Vigor Life Podcast

A couple of weeks ago I turned 37. While I was sitting there on my birthday I was suddenly overwhelmed by a feeling that I needed to document the life lessons I have learned over the years. So I did. Staying up to the wee hours of the morning to write them out. I didn’t think much about it but then, but when I sent out my list of lessons to Vigor's email subscribers, I got an overwhelming response...

When we offer intro programs to give people the opportunity to try out Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance I often include a live nutrition seminar. In this seminar, I cover the nutrition basis to teach people the principles that will help them take control of their transformation. I'm not taking for a short time, but for good.  I’m going to share these principles with you so you can apply them t...

It’s important for information/content to be produced that helps people physically transform. Yet, the X’s and O’s of “this vs. that food” isn’t helping people create meaningful change. A fact proven by statistics. Because of this I wanted to start (and continue) producing episodes that dig deeper into the reasons WHY people are having trouble changing their body; while creating awareness, insight...

At many points in our lives we face resistance and obstacles. Some smaller than others. How we deal with these obstacles determines not only our success, but also the quality of our life. I’ve coached thousands of clients to physical transformations and hundreds of gym owners to growing their gyms and creating a sustainable, profitable, and perennial business; and the key to each ones success were...

What do the most successful companies and organizations in the world do that makes their teams work so well together and succeed? Is it just a “fluke” that some companies do better than others, or is there more to it? From my studies and insight I share the clarifying power of cheesy catchphrases, the necessity of feeling safe (when developing ideas with a team) and how you can use the energy of c...

The majority of the online space is made up of brands, businesses and people pitching you the best method, tactic and strategy to help you change your body, build your business, generate more leads, improve your health, or whatever else you’re looking for. It’s not that the methods and strategies they're sharing don’t matter. They just won’t work unless you don’t change your belief system first. A...

At the end of the day we’re all seeking more happiness. In this episode I share the secret to how you can significantly increase your happiness level, while teaching you how to become more productive and successful at the same time. If you struggle to find happiness in your day-to-day life and would like to increase your productivity so that you can drive your career further and create more impact...

No matter what you do for work, there's a good chance you have to communicate with people... at some point, or another. How well you do that determines not only your success at what you do, but also the quality of your relationships and connections outside of your workplace. Having a framework for how you can improve the way you communicate with people might be the game changer that you need to ma...

Would you like to improve your leadership and influence skills so that you can be better at guiding, motivating and building a team? In this episode I talk about the 10 big ideas that are the foundation to success in a position of leadership and influence. I’ve devoted a lot of time to learning how to become the best leader possible in the last 5 years – hiring coaches, reading 100’s of books and...

Frequently I dig through my notes (that date back years) and find myself getting more "aha" moments from those old notes than I do from anything new that I've learned. Last week I stumbled across an old 5-year journal that housed some coaching secrets that I rarely discuss. One of those secrets is the solution to the common bottleneck that many coaches run into when it comes to getting their clien...

How do you feel about interruptions? I think we can agree they’re not the best... unless they’re interruptions to your habits and aren't taking you away from your goals and results. In this episode I share eleven pattern interrupts that you can use throughout your day, week, or month to shift you away from your current patterns and mindsets — that aren’t helping you succeed — to new ones that will...

In a lot of ways we are our own worst enemy. We self-sabotage. We procrastinate. We put roadblocks in our own way, and we make excuses for our behavior to make us feel better ourselves when things don't go our way. We all do it, but why? And is there something we can do about it? The simple answer is yes, and in this episode I get into how so that you can get out of your own way and finally make t...

Every time I travel to events and mentorships I learn new things. Sometimes I hear stuff that I’ve heard before but from a different perspective and get an “aha” moment that allows me to take action on it. Apart from that, the relationship building and connecting with other high level fitness professionals and entrepreneurs is priceless. Combining the above always gets me fired up, inspired and al...

At Vigor, the most common questions that we receive are centered around nutrition, lifestyle and habit change. Taking control of your daily (potentially bad) habits is one of the hardest things to do – which is why we have decided to host regular podcasts where we dive deep into the kind of coaching we provide for our clients here at Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance. The same coaching that has...

Last year I went to an event my friend, Adam Bornstein puts on called two12. This annual event brings together some of the top entrepreneurs in the US, and gives attendees the opportunity to spend time with them in an intimate small group setting. It's the place to be if you want the latest business, life and relationship building advice. When I was there I got a number of key insights from both t...

One of the most frequent questions we receive at Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance is about our nutrition coaching. The inquiries come from both clients and coaches (from other training facilities) and typically include a note about how the tactic they read about on the Internet didn't work. The messages also include the question, What do I do now? In this episode Cody and I discuss the strateg...

One of the questions that I get asked over and over again is, “How do you and your team at Vigor Ground learn so much so fast?” Growing up I was a kid who always got into trouble with teachers and had a tough time learning, so I am continually humbled by that question. As an adult I am obsessed with learning (and perfecting) my craft. In this episode I cover some of the principles around how I lea...

Most people don’t have an investment plan (personally, financially, etc.). But as I have said before, without a path and a plan the default is always struggle. For people that do invest, it tends to be in others. In this episode I cover the most important philosophy when it comes to personal development and why even people that “know this” end up investing in areas that lose them time, health, mon...

Have you ever doubted yourself and what you can achieve? So did Nate Green after having a 1.7 GPA in college. After dropping out in his first semester, Nate decided to pursue a career as a personal trainer, and hasn't looked back since. Despite all his self-doubt, he took action. First transformed himself, then helping others do the same; which opened a world of opportunities for him. From being a...

Being able to look at the obstacles in your life, as well as observe others struggles (and extract the lessons) may be one of your greatest skill sets... especially if you're able to apply what you learn. In this episode I share two of the lessons I extracted this week. One being that marketing is the price you pay for being unremarkable – and how this applies to your body, being, relationships an...

Would you like to discover the formula to build a new skill-set? In this episode I break it down for you. I’m always studying what the greats do in the areas of their art/skill. When I want to improve a particular skill-set I study coaches who have it – by reverse engineering who they are, what they do and how they do it. After studying the greatest coaches and working with/under some of the world...

http://www. VigorGroundFitness.com This episode is almost a year old, but the mindsets and strategies that I outline within it still have the potential to transform your day from a health, happiness and productivity standpoint. What we do today, over a lifetime, may be insignificant. Yet, what we do every day, over a lifetime, becomes the only significance. Discover some of the positive addictions...

One of the things I regularly mention is that it doesn’t matter if you do your best if you don't do what is required. That doesn’t mean that doing your best isn’t extremely important, but there are certain requirements that need to be done if you are to achieve anything in life – and often there is a disconnect between what you are doing and what is required. A big part of achieving anything is th...

How do you go from living in a 300 square foot room with two friends, hustling to just get by (in a far away country that's not home), to becoming on of the best black and grey tattoo artists in the world? That's the story of “Lil B” Hernandez, my good friend, and the person who has stabbed me more times than I can count... with a tattoo needle that is. In this episode we talk about everything fro...

Jason Ferruggia has gone from building one of the first, and most successful underground gyms, to going broke, to building an incredibly successful online business. He is now the host of the Renegade Radio podcast – which has millions of downloads. Renegade Radio is an entertaining and informative show that empowers you to unleash your strongest self. You get motivation and strategies to build you...