Corporate Warrior: High Intensity Training And Hit Business

Dwayne Wimmer is the founder and trainer of Vertex Fitness Personal Training Studio located in Bryn Mawr, the heart of Philadelphia’s Main Line. With professionalism, expertise and personal attention as his hallmarks, and the utmost concern for his clients’ fitness and wellness as his vision, Dwayne fulfilled his ultimate dream in 2001 by opening his own personal training studio. His caring, patient yet guiding one-on-one approach encourages individuals to achieve their fitness goals at their own pace, all the while pushing them to their personal limits so they reach top physical condition. Contact Dwayne / Vertex Fitness: Vertex Fitness Facebook Linkedin One of the most common questions and requests I get from listeners and clients with the Corporate Warrior Membership is 'How do I get more clients?". Sales and business development is always a big challenge for all businesses and in particular, proper strength training businesses. Especially when you're competing with a myriad of health and fitness solutio

Mike Bradley (email mbradley [at] fsu [dot] edu) is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Florida State University Basketball Team. Bradley helped the Seminoles win the ACC Championship in 2012, play in a school record four consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and earn a No. 3 seed in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Bradley designed and equipped the state-of-the-art weight room in the Seminoles’ Basketball Training Facility that opened in 2002. The weight room is considered to be one of the best and most complete in all of Division I sports. Prior to joining Florida State, Bradley had a very successful four-year tenure at Stanford, the Cardinal won the Sears’ Directors’ Cup as the nation’s top overall program in Division I athletics four times. Stanford played in the NCAA Tournament each of the four years Bradley worked with the men’s basketball team. In 2002, the Cardinal was 31-3 and led the nation in victories. We cover: Mike’s strength and conditioning programs What most strength and

Doug Holland is a strength training expert, accomplished power-lifter and owner of Intelligent Exercise. This is Doug's second appearance on the podcast. You can listen to Part 1 here. In this episode, we discuss how to start and grow a strength training business the Doug Holland way. Contact Doug: Doug Holland’s Intelligent Exercise: +1 318-458-1487 Email deepsquat1: [@] aol [.] com We cover: How to start a HIT business in terms of equipment selection (high vs low-budget) How to assess if an area is right for strength training services How to attract clients when you’re starting from scratch … and much more!     Want to get into the shape of your life or build a successful strength training business? – click HERE

"I don't workout for the looks, that's secondary ... I work out to expand the area under the curve ... to be functional in life."  - Ad Ligtvoet Ad Ligtvoet is a training instructor and MedX therapist for Keiser Training in Aachen, Germany. He also runs his own business, Ad Ligtvoet Training Therapy Nutrition which focuses on helping people restore metabolic health through an efficient and practical application concerning muscle training and nutrition. The exercise programme takes place at Ad's private facility and his nutrition counselling is based on the Bodymed system. As a young adult, Ad trained for 2-hours per day, 7-days a week. He now trains for ~15-minutes once every 5/6 days and at 53, looks incredible. Email Ad Ligtvoet to info [at] ligtvoet-training.nl We cover: Ad's journey from butcher to high-intensity trainer How to cultivate better eating and drinking habits How to think about training and diet over the long term … and much more! This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of t

Borge Fagerli is a health and performance mentor and coach. Borge is behind the Norwegian training system, Release Your Potential, the nutritional model The BioRhythm Diet, based on recent understandings of circadian rhythms, and Myo-reps – a highly effective and efficient training method. Connect with Borge: Website Facebook Twitter We cover: The How, Why and When of Myo-Reps How to individualise training, nutrition and lifestyle for optimal health and appearance Borge's carnivore diet experiment and current diet … and much more! This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher and Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world-class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. If you want to become an excellent HIT Personal Trainer, create a great team of trainers, build a successful strength training business or just significantly improve your knowledg

Ari Meisel is a best-selling author, productivity expert, CEO, real estate developer, and green building consultant. Several years ago, Ari encountered and ultimately overcame severe personal roadblocks and that journey transformed his life. Ari's discoveries about personal and professional productivity have improved the lives of thousands of individuals and businesses. His proprietary process, the Less Doing System, is the foundation of his company, Less Doing, which offers individuals and enterprises road-tested methods to optimize, automate, and outsource everything. LessDoing.com provides membership services, masterminds, events, courses and business consulting to help entrepreneurs increase productivity. They help entrepreneurs who have opportunity in excess of what their infrastructure will support by setting up systems and processes that empower a team. They show business owners how to make themselves more replaceable, by optimizing, automating and outsourcing everything in their lives, their business

On the 9th and 10th March 2018, I attended the Resistance Exercise Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. I had one of the best weekends of my life. I had the opportunity to meet some of my personal heroes, podcast guests and listeners, learn from amazing minds and network with a great strength training community. I came away from the event feeling incredibly inspired and connected to a great group of individuals passionate about strength training and motivated to make the world a healthier place. If you are passionate about high intensity training, becoming a great personal trainer or want to start and/or grow your strength training business, this is the place to be. I will be looking to attend every single year. In this episode, I provide four short (~15-30min) interviews with some of the speakers at the conference. You will be hearing from Arthur Jones's former right hand man, Jim Flanagan (see Part 1 and Part 2), motivation scientist & author, Michelle Segar (No Sweat: How the Simple Science of M

Jim Flanagan is one of the most knowledgable and effective strength trainers in the world, and served alongside Arthur Jones during the Nautilus and MedX founding era for 36 years. In 2017, Jim Flanagan was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame. In this podcast episode, Jim Flanagan joins me for a Part 2. This was even better than the first episode and Jim and I cover a lot of interesting topics within high intensity training, body building, and the fitness business. Contact Jim: Email - jjflanagan [@] centurylink.net The Real HIT Experience Official Website The Real HIT Experience on Facebook Jim Flanagan’s Resistance Solutions, Inc. on Linkedin Jim Flanagan on Linkedin Jim Flanagan at the National Fitness Hall of Fame Museum & Institute We cover: The exercise machine industry and the challenges exercise machine manufacturers face today The history of Arthur Jones Casey Viator and The Colorado Experiment Freak athletes Jim's personal workout What to focus on when starting a strength tr

Danny Lennon is the founder of Sigma Nutrition, a provider of high-quality, evidence-based information and coaching on nutrition, performance & exercise. He's also the host and founder of Sigma Nutrition Radio, which has become one of the most popular science-based podcasts on nutrition and exercise. With the constant innovation in voice technology such as Amazon's Alexa and Google Home, the market for voice content continues to grow. A podcast can be an excellent way to educate your audience and grow your business. Podcasts can be used to provide valuable content to your growing niche audience and promote products and services to drive more sales. Owen Dockham and I talked about how he and other fitness business owners could use a podcast to address frequently asked questions about high-intensity training. Existing clients can then share this content with friends and this can bring referrals to your business. Regardless if you have a fitness business, online shop, online coaching, or starting a podcast

In this episode, I am interviewed by Bill Choi of the Anchors of Health Podcast. Bill is a great host and his podcast is 5-stars with 100+ reviews! This is a really fun conversation and a comprehensive introduction to high intensity training. This is an ideal episode for you if you're a beginner to HIT or looking to brush up on your HIT fundamentals. In this episode, we cover: How HIT can save you tons of time in the gym Examples of HIT using machines, bodyweight and free weights Repetition speed How to measure TUL (time-under-load) and total workout time How to determine the correct weight to use for each exercise Best practices for warming up How to train safely How to improve your cardiovascular system … and much more This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher and Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world-class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Sk

Blair Wilson is the co-founder of MedX Precision Fitness (@Medxfitness), a fast growing strength training facility in Toronto, Canada. Prior to starting MedX Precision Fitness, Blair was a professional water skier and long time mentee to John Little. Blair has contributed to several influential studies on the mechanisms of fitness and weight loss – two of which have been published in international publications – and he is also a founding member of the Canadian Sarcopenia Foundation. Check out the MedX Precision Fitness Bod Pod Service - HERE In this episode, Blair and I mostly focus on his recent findings from data on himself and his own clients. Blair has noticed that many of his trained clients have noticed significant lean gains following periods of extending rest from regular training. This is an ideal episode for you if you're a trained individual who is looking to optimise muscle gain over the long-term or a business owner looking to do the same for your clients. Client data - pending We also cover: H

James Schramko is the Founder and CEO of business coaching services SuperFastbusiness.com and SilverCircle.com. He’s considered by many as the top online business coach on the planet. James is the author of the Amazon Best Seller, Work Less, Make More ( Amazon US / Amazon UK ). This book is excellent. I devoured it in 2 days and started implementing immediately. In his 8 years as a business coach, he’s helped over 2,000 students create and maintain six, seven and eight-figure businesses. 78.5% of his community make more than $100k per year. Members of James’s select group (Silver Circle) report multi-million dollar gains within short periods of working with James. His podcast, SuperFast Business Online Business Coaching, gets 65,000 downloads each month and has been downloaded a total of 2.8 million times! Regardless of what business you're in, James can add an enormous amount of value. We cover: Why it took James 9-months to make his first online sale How to find your "converting offer" The importance of f

Owen Dockham started Live Oak Strength and Nutrition to offer a rational, safe, and effective approach to exercise not found anywhere else in the eastern bay area. Having supervised over 7000 one-on-one personal training sessions, with individuals ranging from ages 13-87, Owen has found that everyone has something positive to gain from their unique, evidence based approach to exercise. Through his career in the health and wellness industry, Owen has learned how to help guide people accomplish meaningful results; effectively, without hurting them and without wasting their time doing dangerous or inefficient movements. Owen believes exercise should enhance life and not consume it, and should never under any circumstances cause injury.  That’s why Owen and his team adhere to the principles of high-intensity training, supervising brief and intense workouts, on a one-on-one basis, in a beautiful facility free of distractions. Like many health practitioners, Owen's passion for what he does stems from his own person

Fahad Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur and founder of KetoGeek: Energy Pods and science-based information on health, food and nutrition. Check out the KetoGeek Podcast, Blog, and YouTube Channel.  Here's my interview on KetoGeek - HERE In this episode, we cover:   The Ketogenic diet The Carnivore diet Intermittent feasting The genesis and grand mission of KetoGeek Why sometimes it’s smarter to start a service business before a product business The importance of building businesses based on your strengths and passion How one tweet from Tim Ferriss made KetoGeek explode How KetoGeek developed their Energy Pods. New KetoGeek products How to manage information overwhelm Dogmatism How to build and promote a successful podcast … and much more This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher and Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world-class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington D

A certified personal trainer since 1997, and a Licensed Kinesitherapist since 2002, Craig started his career in the fitness industry after being mesmerised watching his own ACL surgery. He started seeing clients in small gyms and private studios before embarking on his own to run a successful in-home training business that would eventually offer in-home High Intensity Training. He finally opened his first studio in a 600 sq/ft office space in 2011, and now operates in his own 1400 sq/ft space in Quebec, Canada - Book Here Email Craig - craig@gethit [dot] ca This episode is a master class on how to start, deliver and grow a mobile in-home HIT business. A mobile HIT business can be a cost effective (low entry) and high-profit business. On it's own or with online coaching (distance training) it can become a great way to make a living and help people doing something you love. Also, if desired, it can become a great stepping stone to starting a strength training facility further down the line. In this episode, we

In this episode, I am interviewed by the host of the Addicted To Fitness Podcast (website), Nick Burch. This was a really fun conversation where I got the opportunity to describe my fitness story, how I stumbled across HIT and how it changed everything! Check out the Elemental Training Tampa blog post for this episode - HERE In this episode, we cover: How high-intensity training changed my life My favourite Corporate Warrior podcast episodes How I got more ripped effortlessly What is HIT? TUL vs repetitions … and much more This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher and Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world-class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. If you want to become an excellent HIT Personal Trainer, create a great team of trainers or build a successful fitness business, I highly recommend you use CW10 to get 10% off the Master PT

Mark Houghton is a pro bodybuilder, BNBF (British National Bodybuilding Federation) British Over-40s and Overall Masters Champion. Mark made his professional debut at the DFAC (Natural Bodybuilding) world finals and placed 3rd in the Masters Class. Early on in his training, Mark was introduced to the work of Arthur Jones and Mike Mentzer. Throughout his training career, Mark has utilised heavy duty split routines, high and low volume/frequency and zone training (J-Reps) using mostly Nautilus and MedX equipment. In this episode, we discuss: Mark's most productive routines How Mark's routines have changed throughout his training career Mark's training inspirations How to use HIT to prepare for bodybuilding contests How some stuff just doesn't matter (and how to relax about it) High-Carb diets ... and much more This episode is brought to you by Health IQ: A life insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weight lifters, HIT participants and more, get a lower rate on their life

Menno Henselmans (Instagram and Facebook) is an online physique coach, fitness model, scientific author and the creator and director of Bayesian Bodybuilding. Menno has also worked with multiple pro card winning clients and international prize winners in physique sports and powerlifting and is an international speaker for BodyPower, the Norwegian Academy for Personal Training (AFPT), Paleo f(x), Intelligent Strength and the Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Association. You'll notice Menno and I discuss minimalism and his lifestyle as a digital nomad for the first 20-minutes of the interview. If you're here for the muscle-building talk, feel free to skip this part. Sometimes it's better to warm up on a lighter topic before debating training philosophies ;-) In this episode, we discuss: Minimalism A day in the life of Menno Recommendations for beginner, intermediate and advanced hard-gainers on how to optimise muscle gain in terms of training volume, frequency, and intensity and diet. Training nihilism How to inter

In this episode, I am interviewed on The Deskbound Podcast (iTunes) by podcaster, entrepreneur and my good friend, Brandon Olin. Brandon is also the founder of Movility, which provides products and resources to help the desk-bound busy professional to improve their health and fitness.  In this episode, we discuss: The benefits of high intensity strength training Resistance training and anti-aging Why HIT is a great fit for a busy professional The importance of adding one new habit at a time The Slow Carb Diet Common training mistakes How to manage volume and frequency And more ... This episode is brought to you by Health IQ: A life insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weight lifters, HIT participants and more, get a lower rate on their life insurance. Go to healthiq.com/cwarrior to support the show and see if you qualify. If you take care of yourself: do smart strength training, eat well, and you’re life insurance company doesn’t seem like they care, there’s an answe

Dr James Fisher is a Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Sports Conditioning and Fitness at the Southampton Solent University in the UK. In addition to a huge body of work in exercise science, James is the lead author on 2 of the most important papers published in resistance training: Evidence-Based Resistance Training Recommendations Evidence-Based Resistance Training Recommendations for Muscular Hypertrophy Contact James: Email: james.fisher [at] solent.ac.uk Facebook In this episode, we discuss: The problems within the HIT community - how we can get along a little better, reconcile our differences and become more productive Why HIT can sometimes be a problematic label James’s current workout routine, volume and frequency James's favourite life lacks ... and much more This episode is brought to you by Health IQ. A life insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weight lifters, HIT participants and more get a lower rate on their life insurance. Go to healthiq.com/cw