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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

2470: Personal Trainers & the Gym Industry with UFC Gym VP Don Cardona

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Personal Trainers & the Gym Industry with UFC Gym VP Don Cardona

  • Don’s first impression of Sal, and how their relationship was built. (2:01)

  • Building and inspiring other people. (5:47)

  • Gym culture then and now. (10:38)

  • Challenging moments early on. (13:50)

  • The differences in the club industry. (20:14)

  • Empowering the fitness professional through culture. (30:22)

  • How do we keep the RIGHT people? (32:58)

  • Attracting the best talent and bringing mixed martial arts to the masses. (42:59)

  • Merging Social and Brick & Mortar. (47:12)

  • The goal moving forward. (55:37)

  • Nailing the 4 F’s: Faith, family, fitness, and finances. (57:51)

  • Aging like fine wine. (1:00:39)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.3

Mind Pump.

0:07.0

Mind Pump with your hosts.

0:09.2

Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

You just found the most downloaded fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.2

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.5

Today's episode is a treat.

0:20.6

My first mentor in the gym industry the guy that

0:24.4

taught me a lot of what I know about gyms and sales and fitness don cardona is on our podcast

0:32.3

today right now he's the vice president of sales for ufc gy In today's episode, we have a good time.

0:38.7

But then we also talk about the gym industry, personal trainers, and the future of personal

0:44.1

training.

0:44.7

And this guy knows, like I said, he's, he's one of the OGs.

0:47.8

It's one of the best people I know to talk on this particular subject.

0:51.7

Now, this episode is brought to you by one of our sponsors, NASM. They're one of the best

0:56.3

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1:01.8

standard. Many people do as well. NASN has been around for a long time. They have the best education.

1:06.8

If you go through our link, NASMPPT..com, you can get the CPT certification.

1:13.8

And with that, you'll get the CNC, the certified nutrition coach certification thrown in for free.

1:20.6

So you get CPT, you get the CNC for free.

1:24.1

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1:24.9

Go to nasmpti.com.

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