In this mono episode, Sukh Sidhu, founder of Stridist, answers some of the questions submitted by online trainers and coaches on Instagram.

Sukh discusses topics such as how to achieve a work life balance, running a software company, how he would start from scratch as an online coach, the biggest mistakes other trainers make, working out your prices as an online coach, Dubai living, plus much much more!

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You can find Sukh here:

https://www.instagram.com/sukh_stridist/

Ste McGrath is the owner of Collective Coaching, which is a mentoring company helping online personal trainers and coaches attract premium high paying clients, and in turn increasing their revenue. Having made 7 figures in his own online fitness coaching business, Ste and his team help other coaches scale their business to great heights, often increasing their earnings in excess of £10k per month.

In this episode, Ste, who has a background in teaching, shares his journey into the online fitness world. He describes the reasons he grew so quickly online, gives his advice for other coaches looking to do the same and talks about his fear of losing everything. Ste also highlights the value of direct messaging and discusses why he feels it shouldn't be viewed as a sleazy tactic. Plus he explains the reasons he takes an unrestricted approach when it comes to talking about money.

You can find Ste here:

https://www.instagram.com/ste_mcgrath/

Chris Burgess is the owner of Lift The Bar (LTB), which is a highly successful membership platform providing education, resources, advice and a supportive communty for personal trainers seeking further career development. He also owns Curious Fitness, a semi-private PT studio, where he still trains clients and has been doing so for over 14 years.

In this episode Chris, who intends to one day be that 80 year old PT still walking the gym floor, shares why he left a high paying corporate role to become a personal trainer in the first place. He discusses the birth of Lift The Bar and attracting the first few members, to growing it to where it is today, with 1250 members. After describing the challenges faced by trainers who join LTB, Chris gives his own advice for personal trainers who want to get their clients better results. Chris also provides an insight into his managing style when it comes to his team and explains how he helps them excel in their roles, in turn helping the company become a success.

You can find Chris here:

https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/

https://www.instagram.com/burge_ltb/ 

Aaron McCulloch is the Co-owner and MD of Your Personal Training, which is the leading provider of PT end to end solutions for gym operators across the nation. Your PT mentor and upskill personal trainers and these trainers are then recruited by their gym partners, ensuring quality personal training and high retention.

In this episode, Aaron discusses how he never quite made his dream of becoming a professional footballer and ended up as a personal trainer instead after spending some time in the army. He shares his experience of working at Fitness First and the reasons he then joined Your PT, before taking over the company! We get to learn how and why he achieved this, plus some of the challenges he faced. Aaron also provides his advice and recommendations for personal trainers and online coaches looking to hire other trainers/coaches and offers valuable insight when it comes to scaling. 

You can find Aaron here:

https://www.yourpersonaltraininguk.co.uk

Luke Johnson is the founder and CEO of PT Collective (originally Shredded By Science Academy), which is a training provider for fitness professionals in the UK. 

Luke, who began his career as a fitness instructor at the age of 18, takes us on a journey of how he became an online coach and why he then chose to focus on the teaching aspect of it, initially by reaching out to experts within the field. He discusses the highs and lows of his career in the industry, which has included fitness coaching, expert seminars, a failed supplement company, and finally a business that offers education for personal trainers.

You can find Luke here:

https://www.instagram.com/lukejohnsonptc

Dan Meek is an online fitness and nutrition coach, who co-founded Biceps and Banter with his business partner Mike Harrison, around 4 and a half years ago.

Biceps and Banter started as a one-to-one coaching business but has since introduced group programs, a team of coaches and now business education and mentoring for online coaches. 

In this episode, Dan shares his story of leaving a job in professional football to building a highly successful business online. He discusses why it didn't work out with a team of 5 co-founders and the crucial factors that made it a huge success with his business partner Mike. Dan also provides his experience and opinions of developing a team of coaches, his advice to other coaches who wish to join someone else's team and the reasons why a mentoring service has recently been introduced.

You can find Dan here:

https://www.instagram.com/danbicepsbanter

Emilia Thompson is a nutrition consultant by trade and runs ETPHD Nutrition Coaching, where she successfully manages a team of coaches helping those trying to improve their relationship with food, exercise and their body. She also co-runs EIQ nutrition (an online nutrition course for personal trainers) and Level Up live events with her business partner Emma Storey Gordon.

In this episode, Emilia, who has a background in teaching and research, discusses how she got into online coaching after struggling with her own relationship with food from a young age. Being a self-confessed introvert and people pleaser, she shares her experience of building a team of 8 coaches, explains what she looks for when taking on a new coach and outlines the challenges she faced in building her team.

You can find Emilia here:

https://www.instagram.com/emiliathompsonphd

Oliver Anwar from Elite Performance in an online health coach who works specifically with entrepreneurs and high performers. He takes more of a holistic approach and specialises in sleep optimisation, stress management and blood work, as well as diet and training to improve the performance and success of his clients. 

In this episode, Oliver, who comes from the corporate world, provides an insight into the challenges he faced with his own journey and how that led him to become a coach himself. He discusses how and why he started online coaching, what it was like to have no-one believe in him and how he overcame this. In addition, Oliver discusses building a marketing team, his reasons for choosing Twitter over Instagram and he goes in depth on how he made that his largest growth channel.

You can find Oliver here:

https://twitter.com/theoliveranwar

Mike Harrison is an online fitness and nutrition coach, who co-founded Biceps and Banter with his business partner Dan Meek, around 4 and a half years ago.

In this episode, Mike discusses his background and how he came to work in the fitness industry after serving in the RAF. He talks about his first 6 months within the coaching world and what it's like to now be working with 117 clients! Mike also shares his experience of working with his business partner Dan and how that all came about, plus reveals some unsettling truths about fitness mentoring.

You can find Mike here:

https://www.instagram.com/mikebicepsbanter

Emma Storey Gordon, often known as ESG, owns a number of enterprises but is primarily an online fitness coach. She runs a one-to-one online coaching business, two group coaching businesses, a nutrition coaching business and a mentoring business.

In this episode Emma provides a glimpse of how she got started within the fitness world and the way her journey unfolded. She explains the reason she chose online coaching and why she launched multiple businesses rather than expand her one-to-one. Emma also discusses how she met her business partners and the how these collaborations developed in to good friendships.

You can find Emma here:

https://www.instagram.com/esgfitness