My guest is none other than Ed Haynes. Ed is the CEO and founder of coastal CrossFit, Hong Kong. He also runs an online group program called the process programming and he's the co-founder of earned athletics apparel. How does this guy run three businesses, and keep fit, manage a team, deliver a podcast, find time for a healthy work-life balance and do so much?

I've known Ed since 2010, and I've watched his career grow from a distance. So it was great to reconnect with ed and to hear about his career journey. 

I was super inspired by so much of this conversation. And when I was going through trying to figure out the highlights, I was just highlighting everything.

There's so much to take away from this podcast. We talk about leadership. We talk about extreme ownership. We talk about self-reflection self-development, and we talk about company values. There are just so many gold nuggets throughout this conversation and I'll be listening to it multiple times. 

Anyway. I really hope you enjoy this episode.

Let's get stuck in. 

My guest today is strength and conditioning coach Steve Collins.

Steve and I started our personal training careers at the same commercial gym in Angel, London, in 2010. Showing our age now.

Steve realised that working for a commercial gym isn't the best way to build a financially stable career. So, he hired a personal training studio in central London and started his own P.T. business.

He also accepted a job at Ultimate Performance, a globally recognised body fat transformation gym. UP has locations worldwide, and they've built a certain reputation in the industry.

Steve talks about his hunger to become a successful strength coach and the wrong turns he took as he grew his career in London.

After working crazy hours and feeling close to burnout, he decided to take a break and handed his clients over to his colleagues and holiday in Australia. He loved the mangos and avocados so much that he chose to stay in Australia and rebuild his training career from scratch.

He accepted a job at a gym in Perth, and it wasn't long before he was working crazy hours, getting out of bed at 4:15 am 5 days a week, and feeling burnout and depressed. Steve was stuck in his role and didn't have an escape route until his permanent residency was approved.

Steve left the gym and started working from his home garage gym as soon as he could.

In this episode, we cover a lot from the "work harder" fitness industry culture, burnout, depression, finding a sustainable career, and being in control.

I hope you enjoy this episoide.

Let's get stuck in.

I believe online personal trainers deserve a career that offers them both freedom and financial security. 

One of the best ways to accomplish this is to choose a client niche. 

In this episode of the Protect The Asset Podcast, I want to discuss the resistance personal trainers feel when choosing an online niche and narrowing down. 

This is a widespread problem that many online personal trainers have, and it's costing them business.

Why is it so hard to choose a niche? 

Why do we feel a strong resistance to narrowing down our audience? 

I place some of the blame on the mainstream fitness culture.  There are a lot of fitness educators encouraging P.T's to be the generalist, but this leads to overwhelm, imposter syndrome, and burnout. 

You can't possibly be the best personal trainer for every client.

The truth is, you don't want to be.

So, what can you do to become a leader in your field and build a sustainable career that allows you to work less and earn more? 

Listen to find out...

My guest today is Jordan Travers.

At a young age, Jordan wanted to be a marine biologist, but after being in a serious scooter accident, he spent about a year recovering both physically and mentally. 

During this time, surrounded by health care professionals, Jordan decided to change his career plans.

A couple of years after his accident, Jordan started his personal training career at one of the most prestigious gyms in Australia, 5th element.

He quickly climbed the ranks from the juice bar to a level 3 5th Element personal trainer.

He was passionate about personal training, and he was going above and beyond to deliver client results. Like so many of us.

In 2017 he published a book, man alive, about his story and his passion for men's health. 

By the end of 2017, he was absolutely cooked, his words. So he decided to let his in-person clients go and focus on a corporate wellness program.

Jordan is now working as a health and P.E teacher as well as running rights of passage retreats for young men. Jordan's passion for health is evident in everything he does.

Jordan shares his journey and reflects on what he might have done differently if he had his time again.

We talk about the long hours, the endless opportunities, always saying "yes", sacrificing his health and happiness for the job, the toxic nature of social media in the health and fitness space, building a brand, and so much more.

Jordan also managed to turn the microphone around and ask me some powerful questions during this podcast. I got a little emotional when he asked me why I do what I do. Part of me wanted to take this out of the podcast, but another wanted to be vulnerable and authentic, so I left most of it in there.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this podcast. Please feel free to leave a review and share this podcast with those who might find it helpful.

Let's get stuck in!`

In today's episode, my guest is a good friend, an old college and training buddy for a previous life in London, and a personal trainer who has moved his career 100% online.

Erdi Babili transitioned from being an in-person P.T working out of a typical commercial gym, to running a hybrid method in-person and online business, to teaching classes, opening his gym, and then finally deciding to take a leap of faith and move his career 100% online.

IN this episode, we focus on Erdi's transition from in-persona P.T to 100% online P.T.  This journey took place between early 2017 to late 2019 as Erdi was being pulled in all directions with his coaching career.

Initially, online personal training was an extra income stream that continued to pay Erdi a wage when he left the commercial gym, worked as a contracted coach teaching classes, running workshops, and opening his own gym.

Erdi talks about several vital mentors and a number of career coaching courses that helped him grow in confidence and build a successful online career.

He went from earning 2000-2500GBP per month while working in the commercial gym 60-80hr per week, to working 10-15hr a week and making 4000-5000GBP per month working as an online coach.

He says that online personal training has given him the freedom to choose his working hours, spend more time with his partner, focus on his health, make more progress in his training, travel, and deliver better client results.

There are a lot of great tips and insights into how Erdi successful transition his career. So if you're a personal trainer who has an online business, or you are looking to offer an online service, you're going to enjoy this episode.

Let's get to it!

Music: Scott Holmes

My guest today is a personal trainer who has taken some significant leaps of faith in his coaching career.

Erwin Regidor has had a very unique and exciting career journey that started back in the day when he was playing American Football and following a bodybuilding style of training.

Erwin competed in amateur bodybuilding events before setting his sights on the marines. He knew his training approach needed to change, and that's when he discovered CrossFit.

He later left his unfulfilling corporate career and started his coaching career at a CrossFit gym in Santa Cruz.

After a few years of coaching, he took his first BIG leap of faith and moved to China to take on the role of head coach at one of the first CrossFit gyms in Shanghai.

A few years later, he would take a second leap of faith and move his career online.

Erwin puts a lot of this down to luck, but over the years you see that Erwin has established himself as a reputable and trustworthy coach.

Being a personal trainer can be challenging at times, and it can be hard to "take a leap of faith" in our careers and walk away from the career security we have. We have a sense of loyalty to our clients, gym members, colleague and even our employer.

However, sometimes we need to take that leap of faith to move forward in our careers.

Erwin shares some great insights into his career journey, and those of you considering a change your coaching role will enjoy this episode.

Let's get stuck in. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Erwin Regidor.

G'day, and Welcome to episode one of The protect the asset podcast. Today, I'm excited to be talking to Matt Connolly about his career journey.