Episode 8 - FITPROS: The Power of Our Words with Shannon Fable
FitPros: Our words carry so much power. What can we do to lead classes that are supportive to everyone? In this episode I talk with fitness industry vet, Shannon Fable and we discuss the following:
- Being aware of the power of our words
- Uncoupling Food from Exercise
- Not working out our ISH on the microphone
- Shifts that we'd like to see in the fitness industry
Shannon Fable is an experienced visionary and business development consultant with a passion for strategic innovation. She is a sought after speaker, author, and thought leader. As a certified Book Yourself Solid® Business Coach, Fable helps professionals and organizations navigate the industry and find their place.
Fable, recognized as the 2013 IDEA and 2006 ACE Instructor of the Year, has spent more than two decades in the health and wellness industry helping impressive brands such as the American Council on Exercise, Anytime Fitness, Schwinn®, Power Systems, Silver Sneakers, FIT4MOM, and BOSU®. She has educated on six continents regarding group fitness, personal training, management, leadership, productivity, and business development. With a proven track record for assessing needs and developing programs, systems, and structures for a wide variety of businesses in the fitness industry, she has also carved out time to write for various industry publications, mentor, and star in over 25 fitness and management related DVDs.
Most notably, along with her developer husband, she co-created and founded GroupEx Pro®, a revolutionary software designed to streamline and operationalize the management and marketing of group fitness programs for health clubs. She is the former Chair of the ACE Board of Directors, continues to contribute to ACE as a subject matter expert, and serves as the Director of Content & Production for Intelivideo.
Shannon holds ACE Personal Training, Group Fitness, and Health Coach certifications.
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Podcast Host
Christine DeFilippis
Movement motivator, body liberator and unconventional fitness professional, Christine is the owner of Pop Fit Studio, a HAES & weight inclusive fitness studio in the US. She is also the creator of FitProEd, an online education platform for group fitness instructors that would like to expand their expertise. After close to 30 years in the fitness industry, struggling with eating disorders, weight cycling, body dysmorphia and a lot of unhappiness, Christine shifted her focus to joyful movement and created the Breaking Body Biases podcast to amplify voices of fitpros, dietitians and other wellness practitioners looking to destroy diet culture.
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