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The Storm Fitness Academy Podcast — 104 episodes

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1

What If I Try to Be a Personal Trainer and Fail?

2

Is It Ever OK to Refer a Personal Training Client to Another Coach?

3

Weight-Loss Injections, Magic Solution or Dangerous Shortcut?

4

What Most New Personal Trainers Overthink (And What Actually Matters)

5

The Questions Every New Personal Trainer Gets Asked, And How to Answer Them With Confidence

6

Why You’re Overthinking Becoming a Personal Trainer

7

How to Know Whether Personal Training Is the Right Career for You

8

Why Does Social Media Make New Personal Trainers Feel Behind?

9

How do you motivate a client who clearly doesn’t want to be there

10

Why Charging for Personal Training Feels So Awkward (And How to Reframe It)

11

What Do You Do After Qualifying as a Personal Trainer?

12

How Do Personal Trainers Get Their First Clients Without Feeling Salesy?

13

When Do You Start Acting Like a Professional Personal Trainer?

14

Am I Just Moving the Goalposts in My Fitness Career?

15

Do I Need to Be Fit Before Starting a Personal Training Course?

16

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Personal Trainer

17

7 Principles for a Meaningful and Sustainable Fitness Career in 2026

18

Find Your Why and Transform Your Fitness Career

19

The Iron Age Principles of Old-school Strength

20

Am I Good Enough to Become a Personal Trainer?

21

Hypercholesterolaemia and Exercise: A Practical Guide for Personal Trainers

22

Hyrox: What Fitness Professionals Need to Know

23

Hypertension and Exercise: A Practical Guide for PTs

24

Face-to-Face vs Online Personal Training: Which Is Best for You and Your Clients?

25

How to Build Strong Relationships with Clients and Inspire Long-Term Success

26

How to Help Clients Overcome Barriers to Exercise and Stay Motivated

27

Carbs, Fats, and Protein: How Your Body Uses Fuel for Aerobic and Anaerobic Energy

28

How Autumn Fitness Outdoors Boosts Your Health

29

NHS Guidelines vs. Blue Zones: Lessons for Health and Longevity

30

The Science Behind Speed: How Strength and Conditioning Shapes F1 Drivers

31

The Rule That Makes or Breaks Client Progress

32

Most Popular Episode Ever: The Secret to Boosting Happy Hormones

33

Heart Rate Training Zones: What Every PT Needs to Know

34

Why Storm Fitness Academy Has Been Named One of the Best Personal Trainer Courses in the UK

35

How Does Cardio Training Actually Help Your Clients?

36

The Side Hustle That Pays: How PT training can boost your income — and your career

37

Run It Off: ADHD, Dopamine & Doing the Miles

38

Run for Your Life: Why Running Is the Best Drug

39

Breathwork for PTs: Tools, Focus, and Recovery in Practice (with Kerry Waters)

40

Breathwork – The Superpower of Top Athletes (with Kerry Waters)

41

Supercharge Your Cardio

42

Part Two: From Martial Arts to Muscle, the training approach of Dan Mack

43

Part One: How Dan Mack Turned His Life Around With Fitness

44

Longevity, Breathwork & The Blueprint for Staying Strong at 70

45

From Crisis to Comeback — The Story of Ray Conway

46

Never Do This as an Outdoor PT: Client-Killing Mistakes to Avoid

47

How to Set Up and Run a Successful Outdoor PT Business

48

How to Coach Outdoors with Minimal Kit (And Still Get Amazing Results)

49

Never Do This If You Want More PT Clients (The #1 Sales Mistake)

50

The 3 Biggest Training Mistakes That Are Holding You (and Your Clients) Back

51

How To Make £50k+ (Even In Your First Year)

52

Five Biggest Fears Holding You Back (And How To Overcome Them)

53

How to Train Your Client Like an Athlete (Even if They're Not One)

54

How to Become a Personal Trainer in 2025: Step-by-Step Guide

55

The Best Way to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle

56

The First Step to a Successful Fitness Business (Most People Get This Wrong!)

57

How to Move Better, Feel Stronger, and Crush Pain with Yanushka Bagiolo

58

The Power of Walking: Unlocking Physical and Mental Wellbeing

59

How to Build Lasting Motivation and Achieve Your Fitness Goals for Life

60

Unlocking Success by Breaking Barriers and Building Healthy Habits

61

Do better people make better trainers, coaches and teachers? With Dave Hall

62

Can exercise really make us happier? With Jon Bond

63

What does a 'Gold Standard Personal Training Service' look like? With Kriss Hendy

64

How Quitting Alcohol Led to a 17kg Transformation in Just 6 Months

65

Embracing the Journey of the Ageing Athlete with Sifu Sim

66

Train Less and Build More Muscle: Natural Bodybuilding with Paul Comer

67

Developing mental fitness in men, the Viking way, with Dan Gainsford

68

Play to your Strengths, Work Hard, Be Authentic and TRUST THE PROCESS with Dave Hall!

69

Chase your dreams and smash every obstacle in your path with Adam Hayes "DJ Wheels"

70

Training, Nutrition, Mindset and Business Q&A with George Horlock and Jon Bond

71

Managing grief, moving forward and finding peace in nature with Jo Meaney

72

Ownership equals empowerment with Ryan French.

73

How to drop body fat and build muscle with coach and bodybuilder Luis Souza

74

Using exercise and positivity to overcome loneliness and improve well-being, with Enzo Manco.

75

If you can't sit still and love human connection, teach group exercise! Jo Meaney

76

Managing your mental health with walking, talking and appreciating nature, with Cathy Servante.

77

Simplifying the fitness industry and wading through the Bulls**t with George Horlock

78

The power of acceptance and authenticity with retired premiership footballer Dean Hammond

79

Overcoming injury and turning set backs into opportunities with Pro footballer Aarran Racine

80

Overcoming anxiety and channeling fear with George Horlock

81

Living an awesome life with Ben Coomber - Part 2

82

Living an awesome life with Ben Coomber - Part 1

83

How to avoid weight gain over Christmas and still have fun!

84

Listening to your gut and going with the flow with George Horlock

85

How to build a successful fitness business with Jon Bond

86

Personal Trainer Q&A with Jon Bond BSc (Hons), MSc, PGCE, QTS

87

How to make the most out of running and live a longer, healthier and happier life, with Jon Bond

88

Improve balance and stability, prevent falls and reduce injuries with Barefoot Training

89

Walking the talk, plant-based muscle building and being your authentic self with George Horlock (George Horlock Coaching)

90

Finding the clients you enjoy talking to and love helping with Kriss Hendy (Strength for Endurance)

91

Follow your passion, turn regrets into lessons, keep learning and find your niche with Alex Butt.

92

How to live a longer, healthier life whilst building Elite level endurance

93

Turn your client into a Hybrid Athlete with 'Hybrid Training'

94

How to make your client hit harder, jump higher and sprint faster with 'Power Training'

95

Get your client super strong and improve their life with 'Absolute strength training'

96

Help your client feel like an Athlete with 'Relative Strength Training'

97

How to build your clients muscle and functional strength with 'Functional Hypertrophy Training'

98

Build lean muscle with 'Hypertrophy Training'

99

Get your client buzzing with 'Muscular endurance training'

100

Build a strong core and total body stability with 'Stabilisation Training'

101

How to use exercise and physical activity to live a longer happier life

102

How to boost client motivation to exercise and achieve their goals

103

The secret to boosting your Happy Hormones

104

Introduction