LTB Podcast

LTB Podcast

The Lift the Bar Podcast is a place where personal trainers can gain education, insight and knowledge from other personal trainers. It's aim is to provide personal trainers with the know-how and inspiration to build the kind of career they want to build. Every week the show will feature interviews with fantastic guests who are at the top of their game in different areas specific to helping personal trainers.

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July 9, 2025 33 mins

Claire chats to Heather, AKA Maggie's mum, about her decision to qualify as a personal trainer in her late 60s, the assumptions people make about older adults and the importance of being aware of language.

 

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Maggie chats with personal trainer and LTB member Emily Skinner about building a fitness business rooted in her values, humour and community.

From coaching 'badass grannies' to creating a person-centred and weight-inclusive space where people feel safe and seen, Emily shares the real talk on supporting clients - without the need to convert them into fitness enthusiasts, or chase perfection!

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Chris and Claire chat about how to get more clients without overcomplicating things.

 

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Jake chats to Anthony about the different environments that Anthony has worked in through his career to date and why finding the right environment is important to becoming the best trainer you can be. 

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Claire chats to Luke about what it's like being a PT on a cruise ship. 

 

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Jake chats to Kerry covering her journey into training seniors, what some of the most important aspects were for her when delivering sessions to older populations and what other trainers might need to consider if thinking about doing the same.

 

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Michelle Carroll is a body image coach who believes there is more to life than burpees and broccoli. Her dream is for fitness to become more inclusive and push beyond the physical which is what drives her to do the work she does, supporting personal trainers in rebuilding their relationship with food and their body so they can help their clients to do the same.

Michelle is currently researching the field of body image and personal ...

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May 28, 2025 54 mins

In this episode we find out about the final host, Jake Weekes. Jake has worked in a variety of different roles within the fitness industry, starting out working with professional athletes before switching to general population clients.

Jake has also created the Accessory Movement Course for LTB and provides mentorship support in LTB Essentials. 

 

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Maggie runs a community interest company focusing on joyful movement and body function over appearance as well as being involved in a number of local wellbeing projects and producing resources and supporting members in LTB.  

Maggie has created a weight neutral coaching course for LTB and is working on resources relating to disordered eating and working with neuro diverse clients.  Find out more about her coaching experiences in th...

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Meet our 2nd new host, Claire Winter.  Claire shares her thoughts on the fitness industry, including what she would change about it if she had 3 magic wishes.

 

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The LTB Podcast is back with 4 new hosts.  Find out more about the founder of Lift The Bar, Chris Burgess.  Learn why it's so important for him that he continues to train clients, what he's learnt over his years in the fitness industry and much more.

 

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Is it time for you to open a personal training facility? Before you leap into the unknown

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Most personal trainers want to have a steady income. They also want to make a meaningful impact on their client’s lives. Focusing on one specific population of potential clients might help you do both.  Can you guess who it is?

It’s our mums and dads. Our grandparents and maybe even our great-grandparents!

The elderly ar...

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We often equate "learning" with our school days. It basically just involved being able to mem...

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Welcome to the 400th episode of the Lift the Bar podcast!

To celebrate this milestone, we’ve got every staff member at LTB to share their top personal training career tip.

 

Expect to learn the significance of setting boundaries, how to prioritise what's most important for your clients, and why you might need to take advice from your local mechanic…

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Navigating client discomfort is a common challenge in the life of a personal trainer. Whether the pain emerges at the start of a session, during an exercise, or the next day, it can often lead to a cloud of uncertainty. Trainers may question ...

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Let’s be real. All personal trainers need clients, and this episode will help you get your next one. Plain and simple.  

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We're hitting rewind and revisiting a pivotal episode from 2020, honing in on a fundamental ...

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Navigating lead generation in the fitness industry has become increasingly complex. The days of launching a Facebook ad and watching a flood of new leads come in are long past.

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