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Rachel Steadman hops on with Mikki and Jeff to discuss a little "how we got here" CrossFit history, 2006, fish tacos, and some serious guidance. The community has grown up over the past two decades and Rachel's knowledge on how gyms can plan ahead to avoid "the risks of not managing risks" is pure gold.

Episode Highlights:

1. 1:30 CrossFit and Rachel's Professional Background

2. 3:16 Message Boards and Painstorms

3. 4:45 Internet Friendships

4. 6:56 Level 1 at the OG Brand X® in San Diego

5. 8:12 Coaching evolution

6. 8:59 Ellipsis Training and Adventures, Environment, Safety and Quality

7. 12:31 From Safety Lady to teaching kids to Recognize, Assess, Manage

8. 14:46 Risk & Challenge and how they are different

9. 17:12 Addressing both Professional Competence and Legal Compliance

10. 19:00 The cost of not investing in Robust Risk Management

11. 21:49 Most Common "problems" encountered, and youth specific concerns

12. 27:25 Advice to Parents, Coaches and Owners in regard to Social Media exposure

13. 31:45 Creating structure to limit Coaches use of phones during training

14. 35:47 Thoughts on Teens in Adult Class

15. 39:47 Teens, brain development timelines and the high possibility of "poor decisions"

Links and Hashtags:

https://ellipsistrainingandadventures.com

https://www.instagram.com/ellipsisaffiliatesystems

ellipsisaffiliatesystems@gmail.com

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

https://www.instagram.com/thebrandxmethod/

https://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/

#BusinessRiskStrategies

#RiskManagement

#gymbusiness

#ellipsistrainingandadventures

#thebrandxmethod

#YouthStrengthTraining

#TeenFitnessTraining

#TheAthleteCoachNetwork

Keegan and Mikki share proven strategies for positive coaching through growth spurts. Keeping youth engaged when physiological changes and challenges can create extra adjustment for both the youth and the coach.

Episode Highlights:

1. 1:31 "Early Bloomers" kindness, options, normalizing the experience and getting back to mastery

2. 3:29 Highlighting how their new body proportions have advantages

3. 6:32 Defining "Spend time in new positions"

4. 8:43 Awareness that the results of spending time in new positions are often discomfort, pain, struggling through tightness, and the need for specific mobility exercises

5. 10:55 "New Range of Motion is weak Range of Motion"

6. 11:36 Plan to incorporate more midline, core exercises, building core from more than a single direction- includie proprioceptive, rotation and anti rotation

Links and Hashtags:



https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

https://www.instagram.com/thebrandxmethod/

https://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/

#thebrandxmethod

#PositiveCoachingYouth

#YouthStrengthTraining

#YouthGrowthSpurts

#TeenFitnessTraining

#TheAthleteCoachNetwork