Heavy Metal Fitness I Timothy & Michelle Ingram, Table Talk #150

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The Ingrams take a seat in this 150th podcast episode of Dave Tate’s Table Talk.

Timothy and Michelle Ingram are the owners of Heavy Metal Fitness, located in San Antonio, Texas. More than the elitefts equipment that lines the walls, Heavy Metal Fitness is a performance-based gym that creates the right atmosphere for athletes to dominate their sport.

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Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:33 LMNT
3:09 Power Rack Strength CBD
5:10 Introducing Tim and Michelle Ingram
6:20 When Heavy Metal Fitness (HMF) started
6:30 Tim’s upbringing and a dream
8:45 Tim’s educational background
15:04 When Tim moved from a path of destruction to become a trainer
18:50 When Tim flipped the switch to be successful
21:00 The realities of being a personal trainer
23:00 How Tim built his clientele
25:45 Michelle’s role at HMF
27:35 When Michelle saw Tim train for the first time: INTENSITY
30:00 The support system of HMF and Tim: MICHELLE
32:44 Finding a building to train members
36:20 First equipment order
40:20 How an elitefts gym feature article got clients to walk through their door
44:00 How Tim was introduced to powerlifting
47:20 Planning to run a business + HMF growth
55:00 Ebb and flow of monetary gains at HMF
56:50 How to grow a successful gym: CUSTOMER SERVICE
1:00:36 Passion vs hard work and pitfalls of hiring help
1:11:40 Athletes ego
1:19:30 Tim’s Training Philosophy
1:25:00 Tim’s first athlete and her PRO success
1:29:30 Tim’s Coaching Philosophy
1:37:39 Sled Work is the perfect training tool
1:43:00 Post-competition training + Recovery
1:47:50 Training and running a gym
1:54:00 When Michelle made the gym her full-time job
1:56:30 The obsession with training
2:06:40 What makes HMF different than other gyms
2:16:00 Why Tim opened his gym: CHANGE LIVES
2:20:00 How strength training can change your life
2:26:00 Tim thanks his family, staff, members, and elitefts
2:33:50 Moving beyond the criticism
2:40:00 Togetherness + build relationships
2:43:00 Bad experience after 3 years of running HMF

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