it off and put it away
Mention ruling to self when listening

Being distraction free
The easiest way to be distraction free is to purely eliminate it
My work life balance has improved dramatically ever since investing in a work phone
Laptop didn’t work on holiday (godsend)

Mentally Present
It is all well and good being physically present but are you mentally? Putting your phone on the table when out for food - not present
Thinking about how much work you have to do when you’re having fun - not present

The Benefits of Being Present after
It’s amazing, every time I let myself truly relax and be present nothing else matters
Problems seem to disappear
Stress levels go down
Yet why do we not allow these times more

Self Realisation
Something I am bad for
Being present is a quality a lack and I am trying to get better

Outro
Dropping the podcasts to every other week

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 On todays episode I am welcomed by Ed Madeley at the Movement & Well-being Clinic. Ed is an Osteopath and has an extensive background in the industry, we spoke about all the roll of good posture in our lives and how this not only affects are physical appearance but also the mental improvements as well.

Follow Ed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movementandwellbeingclinic/ 

Check out Movement & Well-being Clinic: https://movementandwellbeingclinic.co.uk 

Show Notes:

Intro - About Ed, his background, time in the industry, his journey etc

What got you into osteopathy?

When you work through manipulations what are you trying to achieve?

What’s the most common fault you see from people with bad posture?

Why should we work on strength training?

How much can poor posture impact everything else around our day? (Headaches, mental health etc)

What are some conscious things people should be doing to improve their posture?

What’s next for you? Where do you want to take osteopathy?

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How do team, in this weeks episode, I speak about the importance of going the extra mile with your clients. The service you deliver is a direct reflection on the luck you create around your business.

Intro - Before we get going I feel there is too many people moaning about not making enough money yet they aren’t doing anything about it. If you’re a business owner, or even a salesperson trying to make commission, go and sell. It’s simple

Effort = Reward - The amount of time and effort you put into a client the more likely it is they will become a long standing client. Don’t be annoyed when a client leave you after a month because you offered them nothing and they have less in the bank. 

Going the extra mile - I’m not saying you have to shine your clients shoes but some extra service “not included” in the price doesn’t go a miss. Leading on from this, I give the example of giving someone a free recipe book or having a towel of your client, or t shirts, water bottles, I could go on and on. Take the client out, see them outside the work environment. Show them you care, it’s a two way street.

Offering quality reflecting client quality - If you service is crap, you can’t expect to have good clients. When I say good clients, I mean ones you have a strong relationship with, ones who are reliable, ones you can count on, ones you get results from. If what you offer it below par, how can you expect an above par client? It doesn’t work
Making your own luck - I’m sure a lot of you have been effected by covid and potentially are now struggling, however, I’m a big believer in creating your own luck. You could get unlucky and lose clients, BUT if you served for those clients well over lockdown, would they still leave you? Let’s take it from a business standpoint, if you’re working in marketing and you have clients you need to sell too. If another company looked after that said client more than you, you’ve already lose them

Excuses - I’m fed up of people using excuses as to why they have no clients. If someone else in your industry is busy, you have to ask yourself “what an I doing wrong” “what do I need to improve on”. Stop blaming everyone else for why your business is suffering, take a stop back and look at yourself. It’s you and only you

Conclude - Don’t be a dick

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In this weeks episode, I speak about the importance of a day off in a business point of view and how it greatly increases overall productivity. 

Show Notes:
Why I am making this podcast - Last Saturday was my birthday so all week I had planned to take the entire Friday and Saturday off. I can probably count in one  hand the amount of days off I have had over the last 3 years and 2 of them were this weekend…

What I mean - Obviously I have gone away on holiday over the period but there has rarely been a day I haven’t checked my emails, checked in on clients or even not lifted the laptop lid.

Resetting - I have never felt so refreshed and stress free after allowing myself full time out. I always worry something might happen, someone might need me. But in reality, nothing did. In fact It literally didn’t matter at all. 

Training - The funny thing is when it comes to training I allow myself days off. Im always preaching to clients the importance of a day off the weights to allow your body to recover and better performance on your training days. So why don’t I take this into business

Performance - You really can work yourself into the ground sometimes and can do more harm than good. Over lockdown a big lesson for me was to relax in the evenings but I still haven’t given myself a day or two off.

Inability to switch off - When I look at I know I am bad at not switching off. I am alway ‘on it’. My mind is always active - this could be a good or bad thing. I truly am obsessed with everything I do. 

Stress - Yes I love what I do and honestly wouldn’t do anything else if I was asked but it is still my job. It still comes with enormous amounts of pressure. People from the outside just see the IG posts, the podcasts, client progress, the videos. What they don’t see is the endless endless graft and dedication it takes to being self employed and own multiple businesses. The saying “if it was easy everyone would do it” springs to mind. 

The solution - I’m not all of a sudden going to start having days off every week willy nilly but the importance now of a complete switch off will be welcomed. I won’t fear it anymore, I will enjoy it. 

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In this episode I speak about the importance of having a plan and why you need to adhere to that plan. Do not neglect the power of writing it down.

Show notes:

Question - do you have a vision? do you have goals? Do you have a plan? If not, why not?

Direction - Having goals is great but if you don’t have a plan, these goals are meaningless. Goals without being written down is just a thought

Time frame - You might want to get in shape for a holiday or earn a certain amount of money by a date. However, how will you get there? What process will you put in place?

Circles - Ever feel like you’re driving on a roundabout when it comes to fat loss or business progression? Stop allowing time to buy and being part of the ride. Stop, get out the car and detail out your journey. Not having a plan is like deciding to walk from London to Manchester without preparing your journey. Forget google maps in this time, before these days we had to use a map and plan the route. I very much doubt that someone ‘winging’ it would arrive to Manchester first over the person who planned their route

End goal - You may eventually get there without the plan on the off change but you won’t get there as productively than the person with the same goal but a plan in place

Effort - A lot of people turn a blind eye to their plan, it’s too much effort. It takes time. We want the easy route, not the one where we have to spend time creating a plan to get anywhere. I spoke about on the “why having a diary will change your life” about the power of writing a goal down at a certain date I usually achieve that goal in that specific time

The plan - Smart goals. Short, medium and long term goals. Start at the long and work back through the short. For example - “I want to lose 8% body fat before my holiday in 8 months”. Our medium term goal is to lose 1% per month. Our short term is to maintain without a calorie deficit by 400 on a daily average. Now the 8% drop doesn’t seem so daunting. It helps our focus, our visualisation. 

Conclude - “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”

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In this episode I speak about the importance of living a happy life and you can without a doubt manifest the life you want to live. Do not accept anything less

Show Notes:
Intro -

The odds of being alive is 1 in 400 trillion so why live a life of unhappiness

My past -

I’m sure you’ve heard it before about pursuing the path of accountancy but this wasn’t my passion. It didn’t fill me with joy.

It didn’t make we want to get up in the mornings

Make a change -

Its on you to live the life you want to.

As simple as it is to say, it’s you or you.

No one else can decide your destiny.

If you want it go get it. What’s stopping you? 

Regret -

My biggest fear in life is regret.

Looking back and regretting actions I failed to take.

Opportunities I didn’t pursue.

Life’s too short to regret. 

Happiness -

A life of little regret in my eyes is a happy one.

A life of enjoying what you do is a happy one. Happiness is a direct reflection on motivation. 

A happy entrepreneur is far more dangerous to competitors than an unhappy one. 

Excited to wake up -

“I hate Monday’s” we’ll what are you doing?

You shouldn’t hate on Monday’s. You should love Monday’s, it’s the best day of the week. 

Today example re coaching & challenge

Conclusion -

You can without a doubt manifest the life you want to live. Do not accept anything less

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In this weeks episode, I speak about the importance of a diary and writing things down. 

Show Notes:
Intro - Solo Podcast, thanks for the support on podcasts at the moment

Diary/Calendar - Start of my career and swear by it. I genuinely put a lot of my success down to my diary.

Power of writing it down - A goal in your head is just a thought, write it down and make it reality. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. 

Accountability - Something I get across to clients. You accountable to the diary and what you have written

Fulfilment - Sense of joy and fulfilment when you tick goals off your list 

Organisation - A long side having goals you need to write down tasks. Won’t forgot to do things. Keeps you in check (back to accountability point)

Productivity - Setting out your day and planning what you will do and when. Visualising the task at end to be productive. When you finish what you set out to do for the day you feel you deserve to relax

Forward Planning - Setting your targets for the next day or week. On a Sunday, planning the week and having aims

Conclude - Get a diary

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Today I welcome Ally Burdge on to the podcast, a well experienced coach who has been in the industry for over 7 years and just recently made the move to full time online. Ally and the guys at VW Physique are a team of insane coaches with a passion on taking clients to an elite standard they may never have felt was possible. We speak about the level of dedication and the process in place to do so, enjoy todays episode and please check below for all of Ally's links and the show notes.

Ally's Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allyburdge_vwphysique/ 
VW Physique YouTube: Vw physique (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHSjrA3MBLwW3ubnOcHspAA)
VW Physique Website: https://www.vwphysique.com
VW Physique Podcast: Give it the beanz

Show Notes:
Intro - Background from Ally (years training, journey into the industry as a coach & from there as a coach to now - what made you become a coach?)

Hiring a coach for an investment not a liability - Cost vs Value

Consistency & Accountability - Why it is important to have patience and time on your hands? 

Client expectation Vs Client dedication - The client effort level from the client to achieve results - (Ally’s story highlight in regards to clients lying on check ins)

The Importance of having a plan in place & setting goals?

The different approach you need to have with female fat loss clients?

Negative mindset - On Ally’s highlight, he speaks about his content not being relatable due to the condition of his results but that’s due to that persons negative mindset

Goals for the future - Where do you want to take your coaching? Your clients etc?