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How to Become a Coach at a Starting Strength Gym | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #7

Ray Gillenwater, SSC and Inna Koppel, SSC | March 21, 2022

Ray Gillenwater and Inna Koppel discuss what it takes to become a Starting Strength Coach and current job openings at Starting Strength Gyms across the United States. If you're interested in coaching, contact her at coach.ssgyms.com

  • 0:02:15 - Who is an ideal candidate to be a Starting Strength Coach 
  • 0:07:17 - The fitness industry is all sales and marketing 
  • 0:11:12 - Different profiles of a coach
  • 0:14:20 - What cities are looking for coaches
  • 0:16:43 - How to become a coach
  • 0:25:50 - How to contact Inna
  • 0:27:20 - The process then versus now 
  • 0:28:40 - Go to a seminar or camp
  • 0:30:39 - What happens next
  • 0:34:30 - Our standards 
  • 0:39:30 - Progression to becoming an SSC
  • 0:44:56 - Things to know
  • 0:52:50 - Genetic potential / Looking the part
  • 0:55:02 - Wrapping up 

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