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By Joe Dowdell C.S.C.S.Owner Of The Hottest

Gym In America

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2/13

Crush It!By Gary VaynerchukGarys book made me realize that I needed to develop

my own personal brand. I had always ocused on buildingthe brand name o my tness acility, Peak Perormance, but

spent very little time on developing my own personal brand.

In act, when it came to mysel, the only thing that I ocused

on was building my knowledge base by seeking out the

brightest minds in the industry and learning rom them and

then eectively applying that inormation in order to get the

best results with my clients.

About a year and a hal

ago, I started to shit my

ocus toward the personal

branding aspect o my career

and things are now escalating

at a very rapid pace. My one

word o caution or tness

proessionals is make surethat when developing your

personal brand, you also have

the knowledge and credibility

to back that brand or you will

be viewed as a Charlatan.
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3/13

The 7 Habits of HighlyEffective Peopleby Stephen Covey

This book should denitely be a staple in any tness

proessionals library. I was ortunate enough to be raised

by a ather, who was an ex-NYC homicide detective

turned successul entrepreneur, so many o the things

that Stephen Covey covers in his book were taught to me

at an early age.

But, even thoughthat was the case, its

always great to learn

and hear someone elses

perspective. A ew o the

things that really resonated

with me were things like

being proactive (i.e.,

taking initiative), ocus onyour goals, set priorities

and always try to seek

out and cultivate win-

win relationships. Finally,

communication is a two-

way street so always make

sure that you listen to whatothers have to say.
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4/13

This book was recommended to me by my business

partner and I really enjoyed it. It was denitely a paradigm

shit as the authors stressed that the most valuable resource

one has is energy and not time. They went on to say that

people can still manage their time well and still be stressed,

exhausted and unable to ocus.

I ound this to be a veryenlightening as I was always

someone who elt that time

management was so critical.

I still view time management

as important, but now I also

look at managing my energy

as equally important. I also

loved the act that the authorstalked about the importance

o balancing stress and rest,

which is something I always

believed in especially when it

came to training, but or some

reason, I struggled with it

outside o training. Now, Imworking on that aspect o my

lie as well.

The Power of FullEngagementby Jim Loehr & Tony Schw
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5/13

Supertrainingby Dr. Mel Siff & Prof. Yuri Verkhoshansky

Supertraining is like an encyclopedia o sport science

inormation. Although its a dicult read rom cover to

cover, the amount o inormation presented in this book

is incredible. At times, it is very technical and requires a

second or third re-read o a paragraph, but I cannot express

to you how many times over the course o my career that I

reerred back to this book on any given topic.

I was also ortunate

enough to have been one o

the last groups o delegates

to attend Dr. Mel Sis

Supertraining Camp in his

home in Denver, CO beore

he passed away. Mysel and

our other coaches, includingJoel Jamieson, spent 4 days

sleeping on Dr. Sis basemen

foor. During those our days,

all we did was talk, train,

recover and talk some more

about all the various aspects

covered in the text. It was alearning experience that I shall

never orget!
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6/13

This book is relatively new to my library, but I love

it, because it provides some o the latest scientic and

practical inormation in the eld o modern day strength

and conditioning. The list o contributors is extremely

impressive (some o the best sports scientists in the world)

and the range o topics is extremely extensive. Its a mustread or anyone in the eld o athletic development.

Like Supertraining,

it in another invaluable

reerence tool or the tness

proessional because o two

key components. First, it

integrates the latest researchon all aspects o strength

and conditioning. Secondly,

it provides the reader with

guidelines or writing and

eectively monitoring

strength training programs.

Do yoursel a avor and readthis book.

Strength & ConditioningBiological Principles and

Practical Applicationsby Marco Cardinale & Robert Newton
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7/13

Athletic Development:The Art & Science

of Functional Sports

Conditioningby Vern Gambetta

This book is another

must read or coaches

or anyone seeking todevelop the complete

athlete. Vern oers great

insight into the science o

unctional training and he

presents the inormation in

a very clear and palatable

manner.

Another aspect o

this book that I really liked

was his emphasis on the

art o coaching, which is

oten overlooked in many

books. Its important to

understand all o the

science o training, but youalso need to know how to

eectively articulate it to

your clients and athletes.
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8/13

I absolutely loved this

book. Technically, it doesnt

all into either category o

exercise science or business

development like all o the oth

books on my list, but I just had

to include it. I rst read it along time ago and I just reread

it a couple o years ago. The

book is about the power o

student-teacher relationships.

Millman does such a great job

at weaving athletics, spirituality

and lie experiences into thisreally valuable and entertaining

read.

Way of the Peacefu

Warriorby Dan Millman
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9/13

Why Zebras Dont GetUlcersby Robert Sapolski

Its a really interesting

read about stress and how

our bodies try to adapt to it. In

todays society, we encounter

stress on a daily basis and

rom so many dierent

sources. This book providesan excellent oundation or

understanding the whole

process.
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10/13

Special StrengthTraining:A PracticalManual for Coachesby Verkhoshansky

I was lucky enough to

get a copy o this book rom

a riend and colleague, JoelJamieson. There arent many

books out there that are

written on this topic in such

detail. Not only does the

author present the theoretical

basis or special strength

training, but he goes on to

describe exactly how to applyit eectively and in an easy to

understand way. I you work

with athletes, you need to read

this manual.
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11/13

Good Exercise Physiology Text

I have several Exercise Physiology Textbooks on my

shel, including Physiological Aspects o Sport Training and

Perormance (Jay Homan); Physiology o Sport & Exercise

(Wilmore & Costill); Exercise Physiology: Exercise, Nutrition and

Human Perormance by McArdle, Katch, and Katch, etc.

I think its really important or trainers to have an excellent

working knowledge o anatomy, physiology and basic

biomechanics in order to develop sae and eective training

programs.

Physiological Aspects Sport Training PerformancePhysiology Sport Exercise Jack Wilmore

Exercise Physiology Energy Nutrition Performance
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12/13

Other great booksare the following:Movement by Gray Cook

Biomechanics of Sport & Exercise

by Peter McGinnis

Advances in Functional Training

by Mike Boyle

Anatomy Trains: Myofascial

Meridians for Manual and

Movement Therapists by Thomas

Meyers

Diagnosis and Treatment

of Movement Impairment

Syndromesby Shirley Sahrmann

Editors Note By Johnny Fitness

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You it synthesizes all the inormatio

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women and organizes it into a manuathat also serves as a workbook. Its

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personal trainer or strength coach tha

works with women. Dont waste your

precious time listening to people who

dont walk the walk. Learning rom th

best is the astest way to success!
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BIO

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Joe Dowdell has been a personal trainer or over 17 years,

a gym owner or over 10 years, and has worked hard to become

one o the most successul and educated personal trainers in the

industry. He has studied and learned rom some o the sharpest

minds around, including Dr. Mel Si, Tom Purvis, Charles Poliquin,

and many more. He trains proessional and Olympic Athletes,

celebrities, supermodel, and CEOs at his personal training only gym

Peak Perormance, which was just rated the Hottest Gym in America

by Mens Health Magazine.

Joe serves on the advisory board and science advisory boardsor several major media outlets, including Fitness Magazine and

BodyBuilding.com, is author o the book Ultimate You: A 4-Phase

Total Body Makeover or Women , has appeared on various

television programs including several times on The

Dr. Oz Show, and has sponsorship contracts with

Nike, Gatorade, and LiveStrong.com.

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