245. Why Group Training Works | Jeremy Crawford

October 6, 2026

The workout that changes your life is the one you’ll actually come back to.

So what makes someone stick with fitness while someone else keeps starting over? For coach and personal trainer Jeremy Crawford, the answer often comes down to connection, environment, and whether the approach actually fits your life.

Jeremy joins Dr. Andrew Fix to explore why the right coach, gym, or community can make such a difference. They talk about the energy and community that come from group training, the individualized support of personal training, and why it helps to understand what you want from exercise before deciding how you want to train. Are you looking for structure? More connection? Expert guidance? A place where you can turn your brain off and simply follow the workout?

They also look at the relationship between coaches and clients. Trust and genuine care matter, but so do healthy boundaries and honest conversations when a relationship no longer feels productive.

Ultimately, fitness becomes a long-term investment in how you want to live. You do not need an upcoming race or competition to have something worth training for. As Andrew puts it, we are all training for life.

Quotes

“What separates success and failure with coaching and training or even in the therapy world is it comes down to the relationship at the end of the day.” (07:41 | Jeremy Crawford)
“You already know that you’re not where you want to be. What are you waiting a few weeks or waiting for this quote unquote right time? What is that going to do for you? There is no right time. The time is when you want to do it.” (21:44 | Jeremy Crawford)
“Don’t just do something because it’s the fitness craze. Do it because it’s actually something that you see yourself realistically doing.” (22:27 | Jeremy Crawford)
“Knowing how to have that healthy boundary, I think is super, super important because that will allow you, I think, to have those hard conversations easier.” (34:18 | Jeremy Crawford)
“Your worst workout is sometimes more beneficial than the one that you crushed because you mentally beat the battle.” (45:33 | Jeremy Crawford)

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Jeremy Crawford started training in 2008. He got his break in 2009 as a coach for a high school baseball player for the pros. Jeremy started group fitness in 2010. In 2015 he ran multiple gyms, coached and trained individuals and group fitness building communities in the Denver area.

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