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103 – Luke Carlson on How to Run and Scale Your Fitness Business in the Smartest and Most Effective Ways Possible

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Luke Carlson, Discover Strength CEO, High Intensity Training Expert

Luke Carlson, Discover Strength CEO (Image via Minnesota Monthly/TJ Turner/Sidecar)

One of the best ways to start and grow a business successfully is to study those who have done just that. In this episode of Corporate Warrior, joining us for his fourth go-around is Luke Carlson, a Certified Exercise Physiologist and Kinesiologist, Cancer Exercise Specialist, and most importantly, the founder and CEO of one of the most successful high-intensity training businesses in world, Discover Strength.

Luke’s expertise in business, leadership, and evidence-based resistance exercise is highly sought-after and has led to speaking engagements all over the world in events such as Filex Australia, TaiSPO in Taiwan, the Annual IHRSA Convention, the IHRSA European Congress, the Fitness Leaders Summit, China Fit, Mindbody Bold, and the Vistage Executive Summit.

In this episode, we talk about how Luke approaches managing his time, his actions, his mindset, and everything else in between with regard to what it takes to run a large and still-growing HIT business in the smartest, most effective ways possible.

Check out The Real HIT Experience: An Intensive, 2-Day Course with Luke Carlson and Jim Flanagan on High Intensity Training and the Proven Business Systems to Take Your Personal Training Business to the Next Level – Click here

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In this episode, we cover:

  • How to be an effective leader by understanding what you should focus and work on
  • The mindset, culture, and systems you need to establish in order for your business to scale well and continuously succeed
  • Smart and effective ways of managing time, delegating work, getting feedback, and getting things done on a large scale
  • How Discover Strength trains people of different ages and varying backgrounds, from 1-on-1 sessions to small group settings
  • … and much more!

 

Want to hear more from Luke Carlson? Check out previous episode with Luke here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

 

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This episode is brought to you by the Resistance Exercise Conference – The science and application of strength training for health and human performance.

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QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What part of starting, running, or growing a HIT business are you most worried about, if you’ve ever considered doing so? Please let me know in the comments at the bottom of this post.

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  1. Luke, is there a general ballpark for load in relation to bone mineral density? I’m mainly working with bodyweight (some free weight too) would progression to unilateral exercises (one armed push ups etc) provide sufficient stimulus?

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    • Andrew, Depending on your strength levels, a 1-arm push-up would definitely be enough load for maximizing bone mineral density. However, you might be limited across all muscle structures, joints, and bones if you stick solely to bodyweight.

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      • Thanks for the reply. I’m progressing via “typewriter/archer” pushups at the moment, along with pistols etc……..one armed pull up might never happen though lol. One quick additional question if you have time, how does this concept appy to the the spine and it’s supporting structures? Cheers

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