The Monday Report
The Monday Report
April 3rd, 2023|"Speed Kills" is often a phrase reserved for the world of sports, but when used correctly, speed alongside patience & focus can be THE key to making training a long lasting career.
“Make haste slowly”
-Augustus
Personal Update
I had some amazing talks last week with a few friends inside the industry and a few outside the industry! It helped me realize that having a sense of urgency is good as long as it’s not paired with desperation because when you are trying to be fast for the sake of being fast it ends up lacking the quality and focus that profoundly matters for long-term success.
The word that came to mind first after talking with my friends Cody, Monty, and David last week was persistent.
I will be persistent.
Fantastic Podcast(s) I listened to last week
Business For Unicorns #207- Inside the Mark Fisher Fitness Sales Team with Em Strasfeld
Show Notes: No Show Notes provided ( Sad )
My Notes: Sales is always something I can get better at with my in-person client training business. I don’t think I am really bad at it, but I also don’t consider myself good at it. This show is a great reminder that it’s something I should always be practicing even as a solopreneur. Em Strasfeld is one of the 2 sales employees that has the sole job of getting better at sales and they even practice their work, and evaluate their systems every week!! There’s no way I can get as good as them, but I can 100% get better at honing in my sales process. Especially with FITLETE.
Run a Profitable Gym Episode Feb 16th, 2023-Ask a Lawyer: Limiting Your Exposure With Gym Employees and Contractors
Show Notes: Lawyers are experts when it comes to limiting risk for their clients, and Matthew Becker is here today to help you reduce exposure with employees, contractors and third-party contractors. Becker owners Gym Lawyers PLLC as well as Industrial Athletics in Pittsburgh, so he's run into all the situations common in the fitness world. Employees, contractors and third-party contractors all come with risk, but if you take the right steps, you can keep your business as safe as possible. Matthew will walk you through the essentials of insurance, written agreements, LLCs, sublease agreements and more.
Listen, cover your bases and then get back to training clients.
My Notes: When I first started training clients I thought about my legal exposure and the different types of employment there was in the industry about -8760 hours within that first year. When I was first alerted to this I was in shock it wasn’t covered even one time in my undergrad work which is funny because we did discuss things like facility safety standards, guidelines, and really simple things like PAR-Qs, but nothing more. All of that info was thrown at me after guess what…listening to a podcast and reading a blog!! It’s one of those things that you think is taken care of when you are working for someone, and don’t think about it until someone smacks you across the face with it when you are working for yourself. I still remember one of the clients I had for only a month or so(a paralegal) that almost yelled at me in session to get my own liability insurance. I was working part-time for like 3 different gyms freshly certified and out of college so, clearly “I knew everything already”.
The Next 30 Days: Annual Education Conferences, Expos & Seminars
Nutritional Coaching Institute: Coaching Con 2023: 4/12/23- United States Of America, Phoenix, Arizona
Fitness Fest Conference & Expo: Annual Expo: 4/14/23-United States Of America, Phoenix, Arizona
Carrick Institute: 2023 Clinical Neuroscience board review: 4/14/23-United States Of America, Cape Canaveral, FL
National High School Strength Coach Association: Colorado State Clinic:4/15/23-United States Of America, Breckenridge, CO
National High School Strength Coach Association: Minnesota State Clinic:4/15/23-United States Of America, Minnetrista, MN
National High School Strength Coach Association: Ohio State Clinic:4/15/23-United States Of America, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Sports and Fitness Industry Association: Team Sports Conference: 4/17/23- United States Of America, New Orleans, Lousiana
Sports and Fitness Industry Association: Team Sports Conference: 4/17/23- United States Of America, Indianapolis, Indiana
American Congress On Rehabilitative Medicine: Spring Meeting: 4/20/23- United States Of America, Atlanta, Georgia
European College Of Sports Science: 20th Annual Scientific Conference of Montenegrin Sports Academy:4/20/2023- Dubrovnik, Croatia
National High School Strength Coach Association: New York State Clinic:4/22/23- United States Of America, Queensbury, NY
Activate Fit: HYBRID FITNESS CONFERENCE: 4/22/23- Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National High School Strength Coach Association: Arkansas State Clinic: 4/22/23- United States Of America, Springdale, AR
National High School Strength Coach Association: Florida State Clinic: 4/22/23-United States Of America, Melbourne, FL
National High School Strength Coach Association: California State Clinic: 4/22/23-United States Of America, Mountain View, CA
AirFitness Pty Ltd: Fuel Summit: 4/27/2023-Australia, New South Wales, Australia
CoachED: Recovery and Sleep Summit: 4/28/23- Free Virtual
Other Member News
There will be a lot of changes in the coming weeks. Some are scary and some seem so simple you will question why they weren’t done sooner.
Find out what I’m working on next. Follow this Trello Board to see what is going on.