by Redefining Strength | FHP 012: Max Shank of Ultimate Athleticism, 5 Minute Flow and Ambition Athletics discusses his fitness journey including his gym, programs and workshops
AMBITION ATHLETICS
Max Shank
maxshank.com
ABOUT:
Max Shank is the owner of Ambition Athletics, a gym located in San Diego, California. Max has also written 3 books, including Ultimate Athleticism, Simple Shoulder Solution and Master the Kettlebell, and taught over a hundred courses in countries around the globe. He’s helped people across the globe improve their lives through physical fitness.
Max’s mission is to help people get better every day so they have the freedom to pursue any athletic endeavor!
3 KEY POINTS:
1. You have to take responsibility for your own health and show your body you love it by consistently working to become better.
2. Forced Ranking – Prioritize the most important tasks and do them first!
3. You get out what you put in. Long-term success is based on consistency and consistency is really about avoiding boredom and injury.
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In this episode we talk with Max Shank owner of Ambition Athletics and creator of Ultimate Athleticism, 5-Minute Flow, Simple Shoulder Solutions and Master the Kettlebell. Max talks about the importance of doing what you love and setting goals. He reminds us that it isn’t just about doing more, but about matching your goals and finding out what it takes you to be happy and then not wasting time doing more than that.
Max also tells us about his mission to help people have the athletic freedom to pursue any athletic endeavor for the rest of their lives. He reminds us that long-term success is based on consistency and that consistency is really about avoiding boredom and injury. If you want to get better, you just need to do a little bit each and every day to help yourself grow.
MAX’S FAST FIVE FITNESS FACTS
Q: What’s your favorite exercise?
Back Flips
Q: What exercise do you hate…but love at the same time?
by Redefining Strength | FHP 011: Logan Christopher of Legendary Strength and Lost Empire Herbs discusses his fitness and business journey
LEGENDARY STRENGTH AND LOST EMPIRE HERBS
Logan Christopher
legendarystrength.com
ABOUT:
Logan Christopher is a physical fitness Renaissance man. He’s done it all…Everything from hand balancing to kettlebell juggling to strongman competitions. Logan is the owner of both Legendary Strength and Lost Empire Herbs and focuses on promoting not only physical health through his workout programs and supplements, but also mental health. He is a certified hypnotist and NLP Practitioner, and teaches people mental tactics to help them achieving their goals in the gym.
3 KEY POINTS:
1. Work-Life Balance is ALWAYS more of an act of balancing.
2. If you want to achieve success, you’ve got to address your beliefs. Look at your beliefs and see whether or not they are USEFUL. Don’t look at whether or not they are true or false, but whether or not they will be useful because your beliefs will influence your actions!
3. Find ONE successful model that has been proven successful and copy that to help you get started…that doesn’t mean plagiarize! But you don’t need to reinvent the wheel!
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In this episode we talk with Logan Christopher the owner of Legendary Strength and Lost Empire Herbs. Logan talks about how he started out as a personal trainer reselling public domain fitness products before beginning to sell his own books. He started out in the fitness niche of hand balancing and then leveraged that audience to build his other businesses. He reminds new entrepreneurs that they don’t have to reinvent the wheel but can actually start out by modeling other proven systems.
Logan also talks about the constant work-life balancing act and the importance of working on not only your physical health, but also your mental health. He reminds us that success is really a series of small steps taken over time that result in big changes!
So if you’ve read or watched any of my videos on pain and injury prevention, you’ve probably heard me talk about how we spend way too much time in flexion. We spend way to much time rounded and hunched over. We spend long hours seated at a desk, in a car, watching TV with our hips, elbows, spine, knees, wrists…even our fingers…bent in flexion.
Even if you don’t have a desk job, you’re probably spending way too much time hunched over driving in your car, watching TV or texting on your phone.
We can’t seem to avoid it even though we all know that the constant forward flexion is bad.
Shawna Kaminski has done it all. An athlete and an educator, Shawna started as a one-on-one personal trainer and grew her business into a thriving boot camp before also opening Fit Body Boot Camps.
While Shawna grew her in-person training business, she also expanded online, creating challenge programs and products to help women lead healthier, happier lives. Shawna Kaminski has a passion for helping women feel great in their own skin and she has helped thousands of women through her blog and her products.
3 KEY POINTS:
1. Educate yourself on how to reach people so you can get your programs in the hands of those who need them.
2. Be willing to fail because that is how you get better and achieve success.
3. The give a shit factor – there are going to be haters so you just need to focus on the things and people that matter!
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In this episode we talk with Shawna Kaminski of ShawnaK.com about the business side of fitness. Shawna tells us that it is about more than having a great product. That in order to get your great product out there, you’ve got to learn to sell. And that you can’t shy away from the SALES part of the business. She even talks about the importance of finding a mentor so that you can learn how to sell and grow your business.
Shawna reminds us that we also have to focus on the people and things that matter – on the people that we are trying to help. There will be haters and failures, but we’ve got to stay focused on what matters if we want to succeed!
ASHLEY’S FAST FIVE FITNESS FACTS
Q: What’s your favorite exercise?
Deadlifts
Q: What exercise do you hate…but love at the same time?
by Redefining Strength | FHP 009: Josh Henkin Creator of the Ultimate Sandbag and DVRT System joins us today to discuss his training methods and systems
Ultimate Sandbag
Josh Henkin
ultimatesandbagtraining.com
ABOUT:
Josh Henkin is a CSCS and Master RKC with twenty years of experience. His innovative Dynamic Variable Resistance Training (DVRT™) has allowed him to present in more than 13 countries and publish in top outlets like Men’s Health and the Wall Street Journal. Josh has coached people of all backgrounds, including the U.S. Army Special Forces Recruiting Battalion and U.S. Marines. He is the creator of The Ultimate Sandbag and you can learn more about his programs at DVRTFitness.com.
3 KEY POINTS:
1. Equipment is a tool to accomplish a specific goal, not just a “toy”
2. Mastery of a subject and putting into practice what you’ve learned is key to getting your clients results.
3. When learning a new tool, understand HOW and WHY this tool will help you accomplish a specific goal.
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In this episode we talk with Josh Henkin the creator of The Ultimate Sandbag and the Dynamic Variable Resistance Training System (DVRT). Josh discusses the importance of really understanding why you use certain exercises and tools in your programs to help your clients reach their specific goals. He reminds us that equipment isn’t merely a “toy” but should be used for a purpose.
And while he talks about continuing to learn, Josh mentions that you shouldn’t simply hop from thing to thing. That it is important to learn to master a subject and actually practice implementing it with your clients. While continuing to learn is important, going from conference to conference and trend to trend won’t necessarily help you build a business or get your clients the best results!
JOSH’S FAST FIVE FITNESS FACTS
Q: What’s your favorite exercise?
Sandbag Clean and Press
Q: What exercise do you hate…but love at the same time?
