The KIPS Podcast
The goal of the KIPS Podcast is to provide actionable takeaways for personal trainers, group exercise instructors, strength coaches or any fitness professional. Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud and YouTube.
Best of August 2022 | The KIPS Podcast
If you are searching for ideas on how to grow your fitness business or need a tutorial to help you, check out the KIPS Blog and YouTube channel. On there you will find 100% free reviews and tutorials made for fitness professionals. These range from...
Creating Better Working Conditions for All Fit Pros feat. Emily Stewart
How does the fitness industry move forward from its current state? How do employees start to get benefits and how do we learn more about the individuals that work inside the fitness industry? These are topics that seem like regular items for other...
Instructor Inequalities Within the Fitness Industry feat. Kate Finamore
As fitness professionals gain more experience within the industry, they start to see issues that either affect their ability to work at a high level or grow within their chosen career path. These issues might stem from current pay wage, access to...
Using YouTube to Build Your Online Workout Career feat. Courtney Andersen
Creative freedom and building your own brand are two of the biggest reasons fitness professionals create online workouts for YouTube. YouTube is the second largest search engine and a resource that allows fitness professionals to reach a global...
Best of July 2022 | The KIPS Podcast
In the month of July 2022, KIPS released two new episodes in the KIPS Podcast, and one YouTube review of Epidemic Sound. Our monthly “Best of” episode in the KIPS Podcast is a review of the previous month's free content that was released to provide...
Evolving Within the Fitness Industry feat. Aviana Garcia
Moving states and switching careers is a change that is often accompanied by long hours and learning a new skill set. That is exactly the process Aviana Garcia went through when she moved from New Mexico to Arizona in 2020 to enter a new part of the...
Best of June 2022 | The KIPS Podcast
Summer break for fit pros means time to work on self-development and try new formats to build your fitness business. This can include trying small group training or starting to teach group fitness. Every fit pro that already teaches group fitness...
Working with Unique Athletes feat. Nik Aston
Working as a strength coach you get the opportunity to work with a wide range of athletes and not all demands from each sport require the same attention. Having worked with collegiate athletes and now competing as a high-level Highland Games athlete,...
Adding YouTube to Your Fitness Offerings feat. Joe Alvarado
There were many fitness instructors who looked at the landscape of the fitness industry in 2020 and decided to give YouTube a try. Joe Alvarado is a fitness instructor based in Centennial, CO that during this time decided to take his knowledge with...
Best of May 2022 | The KIPS Podcast
The month of May was slow with content being published for KIPS but not for a good reason. At the moment we are putting the finishing touches on a new course, Social Media for Fitness Professionals. This online course will teach the fundamentals of...
Discussion: Where to Start as an Online Instructor?
The first option Tyler discusses is the Private Facebook Group. This option is low cost and pretty easy to set up. Most people have a Facebook account and a private group creates a paywall that you can control who enters and exits. For this option,...
Discussion: Is Online a Good Route for First Time Instructors?
An interesting topic for fitness instructors to discuss is, has online become a viable route for new instructors entering the industry? In previous years, many would have advised that you need an entry level certification and you need to apply to a...