High Intensity Business

Hey! Lawrence Neal here, founder of High Intensity Business . Since there's a lot of buzz about this new chatbot by OpenAI called ChatGPT , I decided to dabble in it a bit and check out its potential. This episode is focused on how you can save thousands of hours using AI – specifically with ChatGPT – in your high intensity training business — I'll talk about the different business applications an...

Lawrence Neal here, founder of High Intensity Business and co-founder of Optima Strength .  Get your FREE resources .  In this episode, I share the benefits of networking for getting new clients for your strength training business — specifically, I talk about Business Network International (BNI) , networking tips for getting better results, how to network efficiently, other marketing tactics with...

Billy Fletcher is the owner of the Optimization Training Lab in Greenville, South Carolina, which houses three programs: Fletcher Fitness (Quantified Strength Training), Alliance Jiu-jitsu, and Braelen's Speed Shop (Speed Training). His passion and mission is coaching others so that they can close the gap between where they are and what their true potential is. Billy is also Master SuperSlow Instr...

Gert Mellak has been an entrepreneur, author, and SEO strategist for over 20 years — he is the Founder/CEO at SEO Leverage helping businesses with their digital marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) to rank higher in Google. Gert and his team of SEO experts have helped 500+ entrepreneurs and corporations worldwide generate millions of visitors, thousands of leads, and millions of dollars...

Sherri McMillan is a fitness columnist, author, and owner of Northwest Personal Training in Vancouver, Washington, awarded both the Better Business Bureau's Business of the Year and the Chamber of Commerce Community Builder award.   Sherri has more than 30 years of experience in the fitness industry and has presented hundreds of workshops and worked with thousands of fitness leaders worldwide. Ove...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.   In this episode, Tim joins me for another Q&A where he addresses how to strength train athletes, how to sell high intensity strength training to athletes, l...

The Resistance Exercise Conference (REC) is a great event where you can connect with peers, learn from expert scientists and business thought leaders, as well as rejuvenate your passion for exercise and business. Discover Strength is bringing in the leading exercise researchers, business thought leaders, and strength training practitioners to impart knowledge and empower the strength training comm...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.   In this episode, Tim joins me to talk about more questions around client training plateaus and regression, factors affecting client performance, Super Slow...

In this episode, I share with you the lessons I've learned from recording hundreds of podcasts with fitness business experts and the evidence available to support why you should seriously consider a HIT fitness business (or double down if you already have one). We'll talk about what High Intensity Training (HIT) really is , why this fitness business concept is very lucrative, the action steps invo...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.  In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 15 of our HIT Fundamentals Series — we take more of a Q&A approach to this one, and Tim answers your questions on usin...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. In addition to personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.   In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 14 of our HIT Fundamentals Series where we discuss exercise-induced headaches (EIH), its symptoms and causes, cli...

Mike Lipowski is an author, coach and Co-Founder of Pure Physique along with his wife, Corrie-Beth. They help high-performers and busy parents transform their bodies without calorie-counting or cardio by combining time-efficient resistance training with custom meal planning and mindset coaching.  Own a Pure Physique Franchise   In this episode, Mike talks about the concept of small group training,...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners. Let Tim help you modify and upgrade your equipment Listen to Parts 1 to 12: 352 – The History and Philosophy of HIT (The High Intensity Training Fundamentals...

Patrik Meier is the Chief Operating Officer for Kieser Training . He is a mechanical and industrial engineer, and has specialized in sales, marketing, and branding. Patrik spent time in the Swiss army as an infantry officer, and in the health industry in different management and executive positions. Starting from 1967, Kieser Training was a pioneer — it was one of the first companies to recognize...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.   In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 12 of our HIT Fundamentals Series where he talks about the different aspects of an ideal exercise environment: privac...

Matt McGunagle ( matt @ strengthportal.com ) is the CEO and Founder o f StrengthPortal , a software platform for personal trainers, gym owners, and multi-location gyms to manage their personal training staff and track personal training services. Matt graduated from Cal Poly SLO as an Economics major with a concentration on Entrepreneurship.  In this episode, Matt shares Strength Portal's new and u...

Mike Lipowski is an author, coach, and Co-Founder of Pure Physique Fitness Franchise along with his wife, Corrie-Beth. They help high performers and busy parents transform their bodies without calorie-counting or cardio by combining their time-efficient resistance training with custom meal planning and mindset coaching.  Mike's approach to personal training is heavily influenced by The Internation...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.   In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 11 of our HIT Fundamentals Series where he explains the different fat loss principles, how HIT contributes to fat los...

Ted Naiman is a board-certified Family Medicine physician at the Department of Primary Care at a leading major medical center in Seattle. He is the author of The P:E Diet , a diet and exercise book that breaks down every single dietary strategy into one simple metric: PROTEIN and ENERGY. His research and medical practice are focused on practical implementation of diet and exercise for health optim...

Tim Ryan (info @ stronglifetraining.com) is a Master Super Slow instructor and the owner of Strong Life Personal Training in Barrington, Illinois. Aside from personal training, Tim offers mentoring, workshops, and seminars for studio owners.   In this episode, Tim joins me for Part 10 of our HIT Fundamentals Series where he discusses misconceptions about exercise, the distinction between exercise...

Sam Orange, PhD (sam.orange @ newcastle.ac.uk) is a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and Deputy Director of Research in the School of Biomedical, Nutritional, and Sports Sciences at Newcastle University. His research focuses on finding the best ways to support cancer survivors in helping them become physically active and whether physical activity can improve some of the side effects of cancer. In t...

Corrie-Beth Lipowski (corriebeth @ purephysique.com) is a sports nutrition specialist and co-founder of Pure Physique , a fitness studio offering 30-minute workouts to busy professionals, competitors, and everyday people who want to reach their health and fitness goals using an "untraditional but focused" approach.  Own a Pure Physique Franchise   In this episode, Corrie-Beth discusses the value o...

Liam Bauer and Jesse Schmidt are the owners of TNT Strength , a strength training studio in Oakland, California. TNT Strength has been in operation since April 2021 and currently features 3 strength training coaches serving 65 clients with HIT influenced exercise protocols.  Liam and Jesse are passionate about the life-changing and performance-enhancing effects of strength training, and they look...

Ted Harrison (vitalexercise @ gmail.com) is the owner of Vital Exercise , a private, personal training studio based in Essex. Ted has been a personal trainer for more than 30 years helping people transform their health and physique using HIT-influenced, science-based principles.  In this episode, Ted goes through Vital Exercise's decorative process, specifically the architectural theme, the interi...

Matt McGunagle ( matt @ strengthportal.com ) is the CEO and Founder o f StrengthPortal , a software platform for personal trainers, gym owners, and multi-location gyms to manage their personal training staff and track personal training services. Matt graduated from Cal Poly SLO as an Economics major with a concentration on Entrepreneurship.  In this episode, Matt talks about the issues and challen...