New episode up! This one is for anyone who’s thought about starting a strength studio but isn’t quite sure if they’d have enough in their budget for it — HITuni Founder Simon Shawcross explains how you don’t need as much as you think to get started and become successful. Watch it here ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 - Episode Intro 03:19 - Lower-budget options and advice when starting a strength training business 07:38 - Simon’s own experience starting out 09:48 - Could you start your own strength studio at home? 12:05 - Bodyweight and park-based training 12:51 - Advice on choosing your types of clients 15:55 - Finding your ideal clients and how to do marketing 18:02 - Your first few clients are closer to you than you think 21:08 - Equipment, tools, and resources ━━━━━━━━━━━━ - Get HITuni Certified Now (Use Code HIB10 at Checkout) - Simon Shawcross - How to Build Your Own Garage HIT Fitness Business (5-video series with Pete Cerqua) - HIB 127: Craig Hubert - How to Start and Grow a Mobile In-Home HIT Business - HIB 127 Supplement: Craig’s Workout Demo

Does it still hold up? Blain Duesing and Dr. John D’Ambrosio talk to Dr. Doug McGuff about the origin of Body by Science, how he strength trains today, and making smart adjustments to HIT workouts for different individuals based on their needs - watch it now ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 - Episode Intro 02:17 - Does Dr. Doug McGuff advocate drop sets or rest-pause? (On what inroad really means) 06:14 - Doug’s current approach to working out 07:54 - When should you increase the weight? 08:50 - What the trainer should look out for 10:08 - The challenge for many strength training clients (and the reason why some need higher reps) 13:44 - How female clients tend to respond in a heavy set 16:14 - When did Dr. Doug McGuff begin to recognize the value of strength training relevant to overall health and wellness? 20:00 - Why most doctors and nurses don’t appreciate strength training 21:02 - The health-enhancing power of strength training 24:41 - How strength training helps with Parkinson’s disease 25:46 - Osteoporosis and strength training 26:45 - Is steady-state cardio helpful in specific situations? 32:34 - The origin of Body by Science 36:29 - What Doug learned about how books get promoted 38:23 - Promoting Body by Science to HIT Studios 42:24 - Is there anything Doug wishes he had learned sooner? 45:18 - What Doug thinks of negative-accentuated training 50:34 - What does Doug mean when he says “the weight doesn’t matter?” 56:11 - On not locking out at the top of the movement 58:47 - On proper recovery between workouts 1:02:25 - Future plans and Dr. Doug McGuff’s advice: just work out ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Fitless Podcast Dr. Doug McGuff

New episode up: How much exercise do you REALLY need to drive results? Author, Nautilus North Founder, and HIT Legend John Little explains his one-set-per-week experiment and the surprising results that even he couldn’t quite believe at first. Watch it now ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 01:31 - What does John think about GLP-1s? 08:20 - On people who morally police those who use GLP-1s 11:49 - On the science and morality of chemical use in fitness 14:12 - On myostatin blockers and “the strongest dog in the world” 17:16 - On isometric protocols and cardiovascular effects 25:03 - How the body recruits muscles and adapts to activity 25:52 - Is all that cardio really necessary? 33:02 - On John’s experiments with doing 1 set a week 40:03 - The surprising gains from doing 1 set a week 46:49 - Increases in reps and weight 47:43 - Optimal set frequency, fat loss, recovery, and gains 51:33 - Even John still can’t believe this is working so well 52:52 - What some fitness people mean when they ask, “did you really put on muscle?” 54:36 - How can you tell if someone is on the juice? 55:44 - Young fellas, the juice will not help you get ladies 59:15 - When an NHL player changed John’s perspective on training 1:01:27 - John Little’s upcoming new book ━━━━━━━━━━━━ - John Little | Nautilus North | Books | MikeMentzer.org  - John Little and Simon Shawcross’ HITuni Course - Heavy Duty College (Mike Mentzer YouTube Channel) - Martin Gibala | The One-Minute Workout (book) - Viiiv Fitness Isometric Machines - Wendy the Whippet

New Episode Up! The Garage Gym Founder Aldon Tibbs talks about how he grew a personal training business that magnetically attracts clients, avoiding the struggles that most trainers go through, and the power of being fun and likeable for growing a fitness business despite any competition — watch it now. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 03:07 - Who is Aldon Tibbs and what’s so special about him as a trainer? 04:41 - The surprising way Aldon discovered HIT 07:51 - Aldon Tibbs’ journey as a strength trainer 14:03 - Being a personal trainer is HARD 19:12 - So many personal trainers are bad at their jobs 20:12 - On CrossFit, Pilates, and learning from other modalities 28:45 - Could you develop enough of an understanding of different training methods enough to help clients make educated decisions about these? 33:01 - The way to grow intellectually as a strength trainer 35:51 - Why the next generation of strength trainers are less likely to listen to older heads 39:44 - Two contrasting types of strength training clientele 42:52 - On building your strength studio’s client experience 44:51 - On being a powerlifter and featured in Men’s Health magazine 48:50 - On being a latecomer to HIT and transitioning to it 51:30 - The two types of people you’ll find in a gym 53:59 - The moment HIT truly clicked for Aldon 57:00 - That time when Lawrence unfortunately had to tolerate high-volume peasantry 58:13 - Want to keep clients coming back? Be likeable and fun 1:02:31 - Aldon Tibbs talks about The Garage Gym 1:08:18 - Aldon’s Machines & Equipment 1:15:08 - How Aldon chooses the machines for The Garage Gym 1:18:19 - How does Aldon get clients and grow his business? 1:24:51 - On starting over again and building a new client base 1:28:53 - On earning referrals ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Aldon Tibbs | On Instagram Discover Strength Podcast

What’s in store for you in Strength Forum 2026 and who – and what – should you take with you? Discover Strength CEO talks about why this event is like no other fitness business event you can find — Watch it now ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 02:28 - What was the reason for starting Strength Forum? 06:04 - When is Strength Forum 2026 going to happen? 06:53 - Luke’s favorite moments from previous ones 09:05 - Strength Forum improvements 10:10 - What makes Strength Forum different from other fitness conferences and events? 12:21 - What’s happening at this year’s Strength Forum? 24:17 - Why should you care about Strength Forum? 27:21 - How can you get the most value from the Strength Forum? 29:03 - Who is this event for? 32:24 - Is this event gonna cost me an arm and a leg? 33:27 - Lawrence says something that Luke won’t 35:00 - How to get a good hotel room rate (act fast!) 37:19 - The deeper meaning and motivation behind Strength Forum ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Luke Carlson | Official Website | Luke on Instagram | Discover Strength | Discover Strength Franchise