High Intensity Business

Bill DeSimone (Congruent Exercise) is a personal trainer known for his sensible, biomechanics-based approach to strength training and is the go-to biomechanics expert for some of the best high-intensity trainers in the world like Dr. Doug McGuff and Skyler Tanner.

Starting as a trainer in 1983 in New York City, in 2006 he opened his own studio, Optimal Exercise, in central New Jersey. He is the author of Congruent Exercise: How to Make Weight Training Easier on Your Joints (Kindle version); and the upcoming Joint-Friendly Fitness: Your Guide to the Optimal Exercise Program. He has presented at national conferences, provided in-services for private studios, and consults online or by phone with individual exercisers.

In this episode, Bill shares updates about his shoulder injury, how to do joint-friendly weight training, how to exercise without hurting the shoulders and back, recommended machines for weight training and much more.

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Pamela Gold (LinkedIn) is the founder of HACKD Fitness, New York City's first biohacking fitness studio, sharing the latest fitness and recovery tech and holistic coaching. She grew up on her family's apple farm in upstate New York, graduated from Yale University as a Microbiology and Biochem major, and then entered the business world in New York City where she supported the growth of a restaurant chain from 18 locations to over 100 and was the point person on an IPO, all by the age of 24.

After becoming a mom, she went on to pursue her passion for fitness and wellness. It was through this pursuit that she discovered yoga which connected her love of Philosophy, Science, Psychology and wellness and founded Fulfill Fitness, specializing in personal training and nutrition coaching. She also founded a coaching business Peace Power Parenting, an online course to support conscious parenting.

Check out Pamela's first book, Find More Strength: 5 Pillars to Unlock Unlimited Power and Happiness, which provides a simple, practical path to inner strength.

In this podcast, Pamela and I talk about her fitness and wellness journey, how she build NYC's first biohacking fitness studio, benefits of yoga, keys to an effective meditation, and much more.

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John Little (Linkedin) is considered "one of the top fitness researchers in North America" (Ironman magazine). An accomplished author in the field of exercise (Max Contraction Training, Body By Science, The Art of Expressing the Human Body), philosophy, history and martial arts, John's articles have been published in every major fitness and martial arts magazine in North America. He's produced over 40 publications.

Throughout his career, John has worked alongside the biggest names in the industry, from the Estate of Bruce Lee, to bodybuilding icons such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Mentzer, Steve Reeves and Lou Ferrigno to action stars such as Jackie Chan. John is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, having produced and directed films for both independent companies and major studios such as Warner Bros.

John and his wife Terri opened Nautilus North Strength & Fitness Centre in 2004, where they continue to conduct studies on exercise and share the data with their personal training clients. Nautilus North has supervised in excess of 80,000 one-on-one workout sessions.

Check out John Little's NEW book, The Time-Saver's Workout: A Revolutionary New Fitness Plan that Dispels Myths and Optimizes Results

In this podcast, we continue to talk about John's new book (The Time-Saver's Workout), exhaustion and HIT, the Delorme-Watkins method, why diet and exercise do not correlate with longevity and much, much more.

Listen to my other podcasts with John here:

1. John Little: Inside the Mind of Mike Mentzer, Body By Science and his Workout with Hercules
2. How To Find Your Purpose – John Little
3. John Little – The Time Saver's Workout Part 1 (#214)

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Luke Carlson (Luke[@]DiscoverStrength.com) is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength, a fast growing personal training business based in Minneapolis and four other personal training facilities in Minnesota. Discover Strength offers a variety of strength training sessions facilitated by educated and expert trainers. Their personal training facilities are among the highest volume/revenue training facilities in the United States.

Luke is a sought after speaker to businesses and leaders in a variety of industries. He has been into different speaking engagements such as Filex Australia, TaiSPO in Taiwan, the Annual IHRSA Convention, the IHRSA European Congress, the Fitness Leaders Summit, China Fit, Mindbody Bold, and the Vistage Executive Summit.

Alongside HIT legend, Jim Flanagan, Luke Carlson runs The Real HIT Experience, a 2-Day Course on high intensity training and the proven business systems to take your personal training business to the next level – check it out HERE

Once a year, Luke and the Discover Strength team host the Resistance Exercise Conference: The Science and Application of Strength Training for Health and Human Performance. This is my favourite weekend of the year and it's a MUST ATTEND for HIT business owners and trainers. The conference provides incredible keynotes on exercise science and HIT business (like Dr Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher and Luke Carlson), and life changing networking opportunities, which will retool and inspire you to take your personal training career to the next level and exceed your business goals – Register Here

Listen to Luke Carlson's other appearances on the podcast:

1. Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson on How to Build a Successful HIT Business, Forced Reps vs Unassisted MMF and Minimalist Marathon Training
2. What Luke Carlson has Learned about Exercise after Collecting a Ton of Data and Running Large Scale Experiments
3. James Fisher and Luke Carlson – The Keys to Running a Successful Business, Optimizing Your Workouts for Strength and Mass Gains, and the Busy Person's Guide to Working Out
4. Luke Carlson on How to Run and Scale Your Fitness Business in the Smartest and Most Effective Ways Possible
5. Luke Carlson – How To Generate More Revenue In Your High Intensity Training Business
6. Luke Carlson – How To Delegate In Your High Intensity Strength Training Business
7. Luke Carlson – How To Efficiently Utilise Your Exercise Machine Lines For Maximum Profit
8. Luke Carlson – How to Attract and Keep Great Personal Trainers in your HIT Business Part 1

In this podcast, Luke and I continue to discuss how to reward and recognize trainers, Discover Strength's trainers compensation plan, the six questions you need for vision alignment, how to improve employee engagement and much more.

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Walter Vendel (walter[@]fit20.nl) is the CEO of fit20 Group. The first fit20 studio started in 2009. Today, they have more than 120 studios in the Netherlands and continue to grow fast internationally having licensed Master Franchisees in 8 countries on 4 continents.

fit20 is an innovative training studio that offered thousands of people worldwide an effective way to increase their health and fitness levels significantly by training just once a week for 20 minutes. fit20's unique training removes the intimidation of a typical gym and blends personal training, and recovery to improve your strength and overall well-being. With a vision to help millions worldwide, fit20 offers a highly profitable franchising business model for prospective business owners.

In this episode, Walter talks about the history of fit20, how it expanded world-wide through franchising, opportunities for business owners and franchisees, marketing tips to drive more clients into your business, how to grow your business through networking and much more.

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Joe Cirulli (joe.cirulli[@]ghfc.com) is the founder and CEO of Gainesville Health & Fitness (GHF) located in Gainesville, Florida. GHF is one of the most well-known and respected health clubs in the world with more than 27,000 members across three sites: a 78,000 square foot club in the heart of Gainesville, a 25,000 square foot club in the Tioga Town Center, and a 14,000 square foot women-only center in Thornebrooke Village.

2018 marked the 40th year of business for GHF. Cirulli also shares ownership of two rehabilitation centers: ReQuest Physical Therapy and ReQuest Physical Therapy at Tioga with North Florida Regional Medical Center. He employs over 400 people among his Gainesville Health & Fitness Centers and ReQuest Physical Therapy locations.

Joe has focused his life on two things: helping people become healthy and building a company culture that inspires people to become their best. With an inspiring success story, Joe is invited to speak around the world sharing best business practices that have come from a lifetime of building his dream.

Never wavering in his vision or efforts despite adversity—from working for companies that went bankrupt to living on his last 12 cents in his car—Joe's quest always has been to inspire human potential. At 24, he started Gainesville Health & Fitness with only $1,700!

In this podcast, Joe talks about his business journey, how to overcome life/business challenges, how he turned his last 12 cents into a thriving fitness center, fundamentals of running an HIT business, and much more.

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Logan Emmet Herlihy (logansdownunder[@]gmail.com) is a personal trainer at Discover Strength. Logan is a graduate of BS Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Exercise Science at the University of Central Florida. He is a blogger, online coach, and the author of How 2 Look Good Naked: The Least Amount Of Effort, To Look The Best With Your Clothes Off. Aside from being an HIT trainer, Logan is also a certified RYT-200 yoga teacher with 5 years of personal practice and over 200 hours of teaching experience.

In this episode, Logan talks about his new book How 2 Look Good Naked, his HIT journey and routine, fasting and diet, key factors in achieving a great body with less effort, RenEx equipment, and much more.

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Gary Knight (Intensegainsgary[@]gmail.com) is a high-intensity trainer and online HIT coach. He's worked with hundreds of people from different backgrounds, including high powered executives and CEOs. Gary has been able to deliver excellent results as both a personal trainer and online coach, helping clients to optimise their body composition with proven strategies for exercise and nutrition.

Listen to Gary's other appearances on the podcast:

• The Perfect Workout for CEOs
• Gary Knight on the Pointlessness of Periodisation, Objective Ways to Maximise Gains and Extreme Fat Loss on 50-days of McDonalds
• Gary Knight – How To Become An Online HIT and Nutrition Coach (#203)
• Gary Knight – Objectivism, Mike Mentzer, and his "NEW" HIT Program: HD Retro (#213)

This episode is my first coaching session with Gary. We talk about my workout progress, the importance of recording information in a tracker, my new HIT program.

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Luke Carlson (Luke[@]DiscoverStrength.com) is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength, a fast growing personal training business based in Minneapolis and four other personal training facilities in Minnesota. Discover Strength offers a variety of strength training sessions facilitated by educated and expert trainers. Their personal training facilities are among the highest volume/revenue training facilities in the United States.

Luke is a sought after speaker to businesses and leaders in a variety of industries. He has been into different speaking engagements such as Filex Australia, TaiSPO in Taiwan, the Annual IHRSA Convention, the IHRSA European Congress, the Fitness Leaders Summit, China Fit, Mindbody Bold, and the Vistage Executive Summit.

Alongside HIT legend, Jim Flanagan, Luke Carlson runs The Real HIT Experience, a 2-Day Course on high intensity training and the proven business systems to take your personal training business to the next level – check it out HERE

Once a year, Luke and the Discover Strength team host the Resistance Exercise Conference: The Science and Application of Strength Training for Health and Human Performance. This is my favourite weekend of the year and it's a MUST ATTEND for HIT business owners and trainers. The conference provides incredible keynotes on exercise science and HIT business (like Dr Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher and Luke Carlson), and life changing networking opportunities, which will retool and inspire you to take your personal training career to the next level and exceed your business goals – Register Here

Listen to Luke Carlson's other appearances on the podcast:

• Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson on How to Build a Successful HIT Business, Forced Reps vs Unassisted MMF and Minimalist Marathon Training
• What Luke Carlson has Learned about Exercise after Collecting a Ton of Data and Running Large Scale Experiments
• James Fisher and Luke Carlson – The Keys to Running a Successful Business, Optimizing Your Workouts for Strength and Mass Gains, and the Busy Person's Guide to Working Out
• Luke Carlson on How to Run and Scale Your Fitness Business in the Smartest and Most Effective Ways Possible
• Luke Carlson – How To Generate More Revenue In Your High Intensity Training Business
• Luke Carlson – How To Delegate In Your High Intensity Strength Training Business
• Luke Carlson – How To Efficiently Utilise Your Exercise Machine Lines For Maximum Profit

In this podcast, we discuss how to promote your business in colleges/universities, strategies on hiring and on-boarding, and Luke's recent presentation at the Resistance Exercise Conference on how to attract and keep great personal trainers in your HIT business.

Learn how to build a successful high intensity training business and join the HIT Business Membership

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

John Little (Linkedin) is considered "one of the top fitness researchers in North America" (Ironman magazine). An accomplished author in the field of exercise (Max Contraction Training, Body By Science, The Art of Expressing the Human Body), philosophy, history and martial arts, John's articles have been published in every major fitness and martial arts magazine in North America. He's produced over 40 publications.

Throughout his career, John has worked alongside the biggest names in the industry, from the Estate of Bruce Lee, to bodybuilding icons such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Mentzer, Steve Reeves and Lou Ferrigno to action stars such as Jackie Chan. John is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, having produced and directed films for both independent companies and major studios such as Warner Bros.

John and his wife Terri opened Nautilus North Strength & Fitness Centre in 2004, where they continue to conduct studies on exercise and share the data with their personal training clients. Nautilus North has supervised in excess of 80,000 one-on-one workout sessions.

Check out John Little's NEW book, The Time-Saver's Workout: A Revolutionary New Fitness Plan that Dispels Myths and Optimizes Results

Listen to my other podcasts with John here:

• John Little: Inside the Mind of Mike Mentzer, Body By Science and his Workout with Hercules
• How To Find Your Purpose – John Little

Learn how to grow your high intensity training business - Click Here

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