My guest today is Geralyn Coopersmith, Geralyn has over 20 years of industry experience creating cutting-edge fitness programs and upskilling teams for best-in-class brands.  She recently became the Head of Talent & Programming for Forme Life, a cutting-edge, in-home fitness technology platform. In that roles she is responsible for defining and leading the on-demand consumer fitness experience in terms of both performance talent and fitness content programming.

Prior to coming to Forme Life, Geralyn was the VP of Fitness Staff Development for EXOS (formerly Athletes’ Performance). At EXOS she was responsible for the onboarding and continuous improvement of all performance staff working with general population clients. Before working EXOS, Geralyn was the Chief Talent Officer for Flywheel Sports, a boutique indoor cycling chain with 42 locations in the US. In that role she was responsible for: defining the fitness experience, ensuring quality control and supervising nearly 500 instructors.

From 2013 to 2017, Geralyn was the Global Director of Performance and Fitness for Nike. At Nike, Geralyn oversaw the complete re-design of The Nike Training Club App and led the strategic reset of the worldwide Nike Trainer Network.

From 2005-2013, Geralyn was the Senior Director of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute, the internal personal training education department of the Equinox fitness chain. In that role she was responsible for: creating and managing the professional development curriculum for over 2000 trainers, educating over 100 master instructors and founding the Equinox Academy training program.

Geralyn has a Master’s Degree with honors in exercise physiology from Columbia University. She is

certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as an Exercise Physiologist and by the

National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach. She is published author (Fit + Female, Wiley, 2006) and a frequent media contributor.

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My guest today is Robert Kabera, Robert is an inspiring speaker with a fascinating personal and professional background as a refugee, an engineer, and an entrepreneur. This background puts Robert in a unique position to make transformative breakthroughs in a variety of areas, from bringing credit scoring to unbanked farmers to building power systems that better prepare us for natural disasters. His sage advice, sense of humor, and profound insights into the dynamics of systems involving humans, economies, and technology are a constant source of joy and inspiration.

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Matthew Galvez – Mental Performance Coach at the Toronto Blue Jays

Matthew graduated from the University of North Texas in 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. In Spring of 2020 Matthew received his Master’s at the University of Denver in Sport and Performance Psychology where he acquired experience working with several sport domains as well as working at a center for eating disorders as a Behavioral Health Counselor. Matthew is currently in his second year at the Toronto Blue Jays working as a bilingual mental performance coach in the MiLB system including the Dominican League, Gulf Coast League, and the Dunedin Blue Jays (Low A).

Matthew, alongside the rest of the mental performance team, works with both Player Development and High Performance departments to encourage and support the mindset development of every player in the Blue Jays organization. This is achieved by working on the field, in one-on-one settings, and in small groups to enhance how athletes prepare, compete, and recover.

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My guest today is Erica Freneey, Erica was born in Chicago, IL, and at an early age her family relocated to Port Gibson, MS. Port Gibson is where she grew “roots”, established friendships attended school and gained an enormous passion for athletics.

Erica earned an MBA, Bachelor of Business Administration, and an Associate Degree in Accounting. She currently resides in Schererville, IN which ironically is close to Chicago; it is almost like her story went full circle. Although Erica enjoyed her time in Alabama, she felt the relocation was necessary to advance her career. Traveling and exploring new environments is a hobby of hers, so the transition was seamless. There are vast differences between the north and the south with the weather being a major contrast. However, the weather did not stop Erica's love for hiking, and it allowed her to grow a passion for other indoor sports such as rock climbing, weightlifting, and competitive bodybuilding.

Erica's goals and aspirations promote physical, emotional, and mental health and wellness; these include opening a training studio to promote weight loss, nutrition education, and physical activity. During her time as a volunteer at the Boys-N-Girls club she gained a sincere passion to someday start a mentoring program for girls focused on self-esteem, physical and emotional health, and wellness.

Driven, empathetic, passionate, and focused on achieving goals for the past 6 ½ years Erica has been a dedicated Personal Trainer and Nutrition Consultant; coupled with being a Life Coach for the past 4 years. Aside from mental and physical fitness with diverse professional background in Sales, Recruiting, and Retail Management.

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My guest today is Leah Forney, Leah is a 7x published author, she helps other aspiring authors navigate the book writing process.

She learned early on the importance of having a relationship with Jesus Christ from her maternal grandmother who raised her in the church. Leah’s love for writing came at a young age when she would pen poems to release the pain she felt from not having her parents in her life. Never knowing where her writings would take her, Leah penned her first book.

As she continues to accept the calling that God has placed on her life, Leah is open to seeing where her gifts and talents will take her. She has released seven books over the last 4 years. She is the podcast host of the internationally streamed show Hey Queen, Thrive! She has been blessed to be featured on 60 different media publications including but not limited to internationally streamed Decide to move Podcast and The CEO Wife Experience podcast.

My guest today is Cyndi Walter, Cyndi is a devoted wife and mother of four, with over 27 years of experience as an entrepreneur, trainer, and speaker in the direct selling industry. As a marathon runner and fitness instructor, Cyndi has always been passionate about exercise, and partnered with a company that shares her love for wellness, and with another that shares her belief in healthy mindset.

As a work-from-home mom in a rural part of eastern Ohio, Cyndi has built a dynamic organization with many leaders who share her passion for healthy living through optimal nutrition and mental attitude.

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In Today’s Coaching Call I talk with 3 distinguished martial artist who operate successful martial arts schools and we discuss back 2 school business and mindset.

My guests are Kevin Kowalczik who is a 9 time World Champion and full contact professional fighter.

Josh Arcemont owns HERO Martial Arts Academy. He’s 6th degree black belt in Taekwondo and a purple belt in Brazillian jiu jitsu

Rick Rando is keynote & featured speaker at hundreds

of events and has worked with countless distinguished companies

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Josh: [email protected] website: https://heromaa.com/

Rick: linkedin.com/in/richarddrando

Websites

Phone: (443) 691-8326 (Work)

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My guest today is Bruce Ross, Bruce operates in the realm of the “inner game of leadership”. His proprietary approach to leadership development is research-based and has been honed over 37 years of working directly with the full spectrum of leaders: from emergent through to established. Bruce His proprietary approach to leadership development is research-based and has been honed over 37 years of working directly with the full spectrum of leaders: from emergent through to established.

The resulting framework (FlowPreneur™: Unshakeable Bold Leadership) integrates Brain-science and Optimal Psychology directly into business to help leaders and teams tap unsuspected reserves of human performance, intelligence and potential. He also delivers this marriage of leading academic research and ‘real world’ pragmatism within his highly regarded MBA-level Leadership Development programmes and University Short Courses.

Bruce has spoken at over 33 annual conferences and been published internationally – on the topic of leadership and accessing peak performance states plus has personally coached over 1200 business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs.

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My guest today is Hamid Amni, Hamid was the Captain and a member of the national kickboxing team May 2017 – October 2018

Analogous to Red Cross outside of Iran Kharazmi UniversityFounder of Fitlandi, an Iranian fitness organization.

Conditioning coach of the “Omide Alborz” swimming team October 2014 – August 2016

Conditioning coach of the Kharazmi university beach soccer team January 2016 – July 2016

The soccer team attended the national league

WAKO Level 2 Kickboxing Coach

• Level 2 Fitness Coach

• Level 3 Swimming Coach

• Level 3 Bodybuilding Coach

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My guest today is Willie “The BAM” Johnson, Willie shares his rebirth from bullying, poverty, and physical, sexual and mental abuse. Rampant crime and drugs engulfed his community. Becoming a successful drug dealer, user and criminal eventually landed him in jail. This tragic scenario almost seems to lose its edge and become less tragic, because it is a situation that is repeated endlessly in near-epidemic proportions throughout the United States. Willie breaks the cycle with the principle of Martial Arts to become recognized today as an Urban Legend and a member of Black Belt Magazine’s Hall of Fame along with the world’s greatest Martial Artists like Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan and many others.  He also returned from Sports Karate as a seven-time World Champion. There could be no better representative for all of the life-changing benefits that the Martial Arts bestow.

Professor BAM has also been recognized by both eastern and western masters in the Martial Arts as one of today’s most gifted and talented Martial Artists. He got his start at age six by being inspired by Bruce Lee while residing in downtown Baltimore. Today, he is a graduate of the Beijing Physical institute of China and holds a seventh degree Black Belt under Master Kenneth Parker, a master's degree under Grandmaster Dennis Brown and a first degree Black belt under Master Garcia Davis. Among his credits is a solid record of wins including the first national Triple Crown Wushu/Kung Fu title, WAKO World Title, two All-American titles, and being the first African-American to hold two national American Sports Karate Association titles. He is the producer of more World Champions in one year than any other Martial Artist.

Through the Better Attitude Maker Sports Karate Team, he is also recognized as one of today’s most recognized action stars. He played himself on the hit TV show- WMAC Masters along with Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee and some of the 21st century’s leading Martial Artists. He has also been on many other TV and film projects including the Hong Kong Production entitled “Super Fights.” Johnson also had a fight scene against Chuck Jeffreys – The choreographer for a number of Wesley Snipe’s Films, Including Blade: Trinity. He was also a featured performer on the Wesley Snipes production “Wesley Snipe’s Presents: Master of the Martial Arts”, Chuck Norris’ “Kick Drugs Out of America” and the Dragon-Fest “Superstar Show.”

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