The Warm Up with Kyle Wood - Bootcamp Ideas
by Kyle Wood
A short podcast for personal trainers and group fitness instructors to help you warm up mentally for the week. Exploring the habits and routines of successful fitness coaches. Hosted by Kyle Wood from BootcampIdeas.com.
Episodes
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12 | Bored of Delivering 60-Second Circuits? Try These 5 Creative Upgrades
Circuits are a bootcamp staple, but let’s be honest, running the same 60-second station format week after week can get stale. For you and your clients. In this episode of The Warm-Up, I’m diving into five creative ways to breathe life back into your circuit sessions. These simple tweaks keep…
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11 | What If You’re Not Supposed to Scale? Permission to Stay Small
What if your business didn’t need to be huge to be successful? In this episode, I’m giving you permission to stay small. You’ll learn how to: Do simple napkin math to figure out what your version of “enough” looks like Charge more without burning out (and why that’s good for everyone) Build a...
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10 | How to Make Your Fitness Classes Unmissable
Have you ever prepped an amazing workout, checked your class list the night before, and felt pumped about a packed session—only to be greeted by crickets the next morning? You're not alone. In this episode, I’m sharing a real story from listener Moira, a dedicated trainer who built her 6AM class...
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09 | Your Fitness Business, Your Rules: How to Reshape Your Week
What if you could design your fitness business to actually fit your life—not the other way around? In this episode of The Warm-Up, I’m talking about how to reshape your week so you can work on your business, not just in it. Whether you’re feeling stuck, stretched too thin, or ready for a change,...
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08 | How to Get Your First 10 Clients—Without Ads or Social Media (audio)
Starting a bootcamp but don’t have a big following? You don’t need one. In this episode, I’ll walk you through exactly how to get your first 10 clients—without relying on ads or spending hours making social media content. This is the approach I’ve used, the approach I’ve seen work time and time...
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07 | Pivoting Your Fitness Career
Thinking about changing direction in your fitness business? You’re not alone. Many trainers reach a point where they start wondering, What’s next? Maybe you’re feeling burned out, considering online training, or looking to shift to a new model that better fits your lifestyle. In this episode, I...
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06 | The Secret to Structuring a 6-Week Bootcamp for Maximum Client Retention
Ever feel like you’re scrambling to plan workouts at the last minute? Or worse—running the same formula over and over, hoping your clients don’t notice? If so, this episode is exactly what you need. Today, I’m breaking down how to structure a 6-week bootcamp that maximizes client engagement,...
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05 | The 3 B’s of Avoiding PT Burnout: What’s Actually Worked for Me 😫
Burnout is one of the biggest reasons personal trainers and group fitness coaches leave the industry. Long hours, inconsistent income, and the pressure to always be “on” can wear you down fast. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode, I share the 3 B’s of Avoiding Burnout—simple but...
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04 | Disruptive Clients: How To Have Tricky Conversations With Challenging Bootcampers
Ever had a client whose negativity sucked the energy out of your entire class? In this episode, I share a personal story of how one difficult client killed an entire time slot in my bootcamp—and what I wish I had done differently. Learn how to handle disruptive bootcampers, navigate tough...
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03 | How To Duplicate Yourself (Guide To Hiring Great Trainers)
Your clients adore you. It's why they want to come and train with you every week. Which is great... except when you want to go away or you're too busy and you want to offload one of your sessions to a new trainer. Talk about clearing the room (or fitness class). Today's episode is all about how…
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02 | A Bunch (14!) of Free (or nearly-free) Ways To Grow Your Bootcamp Following 🤔
Last episode on The Warm Up I shared some proven methods for retaining group fitness and PT clients, but what if no one even knows your classes exist? It's easy to feel like just another fitness business in a giant sea of fitness trainers in today's world of marketing online, so I want to share...
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01 | Tiny 1% Improvements I Made To My Classes That Added Up To Big Results
A great workout plan is key to a creating a popular fitness class, but it's not all you need. Here are some simple things I started doing in my clients that added up to big results in terms of class attendance and client retention. Get my free Bootcamp Trainer Toolkit:...
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How To Stay Motivated With Quarterly Planning [Join A Live Session]
Did you have that moment when you made the switch from doing personal training as a hobby to ‘this is what I want to do full-time’ when you realised… ‘Wow, now I’m running a business.’? I remember that moment and I it occurred to me around then that there are probably some business “things” I...
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Boosting Engagement: How To Feel Excited About Your Classes (Again)
As fitness trainers we all want to help others while also feeling emotionally and financially supported. But, going by recent emails you’ve sent me, that’s a bit of a struggle right now. In this episode I share some of my own experiences, recent and in the past, where I didn’t feel financially or...
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How To Build Your Following [Best Of]
Here's how to be an influencer in your community without being an 'influencer'. In today's episode I've brought back one of the most popular episodes from the Dale & Kyle Show where we break down the difference between a following, an audience and a community. We share why you need to know the...
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How To Become More Confident As A Trainer or Instructor
Today I'm reading from one of my articles a story about one of my early - dreadful - attempts to sign up a new PT client. You'll want to listen in just for the cringe factor (I'm sure you'll be able to relate). I also cover: How to become more confident in your skills What got me through my early...
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24 Ways to Find More Group Fitness Clients in 2024
If you are feeling like you need some inspiration for growing the size of your bootcamp and group fitness classes, then you will love today’s episode. It’s natural in a fitness business to go through periods where you have lots of new people coming in and periods where you just have a few new…
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Podcast Reboot: Introducing The Group Fitness Experience
Welcome (back) to The Group Fitness Experience! In this episode I share what motivated me to restart the podcast, some insights on creating a transformative experience and chat about some upcoming challenges for readers and listeners. I also dig up and read out our Manifesto to set the tone for...
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Going From Part-Time To Full-Time Trainer - Deb Poulton
Sometimes when life throws a curve ball it can be a good thing. Despite the pain and heartache, it can be the catalyst to doing something you’ve always wanted to do. For my guest today, that was taking her personal training and bootcamp business from a part-time to a full-time income. All while a...
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How To Move Your Bootcamp's Location - Jessi Schlegel
In today's episode of Everything Bootcamp, my guest is Jessi Schlegal, from (for not much longer) Vancouver, Canada. Jessi will soon be moving - moving her home and her business - and that is what we chat about in this episode. Just how do you go about moving your fitness business from one...
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Quitting Bootcamp To Make Room For More - Amy Connell
In today’s episode of Everything Bootcamp, my guest is Amy Connell. Based in Texas in the U S. We’re talking about pivoting your fitness business during the pandemic. We also talk about when is it the right time to stop running classes? When does adversity become a sign that it’s time to stop? We...
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When Bootcamp Becomes A Place To Brave Life Together - Donna Houlihan
Clients come to bootcamp to exercise but they stick around for years and years because of the side effects. In this episode we talk about what happens when two of those side effects combine: 1) Creating a space for people to be themselves. 2) Gathering together like people who are experiencing...
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How She Found Success With 30 Minute Virtual Bootcamps - Lauren Brennen
From being a hurdles champion at Little Athletics, to smashing the hurdles of the pandemic, Lauren Brennen of New Heights Fitness in Melbourne, Australia chats to Kyle in this very first episode of Everything Bootcamp about how she has successfully grown her bootcamp business over the last 24...
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Everything Bootcamp Trailer
Before the pandemic getting members of the Bootcamp Ideas community to jump on a video call with me was often challenging. But one positive side effect of pandemic is that everyone now knows how to Zoom. I took advantage of this and tried to spend time meeting and speaking with readers through…
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