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The Business of Personal Training - A Roadmap for Success
As fitness professionals, we pour our heart and soul into training, coaching, and transforming lives. But passion alone doesn’t pay the...
David Otey
Feb 224 min read
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The Questioning Edge: A Guide to Better Conversations
Great conversations don’t just happen. They are built with thoughtful, intentional questioning. Asking the right questions at the right...
David Otey
Feb 85 min read
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Five Critical Mistakes Personal Trainers Make When Building Their Business
Starting out as a personal trainer is an exciting venture. You’ve put in the hours to get certified, you’ve crafted your training...
David Otey
Feb 24 min read
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How Much Does a Landmine Actually Weigh?!
One of the most frequent questions about Landmine Training, how much does it ACTUALLY weigh? Sure, the Olympic barbell should be 45lbs of...
David Otey
Jan 122 min read
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How to Close a Personal Training Client in 24 Hours
As a personal trainer, you are only as effective as the clients you can interact with to create change. So when you are working your tail...
David Otey
Oct 12, 20225 min read
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6 Essential Steps to Successful Personal Training Sales
Personal Training sales aren't as uncomfortable and greedy as some coaches think, especially when you do it ethically. Unfortunately, ...
David Otey
Jul 12, 20225 min read
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Tell, Don't Sell
Selling is one of the most common reasons I hear coaches drift away from personal training. For most, they feel they need to have a...
David Otey
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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The Best Chest Exercise You Probably Aren't Doing
Chest development has really been isolated to just a handful of exercises: Barbell Bench Press DB Bench Press Flyes That essentially sums...
David Otey
Mar 2, 20221 min read
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5 Most UNDERRATED Values of Squatting
We have all heard it before - Squatting is awesome. We can build some great aesthetics, muscle mass, and adaptable power to use in our...
David Otey
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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Scholarly Sunday - 1/9/22
2022 is going to be a different year for all of us. Hopefully, in a supportive and productive way instead of catastrophic mayhem as the...
David Otey
Jan 9, 20222 min read
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New Year, Same You - Habits Make the Difference
“New Year, New You” I hear it every year and for that very same reason the fitness industry thrives on broken resolutions and...
David Otey
Jan 1, 20222 min read
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3 Landmine Moves for Strength and Power
The landmine is one of the most effective pieces of equipment in the gym most people don't know how to work with. While I am working in...
David Otey
Nov 10, 20212 min read
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4 More Athletic Kettlebell Moves
For most people, athleticism should be one of the main focuses of a training program. I don't mean this in an NFL Combine training type...
David Otey
Oct 23, 20212 min read
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Not All Abs Are Created Equal
Most people who venture into a training routine are looking for abs (not all, but most). Lets not venture down the road of "why" but that...
David Otey
Sep 24, 20212 min read
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5 Loaded Carries You NEED To Be Doing
Loaded carries are the exercise we do the most in our day to day lives and train probably the least. It's really ridiculous when you...
David Otey
Sep 17, 20213 min read
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More Effective Ways to Glute Bridge
The Glute Bridge tends to get overlooked for posterior chain work because people think they are "above" it. Too advanced to use a glute...
David Otey
Jun 14, 20212 min read
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