Luke Carlson
Luke Carlson (luke @ discoverstrength.com) is the CEO of Discover Strength, a strength training studio located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His team at Discover Strength operate the Discover Strength Franchise and host the Resistance Exercise Conference (REC) annually.
In this episode, Luke talks about the scientific paper The Role of Fitness Professionals in Public Health: A Review of the Literature which provided an overview of the evidence on fitness professionals, their role in physical activity for health agendas, and the professional education and training that is available to support them. Luke discusses the gap between fitness professionals and health professionals, the 4 key issues for considerations in the fitness industry, and much more.
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Show Notes
- 2:32 – Introduction and overview
- 6:01 – The gap between fitness professionals and health professionals
- 18:16 – Health impacts and effectiveness of fitness professionals
- 23:26 – Issue on personal trainers training by themselves
- 25:34 – Lack of public funding, Low barrier to entry
- 30:05 – Ambiguous role and practice expectation
- 35:03 – How to regulate personal trainers becoming therapists
- 39:30 – Concerns about training and education provision
- 47:39 – Importance of a structured learning program for trainers
- 50:06 – Lack of recognition and professional credibility
- 56:46 – Building strategic partnerships with medical professionals
- 1:02:29 – Problems of low wages, career progression, shift work
- 1:10:03 – Conclusions and implications
- 1:14:12 – Neoliberal theory
Selected Links from the Episode
- The Role of Fitness Professionals in Public Health: A Review of the Literature by Neville, De Lyon, Armour (2016)
- Discover Strength
- Resistance Exercise Conference (REC)
- Exercise Professionals – Could They Be The Forgotten Public Health Resource In The War Against Obesity? by Oprescu, McKean, Burkett (2012)
- Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- Nautilus Inc.
- Truth Not Trends
- Live Oak Strength
- 343 – John Little – The Story of Nautilus North Strength & Fitness Centre
- National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
- HITuni
- Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery by Christie Aschwanden
- HITuni’s HIT Gym Directory
- European Health and Fitness Association (EHFA)
- Boston Marathon
- Tyranny of the Or
- Peloton
- Mayo Clinic
- Dalai Lama
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