

How To Become A Personal Trainer
Mike Vacanti | Jordan Syatt
Practical tips to help you become a better coach so you can help more people.
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Oct 30, 2020 • 54min
Carbohydrates for Fat Loss, Transformation Pictures, and Our Daily Screen Time
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-How many hours/day we spend on our phones (and what we spend most of our time on).
-Are carbohydrates important during fat loss (and if yes...why?)?
-Should you make your clients sign a waiver and/or contract before signing on?
-How can you convince the older generation (especially women) that resistance training is important?
-Our thoughts on transformation pictures and whether or not you should use them.
-And more...
We hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, we would sincerely appreciate it if you left a five-star review.
Thank you!
-J & M
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Oct 23, 2020 • 1h 2min
How to Help a Client Who Isn’t Making Any Progress
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-How to help a client who isn’t making any progress.
-How to overcome imposter syndrome as a coach.
-What to do if your client wants to lose weight but you know they’d be better off eating in a calorie surplus?
-Reverse dieting
-Can you start online coaching before doing in-person coaching?
-Our thoughts on “6-Figure Masterminds”
-And more...
We hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, we would sincerely appreciate it if you left a five-star review.
Thank you!
-J & M
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Oct 12, 2020 • 46min
Cardio, Cardio, Cardio
In this episode we spent, literally, the entire time talking about cardio.
If you hate cardio and have zero interest in listening to two dudes talking about it...definitely don’t listen.
Or, you know what? If you hate cardio maybe you should listen (because you need to do it!) But what do we know?
If you want to hear us chat about why we’ve come to love it over the years and how we’re incorporating it for ourselves and our clients...definitely listen.
Either way, we hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, we would sincerely appreciate it if you left a five-star review.
Thank you!
-J & M
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Oct 2, 2020 • 53min
How Much Should You Charge for Online Coaching and Open Q&A
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-How much you should charge for online coaching.
-How to get over the fear of charging too much for online coaching.
-Some of our random thoughts on using anger as a motivational tool to improve your fitness, business, and life.
-And more...
We hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, we would sincerely appreciate it if you left a five-star review: https://apple.co/35ATwyf
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Sep 23, 2020 • 52min
How to Get Online Coaching Clients from Social Media and Open Q&A
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-Do you have to be “super fit” to be a personal trainer?
-What is the best way to get online coaching clients from social media?
-How do you get over “camera shyness” and the fear of putting content out publicly?
-What is the best way to respond to clients who say they can’t make time for themselves?
-And more...
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
If you liked this episode please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a rating: https://apple.co/35ATwyf
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Sep 10, 2020 • 59min
Starting an Online Coaching Business on Instagram and Open Q&A
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-What our least favorite parts of online coaching are and our thoughts on starting your online coaching business on Instagram.
-How do we “stay sane” while answering the same questions over and over again?
-How does Mike find being an introvert benefits or impairs him in business?
-Can (or should) you train legs back to back days and how to do it safely?
-And more...
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
If you liked this episode please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a rating: https://apple.co/35ATwyf
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Sep 4, 2020 • 54min
How to Be a Great Online Coach and Open Q&A
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-Our views on “diet culture” and whether or not intentional weight loss for aesthetic purposes is inherently bad (spoiler alert: it’s not).
-How to handle online clients who don’t check in and you have to keep reminding them to do so.
-Mobility vs Flexibility? What’s the difference and how do you know which one to target?
-The best way to measure calories burned.
-And more...
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
If you liked this episode please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a rating: https://apple.co/35ATwyf
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Aug 28, 2020 • 50min
How to Scale Your Online Coaching Business and Open Q&A
In this episode we have an open Q&A in which we discuss:
-How to scale your online coaching business from 1-on-1 to a Membership.
-How long it took both of us to get our online coaching businesses started.
-Funny stories of when people have sent us inappropriate pictures and messages on social media.
-And more...
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
If you liked this episode please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a rating: https://apple.co/35ATwyf
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Aug 12, 2020 • 1h 4min
The “How to Be a Great Coach” Pyramid (Part 1)
In part 1 of this 2-part series we discuss...
-The first 2 (and most important) components of the “how to be a great coach” pyramid.
-What most coaches overlook in the early stages of their career.
-And more.
If you want to skip our small talk and get right to the meat and potatoes of the episode, skip ahead to [24:00]
We hope you enjoy the episode and thank you so much for listening.
-J&M
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
If you liked this episode please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a rating: https://apple.co/35ATwyf
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt

Jul 31, 2020 • 1h 6min
We Can't Prove This, But... 001
This is our first episode of a new series called, "We Can’t Prove This, But..." and the whole purpose is for us to discuss coaching topics and concepts we strongly believe but can't prove with scientific evidence.
This was a really fun podcast to record and we have a feeling you'll enjoy this series as we do more.
We hope you enjoy the episode and, if you do, please leave a five star review on Apple Podcasts.
Want to help thousands of people all over the world and build your own successful online fitness business? Join us in The Fitness Business Mentorship: https://www.fitnessbusinessmentorship.com
Download the FREE 30 Ways To Build A Successful Online Coaching Business Manual: https://bit.ly/30O2l6p
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Post-Production by: David Margittai | In Post Media
Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com
Email: david@inpostmedia.com
© 2020 Michael Vacanti & Jordan Syatt


