The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast

What do you do when your client goes off their program and does random workouts? As usual, the answer deserves nuance and context. Here I explain what to do based on different levels of client goals.

Variety - Not ideal for results, but clients love it. In this episode I discuss how I approach variety with clients. 

Client self talk is incredibly important thing to be aware of. In this episode, I talk about client red flags. 

In this episode, I go over some ways to address posture with your clients. 

Unfocused clients can be a challenge. In this episode I give a very simple framework to work with these clients. 

Walking the talk is something a lot of trainers struggle with and have trouble defining. In this episode I redefine what walking your talk should mean for trainers who work with general population clients. 

All PT's need a coach. I said it. Here, I explain why.

Clients who travel are often a great source of frustration. In this episode, I discuss an approach that can work well for these clients.

In this episode I discuss the importance of developing client autonomy and some easy ways to start developing it with your client base. 

Clients who don't follow nutritional advice are the bane of every PT's existence. Is this episode, I discuss a strategy where you never have to deal with this again.

The small wins are what lead to progress. As coaches, we should celebrate these not only with our clients, but our now business wins. In this episode, I discuss why this matters.

In this episode I discuss how to communicate pain concepts with your general population clients.

In this video I talk about the implementation of semi private training in a commercial gym

In this episode, I ask the question about what to offer with your online training.

A lot of my students ask me how to successfully walk the floor. In this episode, I talk about the strategy I used with great success.

In this episode I address the topic of continuing education for personal trainers. 

Picking the ideal training split is a constant source of stress for most trainers. In this episode, I give some very simple tips to help improve this. 

When your clients set goals, we need to make sure that their goals align with their values. If we do this, it reduces the possibility of them setting unachievable goals. Check it out!

It doesn't matter how cool or complex your program is, if the client who trains at 6pm cannot get access to the equipment demanded be the program. Listen to find out more!

When we get a new client who doesn't know much about health and fitness, maybe we should validate their concerns rather than make them feel stupid for something they don't know?       Food for thought....

Achieving goals is awesome - it does however, come with a cost. Are you (and your clients) willing to pay it?

Every fitness marketing guru tells us we must know our avatar for pt success. Is this really true?

Too many trainers lose clients by not reaching out to them in the right time frame. Don't procrastinate, help the people who need your help the most. 

Foot position in the squat is determined by the clients goals and their unique structure. In this episode I talk about how to determine this and what works best for what goal. 

In this episode, I talk about a new way got frame corrective strategies: as a window of opportunity for faster results. Check it out!