Nov 24 | THE Monday Report
False words do harm beyond their lies.They spread negativity, corrupting the soul and weakening trust in ourselves and in others around us.
FITLETE Professional Update
The Resource Nexus
— 🌶️I’ve been experimenting with different formats for the newsletter over the past couple of months. The most recent approach was to include all the branches in this section, regardless of whether they have updates, but I don’t really like it that way. I plan to create a new format for December so you won’t have to waste more time scrolling and searching for the (🌶️) peppers to find updates. The peppers are staying because this newsletter is spicy lol.
In-Person Annual Events November:
— December is right around the corner, which means you will soon start to see more 2026 events displayed in the calendar, and I’ll be taking away the 2025 events and moving them to my archive.
1ST- NICK LAMBE SLEEP COACH COURSE: Recovery & Sleep Summit 20251ST-SPORTS AND EXERCISE SCIENCE NEW ZEALAND: SESNZ CONFERENCE3RD-INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE: Annual World Congress4TH- MEDICAL FITNESS ASSOCIATION: Annual Conference5TH-ATHLETIC BUSINESS SHOW: Annual Show5TH- INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC MANIPULATIVE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS: AAOMPT5TH- GLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: Governance & Leadership Symposiums6TH- CANFIT PRO: Aspires Technology9TH- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION: Business Meeting11TH- ALI GILBERT: The SilverBack Summit13TH-SCW FITNESS EDUCATION: SCW Mania Boston22ND- MAC NUTRITION: Mac-Nutrition LIVE23RD-EAST COAST CONFERENCES: 11th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference
Online Course Branch
Finding the perfect online education course on one page. FITLETE makes it easy for you to find the right course for your specialty, gaps in your expertise, and within your budget.
Business Growth Branch: Discover the perfect mentor that you can gel with or a business development program that fits the direction you want to grow your business.
Career Branch
Train at brick-and-mortar facilities or find online coaching jobs. The only non-exclusive job board that doesn’t group personal training and coaching jobs with spa, beauty, and wellness jobs.
The most inclusive job board for inperson and online coaches
Equipment Branch
Your business is unique in how you want to operate and present it to the world. Find the right tools that offer what you need without overspending for features you don’t need. A Great way to find items available for local pickup and by craftspeople building unique items around you.
— 🌶️I began including organizations outside the USA and added multiple map listings for local pick-up points. If a company has distribution locations, it also provides local pick-up options. Now, there's a filter for locally manufactured equipment, similar to the existing "Made in USA" filter. Additionally, this same filter appears for the “Import+USA” option, which displays locally designed products manufactured abroad.
🌶️This branch will be the next one to receive the updated filtering user experience.
Purchase and pick gym equipment near you, direct from the manufacturer
FITLETE Radio
Listen Here: Apple | Spotify | Snipd | PocketCasts | YouTube | ListenNotes | OverCast
— 🌶️Don’t worry, you didn’t miss it! There was no new episode last Friday. I wanted to take a breather as we are in the home stretch of season 2. I have some great coaches in the pipeline, but in case you missed any, I wanted to re-share the last 22 episodes.
FITLETE Nation
— When you purchase Fitlete apparel, you’re not just wearing the brand—you’re helping support FITLETE’s mission to educate, inspire, and elevate the fitness industry through quality content, innovation, and community outreach.
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Fantastic podcasts I heard last week:
*All links open the podcast in a SnipD URL, but episodes are available on all major podcast platforms.
Coach Em Up Podcast— Blending Neuroscience with Rehab and Training - DR KATIE DABROWSKI | Ep. 69
The Undeniable Show— Sometimes Your Best Isn’t Good Enough (The truth about hard work)
No Such Thing with Krysta Huber— When Everyone Goes Right, You Go Left
RX’D Radio— E623: The Problem With “Science-Based” Lifting Nobody Talks About
They have a free app you can use or, with this link, you get 1 month of their Premium version for free: 1 Free Month Of Premium Snipd.
*I use SnipD to enhance my learning when listening to podcasts, and have a premium account. If you sign up for a premium, I will not receive anything in compensation.
Personal Update
— I talk with clients about non-fitness-related topics all the time, and sometimes the topics are well outside my area of expertise to provide helpful answers. I’m not working outside my scope of practice, and trust me, when I don’t know the answer to their questions, I say the words “I don’t know”. However, in these situations, I have found ways to be helpful to the person I am talking to through questions. First, listen to them intently, and then, instead of trying to solve their problem with minimal knowledge, ask more questions or help them with the questions they could be asking someone who can help. For example, if you suggest going to see an MD about something, help them talk through things they might need to ask, suggest using different words or phrases that make “their thing” clearer to the MD, and make sure they know they can advocate for themselves in the appointment.
You don’t need to know all the answers to the questions clients will ask you, and honestly, you probably never will, but you can help them ask better questions. This way, when the time comes to get some answers, they’ll be better prepared. Plus, you can check in with them afterward and maybe learn something new as well. And that’s way more helpful than making some shit up just to seem smart in front of people who pay you money to help them.
