Category Archives: Trainers

Carrots Anyone?

Posted on June 12, 2009 by admin | 5 Comments

I just finished The Carrot Principle, a fabulous book about recognition and acknowledgement in the work place. The entire time I was reading I kept thinking of client recognition as well as that of our team. One of the things … Continue reading →

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NorCal On Ramp Published!

Posted on May 31, 2009 by admin | 16 Comments

The second part to my On Ramp article is now available at the Performance Menu, in Issue 53, June 2009. This second part includes our 12 session curriculum. Enjoy! Also, I had a question regarding body rows…one of the movements … Continue reading →

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Trainer Development DVD ala Dutch Lowy!!!

Posted on May 22, 2009 by admin | 8 Comments

Now available: Dutch Lowy Trainer Development DVD!!!! If you’ve made it to one of Dutch’s training seminars you know the extreme value of the information he presents: understanding power output and how to program effectively for a broad population (the … Continue reading →

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Postcard Contest

Posted on May 14, 2009 by admin | 4 Comments

We just wrapped up a little postcard contest amongst our trainers. This was something that was mentioned at MindBody University…and I finally decided to give it a shot. Details I had 1000 postcards printed offering 10% off of either the … Continue reading →

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What are you providing if not COACHING?

Posted on May 8, 2009 by admin | 8 Comments

A friend and fellow affiliate owner recently relayed the following to me…and as obvious as it might be to you all that this is not the way to coach a class, this DOES happen….PLEASE don’t run your classes like this! … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Things…

Posted on April 21, 2009 by admin | 5 Comments

First, apologies for the long span between posts! We’ve been traveling and trying to keep our heads above water! All good stuff! A couple of goodies for today: Dave Werner’s Pullup Wall – A solution for the light industrial building … Continue reading →

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Navigating large group classes

Posted on April 4, 2009 by admin | 1 Comment

I received the following email from one of the readers of this blog who opened an affiliate last September. It’s on the topic of coaching large group classes and I thought you all might like to see it and my … Continue reading →

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The Trainer Whiteboard and My New Favorite MBO Report

Posted on March 26, 2009 by admin | 3 Comments

As CrossFitters we time our workouts and put our names on the board along with our times…good, bad and ugly. If we perform poorly we get to see our name next to others who performed better. Most of us can’t … Continue reading →

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The Private Training Component: Not to be Overlooked

Posted on March 12, 2009 by admin | 5 Comments

When we first opened in 2004 Coach Glassman urged us to begin our practice like this: Get a private training client. Train her for a while, then ask her to bring in a friend. Train the 2 of them together, … Continue reading →

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