Hybrid coaches

Meet David Magida

David Magida is the 2023 Hyrox North American Champion and the founder of Elevate Interval Fitness, a group training facility in Washington, DC. He is a founding member of the Spartan Race Pro Team, the author of “The Essentials of Obstacle Race Training” and host of Spartan Race on NBC Sports and ESPN.

A competitive runner and racer since he was 10 years old, David has over 25 years of racing and training experience. He has mastered the Hybrid Training method, running a 2:37 Marathon, finishing 5th at the Hyrox World Championships and finishing 13th Place at the JFK 50 Mile all in the span of a year. David has finished in the Top 5 of World Championship events on six separate occasions, including Hyrox, universally considered the world's toughest fitness race, as well all four DEKA distances, including a world record and World Championship title in DEKAFit doubles. 

David's athletes have also achieved great success. He has coached hundreds of athletes through their first event, hundreds more to PRs and dozens of athletes to their first podium finishes. He has even coached World Champions, Ultramarathon winners and Olympic Trials qualifiers. 

David knows how to coach. He knows how to motivate. And he legitimately cares about your progress. So if you're ready to take the leap, to truly take your training seriously, to become a strength runner and a real Hybrid Athlete, you're in the right place.

What style of fitness/sport do you coach?

Hyrox, DEKAFit, OCR, Running, Hybrid Fitness Racing.

How do you deliver your programming?

I offer hybrid training. FITR had enabled me to reach athletes all around the world. I have athletes throughout the United States, but also in Europe.  I can do this, while also using the program to support my athletes who live in Washington, DC and train with me daily.  It gives me the ability to give them structure when they aren't in my facility, whether traveling, or just training individually that day. 

What program types do you use to deliver your training?

Session 1, Day 1, although I'll be putting out some additional 8 week programs shortly as well. The best feature about this program type is that all of my athletes begin on the first day. This means everyone is getting the full benefit of the program. Starting from the beginning. They are training intelligently, thoughtfully and with purpose this way. It enables me to include the necessary video to support them in any way I can, mostly in terms of technique and the approach to each workout. So I can increase their overall skills, their fitness, and their approach and preparation, without anyone missing any of the details.

Which features are helping you the most and why?

I'd say the simplicity of the programming page helps me the most. Templates and the copy paste function enable me to set a framework for the program that I'm then easily able to plug in, adjust and modify so I can maximize how much I build in a small amount of time. I think of it as laying a backbone or foundation.

Are you using Benchmarks in your training?

I use some, both to help establish pacing, and some leaderboards.  

Are you using our White Label feature?

Yes, I am still working on finalizing some branding, so at this point I am not taking full advantage of the white label. Come back to me on this one soon!

Since using FITR how has it changed your coaching business?

I'm saving a great deal of time, building out my athlete list and providing additional tools to my athletes who I coach in person. And the video content is a huge plus.

Their support team has been phenomenal.  I really love the work they're doing and they do their best to truly support athletes.  

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Senior Physio for the British Navy and founder of online physio clinic PHYS. Previous physio for the British Army, Fulham FC and Chelsea FC academy. General area of interest is combining physiotherapy with principles of strength and conditioning to rehabilitate injury and improve performance.

What style of fitness/sport do you coach?

Physio to: functional fitness, everyday athlete, military and football population.

How do you deliver your programming?

Hybrid mix of both offered. FITR bridges the gap for me to be able to diagnose, prescribe and monitor rehab programmes for people around the globe. It allows me to keep in touch with patients and follow up on their plans as they recover from injury and phase back to sport and general activities.

What program types do you use to deliver your training?

I am currently using the individual custom programs to create bespoke rehab and performance plans. I am currently creating set programs which will launch later this year. The store is easy to access and use. The program design is clear and easy to follow, with easy to access videos and clear graphs on progress. I program so patients and clients can access rehab exercises and coaching cues to aid them through injury and enhance performance.

Which features are helping you the most and why?

Easy access to attach videos to exercises and benchmarks for data collection and assessing progress.

Are you using Benchmarks in your training?

Yes, mainly assessing strength and endurance markers for patients which we then retest after a block of rehab and training.

Since using FITR how has it changed your coaching business?

Financial improvements. Quality of service- looks professional and easy for patients to use. A good integration for online and in person training to bring rehab full circle.

A Professional platform that has made phasing physio online very easy and effective. I would highly recommend for all medical professionals prescribing exercise to try it.

What style of fitness/sport do you coach?

Functional Fitness.

How do you deliver your programming?

Primarily we’re delivering our programming online via FITR. We do work with some of our athletes via a hybrid model. Our affiliate programming is tried and tested within my affiliate, CrossFit Container.

What program types do you use to deliver your training?

We use Session 1, Day 1, Custom, and Group Rolling Calendar program types, as well as some Fixed Length. 

We love the different programme types - for our personalised clients we use the 1-2-1 programs, for our Competitor track we use Group Rolling Calendar, for our e-book style programmes we use Fixed Length, and for some of our more development programmes we use Session 1, Day 1.

Which features are helping you the most and why?

The Community feature - this is great for our Competitor track as it allows us to communicate widely to our members. We love the Benchmark feature too as it ensures our athletes have loads and paces to their own capacity. We find the Leaderboard option a great motivator also!

Are you using Benchmarks in your training?

Yes! Loads - FTPs, paces. Wonderful feature!

Are you using our White Label feature?

Yes, it allows us to ensure the PZL brand is clear throughout our programming. It’s bringing another element to the PZL community feel.

Since using FITR how has it changed your coaching business?

It’s allowed me to grow my business with ease. Clients love using the app, especially since White Label launched. The programming side of things is so intuitive and it makes programming a breeze! The ability to use Benchmarks is huge, and the ability to link your own video library with ease is wonderful.

I couldn’t envisage using anything other than FITR and look forward to working with them for many more years!

The ability to use Benchmarks is huge, and the ability to link your own video library with ease is wonderful.

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