Ltb Podcast

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Andy Morgan. Andy is an online coach and author who lives in Japan and runs Ripped Body.com and Athletebody.jp. He's been an online coach for over 9 years. If you'd like to learn more about Andy head here.   Stuart and Andy discuss how Andy's online coaching business runs. Specifically, they get into how he manages his client check-ins and how he sets expectations in place, as well as some book recommendations, why he prioritises time for content creation and much more.     Timestamps: [01.35] - Why he takes Friday's away from email to spend the day reading. [07.50] - Why he feels his ego has gotten in the way of effective content creation in the past. [10.30] - Why he changed from answering his emails as quick as possible to slowing down and giving more detailed responses. [14.00] - If he feels giving clients rules around communication helps them take more responsibility for their results? [21.15] - How he would recommend improving your communication proce

In today's shorter episode, Stuart discusses LTB's new 30-day social media challenge before getting into 8 ways you can get more of your social media pages.      Find Out More About LTB: 30 Day Challenge Website Instagram Facebook

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Greg Potter. Greg is co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Resilient Nutrition, a UK-based company that makes products designed to help athletes perform better that are simple and delicious. In addition to this role, Greg helps a range of individuals improve their health and performance, from elite athletes to CEOs to people who have mood disorders. Since he did his PhD on the topics of sleep, circadian rhythms, nutrition, and metabolism, Greg spends much of his time helping individuals sleep and eat better.   Stuart and Greg discuss all things related to sleep. Low hanging pieces of fruit that'll help you get better sleep, whether or not your weight-loss client should prioritise sleep, naps, how caffeine intake affects sleep, how to know if you're getting enough, the effectiveness of wearables and much more!     Timestamps: [02.04] - What major changes Greg has made to his own sleep habits since he started studying sleep. [04.47] - Why he's changed his use of

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes back Tom Hamilton, a trainer who works out W10 performance in London and the IFBA, a coaching company that helps gym owners. They jump off their last interview, which was released back in October 2019, and discuss programming lessons, a bunch of things around better session management for 1-1 & semi-private and how W10 tests their clients.     Timestamps: [09.27] - Why some clients stick around when you're a new coach who is learning and trialling things out. [11.31] - How he's improved his self-awareness. [19.26] - Does he do anything before going into his first session of the day to mentally prepare for it? [23.35] - What starts to happen as members walk in? What does he do to get the gym ready before people start coming in? [25.00] - Why it's important to give negative feedback to a member 1-1 rather than shout it out as a group. [26.30] - Why W10 has a mantra of "we never see the same person twice" [30.45] - Why it's important to have continuity o

In today's episode, Stuart talks to Jordan Syatt. They start by talking about a story involving Jordan getting caught smoking weed by his Mum before moving into a discussion about lying and vulnerability which transitions into all things related to content creation. What platform to concentrate your time, how to get more engagement, how to stop feeling so drawn to the likes your posts receive and what single step to take to make your next post better and more.   Jordan began Syatt Fitness, his online fitness coaching business, from his dorm at the University of Delaware in 2011 and has become one of the industry’s leading experts in strength training, nutrition, and behavioral psychology. One of the only people in the world to deadlift 4x his own body weight, Jordan's work has been featured all over the world including a variety of media publications such as CNN, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Men's Health Magazine, Men’s Fitness Magazine, and Schwarzenegger.com     Timestamps: [02.08] - Jordan te

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Adam Boyd-Brown. They discuss a range of subjects including some of the big differences between online and in-person coaching, how Adam builds rapport with new clients, changing beliefs in clients and lessons learned in programme design throughout his career.   Adam's qualified as a PT in 2008. He then explored multiple different avenues before finally pursuing his passion for coaching in 2016. He began as a self-employed PT working out of a small members gym in Chichester. Since then he's worked with many individuals both face to face and online through multiple channels (1-2-1 Face to Face and Online and Group Face to Face and Online) and has a business that runs a 50:50 split of in-person and online.     Timestamps: [01.40] - How Adam got started in the fitness industry. [05.58] - Adam tells us about his feelings of anxiety about getting into the industry. [13.10] - How his business runs at the moment/ what a normal week looks like. [18.05] - Does he think it's neces

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Rachel Anne Hobbs. They have an in-depth conversation about all things to do with body image. How to go about helping your clients improve their relationship with their bodies, what to say when a client tells you they "feel fat", how to navigate the waters of marketing weight loss, using scale weight as a progress measurement, body images resources and much more (specific timestamps are below). Rachel qualified as a personal trainer in 2009 after the birth of her son. She then went to Surrey university to complete a degree in Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition, including clinical practice in the NHS for a year. Alongside setting up a private practice combining nutrition and training she did her post-grad with the IOC in performance nutrition and now leads the nutrition at the Elite Army Performance Centre part of the week. The other part of her work is within the area of dysfunctional eating, where she works one to one and in small groups. She is currently completing a post-

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Dr. Mike Israetel. They start by discussing how Mike has gone about gaining knowledge and better himself before getting into the main principles you should be thinking about if you're a personal trainer who has clients who want to gain muscle (timestamps are below if you want to skip ahead or to specific sections!).    Cofounder of Renaissance Periodization, Dr. Mike Israetel​ holds a PhD in Sport Physiology from East Tennessee State University. Formerly a professor of Exercise and Sport Science in the School of Public Health at Temple University in Philadelphia, Mike has taught several courses, including Nutrition for Public Health, Advanced Sports Nutrition and Exercise, and Nutrition and Behavior. Originally from Moscow, Russia, he has worked as a consultant on sports nutrition to the U.S. Olympic Training Site in Johnson City, TN, and has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific and performance/health conferences worldwide, including nutritional seminars at the

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Mark Fisher and Michael Keeler for the first time together. They discuss the closure of one of their gym locations, how they came to make that decision and how they've dealt with it, building awareness in your marketing, sending direct messages to followers on social media and then finish off discussing what you should look for in a business partner. Mark and Michael run Mark Fisher Fitness, a gym in New York City and Business for Unicorns, a business that helps people become great leaders through mentorship and in-person and online courses.   Timestamps: [02.34] - Mark updates us about what's been happening with Mark Fisher Fitness. [05.08] - How they went about closing one of their gym locations. [08.47] - How they have emotionally processed closing down one of their gyms. [18.04] - Has having to close their Bowery location changed their perspective on owning more than one gym? [20.36] - What they would say to a gym owner who is thinking they may have to close their d

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Sarah Duffield from Mac Nutrition for a second time (Dec 2017, #77). They discuss how to coach nutrition clients effectively, lessons she wishes she could tell her younger self about coaching, using reflective practice, whether PTs should separate nutrition and training, how to help clients overcome weight loss plateaus and more.   Sarah is Mac-Nutrition’s Head of Nutrition and lead tutor for Mac-Nutrition Uni. She has a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from Loughborough University and an MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition from Leeds Metropolitan University. We discuss how to coach nutrition clients effectively, lessons she wishes she could tell her younger self about coaching, using reflective practice, whether PTs should separate nutrition and training, how to help clients overcome weight loss plateaus and more.     Timestamps: [01.35] - How many team members Mac Nutrition now has. [03.30] - Selling with integrity. [10.00] - What Sarah misses about coaching clients

In today's episode, Stuart interviews 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, Change

In today's episode, Stuart talks to Steve Hall about how to coach clients online, charging for consultations, technique and hypertrophy, managing hunger, mini cuts, business lessons, developing rapport with online clients and much more. Steve is the founder of Revive Stronger. The name was inspired by a life changing head injury Steve suffered whilst at University. After which Steve fell in love with bodybuilding as it allowed him to build up not only his physique but also confidence. Effectively he ‘Revived Stronger’ and in doing so developed a huge passion to help others do the same. Now a competitive natural bodybuilder with his best performance to date being a top 5 placing in the UKDFBA international finals in 2017. In addition with over 10 years in the gym and more than 5 years coaching experience, he uses this in combination with the latest science to drive results.          Timestamps: [01.28] - Steve's tells us how he got started in the fitness industry. [05.19] - How he's grown to understand the

Phil Learney has been a personal trainer in the fitness industry since the early 90s and has worked in gyms all over England ranging from small private ones to big commercial ones. At his time of retiring as a trainer, he was the second-highest charging PT in the UK.  Now he educates and helps PTs grow their businesses through his company the Advanced Coaching Academy (ACA). In this episode, we discuss online coaching, how to convert inductions into clients, whether you should do single sessions, increasing your prices and more. We had a couple of audio issues which unfortunately took out a bit of the recording around the 40min mark, so if it jumps from one topic to another you know why!           Timestamps: [02.27] - Where would Phil go to train clients if he had to start over? [15.37] - Education for personal trainers. [20.47] - Pricing and free sessions. [26.04] - Are single sessions worth it? [50.47] - What he did to convert inductions into clients? [35.57] - Discussion on the signing up of a client

We have just launched a new podcast at LTB that is going to be run by Chris Burgess called Personal Trainer Daily. It's going to be a daily podcast that is short in length where Chris will take a common question related to being a PT and answer one per episode. In this sample episode, Chris talks you through how to handle clients who disappear after asking for your prices.     Find Out More About LTB: Website Instagram Facebook Personal Trainer Daily Podcast

In this short solo episode, Stuart discusses why it's so common for personal trainers to feel guilty about taking time off. During the first section, he talks through why you may feel guilty and in the second, he suggests some strategies that will help you remove the guilt you feel and enjoy the time off you have.     Find Out More About LTB: Website Instagram Facebook

Tony Cottenden is a returning guest who runs a gym called The Shed, which functions out of his back garden. It was started as a small summer house in May 2014 and he's run a full client base from it since March 2016. In this episode, we talk about a load of topics including lessons that have come lockdown, what he keeps telling people who are thinking about starting their own shed, why lockdown has made him love in-person even more, how he manages 40+ PT sessions a week, why just be yourself is useful advice for personal trainers and much more.           Timestamps: [04.35] - What things he's finding himself repeating to people who are asking about opening their own shed/ garage gym? [06.25] - The size of his first shed personal training gym. [08.05] - Learning from lockdown - finding more ways to progress your clients aside from increasing load. [09.35] - 1-1 vs online training. [11.20] - Adding value outside of your in-person service. [16.20] - How he manages to sustain 40+ PT sessions? [25.50] - Hi

Alex Pearson runs Alex Pearson Health Coaching where he specialises in helping people with obesity undertake significant weight loss journeys. We discuss the UK's tackling obesity strategy, the link between COVID and obesity, what he would do if he was in charge of public health, the effectiveness of the sugar tax, how important education is in treating obesity and much more.       Timestamps:   [02.13] - Alex's thoughts on the UK Governments proposed tackling obesity strategy? [05.40] - How important and useful is education in treating obesity? [07.25] - The '5 fruit and veg a day' campaign. [09.05] - How important is exercise in treating obesity? [16.09] - Personal responsibility and blame used to combat obesity? [19.43] - What about motivation and education? [21.48] - The link between trauma and obesity? [23.43] - The link between COVID and obesity? [29.23] -The link between catching the virus and obesity? [32.43] - If he was in charge of public health, what would he propose to combat obesity? [

Greg Mikolap was a recent guest who came on for our gym owner roundtable discussion a few months ago (8th of May 2020). He runs the gym Icon in Maidenhead, England and spent over 10 years in a commercial gym prior to that becoming the busiest trainer in that gym. And that is what we mainly explore today. We talk about his lockdown experience so far, how he priced his services in a commercial gym, developing a niche, the differences between trainers who last vs those who don't and why Greg imagined himself wearing a cape before he went into consultations with PT prospects. I know you're going to enjoy this as Greg speaks from the heart and details a lot of experiences that are just so common for the trainer.         Timestamps: [01.57] - How Greg's gym has got on during lockdown. [07.30] - If what Greg has learnt during lockdown would apply back to when he was working in a commercial gym. [13.30] - Why it's slow until it starts to snowball when you're gaining clients as a personal trainer. [19.30] - Why

Chris Burgess is the owner of Lift The Bar and Curious Gym (prev called the LTB Gym). He comes on to talk about how personal trainers should approach their marketing now that a lot of countries have dates for reopening as well as the countries that don't. We discuss how to use a countdown approach to your gym reopening, why creating a video that shows off what you think of being a PT is so important just now, if he's planning for a second wave and how to touch base with clients who left you during the lockdown.         Timestamps:   [02.01] - Does Chris think consumers will be receptive to buying gym memberships/ PT services post lockdown? [05.55] - What his marketing strategy is for reopening his gym just now. [10.16] - What his strategy would be if he was going back to a commercial gym? [12.57] - How he's going to internally market to ensure his old and previous clients come back to his gym? [17.28] - Will he be giving discounted prices to clients who lose their job or have reduced hours? [19.38] - How

I asked Travis and Akil to come on to discuss the intersection between being a personal trainer and delving into the world of rehab and injury. They both run a company called 3M Athletic Performance. Akil is a practising physical therapist who used to be a personal trainer and Travis is a full-time personal trainer with a keen interest and academic background in the rehab and injury world. We discuss how trainers can build relationships with physios, how to find good physios, injury prevention for trainers, whether form and technique contribute to injury, posture, how life stress affects peoples perception of pain and more!         Timestamps: [02.46] - Akil and then Travis talk about personal trainers developing relationships with physiotherapists/ physical therapists [08.38] - How to go about finding good evidence-based physiotherapists [12.53] - Why it's well worth going to see the physio yourself before sending your clients to them. [18.08] - How to troubleshoot when a client is having pain in a per