According to youth sports coach, Jeremy Frisch, playing sports can open up whole new worlds for any person.

Jeremy’s the Director and Owner of Achieve Performance Training, a physical fitness facility in Clinton, Massachusetts that focuses on youth athletic development.

Jeremy believes that it’s essential for kids to explore experiences, making it more critical for them to enjoy sports and athleticism.

But how do you make physical training more engaging for the younger generation?

Jeremy’s secret: fun and creativity.

Jeremy joins me today to discuss how coaches and trainers can evolve their youth athletic training programs.

He explains how he divides and structures classes at his gym to ensure that every kid, regardless of age or skill, has an amazing experience.

He discusses why coaches don’t need expensive obstacle equipment to make training and exercise enjoyable for the younger generation.

And last but not least, he shares his advice for coaches who want to make their youth training program more dynamic and underscores the value of incorporating fun and play in training athletes of all ages.

If you tell a kid ‘you’re going to run 300 yards right now,’ the kid will be miserable. But, if we put it in a game and disguise it as fun, the kids won’t even realize how much they’ve run. – Jeremy Frisch

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 massive certification course 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 2022.

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 with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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The thing about change is—whether it’s good or bad—it forces you to reflect on where you’re at, where you’re going, and where you want to be.

So many pivotal moments in my life—from meeting my mentors, opening a gym, to raising kids—have taught me about being a coach, entrepreneur, and father.

With the amount of change going on recently, I’ve sure had a lot of opportunities to reflect on those pivotal life moments and their lessons.

Today, I reflect on five thoughts that could help you live a healthier, happier, and more successful life and coaching career.

I explain why you need to choose your mentors wisely and reveal the characteristics that make a great mentor.

I discuss the key considerations you need to make before you open a gym, and describe why coaches need to remind themselves that social media isn’t real.

And last but not least, I underscore the power of taking small, consistent steps towards your goal every day and highlight the importance of engaging and coaching the youth.

Good things don’t happen overnight. Take small, actionable steps daily if you want to achieve massive, long-term goals. – Mike Robertson

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 massive certification course 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 2022.

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 with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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Brett Jones is grateful to the many mentors who have provided opportunities for him and allowed him to stand where he does now in his career.

He’s the Director of Education at StrongFirst, the school of strength founded by Pavel Tsatsouline, who introduced Russian kettlebell to the West in 1998.

Brett has been teaching—and swinging—the kettlebell over the past 20 years, as well as consulting with professional teams and athletes worldwide.

Despite his experience and expertise, Brett continues to evolve his coaching principles and remains dedicated to developing the fitness industry’s quality of education.

Brett joins me today to share what he’s learned over two decades of teaching and coaching kettlebell.

He discusses the importance of movement screening and evaluation in training and explains why coaches need to do a needs analysis on their program design.

He shares how his training philosophy has evolved throughout his career.

And last but not least, Brett also describes how he got back to training after battling cancer and underscores what it means to be a leader.

You’ll find that things keep getting added in program design, and at a certain point it’s more powerful to identify what you need to delete from it. – Brett Jones

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 massive certification course 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 2022.

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 with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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To the strength and conditioning coach, speaker, and consultant, Keir Wenham-Flatt, asking the right questions is as crucial as getting the right answers.

Keir is the founder of Strength Coach Network, a platform that helps strength and conditioning professionals climb the coaching career ladder. He has presented at major sporting organizations, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, English Rugby Premiership, and the Argentina Soccer Primera.

Keir, who has worked at the elite level of multiple sports worldwide, believes that coaches need to keep asking themselves the right questions on everything they do—from reverse engineering sports to pre-season testing.

Keir joins me today to discuss what he learned from professional to collegiate sport and why the collegiate strength and conditioning game is tough. He outlines the concepts of reverse engineering performance and testing to ensure we’re getting the most out of our training buck.

He examines what agility is and describes the distinguishing characteristics of change of direction, drills, and perception. Keir also underscores the power of asking the right questions about testing and training and shares his advice on how strength and conditioning coaches can find success in their careers.

The body will only move at the speed the brain is able to process and make decisions. – Keir Wenham-Flatt

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 massive certification course 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 2022.

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 with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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Glenn Robinson III is someone I’m privileged to call a friend.

I remember watching his father, Glenn Robinson Jr.—also known as “The Big Dog”—when I was a young player growing up. I loved watching the Big 10 and seeing The Big Dog himself go at it.

So, many years later, when I got to work with his son, Glenn, it was a huge deal for me.

But Glenn never felt like he was walking in his father’s shadow. Glenn, a 7-year NBA veteran, has played with several teams, including the Detroit Pistons, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Golden State Warriors, and the Indiana Pacers, where he was the NBA Slam Dunk Champion.

Beyond basketball, Glenn is doing some important work in the world as the founder of the ARI Foundation, a non-profit organization that empowers fathers and provides assistance to fatherless children and families.

Glenn joins me today to discuss how he found his love for basketball and what it was like to be the son of basketball superstar, Glenn Robinson Jr.

He describes how he trained with a dunk coach and won the 2017 NBA Dunk Contest.

He explains why coaches need to know their athletes and how his strength and conditioning training has changed over the years.

And Glenn also shares what being a father means to him and highlights the work that he does for the ARI Foundation.

Being a professional weight room coach means learning the proper techniques for everything, because you need to know how to adjust to these athletes. – Glenn Robinson III

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 massive certification course 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 2022.

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 with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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The author of New Man Emerging, Michael DeSanti, has always had a fascination for the human condition.

He dedicated much of his younger years to learning about spirituality, psychology, human design, health, and wellness.

However, it wasn’t until later—when he was working in the corporate world—that he discovered that his passions for human development and helping people could be turned into a coaching career.

Today, in accordance with his life’s mission, Mike serves the world as a Men’s Fulfillment Coach, helping people shift their mindset from success to fulfillment.

Mike joins me today to discuss the difference between success and fulfillment.

He shares how he found his passion for coaching others while working for his uncle’s company.

He explains what it means to “keep death close” and describes the chapter in his life that inspired that philosophy.

He discusses why and how the mind is a tool that can become out of control and differentiates what it means to be responsive or reactive.

And last but not least, Mike also underscores the value of cultivating focused energy and highlights how claiming our uniqueness is a step toward serving humanity.

Success is an achievement in only one domain of life—typically in career or finance. But fulfillment is where all life’s domains receive the appropriate amount of love and affection. – Michael DeSanti

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 massive certification course 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 2022.

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 with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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When Joel Jamieson, Founder and CEO of 8WeeksOut, began working with athletes and clients in his gym 20 years ago, he realized the key role of recovery, as well as its unpredictability.

While the results of training were driven by recovery, recovery was, in turn, driven by factors coaches couldn’t track inside the gym: sleep duration, nutrition quality, and physical movement.

Joel’s passion for closing this gap between training and recovery led him to create Morpheus, a fitness platform designed to accelerate recovery and fitness.

Joel joins me today to discuss his “Train, Recover, and Repeat” model and explain why it is crucial to take client and athlete recovery beyond taking a day off.

He describes the interrelatedness of sleep, quality nutrition, movement, and training, and how they all work together to encourage recovery.

Joel also discusses how integrating recovery in a training program increases client retention at the gym and underscores the importance of sustainability in health, training, and fitness.

Training is important, but recovery dictates how much you can train. – Joel Jamieson

Are you ready to take your coaching and training career to the next level?

You need to find great mentors to guide you along your journey – to help you find the blind spots in your own training programs and improve your skills as a coach.

But… mentorship can be expensive, and unfortunately, it’s not always feasible for some budgets.

That’s why Bill Hartman and I developed IFAST University, an online curriculum and mentorship program designed exclusively for fitness trainers, coaches, and rehab professionals.

We want to help every trainer and coach in the industry improve their training techniques and write better training programs for their clients.

By becoming a member of IFAST University, you’ll receive:

This blend of content and Q&A is specifically designed to help make YOU the best fitness trainer you can be.

To learn more or to join IFAST University now, visit https://ifastuniversity.com/

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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As soon as Dr. Amy Bender’s aunt took her to a sleep lab, she became fascinated about sleep research.

In fact, she was so fascinated that she eventually found herself landing a job as a sleep technologist at Washington State University, where she would go on to complete her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, focusing on sleep EEG.

She later became a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Calgary, where she worked with Canadian Olympic athletes—an experience close to her heart, as she was once an elite athlete herself.

Today, in addition to her role as the Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra, Amy serves as a consultant who helps executives, athletes, and everyday people sleep better.

Amy joins me today to discuss the science behind sleep and why it’s essential to the health and performance of athletes and the general population alike. She shares her advice for getting better sleep and discusses what individuals can do when they wake up in the middle of the night.

She describes how poor sleeping habits can impact health and affect the body’s hormones.

And Amy also shares her tips for optimizing sleep when traveling and overcoming jet lag, and underscores how breathing and cognitive practices can help us get better sleep.

There are many things we can do to optimize our sleep, and it all starts with sleep hygiene. – Dr. Amy Bender

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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With a truly pragmatic approach to training, Chris Chase emphasizes establishing standards in his programs.

KPIs, he notes, provides a framework that helps players get to where they need to be.

Perhaps this is wisdom drawn from experience; after all, Chris has coached at every level there is.

He has served as Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Southern California and, in 2015, was named the Atlanta Hawks’ Performance Coach.

Chris is currently an NBA Strength & Conditioning Coach and enters his third season serving as the Memphis Grizzlies’ Director of Performance.

Chris joins me today to discuss the value of establishing standards, KPIs, and putting them to practice.

He explains how quantifying information can help training and programming become more efficient and discusses the importance of using machines and isolation exercises.

He also shares how he incorporates flywheels in training and how he monitors the demands of basketball in-game and uses his research to impact players’ training in the weight room.

Establishing standards, KPIs, and key results provides a framework when setting goals with players and objectifying where they need to be. – Chris Chase

Are you ready to take your coaching and training career to the next level?

You need to find great mentors to guide you along your journey – to help you find the blind spots in your own training programs and improve your skills as a coach.

But… mentorship can be expensive, and unfortunately, it’s not always feasible for some budgets.

That’s why Bill Hartman and I developed IFAST University, an online curriculum and mentorship program designed exclusively for fitness trainers, coaches, and rehab professionals.

We want to help every trainer and coach in the industry improve their training techniques and write better training programs for their clients.

By becoming a member of IFAST University, you’ll receive:

This blend of content and Q&A is specifically designed to help make YOU the best fitness trainer you can be.

To learn more or to join IFAST University now, visit https://ifastuniversity.com/

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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Like many people, Molly Galbraith was unhappy with her body when she was 18 and would spend years struggling with insecurities.

But, when she discovered how she could stop comparing herself to other women, Molly dedicated her life to supporting women and helping them feel strong, confident, and empowered in their lives and bodies.

She and other passionate women co-founded Girls Gone Strong as a platform dedicated to women and strength. Since its founding, Girls Gone Strong has grown to become the world’s premier education company that provides evidence-based interdisciplinary health, fitness nutrition, and pregnancy education for women and the health and fitness professionals who work with them.

In her book, Strong Women Lift Each Other Up, Molly draws from her experience as a coach and Woman-in-Charge at Girls Gone Strong to guide women through what it takes to use their values and lift other women.

Molly joins me today to discuss training during and after pregnancy. She discusses pelvic organ health and the role of coaches in supporting women’s health.

She reveals the dos and don’ts of exercising and lifting heavy weights while pregnant and shares her advice for planning a return-to-work program for women postpartum.

And Molly also explains why she is a staunch advocate of therapy and mental health and how women can develop a healthy relationship with their bodies.

Unless you’re someone who specializes in working with young male bodybuilders, you’re going to work with women, and there are things you need to know about their bodies to be able to coach them well. – Molly Galbraith

Are you ready to take your coaching and training career to the next level?

You need to find great mentors to guide you along your journey – to help you find the blind spots in your own training programs and improve your skills as a coach.

But… mentorship can be expensive, and unfortunately, it’s not always feasible for some budgets.

That’s why Bill Hartman and I developed IFAST University, an online curriculum and mentorship program designed exclusively for fitness trainers, coaches, and rehab professionals.

We want to help every trainer and coach in the industry improve their training techniques and write better training programs for their clients.

By becoming a member of IFAST University, you’ll receive:

This blend of content and Q&A is specifically designed to help make YOU the best fitness trainer you can be.

To learn more or to join IFAST University now, visit https://ifastuniversity.com/

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Physical Preparation Podcast with Mike Robertson – your one-stop-shop for fitness trainers, coaches, and athletes.

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

And last but not least, please don’t forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media. Thank you!

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