241 – Luke Carlson – How to Develop your Trainers Without the SuperSlow Exercise Guild

Luke Carlson (Luke @ DiscoverStrength.com) is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength, a fast growing personal training business based in Minneapolis and four other personal training facilities in Minnesota. Discover Strength offers a variety of strength training sessions facilitated by educated and expert trainers. Their personal training facilities are among the highest volume/revenue training facilities in the United States.

Once a year, Luke and the Discover Strength team host the Resistance Exercise Conference. The conference provides incredible keynotes on exercise science and HIT business (like Dr Doug McGuff, Dr James Fisher), and life changing networking opportunities, which will retool and inspire you to take your personal training career to the next level and exceed your business goals – Register here

Listen to other episodes with Luke Carlson here 

In this episode, Luke Carlson talks how to improve your trainers, essential resources for trainer development, trainer certification, and much more.

Develop great trainers who retain clients and generate referrals inside HIT Business Membership

 

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Show Notes

• 1:49 – What is the SuperSlow Exercise Guild?
• 8:47 – Essential resources for trainer development
• 15:17 – HITuni and other trainer certifications
• 19:49 – Importance of understanding muscle anatomy & physiology  
• 24:17 – Learn from other HIT practitioners
• 26:04 – Advanced HIT resources

Selected Links from the Episode

• Discover Strength 
• SuperSlow Exercise Guild
• Super Slow: The Ultimate Exercise Protocol by Ken Hutchins
• Super Slow Protocol
• Nautilus
• The New High Intensity Training: The Best Muscle-Building System You’ve Never Tried by Ellington Darden
• Nautilus Bulletins #1 and #2
• Congruent Exercise: How To Make Weight Training Easier On Your Joints by Bill DeSimone
• Moment Arm Exercise by Bill DeSimone
• HITuni Courses and Certifications
• ACSM Certification
• Resistance Exercise Conference (REC)
• Hardpressed

People Mentioned

• Ken Hutchins
• Ryan Hall (Listen to my episodes with Ryan here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4)
• Skyler Tanner (Listen to my episodes with Skyler here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6)
• Drew Baye (Listen to my episodes with Drew here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7)
• Dr. Ben Bocchicchio (Listen to my episodes with Ben here: Part 1 and Part 2)
• David Landau (Listen to my episodes with David here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
• Dr. Ellington Darden 
• Bill DeSimone (Listen to my episodes with Bill DeSimone here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
• Matt Brzycki 
• Dr. Wayne Westcott (Listen to my podcasts with Wayne Westcott here: Part 1 and Part 2)
• Arthur Jones
• Mike Mentzer
• Dr. James Fisher (Listen to my episodes with James here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5)
• Dr. James Steele (Listen to my episode with James here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4)
• Ralph Carpinelli. Ed.D
• Simon Shawcross (Listen to my episodes with Simon here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4)
• Fred Hahn (Listen to my episodes with Fred here: Part 1 and Part 2)
• Blair Wilson (Listen to my episodes with Blair here: Part 1 and Part 2)
• Patty Durell (Listen to my episodes with Patty here: Part 1 and Part 2)
• Diana Del Garbino (Listen to my episode with Diana HERE)
• Roger Schwab (Listen to my episode with Roger HERE)

Listen to Luke Carlson’s other appearances on the podcast:

• Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson on How to Build a Successful HIT Business, Forced Reps vs Unassisted MMF and Minimalist Marathon Training
• What Luke Carlson has Learned about Exercise after Collecting a Ton of Data and Running Large Scale Experiments
• James Fisher and Luke Carlson – The Keys to Running a Successful Business, Optimizing Your Workouts for Strength and Mass Gains, and the Busy Person’s Guide to Working Out
• Luke Carlson on How to Run and Scale Your Fitness Business in the Smartest and Most Effective Ways Possible
• Luke Carlson – How To Generate More Revenue In Your High Intensity Training Business
• Luke Carlson – How To Delegate In Your High Intensity Strength Training Business
• Luke Carlson – How To Efficiently Utilise Your Exercise Machine Lines For Maximum Profit
• Luke Carlson – How to Attract and Keep Great Personal Trainers in your HIT Business Part 1
• Luke Carlson – How to Attract and Keep Great Personal Trainers in your HIT Business Part 2
• Luke Carlson – Are you a Personal Trainer or a Business Owner?