
When Clients Ghost You: Real Tips to Handle Silent Clients and Keep Your Coaching On Track
Learn simple and proven strategies for handling client silence and ghosting as a coach, without taking it personally or burning out. In this community call, Brandon Wilton shares straightforward tactics for re-engaging clients, setting boundaries, and modeling confident, ethical leadership, even when communication breaks down. Find out how to manage your own stress, keep your systems tight, and stay focused on serving your clients. Whether you’re new to coaching or a long-time pro, you’ll get clear ideas to help you lead with purpose, not just chase results.

From Gym Owner to Remote Coaching Excellence: Daniel's Journey to Building a Referral-Driven Business
This episode of Back Room Talk explores the inspiring journey of Daniel, a Swedish fitness coach who transformed from business studies student to gym owner to remote coaching entrepreneur. His story demonstrates how following your passion, combined with systematic education and a commitment to relationship-building, can create a thriving coaching practice that serves clients across continents while maintaining the personal touch that defines exceptional coaching.

Vibe Marketing for Fitness Coaches: Intuition Meets Strategy
If you’ve ever struggled to “market yourself” because it feels forced, fake, or formulaic, this one’s for you. There’s a movement happening in tech right now called vibe coding, a shift away from rigid structures, toward intuitive creation. It might sound out there but it’s exactly what great coaches already do and it’s the same energy we need to bring into marketing.

16 New Coaching Podcasts From July 2025
The CoachRx Podcast Network delivered another powerhouse lineup of episodes in the back half of July. Here's your complete guide to the must-listen content that's shaping the coaching conversation right now.

Back Room Talk Coach Spotlight: Ahmad Tarek’s Journey from Corporate Life to Creating Egypt's Premier Fitness Destination
Explores the inspiring journey of Ahmad Tarek, an Egyptian fitness coach and gym owner who transformed from engineer to fitness entrepreneur. His story demonstrates how passion, persistence, and professional education can create not just a successful business, but a thriving fitness community that changes lives through sustainable health practices and genuine care for client success.

CoachRx Programs: Inside the CoachRx Concurrent Training Cycle
CoachRx program template using concurrent training principles. Blending resistance, aerobic, and anaerobics into training days and across weeks of training. Get this template free inside the CoachRx program library.

Expert Marketer Reveals TOP Tips For Online Fitness Coaches On LIVE Coaching Call
Today you get a front-row seat for a real, unfiltered strategy call with Coach David O’Brien. In this video we unpacked the core pillars of his marketing system and walk you through specific recommendations to improve client acquisition and avoid content creation burnout so you can borrow what fits and leave the rest.

Frameworks Episode 12 Recap: The Content Strategy Coaches Need to Win in 2025
In Episode 12 of Frameworks, Carl Hardwick sits down with OPEX & CoachRx CMO Kandace Dickson to unpack how coaches should market themselves in 2025. Kandace, brings over two decades of hands-on digital marketing expertise and breaks down essential insights specifically tailored for fitness coaches.

How to Use the CoachRx Client Autonomy Feature to Empower Your Clients and Boost Consistency
The first of many new client autonomy features inside CoachRx lets you give more decision making power to your clients when you feel they are ready. With coach-enabled settings, you decide who can manage their own workout schedule, letting clients enjoy more flexibility and stay consistent, even when life gets busy. More client autonomy features are in the works, be sure to keep an eye on the change log.

How to Stretch One Weekly Content Anchor Into Daily Posts That Actually Build Trust
How often do you hit “publish” on a podcast or newsletter then sprint straight into brainstorming the next big thing? That habit is costing you hours and leaving money on the table. In Episode 13 of Marketing for Fitness Coaches I show you how to take one Weekly Content Anchor and stretch it into daily posts that deepen trust instead of draining you dry.

Frameworks Episode 11 Recap: The Corrective Exercise Industry Is Broken
This week, Carl is joined by physical therapist and OPEX coach Frank Tardi to take on a topic that’s long overdue: the overcomplication and overcorrection of movement in the fitness industry. The truth? The corrective exercise world has become a minefield of pseudoscience, fear-based assessments, and paralyzing protocols. We’ve turned normal human movement into something to be afraid of.

Back Room Talk Coach Spotlight: Michal Scepko's Journey from Military to Elite Fitness Coaching
This episode of Back Room Talk explores the remarkable journey of Michal Scepko, a Slovakian fitness coach whose path from competitive swimmer to Navy SEALs combat diver to professional coach demonstrates how elite military training can forge exceptional coaching excellence. After 20 years of military service, Michal has built a thriving coaching practice.

Marketing Plateau? Diagnose Your System in 5 Steps
If you’re worried that your marketing isn’t delivering, you’re not alone. These plateaus hit everyone. The more you see them as part of your coaching business, the less likely you are to quit too soon. Here’s how to diagnose your system, keep momentum, and build a steady flow of leads again.

Frameworks Episode 10 Recap: The Consistency Equation: How to Build Health That Lasts
In Episode 10 of Frameworks, we’re getting into the overlooked engine behind long-term success: the systems and behaviors that make showing up inevitable, not optional. This episode isn’t about motivation. It’s about what works when motivation fades.

Personalized Nutrition Coaching & Meal Plans
Nutrition coaching shouldn’t be about handing out generic meal plans. Everyone’s body, lifestyle, and needs are different. If you want to get lasting results for your clients, highly personalized nutrition is the way forward. Let’s look at why personalization matters, how to do it the right way with the OPEX methodology, and how to use CoachRx

13 New Coaching Podcasts Direct from the CoachRx Network
Every two weeks, we spotlight the new high impact episodes across the CoachRx Podcast Network, a growing collection of shows created by coaches, for coaches who care deeply about the craft. Inside this roundup, you’ll find episodes covering: Smarter program design strategies, Mindset tools to unlock athlete performance, frameworks that make progress inevitable, Marketing tactics to help you grow

CoachRx Programs: The Science Behind Mixed MAP 8 Programming
Stop Guessing With Cardio: MAP 8 Builds Real Aerobic Power. Tired of cardio workouts that feel like random suffering with no clear progress? Most coaches think aerobic training means "go hard and hope for the best." But elite endurance coaches know the secret: systematic progressions that leverage your body's natural adaptation mechanisms. That's exactly what our Mixed MAP 8 Program delivers.

How to Make Time for the Work That Grows Your Coaching Practice
The Real Problem Isn’t “No Time”, It’s Unprotected Time. You already block hours for client sessions, workouts, and recovery, right? Those slots sit in your calendar like immovable plates on the bar. This episode is about giving your business-growth work the same weight. Marketing isn’t “extra.” It’s how you keep serving, keep earning, and keep coaching on your own terms.

Frameworks Episode 9 Recap: EFFORT: The Missing Ingredient in Your Fitness Program!
In Episode 9 of Frameworks, Carl Hardwick zeroes in on a truth many coaches overlook, not because they don’t know it, but because they don’t emphasize it: The best program in the world won’t work if it’s executed half-heartedly. This episode dives into why effort matters more than perfection, what real effort looks like, and how coaches can teach it, track it, and train it.

Community Call Recap: Solving the 23-Hour Problem: How to Coach Beyond the Gym Without Burning Out
Your clients spend one hour training with you and 23 hours living their lives. What happens in those other 23 hours often determines whether your programming actually works or if your clients hit a plateau after a few months.