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507 - Can Lengthened Partials Supercharge Your Clients’ Muscle Gains (and How Can You Break Out of Training Plateaus)? Dr. James Steele’s New Study

High Intensity Business

Release Date: 03/19/2025

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High Intensity Business

What separates the average strength trainer and HIT business owner from the great ones, and what key lessons can you learn from the best in the business?    is the CEO and Leadership Consultant at Uncommon Competitor, and on this episode, we talk about what every HIT professional needs to develop to become more successful sooner.    We talk about how to make smart decisions when choosing equipment, working with different budgets if you’re just starting out as a fitness business owner, the mindsets and habits you must have if you want to set yourself up...

info_outline 521 - 1-on-1 VS 1-on-3 VS Group Training — Which HIT Business Model Is Right For Your Strength Studio? (with Luke Carlson) show art 521 - 1-on-1 VS 1-on-3 VS Group Training — Which HIT Business Model Is Right For Your Strength Studio? (with Luke Carlson)

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If you’re a studio owner or a personal trainer looking for the best strength training business model for yourself, what should you choose?   Discover Strength CEO Luke Carlson explains your options, the pros and cons of each, and the key factors you need to think about when deciding which model you should use for your fitness business.    If you’ve been thinking about 1-on-1, 1-on-3, small group, or even maybe unsupervised HIT strength training, listen to this episode first! ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Want more? ...

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High Intensity Business

Ever wonder what it takes to not just build a successful strength training business but do it so well that you get the chance to turn it into a franchise?   MaxStrength Fitness founder Jeff Tomaszewski returns to talk about the biggest lessons he’s learned about running a highly successful fitness business.    We went into the importance of focus and simplicity, what protocols he uses, how client workouts are designed (and why), hiring the right people, developing systems, what it’s like to go from being a studio owner training clients to heading up a franchise,...

info_outline 519 - Is SuperSlow The Key to an Ultra-Successful HIT Business? What You Should Know (with Dagoberto Vila) show art 519 - Is SuperSlow The Key to an Ultra-Successful HIT Business? What You Should Know (with Dagoberto Vila)

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Is pure SuperSlow the key to building an ultra-successful strength training business?   Dagoberto “Bert” Vila returns to the podcast to talk about how he has used the SuperSlow protocol as a purist and a solo strength trainer and what lessons other HIT trainers and studio owners can learn from his experience.   We go over his impressive numbers, working with older clients, increasing prices while taking on fewer clients, the “nonsense” of using free weights and doing steady-state cardio, an a few other things Bert feels strongly about that other HIT experts and practitioners...

info_outline 518 - The HIT Studio of the Future — This is What The Best High-Intensity Training Businesses Will Look Like (with Slowfit and Resistance Institute Founder Lucas Leal) show art 518 - The HIT Studio of the Future — This is What The Best High-Intensity Training Businesses Will Look Like (with Slowfit and Resistance Institute Founder Lucas Leal)

High Intensity Business

What would a strength studio from the future look like and how would it work? Spoiler alert: the future is happening right now, and there’s a lot we can learn from it!   Lucas Leal joins us to talk about how his strength training studio is using technology to train clients better and make operating a HIT business smoother, more efficient, and easier to scale, and that’s just with current technology — wait ‘til you hear about what he’s trying to get done with robotics and artificial intelligence!   Lucas Leal is the CEO of Slowfit in Spain...

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Want to learn how to talk to your strength training clients like the experts do?   Smart Strength Austin’s Skyler Tanner talks about the most effective ways to answer some of the most common questions your prospects and new clients might have, like whether cardio is necessary or not, the right training frequency, how to fix saggy skin, along with other common concerns (and a few technical things, too!).   If you want to improve the way you communicate with clients and become more confident in delivering talking points, there’s a lot you can learn from Skyler in this one! ...

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What do you need to do to make your strength training business stand out and attract clients effectively without spending a fortune on advertising?   Fitness and More owner Steve McKinney joins the podcast to talk about his incredibly efficient strength training AND client closing methods, how his business is thriving with almost zero advertising, and why he wrote his new book The Gospel of Fitness (and what effect it has had on his fitness business).    My conversation with Steve is a fascinating example of what happens when a strength studio owner is...

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Can you create a strength training studio so successful that clients call you the “Ritz-Carlton” of high-intensity training?   X-Force Body co-founder Illy Stoilova joins the podcast to talk about the advantages of X-Force machines, how she creates incredible client experiences, why she’s so rigorous when it comes to hiring trainers, and how she’s doing on her ultimate goal of becoming a referral-only HIT fitness business.   If you’ve wanted to know what effect having X-Force machines can have on a strength studio’s success or how to have a massive...

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Want the honest-to-goodness A-Z of starting a successful, profitable strength training business?   Learn the 4 biggest keys to starting, operating, and growing your own strength training business fast — Million-Dollar Trainer Pete Cerqua tells you everything you need to know to get started and be legitimately profitable within 30 days.   This episode goes over the high-level things you need to get right before you start, and we talk about things like choosing your protocol, getting your pitch right, how to do a consultation, the most effective way to do marketing to get clients,...

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Want to start a new studio but aren’t sure which HIT equipment brands to go with? Million-dollar Trainer Pete Cerqua takes you on a deep dive into which HIT machine brands to consider, how to modify them (and why), and how to get the best deals.   Pete goes into the specifics of how your HIT brand and machine choices can affect your client consultations and workouts, and we nerd out on the details and the pros and cons of each, including some manufacturers that you may not have thought about but are worth your attention, and then, why it matters that you love the kit you have...

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Have you been looking into boosting your strength training client’s results using advanced training techniques and come across lengthened partials as a possible approach to bust out of plateaus? 
 
Dr. James Steele returns to the podcast to talk about his latest study that goes into whether it’s worth your time or not, and how you might be able to use this information for your strength studio clients.
 
Our conversation goes through what most trainers think versus what the results of the study actually say, and we also go into whether older exercise studies still hold up, if there’s more room to improve when you think you’ve hit your genetic ceiling, and more.
 
If all roads lead to Rome and you want to know which one an exercise scientist would take, then check out this episode.
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