Welcome to Up and Adam with your host Adam Von Rothfelder, Founder and CEO of Strong Coffee Company. This show will not only fill your heart but also impact your outlook on life, entrepreneurship, health and wellness, and so much more! Adam delivers high-energy interviews with industry leaders and members of local communities that are doing the hard work necessary for the sustainable change in this modern world. This podcast is an Operation Podcast production.
Ep. 21 - How to Say the Hard Things with John Romaniello and Amanda Bucci
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John Romaniello is a NYT best-selling author, writing mentor and business coach that helps entrepreneurs build and scale businesses through writing and branding. His partner, Amanda Bucci, is an online business and conscious leadership coach that helps entrepreneurs start, grow and scale their business rooted in alignment and authenticity.
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18 May 2022
Ep. 20 - What Makes a Great Fitness Coach with Ryan Thomson
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“It’s hard to be depressed or be sad or be worried about shit when I’m helping someone change their life.” ~Ryan Thomson
Ryan Thomson is a Milwaukee-based fitness coach who specializes in boxing, strength, bodybuilding, fat loss, endurance, and HIIT training. He is the owner of multiple 9Round franchises and the General Manager at social performance club KOLLECTIVE.
A college dropout, Ryan suffered a career ending injury playing football during his freshman year, causing him to fall into a deep depression for a couple of years. The thing that eventually turned his life around? Fitness. It was his original passion and continued to be that driving force behind his success in life and in business. Fitness truly did save Ryan’s life.
Ryan opened his first gym in 2013, and his second in 2014. He loved the process of putting together these “communities” of people who were united in their quest for continuous growth in both their physical and mental wellbeing.
Things weren’t always smooth sailing for Ryan. He went through a rough divorce five years later, which led him to sell his two gyms and recalibrate his direction. In April 2019, he ended up in Austin where he and partner Otto Ohlsson launched SWAY Boxing Studio.
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Key Highlights
Ryan shares how he was able to run an extremely profitable gym franchise in Milwaukee.
Ryan’s divorce flipped his world upside down. He talks about the lessons he learned from that experience and how he is coping today.
Adam and Ryan discuss the art of pricing and programming for gym clients.
The path towards success and significance is paved with risk—and with risk come failures, distractions, and setbacks. Ryan encourages listeners to persevere in the face of hardship, because on the other side of the obstacle is the reward.
Powerful Quotes by Ryan
Most coaches or trainers struggle to make money, and it’s either because the gym is taking everything or they’re just not charging enough.
Everybody has their shit. The million dollar question is: How do you operate with your shit?
If you’re still here, you’re not done yet.
11 May 2022
Ep. 19 - Thriving as a Family Man and Entrepreneur with Nicholas Noel
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Being an entrepreneur can be challenging, moreso if you’re a family man. Nicholas Noel just so happens to be both. He is the CEO of Meal Proz, a healthy meal prep service with three retail locations around Austin that offers low sodium, no added fat or sugar, prepackaged meals.
Adam speaks with Nicholas on the ins-and-outs of running a meal prep business and how the company has evolved since its founding in 2014, particularly now, two years into COVID. They also dissect a few modern nutrition-related trends, including keto and the efficacy of low-carb diets in general.
They also touch on the nature of a man and their roles as husbands and fathers in a society that in many respects turns a blind eye to uniquely masculine needs and desires. Nicholas talks about how he sets his priorities and manages his roles as a twice-divorced African-American father and entrepreneur.
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Key Highlights
Nicholas shares the biggest challenges he has faced as the owner of a meal prep business, particularly during the pandemic.
If you’re going to pursue a relationship with an entrepreneur, be prepared for the intensity that comes with it. Nicholas gives his advice on maintaining a healthy relationship if one partner runs a business—or if both do.
What makes a man? Adam and Nicholas touch briefly on their unique roles as husbands and fathers.
Powerful Quotes by Nicholas
As an entrepreneur, you can’t let your staff, your team see you all stressed out. You have to maintain and keep pushing. If you’re not built for stress and anxiety, don’t get into the meal prep business.
If you can’t support your spouse with their vision or their dream, then what are you guys doing?
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