The Strength Coach Podcast

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Matt Nichol, Owner of Paragenix Systems

We spoke about:

• What objective and subjective measures he uses with athletes
• Accountability and what tough love means to him
• How he programs speed training
• Competition in the gym
• His input with on-ice training during his summer camp
• His approach with injured athletes in the off-season
• Motor learning consideration with training
• How he adds variety without becoming a circus sideshow
• Much more

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We spoke about:

• Making it fun at MBSC
• Individualization with Athletes in Groups
• Unilateral training doesn’t equate to lighter loads

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

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Use referral code StrengthCoach to get started on a free 30 day trial.

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 17 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

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We spoke about:

• Is linear speed is enough to transfer to other qualities of athleticism and agility
• Managing the multisport athlete- from the actual sport to the gym

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

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About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 17 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

Thanks for Listening!

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Vince Gabriele, owner of Gabriele Fitness and founder of Fitness Business University and Kiss Marketing 

"Five Ways to Get More Small Group Training Clients"

We spoke about:

• How he got on the Perform Better speaking tour
• Tips for getting on any speaking tour
  • Show up
  • Talk to presenters outside of their lectures
  • Follow up with organizers and presenters
• Recap of his Perform Better lecture "5 Ways to Get More Small Group Clients"
  • Get clarity around your target market
  • Use the "Marketing Glove"
  • Having a follow-up process (Check out 361.5 for more info)
  • the best way to get referrals
  • Aligning with partners that will put you in front of your target market
• Much More!

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Matt Guffey, Owner of Victory High Performance

We spoke about:

• Strength Training for BJJ
• How training in the sport has become outdated
• His assessment process
• What his program looks likes for grapplers
• Using data to manage load intensity
• Thoughts on timing for practice and Strength & Conditioning
• the case for NOT cutting weight in BJJ
• Much more

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We spoke about:

• Posting videos with bad technique
• Curating information from top experts

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

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Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he talks about "Crisis Communication"

Naamly is the member experience platform for modern training gyms - It puts all of your communication with your members in one place, allowing you to keep track of that communication, so important for retention.  Go to Naamly.com, you can schedule a demo to get a feel for what it’s about. 
Use referral code StrengthCoach to get started on a free 30 day trial.

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 17 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

Thanks for Listening!

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Captain Matt Hibler, author "Answering the Call"

We spoke about:

• Defining Tactical Training
• Training for Selection, Attending Selection, Maintaining that Level
• Where Has Tactical Training Gone Wrong
• Energy Systems Development
  • Why did he put this first in his book?
• Strength Training for this population
• The barriers to training for police officers
• Much more

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We spoke about:

• Preparing Athletes for College
• Improvements to his Intervals- How and Why?
• Fascia and Mobility

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

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Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he talks about "Get Your Mind Right: A Tale of Two Salesmen"

Naamly is the member experience platform for modern training gyms - It puts all of your communication with your members in one place, allowing you to keep track of that communication, so important for retention.  Go to Naamly.com, you can schedule a demo to get a feel for what it’s about. 
Use referral code StrengthCoach to get started on a free 30 day trial.

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 15 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

Thanks for Listening!

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Vince Gabriele, owner of Gabriele Fitness and founder of Fitness Business University and Kiss Marketing 

"How to Get More Training Clients Without Feeling Like a Beggar"

We spoke about:What are gym owners having problems with

• State of the Industry and Why Gym Owners Get So Burned Out
• The Lengths referrals will go to just to sign up
• Making the Process Easier
• Creating Intentional Strategies
• The Importance of People Being with Friends
• The 6-Week New Client Surge Program- becoming a referral machine
  • Creating intentional tactics
    • Evergreen tactics
    • Event based tactics
  • Having a Reward System
  • Omnipresence
• Seizing Opportunities When They Arrive
• The Point-of-Sale referral 
• "Unlocking the Door"
• Quarterly "bring a Friend" week
• Much More!

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Kevin Neeld, Head Performance Coach, Boston Bruins, KevinNeeld.com

We spoke about:

• His timeline for off-season training
• What he’s trying to accomplish and what his goals are during the off-season
• Development camp
  • What is it and who attends
  • What are the goals
• The importance of developing brakes for speed
• 3 load and volume strategies to think about with deceleration training
• Movement variability, what it means to him and the dangers of misinterpreting the idea
• Much more

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We spoke about:

• Using loaded fly-ins with sprinting
• How much coaching goes into sprint mechanics
• His thoughts on off-season training

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

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Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he talks about "Putting Yourself in Your Client's Shoes using F.O.R.D. and F.O.R.M."

Naamly is the member experience platform for modern training gyms - It puts all of your communication with your members in one place, allowing you to keep track of that communication, so important for retention.  Go to Naamly.com, you can schedule a demo to get a feel for what it’s about. 
Use referral code StrengthCoach to get started on a free 30 day trial.

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 15 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

Thanks for Listening!

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Mike Potenza, Director of Performance, Golden State Warriors

We spoke about:

• Jumping from the NHL to the NBA

• The challenges he faced about transitioning to a different sport
• What helped in the transition
• What he learned
• Training similarities and differences
• Much more

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We spoke about:

• the article "When Should Track Athletes Lift?"
• His thoughts about Coach Clark's solution
• Positive and negatives of lifting before and after practice
• Where does speed fit in

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

SPECIAL INTERVIEW:
Sean Skahan, Total Hockey Training, Hockey S&C Coach, former NHL Strength Coach

I asked Sean about the article "When Should Track Athletes Lift?" and his experience with training after games in the NHL

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Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he talks about "Dealing with Negative Online Reviews"

Naamly is the member experience platform for modern training gyms - It puts all of your communication with your members in one place, allowing you to keep track of that communication, so important for retention.  Go to Naamly.com, you can schedule a demo to get a feel for what it’s about. 
Use referral code StrengthCoach to get started on a free 30 day trial.

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 15 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

Thanks for Listening!

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Vince Gabriele, owner of Gabriele Fitness and founder of Fitness Business University and Kiss Marketing 

"How to Make $83,000+ a Month with Small Group Training with Vince Gabriele" 

We spoke about:

Vince's upcoming Master Class "How to Get 20 New Small Group Clients in 30 Days"

• What are gym owners having problems with

• Why are gym owners stuck in a revenue flat line
• Defining Success
• What is Success to You?
  • why knowing is important
• Healthy and Unhealthy Comparisons
• Getting Complacent
• Much More!

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We spoke about:

• The second edition of "Designing Strength Training Programs and Facilities"
• Why this book is the book Coach Boyle always wanted to write
• How he started to really understand where he made the most impact
• Why he says "It's not about the program, it's about the program" (even though it's a program book)
• Changes he has made in programming
• Changes he has made in the facility 
• much more

Grab a copy here

Check out my special interview with Coach Boyle "40 Mistakes, 40 Years"

Get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D, 5 Travel packs

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Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he challenges the notion that "The Customer is always right", and how to handle it when they are not.

Naamly is the member experience platform for modern training gyms - It puts all of your communication with your members in one place, allowing you to keep track of that communication, so important for retention.  Go to Naamly.com, you can schedule a demo to get a feel for what it’s about. 
Use referral code StrengthCoach to get started on a free 30 day trial.

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 15 years of interviewing many strength coaches, fitness professionals, physical therapists and gym owners, Anthony Renna has accumulated a rolodex of “The Best of the Best” in the fitness profession.

This book is a collection of interviews with some of those top successes. Through his conversations, you’ll learn how they evolved in their careers, what habits and traits they believe made them successful, their goal setting processes, how they get through the hard times everyone faces and even some books to read and people they recommend following.

After each interview, you’ll find a challenge or action step based on an important takeaway from each interview.  These are designed to encourage you to build the habits to Be Like the Best on your journey to dominating in this profession.

As a fitness professional, you’re already making an impact in your clients, athletes and patients. This book will help you stand out in a crowded field and help guide you on the road to success.

Go to BeLiketheBest.com for more info

Thanks for Listening!