The Best Thing You Can Do To Improve Your Coaching
There's one way to improve your coaching that will make you a better coach today and forever: Get a coach. It's incredible how seldom we--coaches!--get coached. Sure,…
Who’s It For?
When you built your gym, who chose the equipment? How often do your favorite exercises appear in your programming? Who chose your class schedule? Twenty years ago, I was…
The Value of Accountability
Our gym is our canvas, and our workouts are our art. We love being creative. But sometimes love is blind: we don't see what our clients actually need, because…
Five Filters for Fitness Coaches
What really works? What works fastest? What's the proof? Double-blind, randomized, peer-reviewed studies--that sounds like science, doesn't it? But even the stuff that's published in scientific journals is subject to…
The Language of Leadership
by Craig Hysell, www.craighysell.com As a business owner or a coach, you have volunteered to be a leader. A leader takes full responsibility for: the overall vision and direction of…
The Truth About “Balance”
By Craig Hysell I used to obsess over balance in my life. Until I realized that seeking “balance” actually held back my progress and, therefore, my happiness. Balance…
The One Number That Matters Most
By Craig Hysell You are a coach. And probably a pretty darn good one if you take time to read articles like this. From what I read, watch…
How To Coach A Run (And Get People To Show Up!)
We're all born runners. But we're also born squatters. We simply lose the ability to run well. If you're familiar with POSE running, or you've followed Brian Mackenzie for awhile,…
The Value of Singularity
This was originally published on April 25, 2012. This is an updated version. Singularity This is Alexei Sidorovitch Medveyev. He's one of the greatest weightlifting coaches of all time, pioneering…