The Personal Trainer Hustle

Online personal training has grown in popularity. Even I was able to take part in it during the 2020 business closures. It had many benefits as well as many difficulties. Today I want to have real conversation about what online personal training is, what it can do for you, and what to look out for. I hope I provide some new perspective for you on your personal training journey.

Not all personal trainers are one-on-one coaches. There are many coaches that opt for training people in groups. Whether you venture out on your own or decide to work at a group fitness gym. This episode will give you some of the major things to consider in this career path.

Becoming a mobile personal trainer is one of the best ways to start your personal brand. These are some of the things to think about when you consider becoming a mobile personal trainer. 

As part of this mini series, today I covered the pros's and con's of being an in-house personal trainer. There are many pro's and very few con's to working inside of an organization, but it is up to you to know and consider all that working in a gym entails. Make sure to listen to the end to get the full picture of what this career path may provide.

If you have friends and family that are willing to support you in the beginning of your journey that is amazing! But you cannot rely on that if you are going to build your brand in the real world. When I started I had a couple of friends support my business, but the reality was that that it was going to take more than just a couple of people to build a real business. On today's episode I go over t...

Where does a client come from? Why do they sign up? And why do they stop training? These are some of the ideas and concepts I talk about today when discussing the life cycle of a client. It is important to know this cycle in order to create better systems and processes for your personal training service.

What questions are you asking a potential client when you first meet them? I am sure you are asking about their goals and diet. What about going beyond what they want and figuring out what they need the most from you? Today I share with you four simple questions you can ask during your first meeting that will greatly improve your communication and connection to your potential client.

Where you chose to work can certainly influence how you move forward in your personal training career. Different types of gyms offer different types of challenges and opportunities. Today I talk about the main gym types personal trainers work in and what I consider important about each one of them.

I know I struggled with this and I know you have too. How do you start showing someone prices after their first workout with you? What do you say? What do you do? Today I went over a simple, but powerful technique I use that helped me present my personal training packages a lot easier.

Are you considering getting certified? or have you been recently certified and wondering what your next move should be? Today I shared some of the biggest benefits a personal training certification can give you and what you should consider when getting other certifications in the field.

Are people really getting what they want and need from your first meeting? Or are they left looking for answers? Today I want to share with you a recent client story and why they chose working out with us over other places they had visited.

As personal trainers we are aware of the vast amount of information we must acquire and retain in order to do what we do. From degrees to certifications, and text books and video courses. There is always something to add to our tool box. But what about the soft skills needed to be great? What are those? Well, today I dive a little deeper into what those are and why they may be exactly what you are...

The question you ask when you first meet someone are one of the most powerful tools you can have in creating success for yourself. Unfortunately, most of us never get past only asking people what their goals are. I hope today's episode can get you asking questions that lead to paying clients. Which is, at the end of the day, what The Personal Trainer Hustle is about.

When you are a new personal trainer you will mostly likely have a hard time with the part of training nobody tells you about. That moment when you have to ask someone to try your personal training and then make a monetary commitment to a plan with you. While you may not be very good or even comfortable with the idea. There is a different way to think about the process that can help you through you...

Today I want to talk to you about hard work and how it relates to creating success in your life. I hope some of my ideas can help you think about hard work a little bit differently than most people. 

The first meeting with a prospect goes by many different names and is done many different ways. Today I want to take you through an overview of how my team and I handle a first meeting and why it is so successful. Follow this three step formula and you will see the difference it makes!9.

Crystal is one of my personal trainers at Logic Fitness. In just a few months she was able to build her one on one client base up to 20. She continues to grow and adapt month after month. Today we talked about how we handle the things our clients share with us, what we do when we have to change the plan and the importance  of putting your team first.

Most of us have a hard time truly understanding what we do and the value we provide with our personal training. This is why we struggle with charging for our service and continue hear potential clients say they will "think about it". These are five things I have implemented for my self and my staff that allow us to continue to grow our client base.

Today I sat down with an old friend to talk about sales, client retention, prospecting and much more. Mike and I both worked at the same Bally Total Fitness when we first became personal trainers. Since then, we both went on to have great careers in fitness and fitness management. There is a lot to learn from a guy like him. Hope you enjoy our conversation.

When I was new I struggled to get new client leads from my managers. I wasn't sure why the busy trainers seemed to get the leads even though they were already busy. It took me asking some questions and getting some experience to figure out what was happening! Once I did everything changed.

You can get almost anyone to be more interested in your training. You simply have to ask the right questions and provide the right solutions. The problem is we don't know what to ask or when to ask it. Today I decided to give you my simple Q & A system to getting people more interested in what I have to offer.

Sean is the manager of my personal training gym. He started at Logic Fitness as a new trainer soon after opening. He has worked his way up from the bottom. Today he shared some of his top tips on what got him to where he is today.

When I was a new trainer trying to figure out how to approach people at the gym I wanted to quit! I was not the type of person to just talk to strangers. I really though that if I had to find my own clients my personal training career would have to be over. Thankfully, I did not quit. I got some advice, I read some books and I got creative! For an introverted personal trainer like myself I believe...

Do you really have a flexible schedule as a personal trainer? How could we think about our schedules in order to produce the best results for our personal training careers? Today we cover the truth around the personal trainers schedule.