The Youth Fitness Podcast™

The Youth Fitness Podcast™


Episode 55: Farran Mackay, of Virtuous Coach Development- Making the fitness ecosystem more sustainable through exceptional member experiences

January 09, 2025

Mikki and Jeff host Farran Mackay to discuss her unique and client centric approach to creating success for gyms, coaches and clients.

Sustainability is the goal through optimal member experience planning.


Episode Highlights:


1:32 Teaching through love of Sport


2:43 Researching long term changes for positive practices in teachers


4:32 "Unless you can support the person in front of you to take the next steps in their growth, whatever it is then it doesn't matter what the content is"


5:41 Strategies for accountability


8:34 Templates only go so far


9:50 Choices based on the right information


11:50 Understanding why members are there in that moment


13:14 Create space to connect 


15:30 The old way and the new way, generational change


17:05 You don't have to muddle through, get a mentor


22:14 What is meant by "just be better"?


24:11 Expansion of member analysis is leaning into healthspan and innovation


27:16 Development of expanded measures and benchmarks beyond the rehab model to an opportunity model


33:38 All investments have time horizons


37:40 Developing a human takes at least 18 years


45:38 Defining explicitly exceptional member experiences


46:15. Considering development path for trainers and coaches as integral


48:06. Putting yourself in the shoes of every type of customer


50:43 Farran: What question have you never been asked on a podcast, that you would like asked?


Links and Hashtags

https://www.virtuouscoach.nl/

https://www.instagram.com/virtuous.coach.development/

https://nl.linkedin.com/in/farran-mackay

https://www.instagram.com/thebrandxmethod/

https://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikki-lee-martin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-martin


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