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Mike Maddox

Hi, I'm Mike Maddox

I started Smashing Fifty in 2019 as a blog  to help keep myself accountable with my training. Since then, my focus has been on helping as many other middle-aged men as I can to get fitter, healthier and happier. 

If you’re a brand and you’d like me to review a product or write an article, contact me using the form here

If you’re interested in being a ‘Featured Coach of The Week’ within my Facebook Group, see below.

Facebook 'Featured Coach of the week'

First of all, thanks for being a member of the Men’s Health & Fitness 40+ group.

If you’re not already a member, you can find the group here: 

Men’s Health & Fitness over 40

What’s most important to me is that within that group we are building a community for men that is free from spam and toxicity and is a genuine source of help, direction and inspiration.

I want the group to be a safe place for the men who are looking to improve their health, fitness and wellbeing and where they can gather solid information within being spammed or fed bullshit.

I work hard to ensure that the group is free from spammers, throwing in links to their groups and I also work hard to ensure that members of the group aren’t inundated with links and DMs from coaches when they ask for help.

Self-promotion is against the community guidelines and self-promotional comments and posts from coaches are deleted, and repeat offenders banned from the group.

However, I know that there are many members of the group who are qualified coaches and can offer lots of value.

Which is why I have set up the ‘Featured Coach of the Week’.

As the Featured Coach of the Week, you would be permitted to add one 15-minute video to the group that will be pinned to the top of the group for one week.

There will only be one featured coach per week.

On the day that the video is added, both you and I would be permitted to share the video to the group and you would be permitted to link to your business.

80% of the 15-minute video should be focussed on you giving help to the community.

The video can be shorter if you wish, but no more than 15 minutes.

This could include nutritional information, an explainer video of how to do a certain exercise, a monologue of how best to lose belly fat, tips for running better, or a full follow along routine if you wish.

What you teach is up to you.

The remaining 20% of the video should be the promotion of your coaching business and offer.

The video would be pinned to the top of the group for 7 days and then be taken down and replaced.

The cost of being a Featured Coach of the Week is currently US$100 for one week.

Any income you make from the advertisement is 100% yours (I’m not looking to take any cut).

However, being a featured coach of the week does not guarantee any sales, and therefore there is no guarantee of income or sales on any featured post, and no refund is given.

The group currently has 17.6k members and is growing at a rate of about 100 new members per day.

How it works:

Register your intent by contacting me using the button below.

Once confirmed, you can upload your video for approval. (I’ll send you a link).

Once your video has been reviewed and approved we will discuss the dates you’d like the video to go live and you will make the payment.

Once payment has been received the video can be uploaded to the group.

Videos must be professional in nature, and of a good quality (sound and visual) but you don’t need to be Hollywood.

The videos will be reviewed prior to upload, and it will not be allowed to sell Steroids, TRT, Powders or any of that shit.

Nor shall the video be explicit in any way (no sexual shit, no excessive swearing etc).

If the video is deemed to be unsuitable for the group, it will be declined.

The video is your chance to showcase your experience, knowledge and how you work to the group, and will be a great source of inspiration and information for the group, plus a great way to advertise your business.

The cost to advertise may rise in the near future as the group continues to grow.

Hit the button below and fill out the form to contact me and get the ball rolling.

Mike