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472 - Staffing for Success: Optimal Hiring and Onboarding Practices in Fitness with Katie Santos - Part 2

High Intensity Business

Release Date: 07/17/2024

491 - How to Transform Your Garage into a Money-Making Fitness Machine show art 491 - How to Transform Your Garage into a Money-Making Fitness Machine

High Intensity Business

Do you have a garage? Then what’s stopping you from having your own low-cost, highly successful HIT studio?   Million-Dollar Trainer Pete Cerqua returns to the podcast to show you how to turn your garage into a high-profit fitness business from start to finish. We talk about some examples of garage-based studios Pete has helped design and how successful these home-based HIT entrepreneurs have now become — and how you can do the same.   If you want to start a great business that can have you set for life from the comfort of your own home and...

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Why should strength trainers and fitness studio owners seriously look into eccentric-focused training? (Spoiler alert: the results you can get are amazing — if you do it right).    Dr. Michael MacMillan – former powerlifter, retired orthopedic surgeon, and former associate professor at the University of Florida – returns to share more of his expertise and wealth of knowledge in biomechanics. He is the co-creator of the NeGator Strength System, which is now on its new and improved 5th Generation.   In this episode, we talk about how eccentrics...

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Ever thought about starting your own HIT business but you have no budget or background in fitness?   Static Strong founder Andy Omel joins us to talk about how he pivoted from a different industry into starting a HIT Business on a shoestring budget. Now, Andy is a successful strength trainer who helps clients get into great shape — all without moving an inch!   Andy is a great guest, and if you’ve ever thought about starting your own HIT Business but you’re unsure about the seemingly high barrier to entry, you should tune in to this one!...

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What’s it like to be an in-demand strength trainer that fitness business owners love having in their strength studios?  Veteran HIT trainer and strength training expert Chuck Bixby joins to talk about his journey, what it’s like to train with high-intensity training legend Roger Schwab, and how he can help your strength studio operate with less pressure and give you more time to build and grow. Chuck holds master's degrees in physical education and clinical exercise physiology, with certifications from the American College of Exercise and Exercise as Medicine, and he has...

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487 - How to Make $366K as a Solo HIT Operator featuring Dagoberto Vila show art 487 - How to Make $366K as a Solo HIT Operator featuring Dagoberto Vila

High Intensity Business

What can you do to become a highly successful, ultra-efficient solo operator of a HIT strength training studio?    You’ve heard of Doug Holland, now see how Dagoberto Vila earns up to $366,000 a year all by himself.   Bert returns to the podcast to talk about how he turned his knowledge and personal training skills into a one-man studio that has loyal clients, and we talk about how you can follow his blueprint so you can do the same.   If you want to start – or grow – a HIT fitness business and make it really successful, you’ll want to tune in...

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What does selling a high-ticket HIT program look like from start to finish and how can you create your own?   Dave Bess returns to the podcast to walk you through his proven high-ticket process and we’ll give you a high-level step-by-step on how you can implement this in a way that makes sense for your HIT fitness business.   As well as being the co-founder of Underground Fitness and later launching PT Legends and Greenlight Personal Training, Dave is a highly successful business builder and coach.   If you’ve ever wanted to create your own high-ticket program and...

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Looking for better tools to help you with your HIT business marketing and want to avoid the headaches of choosing the wrong ones?   Pixality Design founder Connie Holen is a fitness business website specialist, a MindBody Certified Business Consultant, an accomplished web designer, digital strategist, and podcast host, among many other things, and she joins us once again to talk you through finding the best email marketing software to help you reach and retain more of your clients.   If you want to find out what the right marketing tools are for your HIT...

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Is SuperSlow the most effective HIT workout protocol and can it help you maximize your genetic potential faster than any other strength training approach?    Dagoberto Vila is a bodybuilding champion, the owner of Fit for Life Strength, a certified MedX Fitness Coach and a certified SuperSlow instructor. He joins the podcast to talk about getting the most out of your workouts and why he’s so passionate about SuperSlow as one of the best ways – if not the best way – to strength train. We talk about the science behind why slow reps are effective, how slow you should...

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What’s it like to create your own High-Intensity Training sphere from scratch when there isn’t one that you can join as a HIT entrepreneur in your own country?   Hugo Moniz, founder of EXS, talks about creating an incredible business ecosystem where he not only provides high-quality HIT education for personal trainers, but also works with doctors, hospitals, and other strength training business owners to promote high-intensity training that benefits patients, clients, and fitness business, and he even has the time to run his own strength training studio and yearly exercise...

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What exactly does it take to turn your HIT business from just another strength studio to a really great fitness business?   Discover Strength CEO Luke Carlson returns to the podcast for a Q&A that dives deep into what mindsets, habits, and little details matter that you need to focus on as a HIT entrepreneur.   If you’re serious about success and hungry for growth, don’t miss this episode! ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ Want to GROW your HIT business?   ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 For the complete show notes, links,...

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How can you train, develop, and retain amazing trainers and staff and avoid the big headaches that many HIT fitness business owners have when it comes to hiring, management, and leadership?
 
Katie Santos is the founder of Katie Santos Consulting and Fitness HR. She is a fitness industry expert with 40 years of experience, specializing in HR and HR law and catering specifically to fitness businesses and strength studio owners.
 
We dive deep into how you can help your trainers succeed and add value to your business right from the start, how you should approach developing your personnel and your culture, the biggest keys to success in leadership and management, and more.
 
If you’re keen on maximizing the potential of your staff, growing your fitness business, and minimizing many of the common problems HIT studio owners tend to go through, tune in to this one!
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🎬 For the complete show notes, links, and resources, click here