Strength Coach Chronicles – Systems of Hiring & Firing

by Timothy Caron | Sep 3, 2026 | Strength Coach Chronicles

8 People Quit In July I have a lot of hours to cover each week between my staff and me. Between the 3 gyms and our digital programming, supporting well over 500 clients, all training 3-4 times per week. When one person quits, it is hard; when 8 people quit, it is a...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Ill Just Wait Till…….

by Timothy Caron | Mar 7, 2026 | Strength Coach Chronicles

It has been a brutal couple of months I have been and am in the crucible of S&C and life the past couple of months. Opened a new gym which I was working 5AM-8PM Monday-Friday, and then working through the weekend (kind of better now). Add to that: having a newborn...

Strength Coach Chronicles – What is it like working for me?

by Timothy Caron | Feb 13, 2026 | Strength Coach Chronicles

So, how do you like working for Tim? I am in a good spot work-wise right now. For those that do not know, I opened my 4th location of Allegiate last November. It was a pretty rough start for me from a workload perspective. I’m not going to complain, nor should...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Have the courage to build something

by Timothy Caron | Feb 13, 2026 | Strength Coach Chronicles

I get asked a lot about when it’s time to leave the team sector and start your own thing. I don’t think I have gone a week without a strength coach asking when it’s time for them to leap. I have been asked a lot, and the truth is I don’t have a...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Learn by Doing

by Timothy Caron | Sep 9, 2025 | Strength Coach Chronicles

I just wrapped up a conference with a good friend of mine, Robert Jacobs. The goal of the conference was to review seasonal approaches to eating, supplementing, and training. The conference was amazing, had a blast, but what I want to talk about here is my training...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Controlling Momentum

by Timothy Caron | Aug 22, 2025 | Strength Coach Chronicles

In our Collective chat, we had a profound conversation on velocity-based training. My take on it at first was skeptical, but I have since come around. I was quoted as saying, “Weightlifting is about timing,  not being timed.” My rationale for it is that if...