High Intensity Business

James Steele, PhD (james.steele @ solent.ac.uk) is an Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise Science at Southampton Solent University and the Principal Investigator at Ukactive Research Institute. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

James has extensive research experience publishing many peer reviewed articles in the health and fitness space particularly the impact of resistance training.

In this episode, James Steele discusses his paper 'Long-term time-course of strength adaptation to minimal dose resistance training: Retrospective longitudinal growth modelling of a large cohort through training records'. We also discuss potential criticisms of this paper and whether changing frequency or volume may improve result, and much more.

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Skyler Tanner (skyler @ smartstrengthaustin.com) is a fitness and nutrition coach, exercise physiologist, and owner of Smart Strength in Austin, Texas. Skyler and his team at Smart Strength focuses on helping clients gain strength, boost energy, improve mobility and balance through evidence-based strength training.

Listen to my previous podcasts with Skyler HERE.

In this episode, Skyler Tanner shares his parenting strategies, balancing fatherhood and business, productivity hacks and tools, benefits of nasal breathing during workouts, thoughts on HIT idols and heresies, and much more.

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Luke Carlson (luke @ discoverstrength.com) is a Certified Exercise Physiologist & Kinesiologist, and CEO of Discover Strength, a personal training business based in Minneapolis and four other personal training facilities in Minnesota.

Luke is a sought after speaker on leadership and business management. Once a year, Luke and the Discover Strength team host the Resistance Exercise Conference.

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If you've been thinking about starting your own HIT studio or lifestyle business, you need to consider the whole picture, and tune in as Luke enumerates the 10 reasons why you should NOT start a HIT business.

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Mike "Fitness Hacker" Lipowski is a speaker, author, coach and Co-Founder of the PURE PHYSIQUE Fitness Franchise along with his wife, Corrie-Beth. They help high-performers and busy parents transform their bodies without calorie-counting or cardio by combining their time-efficient resistance training with custom meal planning and mindset coaching.

Mike is an international educator for personal trainers and was a professional natural bodybuilder, promotor and judge. He and his wife are a Faith-filled couple, the proud parents of two young boys, and they have both been featured guests on numerous podcasts and interviews about fitness, faith, personal growth, and relationships.

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Contact Mike via email (mikel @purephysique.com) for business mentoring.

In this episode, Mike Lipowski shares his business journey during the tumultuous 2020, how to pivot to online training, how Pure Physique successfully implemented supervised virtual group training, how to alleviate consumer fear, high ticket offers, and much more.

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James Fisher PhD (james.fisher @ solent.ac.uk) is a Course Leader and Senior Lecturer for the School of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University in the UK. James is one of the top researchers specialized in resistance training and more generally in exercise science.

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Luke Carlson is the CEO and founder of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Discover Strength owns and operates strength training studios as well as the Discover Strength Franchise. Luke is passionate and loves to share his knowledge about management, leadership, and evidence-based exercise.

Listen to my previous podcasts with Luke HERE.

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James Fisher PhD (james.fisher @ solent.ac.uk) is a Course Leader and Senior Lecturer for the School of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University in the UK. James is considered as one of the leading researchers in exercise science particularly resistance training.

Listen to my other podcasts with James HERE.

Luke Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Discover Strength owns and operates strength training studios as well as the Discover Strength Franchise. Luke speaks around the world on leadership, management, and evidence-based exercise.

Listen to my previous podcasts with Luke HERE.

In this episode, James Fisher and Luke Carlson discuss the principles and rules around workout design, systems in terms of designing exercise order, workout design best practices, benefits of specific lower body strength training, and much more.

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Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. He has 40 years of experience in the health and fitness field operating various personal training businesses, mentoring exercise instructors, and taking part in exercise equipment design. Tim has earned various national fitness certifications from ACSM, ACE, and the Super Slow Exercise Guild.

Listen to my previous podcast with Tim HERE.

In this episode, Tim Ryan shares his HIT studio business journey, how to train clients on the MedX Avenger Leg Press, key pointers on hyperextension/lockout, specific settings around weight stack, and much more.

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Steve McKinney (info @ fitnessandmore.net) is a 1st Class certified personal trainer and owner of Fitness and More, Inc., a personal training studio offering 1-on-1 workouts using the 3W approach to fitness. Steve has been in the fitness industry for over 30 years winning various bodybuilding and fitness awards, and has personally supervised over 4,000 workouts.

In this episode, Steve McKinney talks about overcoming challenges during the shutdown, building a virtual training business, ways to acquire new clients, developing the right mindset for 2021, and much more.

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James Fisher PhD (james.fisher @ solent.ac.uk) is a Course Leader and Senior Lecturer for the School of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University in the UK. James is considered as one of the leading researchers in exercise science particularly resistance training.

Listen to my other podcasts with James HERE

Luke Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Discover Strength owns and operates strength training studios as well as the Discover Strength Franchise. Luke speaks around the world on leadership, management, and evidence-based exercise.

Listen to my previous podcasts with Luke HERE.

In this episode, James Fisher and Luke Carlson share the technicalities when designing a client workout, key exercises for maximum hypertrophy and lower body adaptations, factors to consider during workout selection, and much more.

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Luke Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Discover Strength owns and operates strength training studios as well as the Discover Strength Franchise. Luke speaks around the world on leadership, management, and evidence-based exercise.

Luke is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Exercise Physiologist and has a BS and MS in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota and graduated from the Executive Leadership, Strategy and Innovation program at Stanford University. He received an Honorary PhD from Solent University in Southampton, England. Luke has presented to audiences in a variety of industries across the globe; he has been a featured speaker at FILEX in Australia, TaiSPO in Taiwan, ChinaFit, the Annual IHRSA Convention, the IHRSA European Congress, The Fitness Leaders' Summit, the European Congress of Sport Science, Mindbody BOLD, Fitness Brazil, and the IHRSA Institute for Health Club Executives. Carlson is one of the top-rated Vistage speakers in North America.

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In this episode, Luke Carlson talks about virtual personal training programming, how to assess and track client progression, equipment for virtual workouts, how to utilize advanced overload techniques, virtual personal training best practices, and much more...

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