Fitness Break Room Podcast

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Creating Your Own Destiny: Rog Law & Amanda Wheeler May 16, 2018

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Hey, you. Today, you can start to live your own myth and create your destiny. Rog and Amanda did it - you can too.

Rog drove from Michigan to Boston to hand in a resume for an unpaid internship. Amanda was a music teacher but realized she wanted to teach others how to be comfortable in their own skin, not to play music.

Today, they are both expert trainers at the wacky world of Mark Fisher Fitness - perhaps the happiest, most magical place any coach could ever hope to work. How did they create their own destiny from ground zero? Find out by listening to the show :)

Enjoy!

Sam & Jess

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P.S. We're almost ready with our free online fitness business course with our partner the Toolkit Agency for those of you who are looking to take your fitness business idea to launch.

Stay tuned for this great free resource - we're happy to do what we can to help you and the industry elevate!

Jeremy Hills: How I Came to Train Some of the Best Athletes in the World May 10, 2018

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This is a great show for any young athletes who are looking to take their talents beyond the sport.

Our Guest Jeremy Hills is the director of sports performance for ONNIT Sports Performance and former running back for the Texas Longhorns.

He discusses his journey from growing up in project housing to now training some of the best athletes in the nation. At just 28-years-old, he has a lot of wisdom to share - far beyond his years. Definitely a great show for football fans everywhere. Jeremy is on the inside of the complexities of the NFL Combine and has some great insight into what makes remarkable athletes different from the rest of us.

Enjoy the show!

Sam & Jess

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P.S. We get a ton of questions from people who are looking to start their fitness business.

In response, we just finished recording a free online fitness business course with our partner the Toolkit Agency for those of you who are looking to take your fitness business idea to launch.

Stay tuned for this great free resource - we're happy to do what we can to help you and the industry elevate!

Donnie Maib: On Coaching Elite-level Athletes & Presenting Motivational Speeches May 01, 2018

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This is a great show for any trainers and PTs looking to train elite level athletes and are looking to make a positive impact in their lives.

This week on the Fitness Break Room Podcast, we interview Donnie Maib, the Head Coach for Olympic Sports and the Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance at the University of Texas at Austin. He's also the author of "Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork" and a keynote speaker who touches on some pretty important topics:

The 8 Laws of Motivation – Keys to Unlocking Greatness
Transitions – Navigating Changes in Your Career Path and Life
The Culture Code – Building and Sustaining a Championship Culture
Combatting Complacency – Our Greatest Threat to Success
Unstuck – Fresh Traction for Common Struggles

Enjoy listening and learning from this OG in the industry!

Sam and Jess

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P.S. THIS is your LAST chance to win April 2018's Fitness Industry Night Giveaway sponsored by our friends at KNOW Foods. We're giving you guys a few more days to win.They're giving one of you an assortment of their grain-free treats. We're talking about care package filled with grain-free donuts, cookies, bread, muffins, waffles *drool.

Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 5/7/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Dr. John Rusin: On Grit and the Performance Mindset Apr 25, 2018

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This is a great show for any trainers and PTs looking to train professional athletes and/or create an online fitness empire.

This week on the Fitness Break Room Podcast, we interview our friend Dr. John Rusin, the expert in pain-free performance training on his journey from schooling, to living in a Days Inn with a doctorate, to being a go-to resource in the fitness industry through writing articles, shooting videos, coaching, treating, training, and much more.

Dr. John is a great example of a man with grit - someone who has the passion and perseverance to accomplish a long-term goal. Don't miss our next Break Down where we explain how you can improve your grit too.

Enjoy,

Sam and Jess

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P.S. This is your LAST chance to win April 2018's Fitness Industry Night Giveaway sponsored by our friends at KNOW Foods. They're giving one of you an assortment of their grain-free treats. We're talking about care package filled with grain-free donuts, cookies, bread, muffins, waffles *drool.

Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 5/1/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Founders of Death of the Desk: Taking Risks to Cultivate a Wellness Movement and an Online Business Apr 17, 2018

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This is a great show for any trainers or aspiring fitness professionals who are looking to build their own online business.

This week on the Fitness Break Room Podcast, we interview our friends Missy Bunch and Ryan Steenrod, founders of Death of the Desk - the go-to resource to stop common sitting-related/office-life problems before they start.

On this show, we discuss how they created Death of the Desk to be the online resource to fight the effects of work environments and their journey throughout the fitness industry to get them where they are today. Lots of great information for people who are looking to make a big move in their life.

Click here to watch the video version.

Enjoy,

Sam and Jess

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P.S. This is your chance to win April 2018's Fitness Industry Night Giveaway sponsored by our friends at KNOW Foods. They're giving one of you an assortment of their grain-free treats. We're talking about care package filled with grain-free donuts, cookies, bread, muffins, waffles *drool.

Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 5/1/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Mike Bledsoe: On Building a Fitness Empire, Seeking the Truth, and Living Your Own Myth Apr 10, 2018

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This is a great show for anyone that's looking to start their own podcast or is curious as to how one would build a fitness empire.

This week on the Fitness Break Room Podcast, we interview our great friend, the magical, mystical, Mike Bledsoe - the co-founder of #1 rated fitness show Barbell Shrugged, Barbell Business, and host of his current podcast The Bledsoe Show.

He discusses his unique journey in the industry starting with actually studying training for 2 years before every lifting weights which made for a really interesting reverence for doing fitness right to co-creating a fitness empire with a bunch of his best friends in a fairly short amount of time. Today, he's traveling the world with his beautiful wife Ashley holding workshops and seminars for truth seekers everywhere. Definitely, don't miss this show. Lots of wise words from a man who isn't afraid to experiment with life itself.

Click here to watch the video version.

Enjoy,

Sam and Jess

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Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 5/1/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Break Down: S2E4 Affirmations Apr 05, 2018

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In this 4th episode of the Forged in Fire Break Down series, we're discussing affirmations:

How they reprogram your subconscious mind
How some of the most successful people in the world are committed to their affirmations
The 2 types of affirmations you should do
How you can go about building this powerful ritual into your life

Enjoy,

Sam and Jess

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Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 5/1/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Chicago Cubs' Tommy La Stella on Losing Your Passion, Finding Yourself, and How to Succeed as a Professional Athlete Apr 03, 2018

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This is a great show for any athlete or trainer looking to understand the inner workings of a professional athlete.

This week on the Fitness Break Room Podcast, we interview Tommy La Stella of the Chicago Cubs. What an honor it was to sit down with this determined and talented athlete.

He discusses the ride of losing his passion, finding himself, and what it's really like to be a professional American athlete. This is so fitting as it's right in line with our Break Down theme of forging strength through fire.

Click here to watch the video version.

Enjoy,

Sam and Jess

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Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 5/1/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Break Down: S2E3 Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset Mar 29, 2018

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For this episode, Jessica and our guest co-host Brian are going to be discussing the reality of perception:

We'll explore how you perceive everyday life and how that impacts the way life happens to you
2 basic mindsets that shape our realities: fixed mindset vs growth mindset
The ritual you can do to every month to release feelings and beliefs that are holding you back from creating new awesome things and experiences in your life

For more details on the topics discussed in this show, check out our show notes here.

Enjoy!

- Sam and Jess

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P.S. This is your last chance to win March 2018's Fitness Industry Night Giveaway sponsored by our friends at ONNIT (again) love those guys. They're giving one of you a 40# Iron Man Kettlebell. Visit www.fitnessbreakroom.com before 4/1/18 to enter to win. Good luck, friends. ;)

Markus Gerszi: Leveling Up the Gym Experience Mar 27, 2018

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This is a great show for any gym owner or aspiring gym owner.

Our last stop in Orange County is in San Clemente with our friend Markus Gerszi, CMO of Gymwright. Markus specializes in creating 5-star gym experiences and has worked with hundreds of affiliates to level up their businesses.

He's spent all of his adult life honing his craft of enhancing the user's experience in a diverse range of jobs and projects, now combining everything he's learned into this unique vocation of helping affiliated gyms thrive.

Click here to watch the video version.

Enjoy,

Sam and Jess

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