Marching onwards

I thought I would kick off the month with a lame title just to lower everyone’s expectations right from the get go.

I want to be able to cater to my 2 followers as best as possible and to that end I thought I would give you a bit of an update.

In no particular order:

1. I have taken all my previous articles, blog posts and the like and put them all here in the background.
2. I have categorised all my old videos…the instructional ones showing how to do ‘things’ and the rambling ones…where I talk about how and why you should do things.
3. I have been reading lots of business books and books on building online businesses because really I think where I have let myself down in the past is in the business, sales, marketing and advertising area…and that’s for a number of reasons a) because I spent most of my career getting paid by the same organisation that was paying the athletes I was coaching so I never had to be commercial and b) because I can be somewhat abrasive.
4. I have been talking to lots of people about coaching and training and about what I could or should be doing going forward.

So…my thoughts are as follows:

1. Even though it won’t look and feel great I will focus on building my body of work here. In that as the titles about point out…I will lay out my thoughts and philosophy with regards fitness, fighting and well being. Primarily that will be essentially me laying out both for those that have been exposed to it and for those that are new to it ‘the IP way’ from the ground up. How you apply the IP template and methodology to fitness, health and fighting.
2. Then I am going to make some videos that cover off on those topics. I am going to do that because it’s the way I tend to consume this info these days. I am also contemplating if I do it as a podcast perhaps as well. The reason being because I think people get a lot more out of me when they present me with something that I think is dumb or force me to defend or proselytize. Do so in a way that takes anyone listening/watching from the ground up. I was thinking that going into how the IP template developed might also help people get on board.
   
   So points 1 and 2 are really about bringing everyone up to speed on the IP template and how I implement it and my thoughts around fitness, health and wellbeing. Basically having a resource.
3. This brings us to what is next after that.
   1. I have always wanted to have a place for people who use the IP template to log their training and getting advice and help and am considering throwing some $$$’s at doing as much just because I can. I would like to do it in such a way that people can record their fitness testing…as you all know…if you aren’t assessing you’re guessing. They can choose a template that suits their needs and then log their training on an ongoing basis and people can chime in and give them advice.
   2. I would like to be able to collect articles that are IP approved…stuff that I like and be able to post links. To do the same with products….there is stuff that I use that I think others would find valuable if they need them for the same reason….and post those links so people can buy them and so the site can get a commission and help pay it’s way.
   3. I am toying with the idea of writing an IP manual and running an IP course. I know there are thousands of courses out there but I think it might be worthwhile having an IP credential….basically a chance for me to say here is everything I’ve learned and here is what I know works and establishing a bar. The reason I like this idea is because it was something I was contemplating right before IP came to an end and I took a different direction. Basically write a manual and develop a weekend long course and then find hotels/venues where we can get together Friday night and eat, drink, be merry and then learn and test on a Saturday morning. Analyse the results. Learn how the template works and how it’s applied. Then Saturday night eat, drink and be merry and Sunday do some more learning around rehab, pre hab, mobility and stability before all going our separate ways…do it in Las Vegas, Dublin, Melbourne or wherever we get 15-20 people interested….anyway…I think it would be awesome…it would give me a chance to show people what I am on about and why I am right 🙂
   4. Be able to offer regular folks a chance to get IP help…in that build and offering where peeps that have IP qual and understanding can get paid to offer help to regular people looking for coaching and results. I still help a lot of coaches now but I think that having a platform where a regular person can come and learn about the hows and whys of training and if they are interested pay to get a IP qualified coach to assist them a little or a lot through the site would be great and I can spend my time coaching coaches rather that regular people….which is what I enjoy most.

Those are my thoughts on this 1st of March. I am going to commit to publishing something on the 1st of the month…as I have here and we’ll see where we end up. I would love to hear your thoughts? Feel free to leave a comment.