Grow Your Online Fitness Business 🚀

Jonny and Alex dive into the weird world of cold messaging. It’s so prolific that most of us have experienced a message or email out of the blue trying to convince us that this person has the solution to all our problems, but does it actually work?


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Yusef tells you how to defy physics and manipulate time and space in your favour.

This is about the way that we approach tasks. It’s very easy to procrastinate or treat little deviations like just a one-off. But really our brains are always working and any activities can become a habit even without us consciously considering it. We all have 24 hours in the day and using these efficiently for real focus and longer-term plans are key.

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This is the second part of Jonny and Yusef tackling Tim Ferris’ Tribe of Mentors questions.

Make sure you listen to the first part: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44085497

Listen to the last time they did this in 2019: https://propanefitness.com/tribe-of-mentors/


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- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
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Mike Israetel is back.

The octopus lord from Renaissance Periodisation joins us again to catch up about how things have changed for him and the business. You can expect this to be great conversation and we cover:

- Life in lockdown - Mike's current training goals
- How do he manages his day and productivity
- How to fit training in
- Processing large amounts of information, mental models for seeing clearly
- Transition from professor/academic background vs the internet
- Non-training personal practices
- Who is behind the strategy of the YouTube videos (check out Dr. Mike’s Kitchen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hB0tnKUHAI)
- Authenticity
- Travel and staying with Menno Henselmans
- How has Mike has optimised his lifestyle

Find out more about Mike and Renaissance Periodisation:
Mike’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpdrmike
RP Website: https://renaissanceperiodization.com
RP Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQgsKhHjSyRLOp9mnffqVg
RP Twitter: https://twitter.com/RPstrength
RP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpstrength

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- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PropaneFitness/
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Jonny and Yusef revisit Tim Ferris’ Tribe of Mentors questions with a couple more years of experience added from the last time they did it on the fitness podcast.

Listen to the last time they did this: https://propanefitness.com/tribe-of-mentors/

Find out more about Propane Business:
- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PropaneFitness/
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/propanefitness/
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Jonny and Alex discuss that secret sauce that is automation for delivering services at scale. This applies to a lot of businesses but is rarely discussed when it comes to online coaching. The Propane team has put a lot of effort into automating certain things effectively to help serve clients better, they dig into it and how to strike the right balance between human and automation efforts in this episode.

Find out more about Propane Business:
- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
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Jonny and Alex talk about the juicy topic of sales. There is plenty to talk about, so this will be a series of episodes and in this first discussion they cover framing pricing, what is too high and too low, setting your expectations of customer volume and the difference between sales and marketing - all in kicked off with a beautiful segue.

Find out more about Propane Business:
- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
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It’s Yusef, Alex and Jonny this time and they get into whether various topics are Bull or Bear. Meaning are they a bull, a market/strategy/product on the rise, or a bear where its position or economy is receding and it’s losing value.

Today we covered:

Jaw exerciser

Pilates

Ebooks

Tiktok

Peloton

Protein bars

Calisthenics

Powerlifting

Crossfit

Find out more about Propane Business:
- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
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Yusef surprises Jonny with a warm potato and hits him with the topic of online trolls. They discuss their experiences with trolls and a framework for dealing with them, including:
- Is blocking admitting defeat?
- How to use trolls to strengthen your brand
- When to block, when to respond

Find out more about Propane Business:
- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/propanefitness/
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Alex, Yusef and Jonny get together for this fourth installment in the series to discuss approaches to money and limitations. There are things you need to adopt, but importantly things you need to let go of to be able to use your time effectively to grow your business.
The guys talk through these factors and how they’ve had to learn them to be able to progress. However, Jonny has misplaced his notes...

Find out more about Propane Business:
- https://propanefitness.com/businesspodcast
- https://propane-business.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PropaneFitness/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PropaneFitness/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/propanefitness/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness