Listen to the insightful lecture below by Professor Jill Cook* to learn more about how you should address painful Achilles and patellar tendinopathies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kKzoi8Zrik Professor Jill Cook, physiotherapist, PhD, is a professor in musculoskeletal health in the La Trobe University School of Allied Health in Australia. Her research areas include sports medicine and tendon injury. Since completing her PhD in …
Create Clients for Life
In Part 2of this series on… How To Systematically Build A Multimillion Dollar Gym That Is Highly Sellable . . . Working Way Less… we discussed how to Increase Referrals. In Success Key Part 3, we’ll tackle Creating Clients for Life. When I speak to health and fitness professionals, I always ask, “How many of your clients will have reoccurring …
Business Coach, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Speaker, Marketing Strategist
To Cue or not to Cue
When evaluating a patient or athlete, is there a difference between testing their capability and testing their movement pattern? Put another way: Do we want to see what they are capable of – or what they habitually do? Professor Vladimir Janda wrote “During movement pattern testing, minimal verbal cues should be used which test an individual’s habitual way of performing a movement. …
DC, Founder of First Principles of Movement, author of Rehabilitation of the Spine (2007) & The Functional Training Handbook (2014).
Is This Client Acquisition Method Really Considered a 4-Letter Word?
How To Systematically Build A Multimillion Dollar Gym That Is Highly Sellable…Working Smarter not Harder Success Key 2 of 4 First my disclaimer: I’m not a trainer, but I have built three national service companies serving over 25,000 medical practices and 500 hospitals. Two of my companies were ranked on the Inc. 500 list of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. …
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Fit for the Holidays: Easy Ways For Your Clients to Exercise
The holidays leave us all over-scheduled and under-rested. This time of year also takes our clients out of their normal eating and exercise routines (just when they need them the most). It’s up to you to help your clients keep the busy holiday season from sidetracking their regular exercise routines. Even if they can’t make it in for a workout, …
Corporate Fitness Manager and Certified Personal Trainer
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Elivate is dedicated to working hard to provide impactful information to help YOU help your clients and grow your business. We’ve partnered with innovative thought leaders like: Dr. Tim Brown Co-Medical Director for the World Surf League (formerly the ASP) Christopher Beardsley Director of Strength and Conditioning Research Dr. Ed Le Cara DC, …
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How to Grow Your Practice with Workshops, Part 1
“All the great speakers were bad at first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson When I moved to Atlanta to open Athletes’ Potential, I pretty much knew no one. My wife has some family who live here, but they had no involvement in healthcare or the niche I was focusing on. I grossly underestimated how much work it would take to build …
FMT Files Episode One- Rock Pods
RockTape FMT Files Episode One- Rock Pods In this episode of the FMT (Functional Movement Techniques) files we’re keeping up with the Joneses and talking all things new. You asked for cupping so our team here at RockTape gave you cupping. You asked for flossing, so we gave you flossing. But what the heck are they and how do they …
PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, CF-L1
Why do we need more research into Strength Training?
The great thing about strength training is that it works. Want to lift heavier things? Strength training is the only way you can do that. Want bigger muscles? Lifting weights does that. Are you rehabbing a musculoskeletal injury? Resistance training of some sort will probably be involved. Want to improve your general health? Try out those weird machines at the …
Director of Strength and Conditioning Research
Creating a Customer Service Culture
Let’s visualize your facility as a puzzle, and all the elements that make up your gym are the pieces. Your services are pieces of the puzzle: one piece for personal training, one for group classes, one for cardio…you get the picture. There are also pieces for your products, supplements, equipment, and so on. There are pieces for your competitive and …
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