Vigor Life Podcast · EP 132: Becoming A Better Coach, Building A Career In Fitness, and Financial Smarts w/ Mike Boyle
It was only a matter of time before I had Mike on the show and it was great to catch up with an industry legend and talk about how to become a great coach, getting results for clients while not getting them hurt, and how to build a successful career in fitness while being smart with your finances.

Michael Boyle is one of the foremost experts in the fields of Strength and Conditioning, Functional Training and general fitness. He currently spends his time lecturing, teaching, training and writing. In 1996 Michael co founded Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, one of the first for-profit strength and conditioning companies in the world. Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning exists for one reason: to provide performance enhancement training for athletes of all levels. Athletes trained range from junior high school students to All Stars in almost every major professional sport.

Prior to Co- founding Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, Michael served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Boston University for 15 years, also for the past 25 years he been the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Men’s Ice Hockey at Boston University.  Mike also was the Boston Red Sox strength and conditioning coach in 2013 that won the World Series. In addition to his duties at Boston University and the Red Sox, from 1991-1999 Boyle served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Michael was also the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the 1998 US Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team, Gold Medalists in Nagano and 2014 Silver medalists in Sochi, and served as a consultant in the development of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michael has been a featured speaker at numerous strength and conditioning and athletic training clinics across the world and has produced 20 instructional videos in the area of strength and conditioning available through M-F Athletic. Michael has also lectured all over the world. In addition, Michael published Functional Training for Sports for Human Kinetics Publishers
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

Know you’ll be influenced by the Dunning-Krueger effect and how to not be such a dick in your 20’s as a coach
The stages of a strength coach, and the wisdom of how you can speed up your clients results and not make the mistakes most make.
What is the “Mike Boyle Is A Pussy Club”?
There are no mandatory lifts and how Mike looks at exercise selection for clients.
How to structure group training and work the science and art in challenging clients and giving them exercises that don’t beat them up.
The wisdom of the “old timer” and why you should REALLY listen to what they say.
Why few super fit 50, 60 and 70 year olds use regular barbells, and why you should follow their lead!
The intersection of what Mike and I do similarly in group training, based on our decades of experience.
Should coaches in the beginning of their career have 2 hours a day to train themselves? Discover the unpopular but true answer.
What’s the #1 thing Mike hires based upon.
Why Mike doesn’t hire anyone who’s hobby is working out.
The most powerful sentence I’ve ever heard about what makes a great coach.
The characteristics of a great employee and why money is not the thing that matters most (not even close!).
Mike’s thoughts about having the “Hustle Factor” in the coaching, personal training, gym business.
What it takes to be successful as a coach in the industry.
Mike’s thoughts on investing in real estate, financial investing, and living below your means.
The reason you MUST have a plan for investing early on when you start your career, and not when you “make it.”
The “Fitness Millionaire Next Door” mindset and strategies.
How to build leverage in your career that helps your work w...