What Jason Ackerman Learned From 10,000 Hours of Coaching
Run a Profitable Gym
English - January 16, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Health & Fitness fitness coaching crossfit business gym marketing ceo Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What makes a better coach: an impeccable eye or a sense of empathy? Do you need to be a full-time coach to be a professional? What makes someone a not-so-great coach?
Jason Ackerman is a career coach. He's owned multiple gyms and coached more than 10,000 trainers as part of the CrossFit Seminar Staff. With all that experience comes not only a wealth of technical knowledge but also a keen sense of the soft skills of coaching.
He recently wrote a book called "Best Hour of Their Day," and on this episode, he joins Chris Cooper to discuss how coaches can give their clients just that.
Links:
"Best Hour of Their Day"
"Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief"
Contact:
Instagram: @thejasonackerman
Timeline:
1:40 – Catching up with Jason Ackerman.
4:00 – Jason’s “10,000 hours.”
6:05 – It doesn’t matter if you can coach the air squat if no one wants to be around you.
7:34 – The importance of soft skills.
9:14 – How the book came to be.
10:46 – Taking a look at himself.
12:52 – Be punctual.
14:43 – Coaches need to care.
15:30 – Ask one more question.
18:31 – Keep learning.
22:15 – What NOT to do.
24:39 – Do you have to be a full-time coach to be a great coach?
26:12 – Knowing your limit.
27:28 – Your clients deserve a professional experience.
29:40 – Give every client a win—even if the class is huge.