In a candid discussion, the host explores the intersection of fitness, business, and individual needs. He challenges the conventional gym model, advocating for a shift from daily specialized workouts to three full-body sessions per week, emphasizing profitability and client sustainability. The host reflects on personal experiences and biomechanics expert Bill Hartman's insights, revealing the trade-offs between performance, aesthetics, and long-term health. He advises gym owners to tailor fitness programs to clients' unique personalities and goals, rather than imposing their own preferences, to foster adherence and well-being. Ultimately, the host underscores the importance of a balanced, risk-aware approach to training that aligns with business viability and the diverse needs of clients.
"You should transition your large group classes to three sessions a week. And that's purely math."
This quote explains the speaker's advice to gym owners to reduce the frequency of large group classes to three times a week based on mathematical calculations for optimal space usage and profitability.
"When I started my first location, I wanted every single person to lift weights and count their macros. Right. Because that's how I trade."
The quote illustrates the speaker's initial bias towards their preferred method of training and how they initially wanted to impose this on all their clients.
"It's lifetime commitment for those people. Like lifestyle change."
This quote highlights the speaker's belief that the goal of fitness training is to encourage a lifelong commitment to health and lifestyle changes, not just short-term results.
"Certain personality types are actually attracted to different types of exercise."
This quote supports the theme by suggesting that there is a connection between a person's personality type and their preferred form of exercise, which has implications for how fitness programs should be tailored.
"We all trained because we liked it, right? And then we kept doing it."
This quote refutes the common belief that discipline is the primary reason people engage in regular fitness training, suggesting enjoyment is the key factor.## Personalized Fitness Approaches
"I went from like a push pull leg split to a full body split every day. Because then, from a business standpoint, everyone could come at different days."
This quote explains the strategic shift from a traditional workout split to a full body routine to accommodate clients' varying schedules, ensuring they can still receive a comprehensive workout regardless of the days they attend.
"Can people still get good results? Training full body, which I thought was, I'm only laughing because I think I trained the first eight years of my career where I set multiple state records training full body."
The speaker shares a personal anecdote to support the effectiveness of full body training, indicating that it is a viable approach for achieving significant fitness results.
"I've had back injuries. I've had knee injuries, I've had hip injuries, shoulder trap, bicep. I mean, like, everything that you can name, right?"
This quote reveals the speaker's extensive history of training-related injuries, emphasizing the importance of addressing such issues for long-term training sustainability.
"The stronger you get, the less mobile you become, because the sturdier you are, right. It's specific adaptation to implied demand, said principle, right?"
The speaker discusses the SAID principle to illustrate why increased strength from weight training often results in reduced mobility, highlighting a common physiological adaptation.## Physical Training and Long-Term Mobility
"But most of the people who come in, if I were to say, hey, the body that you want is going to have massive sacrifices in terms of what you're able to do from a mobility standpoint later down the road, when you actually achieve what you want. I don't know, and I'm being really honest with you, I don't know if I would have signed up for this if I had known what I know now."
This quote emphasizes the potential negative impact of intensive physical training on long-term mobility, which may not be apparent at the outset.
"The only way this grows is through word of mouth. And so I don't run ads, I don't do sponsorships, I don't sell anything."
Speaker B explains the organic growth strategy of the podcast, emphasizing the importance of listener recommendations and shares.
"And so what happens is my skeleton has literally compressed inwards so that I can handle more weight. Right. I'm more sturdy. It's a wider base, and my hips are so rotated down, I can touch my toes like this."
This quote illustrates how Speaker A's body has physically adapted to their training regime, showing both the benefits and drawbacks of such modifications.
"So I'm going back to the headline of this, which is like, why I stopped training my clients, like myself, because they're not us."
Speaker A discusses the rationale behind changing their training approach for clients, acknowledging that their personal goals and training intensity are not universal.
"Most people are going to achieve 80% of their muscular gains within their first nine months. Twelve months of training. Real talk, right? And that's the talk of where genetics really plays a factor."
This quote highlights the natural limits of muscular development and the significant influence of genetics on training outcomes.
"I don't know if I would have made the decisions that I"
Speaker A expresses doubt about their past training choices, suggesting they might have chosen differently with the hindsight they have now.### Training Philosophy and Client Goals
"And so I'm just saying this to you so that if you have guilt around, like, well, I don't train that way, it's like, okay, but they're not you."
This quote highlights the speaker's point that trainers should not project their personal training preferences onto their clients, as each individual has different needs and goals.
"Most of their goals can be achieved at three days a week, so you can have a margin and have the amount of capacity to fulfill those people and actually stay in business long enough to see them through the goals that you originally promised and signed them up for."
Here, the speaker is explaining that a moderate training frequency can be sufficient for clients to reach their goals and is also more sustainable for the business in the long run.
"It's okay to train full body. It's okay to have people train three days a week. They're going to get great results as long as they stick with it."
The speaker reassures that a full-body training regimen, even if it's only three days a week, can yield significant results provided that the clients are consistent with their workouts.
"What does a house mom really get from increasing her deadlift? Are there other ways that we can train her glutes so that she has more developed glutes that aren't deadlifts?"
This quote questions the practical benefits of high-risk exercises for clients with everyday fitness goals and suggests that trainers should know alternative, safer exercises.
"It's probably exposing her to too much risk given the reward for her. Right. Her life is not going to really get any better if she adds 50, 80 pounds to her deadlift."
The speaker is pointing out that for some clients, the improvement gained from increasing the weight of high-risk exercises may not significantly enhance their quality of life, thus not justifying the risk.
"And if we had, okay, every single session is 2 hours or an hour and a half, and we do mobility, which a lot of us do, is that going to be a profitable business? No."
The speaker questions the profitability of lengthy, highly individualized training sessions, suggesting that they may not be sustainable for a business model.
"So you need to optimize it based on the maximum good for the maximum amount of people so that you can have a business."
This quote emphasizes the need for a training model that serves a broad client base effectively and ensures the survival and profitability of the business.