In the aftermath of the pandemic, many personal trainers find themselves struggling to rebuild the business they lost. The key to overcoming these ch...

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Today we're going to look at ten essential rules that can take your personal training game to the next level. These guidelines will not only ensure t...

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The pandemic decimated many businesses in the fitness industry. Unless you were selling fitness equipment, you felt the impact! But with the bad came...

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I noticed this on my walk the other day... If you’re an experienced trainer, you don’t need to advertise your services. Your clients will ...

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This pandemic has decimated many businesses and personal training is no exception. One organization indicated that over 50% of their members have bee...

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At one point in my career, I was training as many as 12 to 13 people a day, 6 days a week, and doing paperwork on the 7th day. Keep in mind, these w...

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Over the past week I’ve run into a problem - a good problem, mind you - but a problem nonetheless. Four clients that I used to train want to come b...

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Meet Barb and Terry. This husband-and-wife tandem started training with me in November of 2017. They had different health histories and training ob...

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Back in the March '98 issue of Muscle Media, strength coach Charles Poliquin introduced a unique form of training that involved flexion of one limb ...

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There's an art and science when it comes to spotting. Go to any gym and watch how a personal trainer spots their client. It becomes quite evident tha...

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We always tell potential clients that “you can’t put a price tag on your health,” but face it, the biggest drawback to personal training invo...

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You’ve heard the classic story: He started in the mailroom and now he’s running the company! Personal training is no different than any other bus...

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I've been in the business of personal training for 20 years and during that time I've seen far too many trainers come and go. On one end there are pe...

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If you plan to go to just one seminar this year, this is the one! It's on the business of personal training, but this talk will be a little bit diffe...

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Here's a popular line that every personal trainer hears on a regular basis: "I need to start working out. I'm going to come to see you." I've heard ...

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You know the golden rule: The more you learn, the more you earn! My career really took off when I started attending seminars and conferences. I was ...

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Without a doubt, most people hire me to help them lose weight. Of course, they want to gain some muscle in the process, but they really want to lose ...

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Your worth is directly proportional to your knowledge. If you want to succeed in personal training, you need to allocate time every year for continui...

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I was asked recently about my thoughts of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS). Although I do believe the FMS has some value, I don't believe that th...

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I must admit when I started personal training in the mid-’90s, most of my education came from muscle magazines. I had a subscription to all of them...

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