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Dom Starsia- Legendary Lacrosse Coach, author of "I Hope You Will Be Happy: Leadership Lessons from a Lifetime in Lacrosse"

We spoke about:

• Why parents should back off and let kids make some mistakes on their own

• His thoughts on kids playing multiple sports

• Why getting up for breakfast every morning can be a game changer for a college athlete and how it transformed one of his players
• Why they should “Stop Calling Their Mother” about everything
• His thoughts on college athletes pledging a fraternity or sorority
• His definitions of honesty and fearlessness and why he thinks they are the most important factors for leadership
• The importance of positive language and remembering that you can’t take it back

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We spoke about:

• Young Athletes Doing Bodypart workouts
• Farmer’s Carry standards and programming
• Approaching young female athletes about their weight

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 tells a story that just happened to him while he was travelling and it shows an amazing contrast in customer experience between 2 employees of the same company.

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 12 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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Vinny Talluto and Dan McGinley veteran MBSC coaches who now own the joint.

We spoke about:

• Vinny's topic at the MBSC Spring Seminar: "How to Coach and Execute World Class Group Training"

• Dan's topic at the MBSC Spring Seminar: "Training Through the Aging Process"

• Becoming owners at MBSC

  • Challenges
  • Staying grounded
  • Handling the transition into ownership
• Much More!

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We spoke about:

• His personal ESD/Cardio programming 

• Speed drills- does he do them, are they in the warm up, where does he put them
• The book "I Hope You Will Be Very Happy: Leadership Lessons from a Lifetime in Lacrosse" by Don Starsia

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 finishes a 3 part series breaking down the different components of staging the memorable experience. Today he talks about how souvenirs can help you build your brand.

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

"5 Ways to Become a More Profitable Gym Before the End of This Month" 

We spoke about:

• Leading and Lagging Indicators
• 5 Ways to Become More Profitable:
  • Addressing Pricing Strategy
    • Current Members
    • Future Members
  • The 4Rs of Ringing the Register
  • Understanding and Focusing on Capacity
    • Where are the gaps in your capacity?
  • Having a Nurturing Follow-up System
    • Short term
    • Long Term
  • Having Clarity on Expenses
    • Fixed 
    • Variable 
    • Payroll
• Much More!

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Megan Pomarensky, Certified Athletic Therapist, published academic author, creator of The Empowerment Method

We spoke about:

• Chronic Pain

• the difference between the Biomedical & BioPyschoSocial Models and how it influences outcomes

• Not looking at all the things that are wrong, start looking at all the things that are right

• working on the things that were wrong but focusing on the language- external cueing

• Wear and repair
• Injury mitigation and training in vulnerable positions
• High Intensity Isos
• "Feeling Tight vs. Being Tight"
• The Art of Accountability
• Much More!

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We spoke about:

• Transitions in 2022

• A year of "Back to Normal"
• His article "Feed the Cats for Hockey"
• new stuff from Alex Natera and Cam Josse that he is trying

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

Vince discusses "The Most Game Changing Marketing Idea He Ever Used"

If you are interested in joining Vince and the team for the year end review, send him an email to [email protected] with "Annual Planning Session" in the subject line.

If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon. 
The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.

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Nika Ouellette, head of marketing and education for Perch, discusses "The Future of Velocity Based Training"

Check out the Perch website for deals, tips and some great videos showing the cameras and how to use it. This is a game changer!

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Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he continues a 3 part series breaking down the different components of staging the memorable experience. Today he talks about positive and negative cues and how you can identify them to help you create a more memorable experience.

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

"5 Steps to Make 2023 Your Best Year Ever" 

We spoke about:

• Doing a recap of 2022
  • what questions to ask
• Having a Vision
  • using Zingerman's Visioning
• Business Strategy- Making a Plan for the New Year
  • having a Scoreboard
  • big Rocks
• Having a Marketing Plan
  • why it's separate from the Strategy
  •  
• Personal Goals
  • Will you have the energy to make all of this a reality
• Much More!

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Patrick McKeown, international breathing expert, author of The Oxygen Advantage, The Breathing Cure and Atomic Focus

We spoke about:

• His story, how he had to overcome asthma and his own breathing problems

• Why Nasal breathing is so important

• How Nitric Oxide is beneficial for blood flow

• Breathing Light, Slow and Deep

• Air Hunger and how we can use it to improve breathing
• How coaches can use breathing exercises like breath holds, unclogging and box breathing in sessions
• The importance of taping the mouth
• Much More!

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We spoke about:

• Zone 2 Training

  • where he is with it
  • why he feels it might not be that useful for athletes
  • thoughts on using it as a phase in the off-season

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

Vince discusses "4 Step Annual Framework to review Your Year- What You need to do before the ball drops"

If you are interested in joining Vince and the team for the year end review, send him an email to [email protected] with "Annual Planning Session" in the subject line.

If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon. 
The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.

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Nika Ouellette, head of marketing and education for Perch, discusses "Why VBT is Valuable"

Check out the Perch website for deals, tips and some great videos showing the cameras and how to use it. This is a game changer!

Brought to you by Naamly

Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he starts a 3 part series breaking down the different components of staging the memorable experience. Today he talks about a well designed theme and 5 things to think about when designing it.

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 12 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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Pete Holman, 2022 IDEA Fitness Leader of the Year, Fitness Product Inventor

We spoke about:

• Developing a programming style with so many influences

• Considering Mindset training with athletes and clients

• Deep dive into how he developed his products

  • Functional Training Rack

  • TRX Rip Trainer

  • Nautilus Glute Drive

• The process behind the inventions

  • Using a fabricator
  • Should you get a copyright
  • Financing
  • Should you distribute yourself or use licensing
• Much More!

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We spoke about:

• Breath for core and strength training

• His article Plate Based Warm ups
• Considerations for training older adults
  

   

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Vince discusses "Something that should be on every gym owners to do list next month"

If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon. 
The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.

Brought to you by Perch, a 3D camera based weight room technology solution bringing VBT into the 21st century.

Nika Ouellette, head of marketing and education for Perch, discusses "The importance of Using Goal Setting along with Velocity Based training"

Check out the Perch website for deals, tips and some great videos showing the cameras and how to use it. This is a game changer!

Brought to you by Naamly

Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he talks about "Why the Member Experience is Important and how it correlates to help you standing out"

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 12 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 

"5 Ways to Make More Money at Your Gym Without Adding Any New Clients " 

We spoke about:

• Raising prices the right way
• Maximizing Revenue/hour with small group training logistics
• Strategies to get people to come in more
• Selling more "stuff"- how many members should you have to start and what should you sell
• Reevaluating new member rates
• Much More!

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Danny Foley, creator of The Fascia Chronicles

We spoke about:

• His lecture, "Building the Optimal Training Program"

• Expanding on his quote "Generalize when you can, specialize when you must"

• How he uses Time Blocks- an overview, obstacles with using it

• "How is more important than the what"

• His course, The Fascia Chronicles

• Understanding the problem with cadaver research

• Training Connective tissue resiliency

• How to put all of this together

Check out The Fascia Chronicles

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We spoke about:

• Different Air Bike Workouts

• Zone 2 & mitochondria
• Back pain & picking up heavy dumbbells
  

   

Vince discusses "How to Market locally in the post covid era"

If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon. 
The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.

Brought to you by Perch, a 3D camera based weight room technology solution bringing VBT into the 21st century.

Nika Ouellette, head of marketing and education for Perch, discusses "Comparing other weight room tech with VBT"

Check out the Perch website for deals, tips and some great videos showing the cameras and how to use it. This is a game changer!

Brought to you by Naamly

Sumit Seth, co-founder of Naamly is on to demystify the Member Experience.  Today he talks about "Understanding Your Members on a Deeper Level"

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 12 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:

• Revisiting a collaborative effort of training and rehab post-shoulder surgery

• His system for training the shoulder

• Progressions and regressions

• Why he doesn't like the phrase "Stay in Your Lane"

• What "Best in the World" means to him

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We spoke about:

• Changes at MBSC

• Having an exit strategy in your business
• What he's learning about Zone 2 cardio
  
  

Vince discusses "101 Ways to Grow Your Business"

If you need some help with your marketing head over to www.kissmarketing.net to book a FREE coaching call with Will “The Tech Nerd” Matheson…Also known as…Vince Gabriele’s secret marketing weapon. 
The Tech Nerd will take a look at your current marketing plan and give you some real time profit boosting advice…so you can stop stressing about your marketing and start seeing more money in your checking account.

Brought to you by Perch, a 3D camera based weight room technology solution bringing VBT into the 21st century.

Nika Ouellette, head of marketing and education for Perch, discusses "VBT in a clinical setting"

Check out the Perch website for deals, tips and some great videos showing the cameras and how to use it. This is a game changer!

About "Be Like the Best"

During the last 12 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!