http://dougfioranelli.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:05:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dougfioranelli.com/business-of-strength/the-elite-training-workshop-recap-napa-2012/ http://dougfioranelli.com/business-of-strength/the-elite-training-workshop-recap-napa-2012/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:11:13 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=2103 This New Year has been very busy for me especially with my continuing education schedule.  There were several opportunities for me to take classes early this year and stop number two on this education train took me to Napa California for Pat Rigsby’s  Elite Training Workshop.  The level of presenters was top notch.  Dave “The [...]

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