EP 133: Lessons From Boxing Champion, Superstar Coach & Successful Biz Owner Tony Jeffries and Glen Holmes

Vigor Life Podcast · EP 133: Lessons From Boxing Champion, Coach & Successful Biz Owner Tony Jeffries & Glen Holmes

A couple of weeks ago we had the launching of Box n Burn boxing training at Vigor Ground and I was fortunate that Tony Jeffries and Glen Holmes came out to help us launch it, run some sessions and foundations of boxing while also raising thousands of dollars for Alzheimers Association.Tony is the worlds #1 boxing educator, 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist, he competed at the highest possible level as a boxer, winning 7 British titles, several multi-national titles – including a European gold medal, and a total of 106 career fights. Tony has been in the gym nearly every single day since he was ten years old, competing competitively for a total of 17 years. Unfortunately, his boxing career came to an end in 2012, when he was forced to retire as an undefeated professional due to severe hand injuries. Tony co-founded the now world famous Box N Burn gym in 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.Tony travels the world with his team mentoring & instructing fitness professionals and fitness business owners not only how to teach boxing for fitness through the Boxing Fitness Academy, but also how to have success as a gym owner with boxing fitness classes, marketing and business development. Tony’s also built a YouTube channel with millions of followers where he educates people on how to box and get fighting fit.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

• How Tony used the lessons from decades of boxing to transition into the coaching and business world.
• The mind blowing length of Tony’s program to get prepared for the Olympics and what you can learn from it.
• What to do when you have an overwhelmingly BIG goal to achieve and how you can make it more manageable.
• The truth about sacrifice and success, what it takes and where most people go wrong.
• The differing views on whether you build passion or whether it finds you, 2 lessons that will help you build a successful career.
• Why the mindset that the NEXT thing you do, could be the one that makes it all worth it, is the key to creating better and better work.
• Tony’s content success strategy and what every business owner MUST hear about creating their own content.
• Glen and Tony share 3 powerful lessons of being a great coach that will have your clients coming back over and over.
• Why great athletes usually don’t make great coaches.
• What’s the number one rule to making the sessions with a coach enjoyable and the key to getting clients results.
• ALWAYS act like you’re the owner of the business you’re in; hear Tony explain why.
• How Tony started a certification and what strategy was used for him to get it done in 6 weeks!
• The steps to building a successful group training business and growing it.
• What types of people you have to get out of your life or it will be a block for your success.
• Tony’s tip on building your social media and your brand.

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

Tony Jeffries https://www.tonyjeffries.com/Glen Holmes https://www.glennholmes.net/Box n Burn Santa Monica https://www.boxnburn.com/Tony Jeffries Connect https://tonyjeffriesconnect.com/Tony Jeffries YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tony_JeffriesVigor Life Podcast (iTunes) hVigor Life Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0gp1uXtwfRUcBkfS1P1uim?si=kcUu2vhPRwuxdV5kTzQrugLuka Hocevar YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriberLuka Hocevar Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/