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Let us thank Ed Zercher, a strong man from St. Louis for this squat variation. The Zercher squat is a bilateral squatting exercise. To be clear, squatting is a movement pattern that involves ankle, knee and hip flexion, into hip and knee extension. We can then load this pattern in any way we choose. The […]

November 9, 2022

What Is A Zercher Squat And Why Use It with Annie Miller

As we all know, the Instagram algorithm is forever changing, and they are forever making updates to the app. Which all makes it more difficult to predict how content will perform, and how we can grow on the app. What will get interaction and what won’t, and how to increase it. Today I am bringing […]

November 8, 2022

176 | 6 Ways to Spring Your Instagram Back Into Action with Annie Miller

“I don’t know what to say,” “I feel like I’m repeating myself,” “I run out of ideas for posts.” You’re not alone. But also, you’re going to repeat yourself: that’s half the point of building credibility and recognizability. Below you’ll find five caption hooks that I have personally used over the past six plus years […]

November 7, 2022

5 Free Instagram Caption & Topic Ideas For Coaches with Annie Miller

Romanian deadlift (RDL), single leg bias edition. The Romanian deadlift is a hinge movement, where the hips are the primary point of flexion and extension. It can be performed with many different variations. And with all of these variations, the following form largely remains the same: Knee(s) remains soft – not locked out, but not […]

November 3, 2022

Two Fun Single Leg Romanian Deadlift Variations with Annie Miller

While the world of online health and fitness business is booming, and more accessible than ever before; it also doesn’t come with an owners manual. Choosing and finding apps that will make your life easier versus wasting your time can be quite the task. Today I am sharing seven of my most needed apps in […]

November 2, 2022

7 Must Have Apps For Online Health Business Owners with Annie Miller

A one on one training client said to me in 2016 (when I was really just starting to build my business), that having employees and hiring people to help run your business what is the move to make. Because that way, you can be away, or working on the most important things, while your employees […]

November 1, 2022

to build a team or not with Annie Miller

Successful online health and fitness coaching businesses are built on trust, just like any other business. Prospects believe that if they follow a process, do “x” or work with so and so, they’ll feel different, lose “x” amount of body fat, lift “x” amount of weight, change their behaviors. So how do you establish that […]

October 27, 2022

How to Establish Credibility as an Online Coach with Annie Miller

Is the Jefferson Curl safe or no? Many trainers and coaches from the strength world to physical therapy to chiropractic to general personal training have very dogmatic thoughts about the Jefferson curl.  I, for one, used to judge this exercise so hard. The movement elitist in my back-injury rehabbed self was like, “WHY WOULD YOU […]

October 26, 2022

Are Jefferson Curls Safe? Yes or No with Annie Miller

Why I choose to focus on movement patterns and strength over weight loss. I feel like it’s important to start this podcast off by saying that I don’t have anything against aesthetic goals. I typically have a few aesthetic goals myself. But I address those goals through performance goals that I know will yield the […]

October 25, 2022

174 I Why I focus on patterns and strength over weight loss with Annie Miller

What happens when you open your cart and nothing but crickets? When you pitch your service online to your audience and no one even clicks the link? It happens. If you’re in the online health and fitness space this has or likely will happen to you at some point. And frankly, it’s a shitty feeling. […]

October 24, 2022

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