The Youth Fitness Podcast™

The Youth Fitness Podcast™


S4E59: Rachel Steadman of Ellipsis Training and Adventures Delivering "Robust Risk Management"

May 12, 2025

Rachel Steadman hops on with Mikki and Jeff to discuss a little "how we got here" CrossFit history, 2006, fish tacos, and some serious guidance. The community has grown up over the past two decades and Rachel's knowledge on how gyms can plan ahead to avoid "the risks of not managing risks" is pure gold.


Episode Highlights:


1. 1:30 CrossFit and Rachel's Professional Background

2. 3:16 Message Boards and Painstorms

3. 4:45 Internet Friendships 

4. 6:56 Level 1 at the OG Brand X® in San Diego 

5. 8:12 Coaching evolution 

6. 8:59 Ellipsis Training and Adventures, Environment, Safety and Quality

7. 12:31 From Safety Lady to teaching kids to Recognize, Assess, Manage 

8. 14:46 Risk & Challenge and how they are different

9. 17:12 Addressing both Professional Competence and Legal Compliance

10. 19:00 The cost of not investing in Robust Risk Management

11. 21:49 Most Common "problems" encountered, and youth specific concerns

12. 27:25 Advice to Parents, Coaches and Owners in regard to Social Media exposure

13. 31:45 Creating structure to limit Coaches use of phones during training

14. 35:47 Thoughts on Teens in Adult Class

15. 39:47 Teens, brain development timelines and the high possibility of "poor decisions"


Links and Hashtags:


https://ellipsistrainingandadventures.com

https://www.instagram.com/ellipsisaffiliatesystems

ellipsisaffiliatesystems@gmail.com

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

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

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

#BusinessRiskStrategies

#RiskManagement

#gymbusiness

#ellipsistrainingandadventures

#thebrandxmethod

#YouthStrengthTraining

#TeenFitnessTraining

#TheAthleteCoachNetwork