December 23, 2024 • 21 mins
What if there was a place where you and your family could train like athletes, regardless of age or fitness level? Join us for an exclusive conversation with Justin Bodner, owner of D1 Training in Virginia Beach, and general manager Ryan Montgomery, as they share their journey of bringing this revolutionary athletic facility to life. Drawing from their rich backgrounds in college sports, Justin and Ryan explain how D1 Training is not just about exercise but about building confidence, character, and a sense of community. From children as young as seven to 18 seeking to enhance their athletic prowess, D1 Training offers state-of-the-art equipment and expert coaching designed to help everyone achieve strength, agility, and injury prevention in a safe, welcoming environment.
Listen as we unravel common myths about the facility, underscoring its accessibility and appeal to young athletes at all fitness levels. With flexible membership plans and a focus on age-appropriate training, particularly for children, D1 Training is pioneering a fitness revolution in Virginia Beach. We also celebrate the launch of the Good Neighbor Podcast in the community, expressing our gratitude to Justin and Ryan for their valuable insights. As we invite listeners to nominate local businesses to feature on the show, this episode builds a bridge between fitness, community engagement, and a shared journey toward well-being.
D1 Training - Virginia Beach
Justin Bodner and Ryan Montgomery
3636 Virginia Beach Blvd. #109
Virginia Beach, VA
757-530-7152
www.d1training.com/virginia-beach/
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Denise Taylor.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hi, welcome to Good Neighbors Podcast, virginia
Beach.
Today I'm here with D1 Training.
I have the owner, justin Bodner, and the general manager, ryan
Montgomery.
Welcome guys, thanks for beinghere.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Justin, tell me about the journey to bringing D1
training to Virginia Beach.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'll make it quick.
Basically, me and my wife bothplayed college sports.
She played volleyball, I playedsoccer and I had the
opportunity to play over inEngland for a couple years until
injury happened.
Long story short, we're ablended family with five kids
and we're pretty much always ata ball field, okay, and we just
always had a passion for sportsand community and we're trying
(00:57):
to figure out a way that we canbring something here that's not
been done before.
So we were able to find throughV1, through franchise system,
and bring everything on board.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
We're excited to have you guys in the area.
I know a lot of families withathletes are going to be very
excited about this.
Ryan, can you share a littlebit about what's going to
differentiate this particularfacility versus some others in
the area that parents might bethinking about?
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Yeah, sure.
So I mean, first of all, wetake kids as early as seven
years old, which is kind ofunheard of.
So our rookie group, when theycome in from seven to 11 years
old, we can take kids from thatage all the way through high
school into our prep, which isgetting them ready for
potentially D1, right, thecollege D1 schools, if that's
(01:49):
the route they choose to goright.
Some kids might not want to gothat route, but they're going to
be ready, they're going to havethat edge and it's very
organized.
We've been around for over 20years just the first one here,
but it's the first one, that's.
It's the first facility thatcan take somebody again from
seven all the way to 18, and wealso offer an adult program.
(02:10):
So for all those you know, justformer athletes that got there
in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s,even that used to play sports,
that want to want to train likean athlete, they can come in.
They can train like an athlete.
There's, there's, you know,clients of all on all levels,
whether they just startedworking out or whether they're
just getting back into it.
Another great thing about it isthe parents can come in.
(02:33):
They can actually watch, eitherwatch their kids practice or
they can participate.
They can actually do their ownsession, their own training
session, while their kids aretraining.
So it's kind of a communitybased training session while
their kids are training.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So it's kind of a community based.
Oh, I love that.
That is a great idea.
Justin, can you tell us whatparents will experience, kids
will experience when they firstwalk into the gym?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Well, first of all, they might be taken back because
we're just going to be shy.
5,000 square feet, Okay, a bigAstroTurf, that's lines like
kind of like a football field,but we're not just training
football people at the same timeand we have um, the latest
equipment called sore necks,that you'll see at all major one
facilities for their athletesand you'll also see, uh, that at
the nfl level, and I can saythat I went with d1 down to new
(03:19):
orleans at the saints facilityat their headquarters where they
practice, walk through the umweight room.
So it's all topthe-lineequipment is that we're going to
be bringing in.
We're going to be number onewith the kids, we're going to
help them have fun, build theircharacter, and they're going to
get a good workout and they'reall going to be.
All the classes are led byprofessional coaches that have
(03:41):
multiple differentcertifications and we're all
bringing in results.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
at the end of the day , that's great.
Ryan, can you share what atypical like the length of a
workout and what a child canexpect, like at the ages from
like seven to eight or nine,what that kind of workout would
look like for them?
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Yeah, absolutely Great question.
So we call it five-startraining.
The workout is basicallydivided into five parts.
The first part of the workoutis a dynamic warmup.
We're keeping the groups prettysmall, so five to add around
five to eight athletes persession.
So that way even the young likeespecially the young kids that
are seven years old, eight yearsold, they have that almost not
(04:24):
quite one-on-one attention, butthey're they're, it's, it's very
organized, we'll put it thatway.
But they start off on the turf,they do a dynamic warmup.
We go into a performance sectionof the workout which is going
to be all speed and agilitydrills, footwork drills, very
similar to like, again, that D1playbook style workout, right.
And then we go into strength.
(04:45):
We go over to the weighttraining equipment.
We're introducing kids, notquite from 7 to 11 yet into
weight training because they'retoo young for that, but more
when they get into a little bitolder junior high, high school.
We start in the weight trainingwith Olympic lifts, making sure
their form is proper.
They're getting stronger,they're getting bigger, stronger
, faster, right, they have againtheir coach with them, spotters
(05:08):
, the whole thing.
And then we go into a coresection of the workout, which is
all obviously core work.
Any athlete needs to have astrong core.
Adults getting back intoworking out we all wanna work on
our core right.
It's a big part of it.
The last part of the workout isgonna to be like injury
prevention, so teaching kids howto stretch properly, how to get
, how to not get hurt when theyget in high school or college,
(05:30):
cause we all hear the horrorstories about like right With a
knee blows the knee out and theylose a scholarship or whatever
the case is.
So we're getting ready for thatas well.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That's fantastic.
So I have kind of kids at bothends of the spectrum.
I have a daughter who's an 11thgrader volleyball player.
When you're working withplayers like that, Justin, can
you share how this can elevatewhat they're currently doing on
a travel national team?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
OK, well, we're actually got a couple of
contracts signed up with workand send the coaches to.
We also send coaches to thefacilities and work with the
team.
So the coach are going todesign if it's with the
volleyball team, they're goingto design the core workout to
what their bodies are used to.
So we're going to help themwith their jumping, help them
with their landing, just kind ofmake it simple without getting
(06:21):
too technical about it.
Okay, just so they can add in,incorporate into their current
workout absolutely okay, they'regonna push them um, energize
them, but not push them so badthat they're not able to wake up
the next day without like, oh,this, this really hurts.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
It's going to be a good, good, good workout we
think about those traditionalsports like a volleyball,
basketball, basketball, baseball, football, when we're thinking
about sports like swimming,maybe golf, how can this
facility kind of help those sortof athletes who are trying to
up their game, and what wouldthat do for the game?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
That's a great question.
I'm glad you asked that.
If you look at or if you watchvideos of any professional
athlete like Patrick Mahomespracticing with the team, they
all have their own privateone-on-one condition coach.
You need some professionalcoaching that can do the proper
(07:23):
conditioning outside of yourjust learning your skills or
basic whatever sport that you'rein.
You need a conditioning andthat's what we bring into, what
we bring to the table thatnobody else does here in the
local area.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
I'm really excited about this, just because I have
three kids that are reallydevoted to sports.
My youngest son is the one whoactually saw you guys on an
Instagram I guess it must havebeen an ad and he was like Mom,
this is what I need to be doing,this is what I want to be doing
, so it's really exciting tohave you guys here Outside of
the gym.
Justin, can you tell me somefun things that you and your
(08:03):
family like to do?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Oh, okay, we're a family of five, so we're a
blended family.
So we have a six-year-old son,two 14-year-old girls, a
12-year-old son andnine-year-old girl.
So it really they did prettymuch determine where our
schedule is going to be and kindof where we're going to go.
Um, so we just, we like to havefun, we like to just live our
(08:28):
lives.
Not everything's about sports,not everything's about work.
At the end of the day, myfavorite question at the dinner
what did you do good forsomebody?
Or what did somebody do goodfor you?
Because a lot of times, havingteenagers, all I hear is like
ugh, I'm like then I hear themon their phones I know something
, you had a good day.
So it's all trying to havecommunication and really just be
(08:51):
there for each other as afamily.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Well, I think that kind of leadership mentality is
going to be really crucial.
It sounds like in a facilitylike yours.
That's really what I think I'mhearing a lot of while I'm going
through this recruiting processwith my daughter.
Is that difference in mentalityand being thankful and coaches
want to work with people likethat right?
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
I will say it's not just me, it's the entire team.
I might just have the title I'mnot big on titles but Ryan is
an absolute rock star.
We brought him on because he'sbeen in the fitness industry for
20 years and he knows what he'sdoing.
And he's brought on someincredible coaches.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
So Ryan, do you want to share a little bit about your
background, just so?
People come into the facility.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Absolutely yeah.
So yeah, I got started all theway back in 2004,.
Got my first personal trainingcertification.
So I've been doing this forquite a while.
Like Justin mentioned, startedoff as a trainer coach for about
six, seven years straight, justfull-blown personal trainer.
Didn't think about anythingwith sales or anything with
management or anything like thatKind of got in the big box gym
(10:00):
scene with the big goals gymsand some of the big chains Grew
up in those clubs and you knowI've always been an athlete
myself, always been in the gym.
I'm a gym rat.
I'm in the gym 5-60 days a week, um, so I, I stay in the gym, I
live it, breathe it, um, preachit, so, um, but yeah, now now
being able to build teams andand and use my knowledge as well
(10:22):
and my passion I guess youwould call it, say and then just
, I've trained clients from kidsto athletes to, you know,
elderly, you name it but beingable to, to bring that to the
table.
And you know, justin andJennifer have given me the
opportunity.
I'm excited about it.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I think what's so exciting about this is we're
seeing a refocus back on thesereally early habits being put
into kids as we're going intoadulthood, because we're seeing
this incredible increase inobesity and I think really
getting these important habitsplaced with our children is
really for the long haul.
(11:01):
One more question to Ryan what?
What would differentiate atraining for a girl versus a boy
in the gym?
Do you have anything thatreally is focused on one versus
the other, or is it more ofeverybody works together in
these sessions?
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Yeah, everybody works together.
Yes, the coaches are reallygood at pairing off though, as
far as size, strength, athleticability, they're pretty good at
pairing the young kids up.
You know getting athletes withwho's you know ability Right.
But but yeah, it is a co-edthing.
We have both female and malecoaches.
We just brought on our firstfemale coach.
(11:41):
She's an advanced basketballcoach.
She's very good with kids.
Both mother to head coaches arebig guy experience as well as
seven, eight, nine, ten yearolds.
So it's kind of hard to findthat.
It's hard to find good athletictrainers and they have
experience with kids, especiallythat young, because it's a
whole different ball game.
But, um, yeah, right, but asfar as the boys and girls, I
(12:06):
mean the the coaches will haveregressions and progressions for
all the exercises, right?
So if a young girl athletecan't keep up on certain things,
they're going to give themsomething else to do in the
session to keep them competitive.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
So I feel like what you guys are doing is pretty
unique in the marketplace, butcan you share any misconceptions
that you'd want parents orathletes to know about this
facility?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Yeah, I've got one, I'll go.
Yeah, the biggest one is it'snot only for elite athletes, by
no means.
Okay, we have again.
There's going to be clients inthere that are this is their
first time working out.
They just don't want to go tothe big box gym and do the basic
circuit, the treadmill, theywant to have a coach there, they
want to be in a teamenvironment, they want to have
that kind of energy and that'swhat we're really looking at.
(12:56):
Yes, we're going to have eliteathletes, yes, we're going to
get athletes from the youngscholastic program ready to
compete in the big leagues.
But it's for everybody.
Literally, the company mantrais the place for the athlete and
athletes anybody that has agoal right.
So it's not just that you'replaying, playing for you know,
training for a championship.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
It's it's for everybody.
That's the biggest thing.
Perfect, Justin.
Did you have something to sayabout that?
Speaker 3 (13:22):
We saw my thunder, but I'll let them have that one.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Makes us unique and makes us from everybody else is
really we're going to have acommunity where people belong.
Anybody can come, even I mean.
I mean seriously anybody,because we're training athletes
again.
Like Ryan said, anybody's got agoal, we'll help you get there,
because we're all about doingbringing in the results, but
(13:48):
then at the end of the day,you're going to have a parent in
a class, you're going to have akid in a class and they could
be working out together.
I mean sometimes that's me as afather.
I would love to do that.
Other kids will listen to meand they're like yes, sir, yes,
sir Comes.
My own kids are like Dad.
I've heard this a thousandtimes.
So we do have that.
(14:12):
So just that sense of community, that it is 100% for everybody.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You know, I think I've heard in the past and I
don't know if this is trueanymore that you know at a
certain age, children reallyshouldn't be lifting.
So what would you say to aparent who's like this is too
early for kids.
They really shouldn't beconditioning like this.
I feel like that might be anold school mentality, but it's
(14:39):
still out there.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
You want to answer that Go ahead.
Yeah, I'll take a swing at thatone.
So the rookie program that whenwe first bring the young kids
in that's from seven to 11, wedo not do plate loaded weight
training with them.
There is some body weight stuff, there's some band work stuff
like that, but it's not.
We're not throwing them under asquat rack when they're seven,
(15:03):
seven, eight years old, okay,old, okay, um, when they get up
into the devo developmentalprogram, the step above that, we
it's, and it's on the website.
It's age appropriate weighttraining, right.
So then we start introducingthem in that junior high,
freshman, you know.
And then when they get into thehigh school, the prep group,
it's full blast.
It's d1 level weight training.
(15:24):
It is hardcore, right.
But again, there are going tobe kids there that aren't.
They don't have aspirations tobe necessarily a pro athlete,
they just want to work out andmaybe get a little bit more play
time if they're playing sportsand just have the edge type
thing there.
We're not going to bring kidsin and break them down when
they're seven years old.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Makes sense.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
We're also going to be for people who have not
worked out or kids who are likeI'm not even on a sports team.
I intimidated at first whenthey first and because they're
thinking these guys are alltrying to go pro.
No, not everybody's trying togo pro.
We'll bring them in, do theone-on-one consultations, find
(16:03):
out really what is their goal.
I mean, what are if you, weneed to know what your goals are
so we can look at.
And it's a huge teamenvironment so we're not going
to make anybody feel small.
There's no bullying whatsoeveror they're not part of the team.
Everybody feel welcome.
They want everybody toaccomplish what they're trying
(16:24):
to go for.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Well, I think a personal anecdote of mine is I
was so lean in high school thatreally messed with my confidence
and I know that that has to bestill true and I know I'm still.
I still seeing things onInstagram and TikTok and really
helping these teenagers reallykind of get to the point and
having that confidence andlifting weights and being active
(16:48):
in this way can just, it cantotally change your life.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
Yeah, I was a testament to that.
I was the tall, skinny kid.
When I was with my freshmanyear I shot a six, six, two, six
, three, whatever, and was 170pounds.
I was a rail, got picked onright and that's what got me in
the weight room.
That's what.
That's what started the journey, and I've already talked to
some parents.
Um, you know that we'verecently signed up for their
(17:12):
kids for memberships.
Uh, being that we're inpre-sale right now.
Um, exactly the same scenariomy son or daughter is getting
picked on.
They're not as strong or as bigas the other athletes, whatever
the case is, and we're likeperfect, bring them on in.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
This would have been really beneficial to me, just
thinking about my high schoolexperience.
So, leading into that, what'sthe membership going to look
like?
And then talk to us a littlebit about some of this intro
pricing that you've got.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Sure, you want to go, justin.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Go ahead, Ryan.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
So the membership first of all, the unique thing
about it it's on a week to weekbasis.
OK so this is not somethingwhere they're going to come in
like most gyms and facilities,training facilities, where
they've got to sign up for sixmonths a year, five years,
whatever the case is, it's on aweek to week.
Our coaching panel, ournational coaching panel, designs
the curriculum in like six toeight week period, like routines
(18:20):
, basically, or programs.
So we ask that the kids candevote at least six to eight
weeks at a time, just forprogression purposes, right, but
if something happens, they'renot locked into it.
So if they come in, they trainfor a couple weeks.
They don't like it for whateverreason.
They're not stuck.
If they've got to move oranything like that happens,
they've got to go back intotheir season with their, their
team.
They just don't have time.
Um, I do hear that a lot with alot of the kids with, with
(18:42):
parents trying to get their, getthem there, and that kind of
thing they're again.
The big thing is there'sthey're not locked in, which I
think relieves a lot of people,because they're used to signing
those gym memberships where it'sa year commitment and then
trying to get out of themembership is a nightmare.
So that's one major thing there.
Yeah, go ahead, justin.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Another thing is we're overcoming a lot of people
will ask us well, what happensif I don't come every week?
Well, if you let us know inadvance notice, hey, I can't
come in for X, Y, Z, whatever.
If you let us know for the weekyou're not going to be able to
use it, we don't charge you forthat week.
You're not losing anything.
You just got to let us know,hey, when are you planning on
(19:22):
coming back?
And then the payment startsagain.
Right, you get our foundersmembers.
The cool thing is that's yourprice for a lifetime, as long as
you're staying with us andyou're working out.
You get that founders membersrate guarantee.
And if you have families, wehave a family discount package
as well.
So we do that as well.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Yeah, that's perfect, so tell us where you guys are
located.
Your website, Justin, did youwant to speak to that?
Speaker 3 (19:51):
We're going to be on Virginia beach Boulevard in the
corner of Rosemont and theregatta shopping center.
Used to be a fit boot body camp.
Best landmarker is there's awing place and a Burger King.
We're going to be literallyright behind that.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Okay, perfect.
And when are you guys opening?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
First week of February.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
What is the website?
Speaker 3 (20:18):
It is.
If you just want to make itreal simple, if you just Google
D1 training, pop up right there.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
We are excited to have you guys in Virginia Beach.
I can't wait to tell morepeople about you guys coming
here and getting this podcastout there for more people to
hear about it.
I think it's going to doamazing things for so many
people.
Thank you, Justin.
Thank you, Ryan.
We appreciate you being heretoday.
Thank you so much for having meThanks for your time.
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hi, welcome to Good Neighbors Podcast, virginia
Beach.
Today I'm here with D1 Training.
I have the owner, justin Bodner, and the general manager, ryan
Montgomery.
Welcome guys, thanks for beinghere.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Justin, tell me about the journey to bringing D1
training to Virginia Beach.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'll make it quick.
Basically, me and my wife bothplayed college sports.
She played volleyball, I playedsoccer and I had the
opportunity to play over inEngland for a couple years until
injury happened.
Long story short, we're ablended family with five kids
and we're pretty much always ata ball field, okay, and we just
always had a passion for sportsand community and we're trying
(00:57):
to figure out a way that we canbring something here that's not
been done before.
So we were able to find throughV1, through franchise system,
and bring everything on board.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
We're excited to have you guys in the area.
I know a lot of families withathletes are going to be very
excited about this.
Ryan, can you share a littlebit about what's going to
differentiate this particularfacility versus some others in
the area that parents might bethinking about?
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Yeah, sure.
So I mean, first of all, wetake kids as early as seven
years old, which is kind ofunheard of.
So our rookie group, when theycome in from seven to 11 years
old, we can take kids from thatage all the way through high
school into our prep, which isgetting them ready for
potentially D1, right, thecollege D1 schools, if that's
(01:49):
the route they choose to goright.
Some kids might not want to gothat route, but they're going to
be ready, they're going to havethat edge and it's very
organized.
We've been around for over 20years just the first one here,
but it's the first one, that's.
It's the first facility thatcan take somebody again from
seven all the way to 18, and wealso offer an adult program.
(02:10):
So for all those you know, justformer athletes that got there
in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s,even that used to play sports,
that want to want to train likean athlete, they can come in.
They can train like an athlete.
There's, there's, you know,clients of all on all levels,
whether they just startedworking out or whether they're
just getting back into it.
Another great thing about it isthe parents can come in.
(02:33):
They can actually watch, eitherwatch their kids practice or
they can participate.
They can actually do their ownsession, their own training
session, while their kids aretraining.
So it's kind of a communitybased training session while
their kids are training.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So it's kind of a community based.
Oh, I love that.
That is a great idea.
Justin, can you tell us whatparents will experience, kids
will experience when they firstwalk into the gym?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Well, first of all, they might be taken back because
we're just going to be shy.
5,000 square feet, Okay, a bigAstroTurf, that's lines like
kind of like a football field,but we're not just training
football people at the same timeand we have um, the latest
equipment called sore necks,that you'll see at all major one
facilities for their athletesand you'll also see, uh, that at
the nfl level, and I can saythat I went with d1 down to new
(03:19):
orleans at the saints facilityat their headquarters where they
practice, walk through the umweight room.
So it's all topthe-lineequipment is that we're going to
be bringing in.
We're going to be number onewith the kids, we're going to
help them have fun, build theircharacter, and they're going to
get a good workout and they'reall going to be.
All the classes are led byprofessional coaches that have
(03:41):
multiple differentcertifications and we're all
bringing in results.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
at the end of the day , that's great.
Ryan, can you share what atypical like the length of a
workout and what a child canexpect, like at the ages from
like seven to eight or nine,what that kind of workout would
look like for them?
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Yeah, absolutely Great question.
So we call it five-startraining.
The workout is basicallydivided into five parts.
The first part of the workoutis a dynamic warmup.
We're keeping the groups prettysmall, so five to add around
five to eight athletes persession.
So that way even the young likeespecially the young kids that
are seven years old, eight yearsold, they have that almost not
(04:24):
quite one-on-one attention, butthey're they're, it's, it's very
organized, we'll put it thatway.
But they start off on the turf,they do a dynamic warmup.
We go into a performance sectionof the workout which is going
to be all speed and agilitydrills, footwork drills, very
similar to like, again, that D1playbook style workout, right.
And then we go into strength.
(04:45):
We go over to the weighttraining equipment.
We're introducing kids, notquite from 7 to 11 yet into
weight training because they'retoo young for that, but more
when they get into a little bitolder junior high, high school.
We start in the weight trainingwith Olympic lifts, making sure
their form is proper.
They're getting stronger,they're getting bigger, stronger
, faster, right, they have againtheir coach with them, spotters
(05:08):
, the whole thing.
And then we go into a coresection of the workout, which is
all obviously core work.
Any athlete needs to have astrong core.
Adults getting back intoworking out we all wanna work on
our core right.
It's a big part of it.
The last part of the workout isgonna to be like injury
prevention, so teaching kids howto stretch properly, how to get
, how to not get hurt when theyget in high school or college,
(05:30):
cause we all hear the horrorstories about like right With a
knee blows the knee out and theylose a scholarship or whatever
the case is.
So we're getting ready for thatas well.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That's fantastic.
So I have kind of kids at bothends of the spectrum.
I have a daughter who's an 11thgrader volleyball player.
When you're working withplayers like that, Justin, can
you share how this can elevatewhat they're currently doing on
a travel national team?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
OK, well, we're actually got a couple of
contracts signed up with workand send the coaches to.
We also send coaches to thefacilities and work with the
team.
So the coach are going todesign if it's with the
volleyball team, they're goingto design the core workout to
what their bodies are used to.
So we're going to help themwith their jumping, help them
with their landing, just kind ofmake it simple without getting
(06:21):
too technical about it.
Okay, just so they can add in,incorporate into their current
workout absolutely okay, they'regonna push them um, energize
them, but not push them so badthat they're not able to wake up
the next day without like, oh,this, this really hurts.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
It's going to be a good, good, good workout we
think about those traditionalsports like a volleyball,
basketball, basketball, baseball, football, when we're thinking
about sports like swimming,maybe golf, how can this
facility kind of help those sortof athletes who are trying to
up their game, and what wouldthat do for the game?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
That's a great question.
I'm glad you asked that.
If you look at or if you watchvideos of any professional
athlete like Patrick Mahomespracticing with the team, they
all have their own privateone-on-one condition coach.
You need some professionalcoaching that can do the proper
(07:23):
conditioning outside of yourjust learning your skills or
basic whatever sport that you'rein.
You need a conditioning andthat's what we bring into, what
we bring to the table thatnobody else does here in the
local area.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
I'm really excited about this, just because I have
three kids that are reallydevoted to sports.
My youngest son is the one whoactually saw you guys on an
Instagram I guess it must havebeen an ad and he was like Mom,
this is what I need to be doing,this is what I want to be doing
, so it's really exciting tohave you guys here Outside of
the gym.
Justin, can you tell me somefun things that you and your
(08:03):
family like to do?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Oh, okay, we're a family of five, so we're a
blended family.
So we have a six-year-old son,two 14-year-old girls, a
12-year-old son andnine-year-old girl.
So it really they did prettymuch determine where our
schedule is going to be and kindof where we're going to go.
Um, so we just, we like to havefun, we like to just live our
(08:28):
lives.
Not everything's about sports,not everything's about work.
At the end of the day, myfavorite question at the dinner
what did you do good forsomebody?
Or what did somebody do goodfor you?
Because a lot of times, havingteenagers, all I hear is like
ugh, I'm like then I hear themon their phones I know something
, you had a good day.
So it's all trying to havecommunication and really just be
(08:51):
there for each other as afamily.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Well, I think that kind of leadership mentality is
going to be really crucial.
It sounds like in a facilitylike yours.
That's really what I think I'mhearing a lot of while I'm going
through this recruiting processwith my daughter.
Is that difference in mentalityand being thankful and coaches
want to work with people likethat right?
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
I will say it's not just me, it's the entire team.
I might just have the title I'mnot big on titles but Ryan is
an absolute rock star.
We brought him on because he'sbeen in the fitness industry for
20 years and he knows what he'sdoing.
And he's brought on someincredible coaches.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
So Ryan, do you want to share a little bit about your
background, just so?
People come into the facility.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Absolutely yeah.
So yeah, I got started all theway back in 2004,.
Got my first personal trainingcertification.
So I've been doing this forquite a while.
Like Justin mentioned, startedoff as a trainer coach for about
six, seven years straight, justfull-blown personal trainer.
Didn't think about anythingwith sales or anything with
management or anything like thatKind of got in the big box gym
(10:00):
scene with the big goals gymsand some of the big chains Grew
up in those clubs and you knowI've always been an athlete
myself, always been in the gym.
I'm a gym rat.
I'm in the gym 5-60 days a week, um, so I, I stay in the gym, I
live it, breathe it, um, preachit, so, um, but yeah, now now
being able to build teams andand and use my knowledge as well
(10:22):
and my passion I guess youwould call it, say and then just
, I've trained clients from kidsto athletes to, you know,
elderly, you name it but beingable to, to bring that to the
table.
And you know, justin andJennifer have given me the
opportunity.
I'm excited about it.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I think what's so exciting about this is we're
seeing a refocus back on thesereally early habits being put
into kids as we're going intoadulthood, because we're seeing
this incredible increase inobesity and I think really
getting these important habitsplaced with our children is
really for the long haul.
(11:01):
One more question to Ryan what?
What would differentiate atraining for a girl versus a boy
in the gym?
Do you have anything thatreally is focused on one versus
the other, or is it more ofeverybody works together in
these sessions?
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Yeah, everybody works together.
Yes, the coaches are reallygood at pairing off though, as
far as size, strength, athleticability, they're pretty good at
pairing the young kids up.
You know getting athletes withwho's you know ability Right.
But but yeah, it is a co-edthing.
We have both female and malecoaches.
We just brought on our firstfemale coach.
(11:41):
She's an advanced basketballcoach.
She's very good with kids.
Both mother to head coaches arebig guy experience as well as
seven, eight, nine, ten yearolds.
So it's kind of hard to findthat.
It's hard to find good athletictrainers and they have
experience with kids, especiallythat young, because it's a
whole different ball game.
But, um, yeah, right, but asfar as the boys and girls, I
(12:06):
mean the the coaches will haveregressions and progressions for
all the exercises, right?
So if a young girl athletecan't keep up on certain things,
they're going to give themsomething else to do in the
session to keep them competitive.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
So I feel like what you guys are doing is pretty
unique in the marketplace, butcan you share any misconceptions
that you'd want parents orathletes to know about this
facility?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Yeah, I've got one, I'll go.
Yeah, the biggest one is it'snot only for elite athletes, by
no means.
Okay, we have again.
There's going to be clients inthere that are this is their
first time working out.
They just don't want to go tothe big box gym and do the basic
circuit, the treadmill, theywant to have a coach there, they
want to be in a teamenvironment, they want to have
that kind of energy and that'swhat we're really looking at.
(12:56):
Yes, we're going to have eliteathletes, yes, we're going to
get athletes from the youngscholastic program ready to
compete in the big leagues.
But it's for everybody.
Literally, the company mantrais the place for the athlete and
athletes anybody that has agoal right.
So it's not just that you'replaying, playing for you know,
training for a championship.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
It's it's for everybody.
That's the biggest thing.
Perfect, Justin.
Did you have something to sayabout that?
Speaker 3 (13:22):
We saw my thunder, but I'll let them have that one.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Makes us unique and makes us from everybody else is
really we're going to have acommunity where people belong.
Anybody can come, even I mean.
I mean seriously anybody,because we're training athletes
again.
Like Ryan said, anybody's got agoal, we'll help you get there,
because we're all about doingbringing in the results, but
(13:48):
then at the end of the day,you're going to have a parent in
a class, you're going to have akid in a class and they could
be working out together.
I mean sometimes that's me as afather.
I would love to do that.
Other kids will listen to meand they're like yes, sir, yes,
sir Comes.
My own kids are like Dad.
I've heard this a thousandtimes.
So we do have that.
(14:12):
So just that sense of community, that it is 100% for everybody.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You know, I think I've heard in the past and I
don't know if this is trueanymore that you know at a
certain age, children reallyshouldn't be lifting.
So what would you say to aparent who's like this is too
early for kids.
They really shouldn't beconditioning like this.
I feel like that might be anold school mentality, but it's
(14:39):
still out there.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
You want to answer that Go ahead.
Yeah, I'll take a swing at thatone.
So the rookie program that whenwe first bring the young kids
in that's from seven to 11, wedo not do plate loaded weight
training with them.
There is some body weight stuff, there's some band work stuff
like that, but it's not.
We're not throwing them under asquat rack when they're seven,
(15:03):
seven, eight years old, okay,old, okay, um, when they get up
into the devo developmentalprogram, the step above that, we
it's, and it's on the website.
It's age appropriate weighttraining, right.
So then we start introducingthem in that junior high,
freshman, you know.
And then when they get into thehigh school, the prep group,
it's full blast.
It's d1 level weight training.
(15:24):
It is hardcore, right.
But again, there are going tobe kids there that aren't.
They don't have aspirations tobe necessarily a pro athlete,
they just want to work out andmaybe get a little bit more play
time if they're playing sportsand just have the edge type
thing there.
We're not going to bring kidsin and break them down when
they're seven years old.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Makes sense.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
We're also going to be for people who have not
worked out or kids who are likeI'm not even on a sports team.
I intimidated at first whenthey first and because they're
thinking these guys are alltrying to go pro.
No, not everybody's trying togo pro.
We'll bring them in, do theone-on-one consultations, find
(16:03):
out really what is their goal.
I mean, what are if you, weneed to know what your goals are
so we can look at.
And it's a huge teamenvironment so we're not going
to make anybody feel small.
There's no bullying whatsoeveror they're not part of the team.
Everybody feel welcome.
They want everybody toaccomplish what they're trying
(16:24):
to go for.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Well, I think a personal anecdote of mine is I
was so lean in high school thatreally messed with my confidence
and I know that that has to bestill true and I know I'm still.
I still seeing things onInstagram and TikTok and really
helping these teenagers reallykind of get to the point and
having that confidence andlifting weights and being active
(16:48):
in this way can just, it cantotally change your life.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
Yeah, I was a testament to that.
I was the tall, skinny kid.
When I was with my freshmanyear I shot a six, six, two, six
, three, whatever, and was 170pounds.
I was a rail, got picked onright and that's what got me in
the weight room.
That's what.
That's what started the journey, and I've already talked to
some parents.
Um, you know that we'verecently signed up for their
(17:12):
kids for memberships.
Uh, being that we're inpre-sale right now.
Um, exactly the same scenariomy son or daughter is getting
picked on.
They're not as strong or as bigas the other athletes, whatever
the case is, and we're likeperfect, bring them on in.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
This would have been really beneficial to me, just
thinking about my high schoolexperience.
So, leading into that, what'sthe membership going to look
like?
And then talk to us a littlebit about some of this intro
pricing that you've got.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Sure, you want to go, justin.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Go ahead, Ryan.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
So the membership first of all, the unique thing
about it it's on a week to weekbasis.
OK so this is not somethingwhere they're going to come in
like most gyms and facilities,training facilities, where
they've got to sign up for sixmonths a year, five years,
whatever the case is, it's on aweek to week.
Our coaching panel, ournational coaching panel, designs
the curriculum in like six toeight week period, like routines
(18:20):
, basically, or programs.
So we ask that the kids candevote at least six to eight
weeks at a time, just forprogression purposes, right, but
if something happens, they'renot locked into it.
So if they come in, they trainfor a couple weeks.
They don't like it for whateverreason.
They're not stuck.
If they've got to move oranything like that happens,
they've got to go back intotheir season with their, their
team.
They just don't have time.
Um, I do hear that a lot with alot of the kids with, with
(18:42):
parents trying to get their, getthem there, and that kind of
thing they're again.
The big thing is there'sthey're not locked in, which I
think relieves a lot of people,because they're used to signing
those gym memberships where it'sa year commitment and then
trying to get out of themembership is a nightmare.
So that's one major thing there.
Yeah, go ahead, justin.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Another thing is we're overcoming a lot of people
will ask us well, what happensif I don't come every week?
Well, if you let us know inadvance notice, hey, I can't
come in for X, Y, Z, whatever.
If you let us know for the weekyou're not going to be able to
use it, we don't charge you forthat week.
You're not losing anything.
You just got to let us know,hey, when are you planning on
(19:22):
coming back?
And then the payment startsagain.
Right, you get our foundersmembers.
The cool thing is that's yourprice for a lifetime, as long as
you're staying with us andyou're working out.
You get that founders membersrate guarantee.
And if you have families, wehave a family discount package
as well.
So we do that as well.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Yeah, that's perfect, so tell us where you guys are
located.
Your website, Justin, did youwant to speak to that?
Speaker 3 (19:51):
We're going to be on Virginia beach Boulevard in the
corner of Rosemont and theregatta shopping center.
Used to be a fit boot body camp.
Best landmarker is there's awing place and a Burger King.
We're going to be literallyright behind that.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Okay, perfect.
And when are you guys opening?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
First week of February.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
What is the website?
Speaker 3 (20:18):
It is.
If you just want to make itreal simple, if you just Google
D1 training, pop up right there.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
We are excited to have you guys in Virginia Beach.
I can't wait to tell morepeople about you guys coming
here and getting this podcastout there for more people to
hear about it.
I think it's going to doamazing things for so many
people.
Thank you, Justin.
Thank you, Ryan.
We appreciate you being heretoday.
Thank you so much for having meThanks for your time.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor
Podcast.
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the show, go to gnpvirginiabeach.
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