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The Most Overlooked Personal Trainer Skill with Michael and Paden Hughes
Personal trainers and fitness coaches are knowledge seekers. It's one of the best things about the fitness industry. But most trainers obsess about acquiring knowledge to increase their intelligence around science,...
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What Do You Base Your Training On? Results or Research?
In this week's episode, Coaches CJ Kobliska, Kaleena Ruskin and Jonathon (Goose) Parreira, sit down to talk about the science of movement and how your clients are your best source of research and evidence.In this...
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Case Study: How to Train Someone Recovering from a Spinal Fusion
In this week's episode, Coach Kaleena and Gymnazo member Kenzie Kitson sit down to talk about Kenzie's rock climbing accident in 2018. Walking away from the accident with a fused spine from her L1-L5 vertebrae, a once...
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Personal Trainer Certifications: What's Missing from Education?
Here's the HARD truth: most personal trainers are not set up for success with the traditional personal training certifications offered. It's not their fault, but the idea that most trainers can charge $80+ to workout...
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How to Train Females: Getting Rid of "Mom Butt"
Ok, this is one of the most common concerns we see with female athletes and clients wanting to improve their physique. It's called "Mom Butt", or called dormant butt syndrome. It's commonly characterized by a flat...
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How to Become More Flexible & Mobile in Your Training
Flexibility. It's something every athlete knows they need. Most turn to yoga and or the same boring static stretches we all did in youth sports. But what about functional training? If we think about it there are three...
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Coaching Personal Training & Fitness Services Online, Outdoor and Hybrid During Pandemic
It's one thing to be an amazing personal trainer. It's another to keep your training services and clientele in tact during a global pandemic. But that's exactly what these four amazing Gymnazo coaches did during 2020....
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How We Led Our Fitness Business Through 2020 and 6 Different Pivots
Ever wonder what it was like to steer a fitness business through 2020 and survive a global pandemic? Michael and Paden go back and walk you through what 2020 was like for them, how it felt, how much money they had...
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What It Takes to Deliver High Quality Virtual Training Sessions
Real talk: Before 2020 we thought virtual training coaches provided lower value fitness training. But to the pandemic changed everything. To survive, we migrated every one of our fitness training services online. Our...
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You Should Train Women Differently Than Men, and Here's Why
In this episode we dive into why personal trainers should train women differently than men. No matter what you currently do with your clients, this episode will explore all the critical shifts that personal trainers...
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6 Mistakes Personal Trainers Make That Keep Them Playing Small Instead of Standing Out
Have you ever felt like you aren't getting the success you want as a personal trainer? Maybe you suffer from low confidence, or are making one of the other five mistakes we see personal trainers making. Rest assured,...
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Your Anatomy Class: How Applicable is it Really?
In this episode Michael Hughes, Owner of Gymnazo, and Mitch Schroth, Movement Specialist and Coach at Gymnazo dive into why having an Anatomy & Physiology class on your personal training resume doesn't really cut...
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