Well my friends it’s been a hot minute, but we’re BACK with a new Q&A podcast!

Now in the past when I’ve done these, I’ve always posted to IG and hoped (prayed!) that my core audience would see it and ask their questions.

But this time I decided to get smart, sent it out to my newsletter list, and we got an absolute TON of awesome questions.

In this episode we cover everything from increasing your income, to in-season training, to force plate testing, to gen pop program design and so much more.

Needless to say there’s something in here for every trainer and coach, so I know you’re going to love it.

Let’s do this!

At the end of the day, you have to find high level trainers and coaches to to surround yourself with.

– MR

Hawkin Dynamics designs and builds performance hardware and software the right way.

Their dual wireless force plates give you the most accurate, real-time data on athletic performance.

You’ll have the ability to performance test your athletes in a matter of seconds, and give them immediate feedback on their strengths, weaknesses and readiness for that day’s training session.

Their software is designed in house and continually updated to ensure the interface is clean, intuitive and easy to use, so both you and your athletes can visualize what’s going on and how to improve their performance.

And Hawkin Dynamics is built around their customers and provide industry-leading support and training services to ensure you get the most out of their solutions.

With options to lease or buy, coupled with a 5-year warranty, Hawkin Dynamics force plates can take your performance facility to the next level.

To learn more, head over to HawkinDynamics.com or follow them on Instagram @HawinDynamics.

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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As an adult, it’s NORMAL to feel stuck at certain points in your career…

…and I believe this is even more true in the fitness industry than others!

Look, I’m 24 years in and I know there were numerous times along the way I felt like I was making zero progress.

Couldn’t get a job out of college.

Only working with broken people in a rehab job I hated after that.

Grinding for hours on end doing in-home training.

But rather than complain about everything that’s wrong, let’s focus on coming up with ideas to get you moving forward.

Today’s episode is like a private, 1-on-1 mentorship or coaching call with yours truly.

Whether you’re not making enough money, not getting great results, or simply don’t feel like you’re getting better, we’re going to walk you through 5 different reasons you might feel stuck, and how to fix it ASAP.

Let’s do this!

Social media is NOT continuing education. Is it inspiring at times? Sure. Does it give you some great ideas? Sure.

But continuing education? That’s a strong hell no my friend.

– MR

Are you a young fitness trainer or coach?

Are you frustrated by the results you’re getting or the lack of resources available to learn the skills you need to be successful?

Are you struggling to get enough clients or wondering how long you’ll be able to follow your passion for helping others?

It’s time to stop the frustration and stop worrying. It’s time to get certified!

If you’re serious about improving your results, serious about becoming a better coach, and serious about increasing your bottom line, then you need the Complete Coach Certification.

In this massive course, you’ll learn:

This certification is jam-packed with everything I’ve learned over the last 20 years of my career.

So if you’re ready to get serious about the results you’re getting for your clients and the impact your programs have on your income, head over to www.completecoachcertification.com to sign up for the Complete Coach Certification course today!

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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So back in my 2024 Review/2025 Preview Podcast, I mentioned making some stylistic changes to the podcast.

You got a little bit of that a few weeks ago, when I released my solo show focused on creating a stable of ideal clients.

And today you’re going to get yet another format – an open-forum, barbershop style discussion with my guy Stephen Calarco!

I’ve known Stephen for years and have a ton of respect for him, so he was an easy choice for my first “guest host” style show.

And in this episode, we’re going to cover a bunch of different topics, including what it’s REALLY like to open and operate a gym, why real-world continuing education is so important, and the value of taking time for yourself as a trainer or coach.

There’s a ton of gold in this show, and I can’t wait for you to check it out!

I think it’s important as a coach to define what success means.

So when someone asks, ‘Do you run a successful fitness business?’, I don’t know – what’s YOUR definition of success?

– Stephen Calarco

Are you tired of using clunky, antiquated program design tools like Microsoft Word or Excel?

Are you ready to level up your programming, and make it far more engaging to your clients and athletes?

If so, you need to check out Train Heroic.

I’ve been using TrainHeroic for years now both here at RTS and at IFAST, and I can tell you the user experience both as an athlete and coach is truly second to none.

To learn more and start your free 14-day trial, just follow this link to learn more about Train Heroic.

Not only will you get your first 14 days free, but it’s just $10/month to get started officially after that.

So don’t wait any longer – head over trainheroic.co/rts and start crafting beautiful programs your clients and athletes will love TODAY!

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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As a kid, I remember being enamored with tech and what the future could hold.

Whether it was watching digital tennis instructors in movies like Total Recall, or imagining actually being IN your favorite video game, I knew the future was going to be pretty awesome.

And with today’s episode, it feels like the future is NOW!

A lifelong entrepreneur, technologist, martial artist and coach, Steven Webster is the CEO & Founder of ASENSEI, the leading technology that uses motion capture and human movement recognition to power personalized Connected Health and Fitness experiences.

And in this episode we’re going to take a deep dive into the intersection between coaching and technology!

With ASENSEI, we want to give coaches the information they need.

– Steven Webster

Are you a young fitness trainer or coach?

Are you frustrated by the results you’re getting or the lack of resources available to learn the skills you need to be successful?

Are you struggling to get enough clients or wondering how long you’ll be able to follow your passion for helping others?

It’s time to stop the frustration and stop worrying. It’s time to get certified!

If you’re serious about improving your results, serious about becoming a better coach, and serious about increasing your bottom line, then you need the Complete Coach Certification.

In this massive course, you’ll learn:

This certification is jam-packed with everything I’ve learned over the last 20 years of my career.

So if you’re ready to get serious about the results you’re getting for your clients and the impact your programs have on your income, head over to www.completecoachcertification.com to sign up for the Complete Coach Certification course today!

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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Most “high level” trainers and coaches don’t like to talk about this, but we’ve ALL had crappy clients and athletes over the years.

The person who is never motivated to train.

Late cancels all the time (but doesn’t want to get charged).

And literally sucks the life out of you every time they’re in the gym.

But have faith my friend, because there’s a better way!

In this show, I’m going to give you 3 steps every trainer and coach should take to create a stable of ideal clients that they love working with.

Let’s do this!

Culture is absolutely a thing. It’s something you need to be conscious of. And what I keep coming back to is that culture is driven from the top-down.

– Mike Robertson

Are you tired of using clunky, antiquated program design tools like Microsoft Word or Excel?

Are you ready to level up your programming, and make it far more engaging to your clients and athletes?

If so, you need to check out Train Heroic.

I’ve been using TrainHeroic for years now both here at RTS and at IFAST, and I can tell you the user experience both as an athlete and coach is truly second to none.

To learn more and start your free 14-day trial, just follow this link to learn more about Train Heroic.

Not only will you get your first 14 days free, but it’s just $10/month to get started officially after that.

So don’t wait any longer – head over trainheroic.co/rts and start crafting beautiful programs your clients and athletes will love TODAY!

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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Do you work with athletes who want to improve their vertical jump?

Are you curious about the differences between 2-leg and 1-leg jumping?

Or how the best dunkers of all time approach their jump training?

If so, you’re going to LOVE today’s episode!

Tyler Ray is a former professional dunker and a true expert in the space of vertical jump training. His business is a combination of education for trainers and coaches like us, but he still works with athletes as well, helping them take their jump technique and performance to the next level.

And in this week’s show, we’re going to take a deep dive into how YOU can help your athletes jump higher than ever before!

It’s became a buzzword, right? The penultimate stride. Everybody now wants to speak on it and give their opinions on it.

But a lot of people still don’t really understand its true purpose, and you can actually get yourself into a lot of trouble if you create a penultimate stride that’s too long.

– Tyler Ray

Hawkin Dynamics designs and builds performance hardware and software the right way.

Their dual wireless force plates give you the most accurate, real-time data on athletic performance.

You’ll have the ability to performance test your athletes in a matter of seconds, and give them immediate feedback on their strengths, weaknesses and readiness for that day’s training session.

Their software is designed in house and continually updated to ensure the interface is clean, intuitive and easy to use, so both you and your athletes can visualize what’s going on and how to improve their performance.

And Hawkin Dynamics is built around their customers and provide industry-leading support and training services to ensure you get the most out of their solutions.

With options to lease or buy, coupled with a 5-year warranty, Hawkin Dynamics force plates can take your performance facility to the next level.

To learn more, head over to HawkinDynamics.com or follow them on Instagram @HawinDynamics.

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

The post Unlocking the Secrets of Vertical Jump Training with Tyler Ray appeared first on Robertson Training Systems.

I don’t know about you, but it felt like 2024 absolutely BLEW BY.

Maybe it’s just my age or everything I have going on, but it definitely seemed to be here and gone faster than most.

So whenever a year wraps up, I like to take some time, decompress, and really get clear on my personal and professional life.

What’s going well?

What needs to improve?

And how can I make the upcoming year my best year EVER?

Well in this week’s episode, I’m going to give you a candid look at what went well in 2024, and what I’m going to do in 2025 to make it an amazing year for all of us here at RTS.

Let’s do this!

I want to work with high performers and people that have the internal motivation to see change, whether that’s with their body, their mind, their programming, or their coaching.

–  MR

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

The post RTS and IFAST 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Preview appeared first on Robertson Training Systems.

Have you ever thought about the BUSINESS SIDE of collegiate strength and conditioning?

For instance, how do you go about hiring high-quality staff?

How do you develop them and ensure they’re growing while under your tutelage?

And how the heck do you decide what to spend money on?

Well lucky for us, today’s guest has experience doing all of this!

Eric Guthrie joined George Washington in 2021 and is responsible for overseeing the sports performance department and working directly with Gymnastics and Lacrosse.

Guthrie came to GW from the University of Illinois at Chicago where he worked as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach since 2013.

And in this episode, we’re going to break down the business of collegiate strength and conditioning!

You have to turn the dial up and down…you’re not going to go into working with golf at the same intensity as you would with football or baseball.

– Eric Guthrie

If you’re looking to improve your conditioning and recovery, or take your health and performance to the next level, you need to try Morpheus.

Created by world-renowned conditioning expert Joel Jamieson, in just 3 minutes per day, you can test your Heart Rate Variability (or HRV) to monitor your recovery and see how hard you should workout.

Based on your recovery, Morpehus will help auto-regulate your training and prescribe specific heart rate training zones you should be working in to maximize your results.

And to help guide you in this process, Morpheus will give you Zone Based Interval Training workouts – so instead of being “random,” these sessions will actually help push you towards you training goals!

Whether you want high-intensity, low-intensity or something in between, Morpheus has a zone-based workout you can follow.

If you’d like to learn more, head over to TrainWithMorpehus.com and see how Morpheus can help take your conditioning, recovery and health to the next level!

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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How should our training change or evolve as we age?

Is it time to hang up the old lifting shoes and take up stamp collecting?

Or can we still get in the gym and get after it?

Well if you’re over 40 (or getting there faster than you’d like), then this is the episode for you!

In this week’s podcast, we’re going to cover a ton of concepts to help you stay strong, lean and athletic well into your 40’s and beyond.

Whether it’s dialing in your training, dialing in your recovery, or optimizing your mental health and mindset, I guarantee you’ll take a thing or two away from this episode.

Let’s do this!

You don’t have to test your strength every week. If you train consistently, you know on those good days, the heavy weights are there.

-MR

Are you a young fitness trainer or coach?

Are you frustrated by the results you’re getting or the lack of resources available to learn the skills you need to be successful?

Are you struggling to get enough clients or wondering how long you’ll be able to follow your passion for helping others?

It’s time to stop the frustration and stop worrying. It’s time to get certified!

If you’re serious about improving your results, serious about becoming a better coach, and serious about increasing your bottom line, then you need the Complete Coach Certification.

In this massive course, you’ll learn:

This certification is jam-packed with everything I’ve learned over the last 20 years of my career.

So if you’re ready to get serious about the results you’re getting for your clients and the impact your programs have on your income, head over to www.completecoachcertification.com to sign up for the Complete Coach Certification course today!

Spots are limited, and the next certification is set to launch in March.

To learn more, please join my FREE Insiders List and stay tuned for our launch details to save $200 when the course opens!

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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Have you ever thought about how we can improve the healthcare system in our country?

Maybe you got hurt, and didn’t have the ability to finish physical therapy.

Maybe you realize that truly proactive healthcare starts with foundational elements like exercise, nutrition and recovery versus doctors visits and medication.

Or maybe in a worst case scenario, you’ve lost a loved one to cancer or heart disease, simply because they were diagnosed too late.

Well if you’ve ever thought there has to be a better way, you’re going to love today’s episode of the podcast.

Dr. Jeremy Bettle is internationally recognized as a leading expert in the field of Human Performance. His role as an innovator and disruptor, over almost 20 years, at the cutting edge of high performance sport led to the development of world-leading systems of athlete care and optimization.

Now, as the founder of Vitality Collective, Jeremy is applying these principles of athlete optimization to the broader field of longevity, with individuals who don’t leave any stone unturned in their pursuit of optimal health and vitality.

And today, we’re going to talk about how Jeremy is making this proactive version of healthcare a reality!

We start treating you BEFORE something hurts. We get you above strength levels so you don’t blow out your Achilles.

– Dr. Jeremy Bettle

Hawkin Dynamics designs and builds performance hardware and software the right way.

Their dual wireless force plates give you the most accurate, real-time data on athletic performance.

You’ll have the ability to performance test your athletes in a matter of seconds, and give them immediate feedback on their strengths, weaknesses and readiness for that day’s training session.

Their software is designed in house and continually updated to ensure the interface is clean, intuitive and easy to use, so both you and your athletes can visualize what’s going on and how to improve their performance.

And Hawkin Dynamics is built around their customers and provide industry-leading support and training services to ensure you get the most out of their solutions.

With options to lease or buy, coupled with a 5-year warranty, Hawkin Dynamics force plates can take your performance facility to the next level.

To learn more, head over to HawkinDynamics.com or follow them on Instagram @HawinDynamics.

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast!

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts and leave your honest review. I’d also love to connect via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit our website.

Thanks so much for your support – love and appreciate you!

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