When you think of calf training, your mind immediately time-travels to the classic bodybuilder pumping out calf work on the seated or standing machine.And, we only think hypertrophy and muscle growth. Even so, why do we think that's a "bad" thing? Calf training is super important for athletic development, long-term health, aesthetics, and so much more. Strong and durable calves help us do a ton of things well, …
I recently spoke with certified trainer and fitness influencer, Carmen Morgan to talk about her journey into the fitness industry and her successes from being a school teacher to a fitness influencer. Watch the full interview here and check out the show notes below. Show Notes At the beginning of the show, Carmen reveals she was a teacher for 5 years before getting into the fitness industry. She taught PE, …
We get it — you’re over the early mornings, late nights, and split shifts. You’re tired of working weekends and missing fun nights out with your friends and family, and you dream of taking a vacation and unplugging. You want to pay all your bills at once rather than asking a client to purchase early so you have the cash to eat something other than top ramen. Or maybe you’re just ready to take coaching from a hobby to …
Technology and fitness entrepreneur Eric Roza leads round, joins as Chairman TrueCoach, the SaaS platform trusted by over 10,000 personal trainers to improve the health and fitness of their clients, announced today a $2M financing round to support their next phase of growth. The round was led by Eric Roza, who joins TrueCoach as Chairman. Roza had one of the largest software exits in Colorado history as CEO of …
You’re a good trainer. You’re attending certifications, networking, and the clients you have are seeing big results. But you’re having trouble landing new clients and you don’t want to sound like a used car salesman when promoting your services. Sound familiar? We’re not here to lie to you and pretend you’re just facing some bad luck. There might be something broken in your process. But don’t worry — the quicker …
Fitbot... we had a great run, but we’re excited to announce that as of today, Fitbot is now TrueCoach. The meat on the bones of this rebrand is the launch of our long-awaited iOS app for clients. For the past 3 years our web app has allowed you to access Fitbot on any device with a web browser. This helped us stay lean through a mostly bootstrapped effort without too much outside funding, but the experience a native …
The TrueCoach team continues to grow! This week we'd like to introduce you to Emilie Hester, full-stack web developer, former gym owner, and the latest addition to TrueCoach. How did you first get into Software Development? Growing up I was constantly following my computer nerd older brother around wanting to do whatever he was doing, even when that included things like using his Commodore 64 to try to hack into …
This week we're excited to introduce you to AJ Self, senior iOS engineer and the person who's making the TrueCoach iPhone app for clients a reality! How did you first get into software development? I’ve been playing with code on one level or another since I was a kid. In college, though, I was minoring in photography. The photography department was treated as a commercial skill and is a part of the industrial …
TrueCoach is growing and we couldn’t be more excited. This the first in a series of posts where you'll get to know a little bit more about the newest members of the TrueCoach team. We'll kick this off with Jack Forrest, Senior Web Developer and TrueCoach's resident bashtronaut. How did you first get into software development? Building MySpace layouts for friends was my gateway drug. After that I found a few …
Anyone that has done even a minimal amount of research about Boulder, Colorado knows that Bon Appetit, Men’s Journal, Movoto, USA Today, several local venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley, and dozens more have taken a turn at the microphone to pitch it as a fantastic place to live. When the Techstars Chicago program ended in October, we knew we wouldn’t be staying in the Windy City …
