Hey there! Jim here – Master of the Training Universe at Nerd Fitness – here to tell you a little more about Nerd Fitness Coaching!
Nerd Fitness Coaching is a program to help highly motivated and committed Rebels (like you) who need some extra accountability and personalized guidance to navigate their journey.
As a part of your Coaching experience, we’ll work with you to teach you the why’s of what you’re doing, focusing on mindset while you slowly build up your fitness habits and nutrition in a sustainable, long-term way. We’ll personally guide you through the aspects of the Nerd Fitness Academy that impact you most – plus, with Group Coaching, you get the incredible benefit of working alongside like-minded men to get permanent, healthy results.
Think of it this way: all of the personalized benefits of 1-on-1 online training, combined with the power, accountability, and camaraderie of the Nerd Fitness Community, at a lower price than strict 1-on-1 training.
Having a coach is a total game changer, even if you know exactly what you should be doing. I’ve worked with several coaches myself over the years – both online and in person – as well as attending countless seminars. Heck, Nerd Fitness Leader, Steve’s been running a fitness site for years and he swears by a coach, as does Staci – our Women’s Coaching Head Trainer.
Although things like monthly program oversight, accountability, and personal feedback sound like an expensive investment, it’s the best money members of the NF team spend each month. No joke.
Why?
It’s simple. Coaches know you better than you know yourself and can help see around blind spots. Coaches can look at things objectively, with a wealth of knowledge and experience behind them, whereas we all tend to emotionally cloud things with our training – usually avoiding things we need, and making subjective decisions. Coaches knows your goals, your weaknesses, and have specific technical knowledge about your goals to tweak the programming and nutrition to get you there. Most importantly, it’s his or her job to keep you patient, focused on the long-term goals, and making incremental gains month after month.
Now, you could do all of this yourself – doing your own programming, researching new programs, and analyzing my results and videos in depth. But time is precious! Instead, your coach does that for you. Your only job is to walk into the gym, do what the plan says, and go home. You can focus 100% on performance, and not on the planning aspect.
I know that coaching can save a lot of frustration and really help you move forward and reach your goals faster than if you were doing it alone. It certainly has for most members of Team NF.
As a member of the Nerd Fitness Academy, you know that we’re not interested in half-assing anything we do, and our approach to coaching is no different.
Our goal is to set out an experience that will make you say, This is the best investment I make each month, because:
- I’m finally getting the results that I’ve always wanted.
- I’ve found a family to walk alongside me on this journey.
- Putting my money where my mouth is has made me take things seriously and stay accountable.
- I can finally (insert that thing you’ve always wanted to do!), and I’m making even more progress than I ever imagined.
As Master of the Training Universe (not a hyperbolic title, by the way), I look forward to helping you reach goals you didn’t think were possible. When I got started with fitness, I was a small, skinny runner who couldn’t keep on any weight or muscle. 50 lbs later, here I am (probably not much taller, haha).
I started seeing success when I worked under my gymnastic coaches in college. I was part of a gymnastics club team where I learned to flip through hoops of fire and do handstands on high stacks of chairs. I eventually started a site called BeastSkills to teach others about how to get strong and learn cool gymnastic feats of strength (not the fire hoop though!).
After college, I was a Personal Trainer in Washington DC for over a decade, where I won “Best Personal Trainer” from the CityPaper, because of the care and attention I paid to each client. I later ended up directing a Crossfit gym in DC for three years, working with a variety of athletes of all ages and abilities. We were awarded “Best CrossFit Gym in DC” that very first year I directed, due to the incredibly fun and supportive community I built.
Now, as a Lead Coach for Nerd Fitness, I’m eager to work closely with you to help you become Ironman, Spiderman, Batman, and all the other comic book men combined!
Nerd Fitness Coaches take their role in your journey very seriously, and they expect you to do the same. If accepted, here’s what you can count on from the program:
- A dedicated commitment from Nerd Fitness in providing you with a personalized, leveled-up solution that fits your situation. We require at LEAST a 3-month commitment from you so that you can settle into your groove and give the program time to work! We don’t do 8-minute abs or 2 week sprints; we want to set you up to be healthy and strong for the rest of your life, and that means building a system that is sustainable for YEARS in your particular life situation. (After 3 months, you can simply continue with us month to month. We’d love to continue helping you with your fitness journey!)
- An extensive onboarding process and evaluation to learn your current level of fitness and determine your goals for the program. This lets us customize your training plan and get you started in the right direction.
- Personalized workout programming that is tailored around your abilities and goals. We’ll take the program you’re doing (NF Academy workouts, Starting Strength, etc.) and customize it to you and your needs. If you don’t have a program, we’ll set you up with a workout after your initial assessment.
- Weekly check-in and monitoring of the workout programming. Tweaking, if needed, based on your results and changes.
- Nutrition guidelines to help you stay on track (based around your schedule, favorite meals, and nutritional needs). You’ll track your eating in some form in order to improve your health, improve your body composition, and fuel your workouts. (Note: if the idea of logging gives you anxiety, we’ll work together on that first.)
- Form checks. We will request videos of certain exercises and movements so that we can offer specific feedback and helpful cues. This keeps you safe and gets you better results, faster.
A mobile app (and website) that:
- Allows you to bring your workouts to the gym (including how-to videos!) wherever you have a data/internet connection.
- Sends notifications and emails that alert you when you should be doing a workout – that also alert us if you miss one!
- Has an integrated calendar to schedule workouts, as well as progress photos and weigh-ins.
- Includes graphic representation of all of your progress for just about any statistic you can imagine.
- Integrates with MyFitnessPal for easy and in-depth nutritional tracking.
You’ll also be included in a private Nerd Fitness Men’s Group Coaching Facebook group. These are your fellow Warriors in the battle to get healthy! You will have accountability and support from your Coach, but also from these other highly motivated, committed men (just like you). Together, you’ll put even the Spartans to shame.
A strong social support network has been shown time and again to be KEY to making lasting changes. We’ll also have ample learning opportunities within the group where we’ll discuss different topics in one of the three pillars (Fitness, Nutrition, and Mindset). We’ll not only help each other stay accountable, but we will learn and grow together.
*Note: If you’d rather work with a coach 1-on-1 without the group aspect, we may have limited spots available – just let us know in your application!
Ready to join an elite group of badass men? Just one more thing…
In order to apply, you should fit this criteria:
- You are serious about the long-term commitment needed to become one of our success stories. We will pour our hearts into this and we need you to do the same.
- You have a secure financial life and disposable income to invest in yourself. You’ll be charged $197/month for Group Coaching, and you need to be able to commit to a minimum of 3 months.
- You are ready to make fitness a top priority in your life. You’ll stop saying you’re too busy to make fitness a priority, and show up to do what is needed to be successful.
- You don’t need daily motivation chats or phone calls with your coach. You will find this type of support in the Facebook group. Instead you’re looking for specific, technical feedback, accountability for your workout and nutrition logs, and video feedback from an experienced coach.
- You are willing to fully trust your coach and the system. We care about your lasting success. You aren’t looking for overnight transformation, but instead want to follow a plan that will give you long-term, sustainable results – and keep you safe and healthy and happy.
- You have a smartphone, you can download free apps for tracking, and can learn how to take proper video of your movements to upload. We’ll show you what you need to do to succeed in the system, but you’ll need a smartphone (Android or iOS) with a functional video camera to really succeed with the tracking and feedback we’ll require.
This program can help you no matter where you are (we have clients everywhere from Antarctica to Ethiopia) and no matter where you work out (at home, at a gym, or while traveling!).
The convenience is unbelievable, and so are the results:
As of right now, all of our spots in Group Coaching are full.
However, if a space does open up, we pull directly from our waiting list before opening spots to the public. In order to add yourself to the list and get in line for a spot, all you need to do is fill out this application:
Don’t despair if you don’t hear back from us immediately; we will let you know just as soon as a spot opens up! In the meantime, dig into the quests, content, and benchmark tests in the Nerd Fitness Academy! Leveling up begins now.
If you have any questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to reach out at Coaching@NerdFitness.com.
For the Rebellion!
-Jim