What Challenging Clients Teach You as a Personal Trainer
As personal trainers, we would love it if all clients we work with were “easy” in terms of communication, adherence, motivation, and commitment. However, we are serving people, not robots. Turns out, this is a good thing. We learn more from climbing difficult mountains than following a smooth and clear path. For this article, I […]
How Personal Trainers Can Better Boost Engagement and Income This Summer
Heading into Summer, personal trainers might be looking for new ways to boost engagement with new clientele and increase income. While many of us are already in it with current clients, summertime can sometimes be a slow time of year with many people out on vacation and potentially letting their usual fitness routines take a […]
How Generative AI Can Help Personal Trainers: The Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence
Personal training can be a challenging profession, requiring an individual to meet the needs of numerous clients, work early and/or long hours, and oversee business operations; so, if generative AI (artificial intelligence) could help you run your business – would you be interested? What is Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Generative AI is a rapidly advancing […]
Get More Personal Training Clients – A Three Week Challenge
Getting more personal training clients is all about consistency and creativity. It is quite different than getting certified as a trainer but there is a similar step-by-step process you can follow to get to your goal. You start from the inside with your current clientele, work your way out into the community, and supplement with the […]
Reading Nutrition Labels: Guiding Personal Training Clients Through Recent Changes
Nutrition plays a pivotal role in achieving fitness goals, and understanding how to read a nutrition facts panel is a crucial skill for anyone on a fitness journey. As a personal trainer, empowering your clients with the knowledge to interpret these labels can contribute significantly to their overall well-being. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore […]
Reading Nutrition Labels: Guiding Personal Training Clients Through Recent Changes
Nutrition plays a pivotal role in achieving fitness goals, and understanding how to read a nutrition facts panel is a crucial skill for anyone on a fitness journey. As a personal trainer, empowering your clients with the knowledge to interpret these labels can contribute significantly to their overall well-being. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore […]
Avoiding the Commonly-Made Mistakes of New Trainers
Congratulations to all certified personal trainers! After proudly displaying the newly-minted certificate on the gym wall, eager new trainers feel completely prepared to take on the world of fitness, one client at a time. However, in the absence of ample experience, the best tool in anyone’s toolbox, personal trainers may fall prey to a number […]
15 Fitness Challenge Ideas
If you’re looking for fitness challenge ideas, start by knowing a good fitness challenge is one that has a clear starting and ending point with reliable tracking methods. It also needs to motivate the participants, so the challenge should be relevant, engaging, and general enough to get the maximum number of people to opt-in. Some […]
5 Career Options for Certified Personal Trainers
For many starting out or considering a career in personal training, the perception that career options are limited to box-gym coaching still persists despite opportunities for fitness professionals to spread their wings into a number of different areas and venues. Contrary to what many think, certified personal trainers are found in a variety of settings […]
5 Steps to Prepare to Become a Certified Personal Trainer
Congratulations! You took the first big step – you have decided to pursue a career in fitness and want to prepare to become a certified personal trainer. It can seem like an intimidating journey to some, but know that it is a journey more than worth taking. Be fully prepared so you will have a […]