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A “No Bull Shit” Q&A with David Allen
03 February 2012 10:44 AM | 5 Comments -
Get to the Edge: Q&A with Mike Spagnola
26 January 2012 10:16 AM | 9 Comments -
Q&A: In the Belly of the BEAST
29 November 2011 12:08 PM | 12 Comments -
Client List and Gallery
10 October 2011 5:59 PM | No Comments -
An Inside Look at VIP Training and Strength Sport
04 October 2011 3:14 PM | 8 Comments
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personal training Archive
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Tunnel Vision
It’s very common to walk into a commercial gym or fitness center and see the most asinine movements being demonstrated without any rational purpose.By Damon Brobst
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Losing the Race to the Bottom
I’ve been contemplating for a while whether the training industry is in a race to the bottom.By Bill Allars
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EFS Classic: 10 Things I Learned from Vincent Dizenzo
I hope some of these things help you. They’ve helped me a ton!By Matt Rhodes
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Personal Training 102
Be confident in yourself and the value of your service, but also be a sponge and soak up as many different ideas as you can from different people.By Nick Showman
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You’re Fired: Two Words Every Trainer Should Know
You’re fired—two words that every trainer or coach should learn and not be afraid to use with their clients.By Christopher Smith
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Are You Hiring the Right Trainer?
The best advice I can give you is find the closest warehouse gym in your area and sign up!By Adam Spizman
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Personal Training 101
For many people, having the ability to train people for a living is a dream come true.By Nick Showman
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Newell’s Top 10 Gift List for Private Gym Owners
If you own, or know someone who owns, a gym or training training center you might want to take a look at Kyle's gift suggestions.By Kyle Newell
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The Dumbing Down of Fitness: “Globo Gym” Style
I've had plenty of time to think about my experiences in the corporate fitness world over the last year, simply because that’s where I cut my teeth and then subsequently got them knocked out.By Charles Gardner
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My Insights on Training and Coaching: A Business Perspective
This is just a small list of things that I've learned and observed over my ten years of training.By Charles Gardner
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Need for Law in the Personal Training Industry
The only thing holding the personal training industry back from taking the next step is the fact that there virtually isn’t any regulation.By Kasey Esser
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BFP – Alwyn Cosgrove Interview (part 4)
Part 4 of the Alwyn Cosgrove InterviewBy Dave Tate
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Under The Bar: Success
Dave Tate on what he feels is the most important quality of success.By Dave Tate
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BFP – Alwyn Cosgrove Interview (part 1)
Here is part 1 of an interview I did with Alwyn on Oct 27, 2007.By Dave Tate
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Motivated People Only
However, I’ve had to fire a few clients. I love a business where the business owner fires his clients.By Ryan Espey
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Methods for Training Clients with Hardcore Minds, Not Bodies
What happens when you get a potential client who is all about doing the most hard core exercises, who moves mountains and is willing to go the distance to achieve his goals? As I imagine, you’d probably be happy to have a motivated, determined, and disciplined trainee.By Ty Ferrell
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The 10,000 Hour Phenomena: If You Want More, Be More!
Ten thousand hours. According to Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Outliers, that’s how much time industry leaders have committed to their chosen vocation.By Brett Kilka
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EFS Classic: How to Kick Ass in a One Car Garage
This is a classic article posted several years ago where Jim Wendler describes the must have's of a garage gymBy Jim Wendler
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Lessons Learned from Two Summers in Business
At my facility this past summer, I was lucky enough to have the privilege of coaching 40 different athletes four times a week. This was double the amount of kids that I was responsible for the previous summer, so it was really exciting to watch the business grow.By Tom Sullivan
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1100 Pound Abs
The other day in the gym, the topic of ab training for strength came up. I figured there was nobody better to ask than 1100 pound squatter Matt Wenning.By Dave Tate
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Teach Them to Land First
Plyometrics have been a part of most athletic development programs for many years. It’s become quite commonplace for coaches to implement these sort of hops, jumps, and triple jump variations during the speed and acceleration development periods of their programs. These sorts of drills have been proven time and again to improve both starting strength [...]By Jason Nunn
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How to Open a Warehouse Gym, Part 2
In part one of “How to Open a Warehouse Gym,” you learned of my struggles as a student of fitness, a personal trainer, and an employee of a mega-sized “health club,” where most worthy trainers are treated like cogs in the big malfunctioning machine of the fake fitness facade.By Elliott Hulse
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Five Huge Training Business Mistakes
Running a personal training facility isn’t easy, but it’s not rocket science either. Since starting Synergy Athletics, I’ve learned a lot through trial and error (emphasis on a lot of error).By Joe Hashey
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EliteFTS Spotlight: Juliet Deane
I’ve been reading the site for a while, but we have our own training studio business, and in the past couple of years, it’s been about a hundred-twenty-five miles an hour, every single day.By The Angry Coach
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Six Strategies for Surviving Tough Economic Times as a Personal Trainer
Some personal training businesses are struggling mightily right now, but others are thriving. Why? What’s the difference between the two?By Jim Labadie
