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In this episode we get answers to some of the biggest legal questions regarding gym/box ownership, music copywriter, liability and asset protection:

• What most people running a GYM don’t know that WILL hurt them
• Should you be setting up a legal entity or a sole proprietorship?
• Protecting your personal assets from professional mishaps
• Why you may be setting yourself up for an IRS audit if you’re treating your coaches as contractors
• Music licensing on social media, youtube and more
• What a cease and desist order REALLY means
• The difference between copyright, patents and trademarks
• How and why media companies sue and whether you’re at risk
• And Why even if you’re in the right, you may not be able to afford to defend yourself
• How much insurance your gym really needs
• Creating a proper liability release and waiver document
• Why documents are great, but you’re still going in front of a jury
• How to navigate Lease and Land Agreements
• How many trademark battles are simply corporate bullying
• What you can legally put on a t-shirt
• Protecting yourself from a lawsuit with a client, by just being a good person

After a long hiatus we’re back with Tiffany Hendrickson.

We’ll be talking about:

• Her transition to the East Valley Training Camp
• Traveling around the world while raising a family
• Living in a haunted farm house in England
• The difference between stereotypes and observations
• Me bumming Tiffany out, because I’m a terrible host
• Tiffany’s hiatus from The CrossFit Games
• Why you DON’T WEAR CLOTHES IN A SAUNA!
• Training for the OPEN even when your heart isn’t in it
• Getting to “That Ugly Place”
• The difference between wanting to WIN and NOT WANTING TO FAIL
• Finding the passion to compete again
• How being 11th best on the face of the earth is still not enough for her
• Learning that the joy is in the journey

In the second part of our interview with Andrew Deutsch from NERDSTRONG GYM we talk about:

• The value of Playing
• Focusing on constant progress not immediate results
• Avoiding grinders and smart programming
• Why it’s important to try multiple gyms
• Why social media workout posts are of more value than just vanity
• The upcoming NERDSTRONG App

Learn more at: http://www.nerdstronggym.com/

In the first part of our interview with Andrew Deutsch from NERDSTRONG GYM we talk about:

• Blowing your budget on gadgets
• The origins of NERDSTRONG GYM
• Gamifying Workouts
• Marrying Nerdculture and Fitness
• Breaking the COMIC-BOOK GUY stereotype
• How fitness allows you improve your experience in everything from Cos-Play to Comic-Con

Learn more at: http://www.nerdstronggym.com/

Welcome to Part 2 of the "HAVE YOU MET LEANDA" interview!

In the second half of our talk with The CrossFit Spirit Animal, we talk about:

• Working harder as part of a team because you don’t want to let anyone down
• Being proud of your hard work
• Leanda knows more about KONG FEST than I do, because she’s everywhere at all times
• Why people are lifting stones long and NO D-Balls are not the same thing
• How you can actually SAVE money on seminars by going to the CrossFit Games
• Why we all want the Games to be in February (But it’ll probably never happen)
• The biggest douche bag at the CrossFit Games and politely suggest he commit suicide 
• How Golden Tickets recreated Dawn of The Dead
• (A 20 minute chunk in which we don’t talk about ANYTHING related to fitness)
• Turning my nose up at REDBOX. COME ON! ITS 2015 PEOPLE!!! 
• Seeing the birth AND death of blockbuster
• How Leanda and her husband have figured out the secret to a good marriage is acting like pre-schoolers 
• The connection between evolving attitudes towards women’s fitness and how that translates to forward military operations
• Why neither of us can handle PORTLANDIA because it hits too close to home
• Leanda tells Zack Forrest he’s not getting a god damn KILLCLIFF 
• The watermelon farm CrossFit Fury (Ya?... I know right?)
• Learning Ballet in a CrossFit gym, which I 100% want to do and is WAY MORE valuable than people think.
• Why opening a gym to “MAKE MONEY” is a recipe for failure    
• Reliving the 80s and 90s
• How The Star Wars Movies have become like a HOT/CRAZY Girlfriend

Have you met Leanda? 

If not, you probably haven’t been in the Southwest CrossFit community for long.

 We're going to talk with the CrossFit spirit animal of the southwest about... alot.

Including:

• Tourists die from dehydration in AZ ALL THE TIME!
• Why doctors are apparently telling Hawaiians that it’s totally cool to get fat, give up and die
• Having a kid brave enough to tell their parent “Get off your fat ass Mom!”
• Being trapped in the cycle of obesity and depression and how you can get out.
• When it’s better to ignore your doctor
• Why a Crossfit Kids Certification May teach you more about coaching adults than the L1

• The tactical mistake of telling Leanda she can talk as long as she likes (just kidding, she’s delightful).

• The fun, exciting and exhausting experience of being a CrossFit Games Volunteer

• Why the Volunteers at the CrossFit Games may be doing more lifting than some of the Athletes.

• Why being a volunteer at the crossfit games is even more fun than being a spectator

• Stopping your education at your L1 makes you a crummy coach

REMINDER!: This is a 2 Part Podcast, Part 2 coming next week!

This week we talk to August Schmidt Founder and Owner of East Valley CrossFit and Iron Athlete Clinics 

We talk about:

• Why CrossFit athletes need to start training STRONGMAN immediately
• The value of continuing education for all athlete levels
• The origins of East Valley, starting in August’s garage and moving into the CrossFit business model
• The difference between opening a gym and opening a successful gym
• Why big box gyms can charge less than specialty gyms and why you get what you pay for.
• How to program for success in the CrossFit Open
• How to know what to expect at Regionals and the Games
• Why people complain that ROGUE equipment is expensive, CLEARY haven’t been lifting long.
• How the demand for weightlifting programs has changed
• The key to building a weightlifting team
• Why you don’t want to be the best lifter in the gym
• Why gyms change hands and it’s not always because they’re failing
• The business of a gym and the top things to do and avoid
• The truth about paleo and it’s relationship to performance
• And… the difference between health and performance

http://www.ironathleteclinics.com/

http://eastvalleycrossfit.com/