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Muscles and Management
Over the last near decade, Gerry DeFilippo has trained THOUSANDS of athletes from the youth to pro level across all major team-sports.
Gerry started his gym and brand, Challenger Strength, as an ambitious 22 year old still finishing his college degree.
In the time since, he has built his facility and following into a nationally recognized performance company training thousands of athletes both in-person and online.
Gerry brings guests across all areas of sports and performance training, giving the listener inside access to his rolodex of collegiate, world renowned private and professional performance and sports coaches.
If you are looking to improve your own performance OR knowledge of performance/sports training (and learn how to shape your career), Muscles and Management is for you!
Muscles and Management
Episode #127 Entrepreneurship, Fitness and Building a Business with Des Pfeifer
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*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode, Gerry welcomes fitness coach Des Pfeifer. Des has created a booming online training business and quite the following and joins the show to give insight on how she has built all of it!
Des opens up about some of the challenges of entrepreneurship (both business AND personal) and some of the tips she has for aspiring entrepreneurs. From ignoring the opinions of others, becoming better at surrounding yourself with people to help you and more, Des gives some great advice on how to get started in the fitness/training industry and some of the things she has learned along the way to help grow your business and following.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps
6:00 - How Des Started
11:20 - Watered-down Content & Staying True to Yourself
21:30 - Growing a Following That Genuinely Cares about What You Say and Do
24:20 - Future Goals
29:00 - Bringing Others on to Help You Grow
34:00 - Being a Good Boss
41:45 - Tips for Starting a Business
46:10 - Making the Money & Flexing
51:45 - Balance Life and Work
59:20 - Final Thoughts
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