How to Design Great HIT Workouts and Train Strength Trainers

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Robert Francis

What do you need to know to design and execute the best possible HIT workouts for your clients and how can you teach your strength studio’s trainers to do the same?

Inform Fitness’ Robert Francis ( zanderinst [ at ] aol [ dot ] com ) is a MedX clinician and master strength trainer with over 40 years of professional experience, multiple certifications, and a wealth of knowledge and experience that has earned him a tremendous amount of respect in the strength training world.

In this episode, we talk about Robert’s HIT journey, the differences between old-school and modern-day HIT trainers, how strength training education has changed over the decades, and he offers incredibly valuable insights for both seasoned professionals and aspiring personal trainers looking to give their clients the best of themselves and their personal training services.

If you want to build your HIT business and give both your strength training clients and your trainers the best ways to progress, this episode is a must-listen.

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Show Notes

03:19 – What really makes a great personal trainer? — Robert Francis on being a constant learner
07:45 – The 10 Original Nautilus Principles
12:19 – How does Robert talk about and teach HIT to someone new to High-Intensity Training?
15:49 – Why Robert teaches Leg Presses as a first exercise to new trainees but deprecates it over time
18:34 – The ability to produce intensity goes through a bell curve — how this should affect how you think about exercise order and equipment
25:49 – The differences between how personal trainers learned in the past versus how they learn today
28:41 – The impact of personal, supervised high-intensity training
30:52 – Modern-day trainers – and people in general – who are too lazy to read and learn
37:07 – How Arthur Jones treated the people around him (and his disdain for conventional medical professionals)
40:02 – A “Super Slow” exercise protocol that came before the SuperSlow protocol
42:42 – What are some good ways to onboard new trainers?
44:41 – How much should old trainers adapt the way they teach new trainers? Where can you find good new trainers and what traits should you look for?
51:12 – How can you prevent burnout and why does it matter?
55:46 – Would Robert be open to recording a client training session with a client for newer audiences?
59:23 – Robert’s approach to teaching new trainers
1:03:12 – Does Robert disagree with anything in the modern HIT community?
1:07:28 – How different have HIT training philosophies and equipment become over the past 30 years?
1:09:26 – The fascinating story of the Pettis brothers who accidentally got amazing results from timed static contractions (without knowing what they were)

Note: these are the timestamps for the audio edition. For the video edition’s timestamps, please see the YouTube description box for this episode.