Ltb Podcast

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Synopsis

The podcast designed by Personal Trainers, for Personal Trainers. Want to become better at what you do? Learn how to build a full list of client's? Learn from some of the best of the industry? This is the podcast for you.

Episodes

  • The History of Personal Training (Part 1)

    04/01/2022 Duration: 21min

    If you've ever wondered where your career as a personal trainer came from, this 2-part podcast series produced by Lift The Bar will teach you all about the history of this incredible profession. It'll take you back to the 1800s, where you'll meet a man called Louis Durlacher, who was one of the first known personal trainers. Then, it'll take you on a whirlwind tour of the key events that have shaped the career of personal training.  The occupation of personal training is a new one. It's only in the last 30 years that we've seen it become a popular and normal choice of work. However, there have been trainers training clients for over 150 years.  It is our hope that by learning about the historical events of the fitness industry and the career of personal training, you'll wake up feeling more connected to your job. It gives you a deep context for your work to exist in. From the moment you call yourself a Personal Trainer, you become part of this journey too. Maybe in another 100 years, someone will wonder about

  • #325 Maggie Elliott: Understanding The Anti-Diet Movement

    21/12/2021 Duration: 50min

    Maggie Elliott, owner of Spark Life UK joins Stuart for this episode. They discuss how she would make the fitness industry a more welcoming and inclusive place, what the anti-diet movement is, how to find the middle ground between weight loss coaching and not perpetuating diet culture, local business outreach and what she feels makes a great PT session.   Find Out More About Maggie: Instagram: Website: https://www.sparklifeuk.com/    Find Out More About LTB: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: https://liftthebar.com/ 

  • #324 Mike Waywell: Why Customer Service Can be a Differentiator & Paid Advertising

    13/12/2021 Duration: 01h02min

    Mike Waywell, of the facility owner mentoring company Gym Ownr and Steel Habitat gym in Liverpool, joins Stuart for this episode. They discuss why customer service can make you stand out from the crowd, using a low barrier to entry offers like a trial or challenge to get in leads, advice for 1st time FB ad users, the copy and creatives Gym Ownr are seeing working just now on ads and the importance of having mentors.   Find Out More About Mike: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gymownr/  Website: https://gymownr.com/free-course    Find Out More About LTB: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: https://liftthebar.com/ 

  • Travis Pollen: Good and Bad Exercises & Personal Training Assessments (Repost)

    15/11/2021 Duration: 56min

    In this reposted episode, Stuart talks to Travis Pollen about whether or not there are "good" and "bad" exercises, as well as how to do initial assessments with personal training clients.   Find Out More About Travis: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitness_pollenator/    Find Out More About LTB: Website: http://bit.ly/2PsSSLR  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/

  • Dr. Yoni Freedhoff: Obesity, Weight Management & Childhood Nutrition (Repost)

    08/11/2021 Duration: 52min

    In this reposted episode, Stuart talks to Dr. Yoni Freedhoff who is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. They discuss why a compassionate approach to obesity is absolutely necessary, how to help your clients manage their weight, reducing scale weight importance, whether education changes behaviour, childhood nutrition and much, much more.       Find Out More About Yoni: Weighty Matters: http://www.weightymatters.ca/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/YoniFreedhoff?       Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://bit.ly/3eBa1z4  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/

  • Maggie Elliott: Building a Mobile Personal Training Business (Repost)

    01/11/2021 Duration: 53min

    In this episode of the podcast, we have a reposted episode with Maggie Elliott from Spark Fitness to discuss how she's built a successful mobile training PT business. Stuart and Maggie discuss her business, how she transitioned from teaching to PT, how she overcomes some of the challenges associated with mobile PT and her "one client at a time and make sure everyone knows about what I'm doing" mindset for marketing.   Find Out More About Maggie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparkfitnesscoaching Website: https://www.sparkfitness.co.uk/about/    Find Out More About LTB: Website: http://bit.ly/2PsSSLR  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  

  • Chad Landers: 25+ Years of Personal Training (Repost)

    26/10/2021 Duration: 57min

    In this reposted episode, Stuart speaks to Chad Landers about what it's been like being a trainer for 25 years, why the relationship you have with your clients is so important, client retention, scope of practice and what he'd tell his younger self about being a successful personal trainer.   Find Out More About Chad: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chadlanders/  Website: https://pushprivatefitness.com/    Find Out More About LTB: Website: http://bit.ly/2PsSSLR  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/

  • Dr. Quinn Henoch: What Personal Trainers Need to Know About Mobility (Repost)

    18/10/2021 Duration: 01h04min

    This is a reposted episode where Stuart welcomes Dr. Quinn Henoch to the show. Quinn is an internationally recognized physical therapist, author, presenter, and coach.  In this episode, they discuss how his approach to injuries & rehab have changed since he graduated in 2013, why he doesn't like the term mobility, how he would approach correcting a hip shift in a squat and much more.   Find Out More About Quinn: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quinn.henochdpt/  Website: http://www.clinicalathlete.com    Find Out More About LTB: Website: http://bit.ly/2PsSSLR  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/

  • Molly Galbraith: Creating Girls Gone Strong & Coaching the Female Client (Repost)

    11/10/2021 Duration: 58min

    In this reposted episode, Stuart chats to Molly Galbraith of Girls Gone Strong.   Topics Covered: -- How her experiences have guided how she works with the clientele of GGS -- How GGS used to think every single woman should strength train -- What are GGS doing to address the gap that exists between people taking part in fitness and not -- What can the PT do better when it comes to training coaching women -- How to navigate a conversation with a client who speaks negatively about themselves   Articles & Resources Mentioned: What it's like to be a fit chick - http://mollygalbraith.com/2013/06/its-hard-out-here-for-a-fit-chick/ Who gets to be fit?  - https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/blog/feminism/intersectionality-of-fitness/ How to speak to a client who wants to get her pre-baby body back - https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/blog/confidence/body-embracement/embracing-our-post-baby-bodies/ GGS Coaching & Training Women Free FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GGSCoachingandTrainingWomen/    Find Ou

  • Sukh Sidhu: The Realities of Running a Business & Building up Online PT (Repost)

    04/10/2021 Duration: 48min

    In today's episode, we have a reposted episode with Sukh Sidhu from Online Fitness Business. Stuart and Sukh cover the realities of running a business, challenges with setting up and keeping the momentum of online personal training, where most trainers are going wrong when they enter the online PT world and Sukh's new venture called Open Coach.     Find Out More About Sukh: Website: https://onlinefitnessbusiness.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sukhsidhuofb/      Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://liftthebar.com/free-trial  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/ 

  • Dr. John Berardi: Career Direction, Not Enoughness & Social Media Use (Repost)

    27/09/2021 Duration: 01h23min

    In today's reposted episode, Stuart talks to Dr. John Berardi. They discuss career direction and making sense of where you want to go, as well as touching on not feeling like you're doing enough and how to use social media as a personal trainer (check below if you'd like to see specific timestamps!). John is a Canadian-American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition coaching, education, and software company. He's also the founder of Change Maker Academy, devoted to helping would-be changemakers turn their passion for health and fitness into a powerful purpose and a wildly successful career. Over the last 15 years, he's advised Apple, Equinox and Nike as well as the San Antonio Spurs, US Open Champ Sloane Stephens, and 2-division UFC Champ Georges St. Pierre. He's also been named one of the 20 smartest coaches in the world and 100 most influential people in health and fitness.       Timestamps: [02.03] - Would he have changed anything about his book,

  • Eric Cressey: Fitness Industry Success (Repost)

    20/09/2021 Duration: 53min

    In today's episode, we have a reposted episode Eric Cressey of Cressey Sports Performance. I can't imagine Eric will need much of an intro but just in case, he is the president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, with facilities two facilities located in America.  He's helped athletes at all levels - from youth sports to the professional and Olympic ranks - achieve their highest levels of performance in a variety of sports. He's produced five books, four DVD sets and written over 500 articles which have been featured in places like Men's Health, T-Nation and ESPN.   In this episode Stuart and Eric discuss:   Where Eric's work ethic comes from and how he balances this with a growing family How and why he built up career capital early on in his career Where Personal Trainer's and strength coaches go wrong when it comes to growing their careers.   Find Out More About Eric: Website: http://www.EricCressey.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericcressey/    Find Out More About LTB: Website: h

  • Gregg Slater: Understanding Weight Loss (Repost)

    13/09/2021 Duration: 53min

    If you're a Personal Trainer, the chances are pretty high that you'll work with people who have weight loss based goals. This reposted episode from back in Jan of 2019, talks about how to better understand everything to do with helping our clients lose weight.  Topics Covered: Why Gregg has decided to focus on business as one of his Q1 professional development goals. What he's learnt in the process of creating his understanding weight loss course. Why our bodies hate losing weight. How understanding more about weight loss has informed his coaching. Metabolic adaptation and how this affects weight loss. What other factors we should be looking at with regards to weight loss. How important exercise is for weight loss. Whether we should be using large or small deficits. How many calories we typically burn during exercise.   Find Out More About Gregg: LTB Training Website: https://www.ltbtraining.co.uk/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregg_ltb/    Find Out More About Lift The Bar: Website: http://bit

  • Nikki Strong: How to Help Resistant Personal Training Clients (Repost)

    06/09/2021 Duration: 43min

    In this episode, we have a reposted episode with Nikki Strong. Nikki is a registered dietician, the owner of an online coaching company called Strong Nutrition and an assistant coach at Precision Nutrition's Level 2 programme. We get into how to help a resistant client, what something called the therapeutic alliance means and why understanding this helps build the relationship between you and your clients, and how she's got over imposter syndrome to become more effective at coaching clients.       Find Out More About Nikki: Website: http://www.healthyandstrongnutrition.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/StrongNutritionRD/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikki.strong.146    Find Out More About Lift The Bar: Website: http://bit.ly/35dS9FZ  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/         

  • Nate Green: Knowing Your Customer, Writing Content & Transferable Skills (Repost)

    30/08/2021 Duration: 58min

    In this episode, Stuart chats to Nate Green, an author, a contributor to Men’s Health magazine and the Director of Content Marketing at Waking Up. They talk about his time going from a PT to a gym owner, questions to ask yourself before writing a post or blog, coming with content ideas, learning about your clients, what skills he'd recommend developing and much more.     Find Out More About Nate: Website: https://nategreen.org/    Find Out More About Lift The Bar: Website: http://bit.ly/35dS9FZ  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/ 

  • Laura Vanderkam: How to Better Manage Your Time (Repost)

    23/08/2021 Duration: 37min

    In this episode, we have a repost with Laura Vanderkam from two years ago. Laura is an author and host of a few different podcasts including before breakfast and best of both worlds. One of her published books is called "off the clock", which, as you might have guessed, is about time management and using our time to have a better life. That's what Stuart and Laura discuss. They talk through why time management is important, why tracking your time will help you, how to structure your day and workweek and the concept of savouring.     Find Out More About Laura: Website: https://lauravanderkam.com/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/lvanderkam/    Find Out More About Lift The Bar: Website: http://bit.ly/35dS9FZ  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/ 

  • Jean-Claude Vacassin: What Separates The Successful vs The Struggling PT Facilities (Repost)

    16/08/2021 Duration: 47min

    Stuart welcomes back on Jean-Claude Vacassin from the International Fitness Business Alliance (IFBA) and W10 Gym in London to chat about common issues gym owners face, what to do if you're struggling as a facility owner and how he thinks about staffing and pricing.   Topics Covered: How involved is he in the day-to-day running of W10 nowadays? What separates great gyms from average gyms? If you're struggling as a facility owner, where should you start? He's been running the IFBA since 2016, what's been some of the big things he's learnt in that time about helping gym owners? What he has learnt from visiting many gyms for on-site visits? Have you seen many gyms fail? Why do you think happens? Does he think it's harder now as a facility owner? When you go to do an on-site audit, what you look for/ typically spot that are some easy fixes? How to think about up setting up your pricing? How he thinks about staffing.   Find Out More About JC: W10 Website: https://w10.fit/  IFBA Website: https://theifba.com/   

  • Elias Scarr: Selling Through Relationship Building & Handling Objections (Repost)

    09/08/2021 Duration: 59min

    In today's reposted episode from 2018, Stuart talks to Elias Scarr, the former membership director of Results Fitness. Elias has been selling fitness memberships and teaching sales to fitness professionals since 2010. They discuss how to think about sales, handling objections, building relationships so the sale takes care of itself and getting over self-worth issues with money.     Find Out More About Elias: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elias.scarr  Website: https://www.sellitlikescarr.com/        Find Out More About LTB: Website: http://bit.ly/35dS9FZ  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/ 

  • Nick Winkelman: Creating Cues & Coaching The Push-Up (Repost)

    02/08/2021 Duration: 47min

    In today's reposted episode from May of 2020, Stuart talks to Nick Winkelman, who is the Head of Athletic Performance for the Irish Rugby Football Union, about the power of tough to hear feedback, reflective practice, creating coaching cues with your clients, coaching the push-up using a framework called the coaching communication loop and what Nick's favourite analogy/ coaching cue is. The section on the push up is a masterclass in coaching so even if you skip ahead and listen to that I promise you'll get a tonne from this episode!       Timestamps: [05.30] - How he responded to receiving some hard to take feedback about the first editions of his book. [07.05] - How important receiving feedback has been for him throughout his career. [09.55] - Questions to ask your clients to help with collaboration when creating cues. [17.45] - Why coaches are more comfortable talking about programming than they are about coaching, communication and motivation. [22.45] - Where a trainer should start if they wan

  • Lift The Bar Podcast Update: What's Next?

    26/07/2021 Duration: 04min

    A brief update on what's to come for the LTB Podcast over the next few months. As we are working on a new series of highly produced episodes, starting with the two topics of "The History of Personal Training" and "The Future of Personal Training", we'll be posting from the archive episodes each week for the next 4-6 weeks. Thanks for your continued support of the podcast. We look forward to trialling this new format with me and can't wait to hear what you think!     Contact Stuart: stuart@liftthebar.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/  Website: http://liftthebar.com/ 

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