MyFitPod Academy
The online education you need to launch, grow, and elevate the fitness career of your dreams
Unlock your potential as a fitness pro with a custom training path.
The MyFitPod Academy was designed to fill in the gaps between just being a great instructor or trainer, and reaching your maximum potential as an independent fitness professional in today's quickly changing environment.
Our Academy content is divided into six training tracks.
My Mindset
Acquiring new skills and competencies requires that you first recognize and address strengths and weaknesses around your mindset that we all have in various forms- things like focus, motivation, execution, and creativity, so that you can tackle the other things that need to get done to be successful. This track covers the entrepreneurial mindset-overcoming limitations, navigating change, building relationships, and developing emotional intelligence.

The Launch Mindset
Lessons Include:
- What's Stopping You?
- Focus for Launch
- Getting #@&% Done
- Whadya Know?

The Grow Mindset
Lessons Include:
- Knowing = Growing
- Tapping Into Your Creativity
- Thinking Strategically for Growth
- Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

The Elevate Mindset
Lessons Include:
- What's Stopping You Now?
- Elevate-Level Business Savvy
- Strategic Thinking for Expansion
- Resilience and Execution Habits
My Brand
Having a brand that stands out and shows the world who you are quickly and consistently is a necessary skillset now. Successful independent fitness pros need to know what exactly a brand does, and how to build, define, and manifest their own unique brand, piece by piece. This track is about defining who you are and what you do, marketing on multiple channels, mastering social media, getting seen by your target audience, refining your brand voice, and clarifying your vision.


Growing a Brand
Lessons Include:
- Competitor Differentiation Strategies
- Brand Aesthetics
- Social Media Analytics and Advertising

Elevating a Brand
Lessons Include:
- Demographics Targeting
- Increasing Visibility Through PR
- Scaling Your Brand
- Trademarks, Copyrights, and Brand Protection
My Audience
Once you have a defined brand, then it’s time to unleash it on the world. So we have a track that's all about building and engaging an audience that wants more of what you have to offer. In this track of courses, you'll learn about best practices for providing excellent client experiences, how to manifest your vision as a fit pro, optimal member retention, and effective loyalty programming.

Finding An Audience
Lessons Include:
- Finding Followers
- Interactions Before, During, and After Sessions
- Making a Schedule That Works
- Participant Equipment Options and Requirements
- Best Practices for Building a Client List
- Email Marketing Setup and Campaign Best Practices

Growing an Audience
Lessons Include:
- Creating a Customer Loyalty Strategy
- List-Building Strategies for the Grow Pro
- Drip Campaigns

Elevating an Audience
Lessons Include:
- List-Building Strategies for the Elevate Pro
- Turning Your Clients into Evangelists
My Tech
When a lot of us started teaching, there was no such thing as zoom or ring lights ... a mic and headset were about as tech-y as we got. The technical know-how required to deliver high quality fitness content just two years ago seems like the stone age compared to now. Now, base level competency for independent fitness pros includes knowing about the technology needed to deliver content in the new omni-channel, where the consumer expects to be able to switch the way they consume content at any point in the relationship, going from in-person, to livestreamed to on demand to recorded livestream, all with a few clicks.So this track is about the technology, equipment, and tech skills you need to deliver omni-channel sessions - and how to to up your tech game as you build your audience.

Launch Tech
Lessons Include:
- Macro Trends in Consumer Tech
- The Value of the Omni Channel Experience
- Your Launch Stage Device Strategy
- Camera Options for Launch
- Audio Options for Launch
- Lighting Options for Launch

Grow Tech
Lessons Include:
- Your Grow Stage Device Strategy
- Using Multiple Cameras
- Upgrading Your Lighting Setup

Elevate Tech
Lessons Include:
- Your Elevate Stage Device Strategy
- Using Cameras that Track Movement
- Elevating Your Editing Game
My Business
Now that so many of us are working on our own, outside the support of the box gym or studio that a lot of us started in, we need to know more about business. We have questions like: what kind of business should I set up? Do I need to hire a lawyer? What the heck is a KPI? We need to know a lot more about the business of business that wasn’t necessary before we struck out on our own. The My Business track is all about protecting yourself, your brand, and your future with the best legal, insurance, and business practices. And you'll also learn about developing the partnerships and strategies you need to thrive.

Protecting Me
Lessons Include:
- Establishing Partnerships for Launch
- Setting Up a Business Entity
- Understanding Personal Liability & Insurance
- Understanding Your Tax and Financial Responsibility

Protecting My Brand
Lessons Include:
- Operational Processes for the Grow Pro
- Key Performance Indicators and Reporting
- Establishing Partnerships for The Grow Pro
- What to Look for in a Legal Advisor

Protecting My Future
Lessons Include:
- Operational Processes for the Elevate Pro
- Hiring, delegating, building a team
- Business Partnerships for The Elevate Pro
- What to Look for in a Commercial Lease
My Money
For most independent fitness pros, the bi-monthly paycheck is just not a thing. With that comes both opportunity and responsibility- both of which might need new competencies to master ... things financial forecasting and watching the numbers and how they change based on what you are doing and not doing. So the My Money track is all about making sales, setting prices, making budgets, meeting goals, developing multiple revenue streams and generating wealth so you can thrive.

Financing a Brand
Lessons Include:
- How to Create and Analyze a Profit and Loss Statement
- Calculating Your Max Potential as a Grow Pro

Generating Wealth
- Create Multiple Revenue Streams
- Affiliate Opportunities
- Calculating Your Max Potential as an Elevate Pro
- Fundraising