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In episode 18, Jenny Rearick answers your questions about public speaking and presenting. If you want to submit a question, head over to www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 17, Jenny is joined by Jenna DeAngelis (Tier X Coach at Equinox) to talk about the role of communication in skill acquisition. The question we use as our guide is: What's your system for TEACHING your clients how to do what they pay you to teach them? Beyond personal training, Jenna is also a certified swim coach, which we use as the foundation for our conversation. If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode or propose a topic for an upcoming episode, visit www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 16, Jay and Jenny talk about luxury beliefs and how they influence the advice trainers and coaches give online. If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode or propose a topic for an upcoming episode, visit: www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In this episode, Jenny shares three communication insights she's taken from reading Oliver Burkeman's book on productivity (Four Thousand Weeks). Insight #1 - Sharing too much information degrades your message. Insight #2 - Friction in communication is a good thing. Insight #3 - There's meaning in inconvenience.
If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, or propose a topic for an upcoming episode, visit: www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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This is episode 5 of a 5-part miniseries led by Jay Weedall. In this episode, Jay talks about a simple framework he uses to close out personal training sessions. The way you close a client training session is important because it sets the narrative for how your client views that session and the work you're doing together overall.
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This is episode 4 of a 5-part miniseries led by Jay Weedall. In this episode, Jay talks about how to solicit and give better feedback to your clients during personal training sessions, through the use of open and closed-ended questions. After all, the quality of the information you receive from your clients is a result of the quality of your questions.
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This is episode 1 of a 5-part miniseries led by Jay Weedall. In this episode, Jay introduces the idea behind his miniseries and then talks about the importance of assessing your client's readiness prior to a personal training session and exactly how to do it. When you know your client's level of readiness prior to a training session, you can better flex your communication approach to meet them where they're at.
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In episode 9, Jenny is joined by Shelbie Miller. Shelbie is a Sports Performance Physical Therapist at Texas Health Sports Medicine.
In this episode, Jenny and Shelbie talk about what type of communication training Shelbie received while earning her doctorate in PT, what specific communication skills are most important in her role, how she approaches conversations when she needs to deliver bad news, how she builds rapport and credibility with new clients, what role 'story' plays in her interactions with her clients, and how her communication has evolved throughout her career.
In the episode, Shelbie talks about The Level Up Initiative, which you can learn more about here: https://www.thelevelupinitiative.com/ and CALU, which you can learn more about here: https://thelevelupinitiative.mykajabi.com/calu-community
If you're interested in listening to Shelbie's podcast, Rethinking Rehab, check it out here: https://sites.libsyn.com/405434
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In episode 8, Jay & Jenny talk about assertive communication - what it is, why it works, why you need to be able to do it, and how you can do it. If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode or propose a topic for an upcoming episode, visit: www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 7, Jay & Jenny talk about practical group facilitation skills for coaches. To facilitate means to make something easier. It's not just what coaches say and how they say it, it's also the environment they create for their message to be shared. If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode or propose a topic for an upcoming episode, visit: www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 6, Jenny talks about why speaking skills should be on the radar of any fitness, health, or sport professional.
How you speak impacts how you feel about yourself and how others perceive you. Although the way you speak feels personal, it's really just made up of habits you've picked up along the way of life and your career. And habits should be evaluated and changed when they're not serving you.
If you want to evaluate and improve your speaking skills, join Jenny on October 22nd at Confidence Fitness in Attleboro, MA for 10 hours of practical instruction and deliberate practice. Use the code "podcast" to get $100 of (through 9/22): www.fit-to-speak.com/offerings
Want to share feedback or ask a question? Visit www.fit-to-speak.com/podcast
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In episode 5, Jay & Jenny talk about the importance of soliciting feedback from your training clients and how to do it well. This is the final episode in a series dedicated to teaching you how to assess and begin to improve your own communication skills. If you want to receive the supplementary materials for this series of episodes, subscribe to the Fit To Speak newsletter by visiting: www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 4, Jay & Jenny talk about feedback - what it is, how to solicit good feedback, how to receive feedback without feeling attacked, and how to implement the feedback you deem valuable. This is the third episode in a series dedicated to teaching you how to assess and begin to improve your own communication skills. If you want to receive the supplementary materials for this series of episodes, subscribe to the Fit To Speak newsletter by visiting: www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 3, Jay Weedall & Jenny Rearick talk about what coaches and trainers can assess about their own communication skills during a training session or practice. This is the second episode in a three-part series dedicated to teaching you how to assess and begin to improve your own communication skills. If you want to receive the supplementary materials for this episode, subscribe to the Fit To Speak newsletter by visiting www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 2, Jenny Rearick & Jay Weedall talk about self-awareness as it relates to your communication skills. This is the first episode in a three-part series dedicated to teaching you how to assess and begin to improve your own communication skills. If you want to receive the supplementary materials for this episode (and the two that will follow), subscribe to the Fit To Speak newsletter by visiting www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
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In episode 1, Jenny Rearick & Jay Weedall talk about what stops trainers and coaches from developing their communication skills, the lack of feedback trainers and coaches experience on their communication skills and what that might mean, and the starting principles of communication. Please share your input, feedback, or questions at www.Fit-To-Speak.com/podcast
