STRONG Life Ep. 171: STRONG Life Podcast QnA: Gym / Strength Coach Business, Life Lessons & Abundance Mindset. Actually, the title of this blog post is kinda lame compared to all the awesome questions (and of course my answers :) that came through this QnA. It has also been a LONG time since I've held a QnA opportunity. This was refreshing and FUN! The questions were great. Here's just some of the topics / questions answered: From the gym business, strength coach "problems", lessons … [Read more...]
Zach & Syn Martinez of Afro Brutality Discuss Early Days CrossFit, Business Rants & What The Hell Is “The Fitness Industry”!?!?!
Here we GO! Episode 118 of THE #STRONGLife Podcast with Syn Martinez of THE Afro Brutality Brand. WOW, my words can not do justice to the journey you're about to go on as Syn and I discuss the following topics with NO filter! … [Read more...]
STRONG Life Ep. 102 – Failure Is NOT An Option
STRONG Life Episode 102. This is a QnA Style episode here and the overall message in this episode is Failure is NOT An Option. Business, Life, Lifting. If any of this would be easy, everyone would be crushing it, right? Well, as you know, nothing worth having is easy. So prepare to EARN IT. That is the Only Way. I take questions from my Instagram and Facebook and here are the Topics I cover: … [Read more...]
STRONG Life Ep. 87: How I Organize The Business & Training Operations at The Underground Strength Gym
Episode 87 of The STRONG Life Podcast was a loaded QnA covering the many facets of how I started, grew and currently run The Underground Strength Gym. As of now, I have 2 locations in NJ and a 3rd location in the works. It's NOT easy but nothing in life truly worth having is easy! Some of the topics / questions I answer In STRONG Life 87 include: … [Read more...]
Crafting Your Business & Life, Testing 1 Rep Max & Strength Coach Burn Out
In Episode 74 of The STRONG Life Podcast I finish up the QnA from the crew of CUSC's and discuss the following topics / answer the following questions: Crafting your strength & conditioning business to meet your lifestyle. More clients, bigger warehouse gym, etc often looks cool, but the behind the scenes truth tells a different story. My thoughts on who, when and how to test a 1RM (1 rep max) and is it even necessary to test a 1RM. How to help others (or yourself) who run a … [Read more...]
STRONG Life 67: The Anti Mediocrity Episode!
I will call this the Anti Mediocrity Show, aka The F--K Average Show. I did a better job at managing my colorful language in this episode as I answered your questions on a variety of topics from training to running a garage gym or warehouse gym to what I am thankful for. I had a GREAT time answering your questions as I always do, so make sure you drop your questions the next time I post a QnA on my Instagram HERE. … [Read more...]
Strength Coach Business & Life Tips – July 2015
Every time I open up the gates for QnA, half or more than half are from Strength Coaches or aspiring Strength Coaches. The more I soak this fact in, the more I realize we are an ARMY of Coaches, together, we can change the lives of this younger generation because we are STRONGER as a Unit! Most Strength Coaches will tell you how TOUGH it is to develop relations with the high school sports coaches. They rarely reply to e mails and have NO urgency in organizing something together. The way to … [Read more...]
Talking The “Barbell Life” with Travis Mash
Travis Mash interviewed me on his podcast, The Barbell Life. We spoke a lot about how I grew my Underground Strength Gym business as well as the online biz. We discussed life. fatherhood, the inspiration behind my success and much more. Give it a listen below and Travis and I look forward to seeing some of you at our up and coming seminar at his place in North Carolina. … [Read more...]