High Intensity Business

Lawrence Neal here, founder of High Intensity Business and co-founder of Optima Strength.

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In this episode, I share the benefits of networking for getting new clients for your strength training business — specifically, I talk about Business Network International (BNI), networking tips for getting better results, how to network efficiently, other marketing tactics with high ROI, and much more.

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Billy Fletcher is the owner of the Optimization Training Lab in Greenville, South Carolina, which houses three programs: Fletcher Fitness (Quantified Strength Training), Alliance Jiu-jitsu, and Braelen's Speed Shop (Speed Training). His passion and mission is coaching others so that they can close the gap between where they are and what their true potential is.

Billy is also Master SuperSlow Instructor, Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and a Kokoro 21 graduate.

In this episode, Billy shares his HIT epiphany, business journey, growth strategies, fitness challenge ideas, key factors for increase your client base, and much more.

Increase your studio business revenue

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Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using StrengthPortal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — try StrengthPortal today!

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Gert Mellak has been an entrepreneur, author, and SEO strategist for over 20 years — he is the Founder/CEO at SEO Leverage helping businesses with their digital marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) to rank higher in Google.

Gert and his team of SEO experts have helped 500+ entrepreneurs and corporations worldwide generate millions of visitors, thousands of leads, and millions of dollars in sales.

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In this episode, Gert describes search engine optimization (SEO), why it is important for your business, action steps to focus on to drive traffic, generate leads to your website, and much more.

Get HIT Business coaching with Lawrence

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using StrengthPortal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — try StrengthPortal today!

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Sherri McMillan is a fitness columnist, author, and owner of Northwest Personal Training in Vancouver, Washington, awarded both the Better Business Bureau's Business of the Year and the Chamber of Commerce Community Builder award.

Sherri has more than 30 years of experience in the fitness industry and has presented hundreds of workshops and worked with thousands of fitness leaders worldwide. Over her career, she received numerous awards: the 2010 International CanFitPro Fitness Presenter of the Year, 2006 IDEA Program Director of the Year, Inaugural IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, 1998 Canadian CanFitPro Presenter of the Year.

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In this episode, Sherri talks about external marketing tactics, creating a marketing calendar, calculating your marketing budget, how to get corporate speaking engagements, how to deliver an effective presentation, and much more.

Let Lawrence help you achieve your HIT business goals in 2023

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using Strength Portal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — go to StrengthPortal.com/HighIntensityBusiness and try StrengthPortal now.

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Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.

In this episode, Tim joins me for another Q&A where he addresses how to strength train athletes, how to sell high intensity strength training to athletes, locking out on the MedX Chest press, using supports for MedX and Nautilus machines, and much more.

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Listen to other episodes with Tim Ryan:

• High Intensity Fundamentals Series
• Q&A with Tim Ryan – Part 1
• Q&A with Tim Ryan – Part 2

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Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using Strength Portal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — go to StrengthPortal.com/HighIntensityBusiness and try StrengthPortal now.

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The Resistance Exercise Conference (REC) is a great event where you can connect with peers, learn from expert scientists and business thought leaders, as well as rejuvenate your passion for exercise and business.

Discover Strength is bringing in the leading exercise researchers, business thought leaders, and strength training practitioners to impart knowledge and empower the strength training community.

Tune in as Luke and I talk about why joining REC 2023 will be immensely valuable for YOU and your TEAM.

If you would like an early bird discount, use the coupon code: HIGHINTENSITY.

Be the exercise authority — Join REC 2023!

Build a thriving strength training business

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using Strength Portal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — go to StrengthPortal.com/HighIntensityBusiness and try StrengthPortal now.

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Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.

In this episode, Tim joins me to talk about more questions around client training plateaus and regression, factors affecting client performance, Super Slow protocol issues, training strategies and advanced techniques, and much more.

Take the stress out of growing your personal training business you join HIT Business Membership here

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using Strength Portal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — go to StrengthPortal.com/HighIntensityBusiness and try StrengthPortal now.

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In this episode, I share with you the lessons I've learned from recording hundreds of podcasts with fitness business experts and the evidence available to support why you should seriously consider a HIT fitness business (or double down if you already have one).

We'll talk about what High Intensity Training (HIT) really is, why this fitness business concept is very lucrative, the action steps involved in starting a successful HIT business, the challenges you might come up against, and much more.

Grow your HIT studio client base

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

You need a single software platform that enables your trainers to deliver consistent high quality workouts, track client progress, and scale your business.

The problem is you're still using pen and paper or basic spreadsheets to run your business, which leads to poor client experiences, inaccurate tracking, and prevents you from growing your business, making you feel frustrated.

StrengthPortal understand your challenge and have worked closely with the HIT industry to create a software platform to manage and scale your niche business.

You can integrate with Mindbody, manage a standardized exercise and workout library for your team, track workouts effectively, and produce client reports at the click of a button.

StrengthPortal is used by multiple businesses in the High Intensity Strength Training community, namely Discover Strength, Smart Strength Austin, MedX Precision Fitness, and more.

Starting with StrengthPortal is super simple:

1. Sign up for the best package for your business
2. Let Strength Portal take the load off and help onboard your business onto the platform.
3. Start delivering consistent workout experiences, and scale your business to the next level.

To help support the podcast, go to StrengthPortal.com/highintensitybusiness, and sign up now, so you can stop feeling frustrated about your business, and start to scale your business to its true potential.

For all of the show notes, links and resources - Click Here

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.

In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 15 of our HIT Fundamentals Series — we take more of a Q&A approach to this one, and Tim answers your questions on using full range of motion, HIT vs Higher-Volume Training, cost/benefit of Nautilus and MedX equipment modifications, and much more.

Listen to Parts 1 to 14:

• 352 – The History and Philosophy of HIT (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series)
• 354 – How to Articulate the Benefits of HIT (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 2)
• 358 – Movement Speed (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 3)
• 360 – The Optimal Window for Time Under Load and Time To Concentric Failure (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 4)
• 361 – How to Determine the Optimal Resistance Level (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 5)
• 363 – The Assumed vs the Real Objective of Exercise, How to Coach Correct Form, Head and Neck Position, and Breathing (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 6)
• 366 – How to Design Exercise Programs and Manage Progression and Recovery (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 7)
• 368 – The Six Factors of Functional Ability (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 8)
• 370 – Will You Get Fit Doing HIT? (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 9)
• 380 – What is the Difference Between Exercise and Recreation? (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 10)
• 382 – How Does HIT Help You Lose Fat (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series with - Part 11)
• 385 – The Ideal Exercise Environment Pt. 1 (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 12)
• 387 – The Ideal Exercise Environment Pt. 2 (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 13)
• 389 – How to Prevent and Alleviate Exercise-Induced Headache (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 14)

Maximize your high intensity training business revenue

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

Are you still using pen, paper, and spreadsheets? Do you worry about providing inconsistent workout experiences that disappoint your clients and stifles the growth of your business? Don't put up with tools that frustrate you!

Join industry heavyweights like Discover Strength, MedX Precision Fitness, and many others and start using Strength Portal to easily track workouts, deliver consistently high-quality client experiences, and scale your business painlessly and grow faster — go to StrengthPortal.com/HighIntensityBusiness and try StrengthPortal now.

For all of the show notes, links and resources - Click Here

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. In addition to personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.

In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 14 of our HIT Fundamentals Series where we discuss exercise-induced headaches (EIH), its symptoms and causes, client awareness and education, how to manage EIH, and much more.

Listen to Parts 1 to 13:

• 352 – The History and Philosophy of HIT (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series)
• 354 – How to Articulate the Benefits of HIT (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 2)
• 358 – Movement Speed (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 3)
• 360 – The Optimal Window for Time Under Load and Time To Concentric Failure (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 4)
• 361 – How to Determine the Optimal Resistance Level (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 5)
• 363 – The Assumed vs the Real Objective of Exercise, How to Coach Correct Form, Head and Neck Position, and Breathing (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 6)
• 366 – How to Design Exercise Programs and Manage Progression and Recovery (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 7)
• 368 – The Six Factors of Functional Ability (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 8)
• 370 – Will You Get Fit Doing HIT? (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 9)
• 380 – What is the Difference Between Exercise and Recreation? (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 10)
• 382 – How Does HIT Help You Lose Fat (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series with - Part 11)
• 385 – The Ideal Exercise Environment Pt. 1 (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 12)
• 387 – The Ideal Exercise Environment Pt. 2 (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals Series - Part 13)

Build a thriving personal training studio

This episode is brought to you by StrengthPortal

You need a single software platform that enables your trainers to deliver consistent high quality workouts, track client progress, and scale your business.

The problem is you're still using pen and paper or basic spreadsheets to run your business, which leads to poor client experiences, inaccurate tracking, and prevents you from growing your business, making you feel frustrated.

StrengthPortal understand your challenge and have worked closely with the HIT industry to create a software platform to manage and scale your niche business.

You can integrate with Mindbody, manage a standardized exercise and workout library for your team, track workouts effectively, and produce client reports at the click of a button.

StrengthPortal is used by multiple businesses in the High Intensity Strength Training community, namely Discover Strength, Smart Strength Austin, MedX Precision Fitness, and more.

Starting with StrengthPortal is super simple:

1. Sign up for the best package for your business
2. Let StrengthPortal take the load off and help onboard your business onto the platform.
3. Start delivering consistent workout experiences, and scale your business to the next level.

To help support the podcast, go to StrengthPortal.com/highintensitybusiness, and sign up now, so you can stop feeling frustrated about your business, and start to scale your business to its true potential.

For all of the show notes, links and resources - Click Here