The Personal Trainer Mentor Academy Podcast

This bonus episode we dive in to small group training with a very successful coach by the name of Cameron Cummings.  W dive into;  What made him prioritise SGT?, from a business and personal stand points. What advice he would give to a new trainers who is wanting to start SGT? How to deal with barriers from PT's wanting to transition into SGT. How to sell the concept to current 1-2-1 cli...

Weekly edition of the Q&A ....  Questions covered below;  Do you do your business metrics at the end of each week / day / month I have a client, who is very self conscious about their weight,  weight thems each day sometime more than ones,   they are loosing weight, turning to the gym on their own doing everything doing everything i just and staying  accountable e...

An unplanned episode we recorded whilst doing a LIVE on one of our Facebook groups.  We cover some common mistakes whilst generating leads, and a clear step by step process on what a lead is, the difference between cold and hot leads, and a simple process to follow.  Any questions or feedback please drop us a line @ admin@ptmentoracademy.com

Questions covered this week;  I have an obese client I am working with.  From the start have made sure the client has complete autonomy and built the plan around what they have felt they could do, given them the daily accountability that they requested.  Goes well for two weeks then ghosts me for a week, then gets back in touch etc and we get on a call.  From the start she said...

We were thrilled to be joined my Ollie and Jenz for this bonus episode, and talk through "Raising the standards of coaching"  We talk through;  What it means to them to be a professional PT. What does raising the standards mean to them. How having strong values plays an important role of professionalism and standards throughout your career. And much more....  We would highly recomme...

In this weeks Q&A we cover;  When bulking how often do you recommend weighing clients, I’ve been doing it slightly different depending on the client, one used to be obsessed with weight so I tend not weight her as often but just for the average client who is on a bulk  What information would you gather when creating meal templates for a client? How to take some clients online as I’m...

This weeks questions from the group;  Interested in your thoughts on having a FREE trial option in particular for website traffic?  Would be done through an email series over a certain time period, eg 5, 7 Days where they get an email each day with a video and then perhaps a task to do.  A way to not only let them have an experience with the hope they would sign up but also to captu...

Stuart Mackenzie owns FitPro Sales Agency which is responsible for over £3m in sales for personal trainers, gym owners, online coaches and course providers in the fitness industry. FitPro Sales also provides education & mentoring for coaches who want to develop their ability to sell their services and take their business to the next level. We’ll be focusing on selling the right way. Sales isn’...

Any questions or discussion points, please fire through via admin@ptmentoracademy.com  Questions covered this week are; Been offered to join a business networking group for refferals with other businesses for £580 a year. Did a zoom call as a visitor. What's your experiences with anything like this I've never done it and do you think it's would be worth the investment? Thanks  Any tips f...

Welcome back to another session.  If you have discussion points/feedback/questions you'd like us to include in next weeks session, please us the email : admin@ptmentoracademy.com  Questions covered this week;  One of my target markets biggest barrier is time.  So I'm working on a short Time Management and Goal Setting Course to run either FREE or for a small monetary value. &nb...

4 days left to sign up for May's PT Business Transformation Program > click the link to register your interest and find out more! https://form.jotform.com/210252285481350  Question covered this week are;  When doing a movement/ posture analysis, would you incorporate into a consultation or do it as part of the first session?  How to get online clients currently in a 6 week challe...

We tackle some awesome questions this week from the legends in the PTMA community. Want to transform your business over the next few months? Get a greater understanding and and be able to apply; marketing, focused goals, onboarding prospects and clients, prescribing the right program, understand the right pricing, give yourself bullet proof non negotiables, learn how bridge the gap between marketi...

The realities of embracing the initial learning process of working with people, building a general framework to stick by as they grow and considerations when working with specific demographics Chris background Q1 - I think we all have this but looking back what was the initial light bulb moment for you that started to create a bit of a framework for client results/transformations? Q2 – We see many...

Business Transformation Program (May intake) is now open, you can apply through the below link; https://form.jotform.com/210252285481350  Ping us anything questions you have for next weeks Q&A @ admin@ptmentoracademy.com  Questions covered this week;  This will be too late by the time the Q&A happens as my goal setting webinar would have been, but I haven't had a great respo...

PT Business Transformation Program starting 10th May, apply through the the link; https://form.jotform.com/210252285481350  Send a question or discussion point to; IG > @ANTPTMA or Admin@ptmentoracademy.com  Questions covered this week;  Hope this makes sense!  With Facebook Groups for paid programmes, once the programme is completed, and you are then going to have another o...

Another episode from the group coaching participants, we cover the below questions this week;  Are ebooks a good idea or are they done? Don't want to waste my time putting something together.  If someone fills the pre-consult form, doesn’t book a call straight from it and you’ve already made contact with them by email after. How long would you leave it until you made contact again and wh...

We were thrilled to have Stuart on this episode.  Stuart works with Lift the Bar and runs the podcast, which is nearing their 300th episode. Stuart was also a personal trainer, and runs the social media and marketing for Lift the Bar.  We talk through and go off on a few expected tangents on;  Expectations coming into the industry and what influenced them. Feeling self doubt and wan...

This weeks questions covered;  I have my new 4 week programme starting off the back of my free challenge after Easter.  This one is Nutrition, the next will be Movement and the 3rd will be Lifestyle.  All are 4 weeks long and during each one I will be doing free challenges to feed into the next one and also allows clients in each group to move onto the next programme.  I also w...

If you think some of the answers will help people you know, please share the episode guys.  With most clients being online coaching that have 7 day whatsapp support- how do you go about holiday protocol with them, how does it work.. would you extend their program to match the time that you are away if they're not able to contact you while you are away, or what would you do? I don't really kno...

With my challenge group programme I am building specifically for them and their pain points, am thinking about marketing it to them at a certain price and then offering out to "public" at a price a bit above that.  Gives the challenge group the feeling that they are getting a priority offering and discounted price before I put it to the public.  Thoughts on that please would be appreciat...

In this episode we are very luck to have Dan Osman join us to discuss Client centered coaching.  Dan is someone we truly respect and admire in the industry. He has a huge amount of experience to draw upon. Has a fantastic ethos, and the one of the nicest guys your likely to meet.  You can hear from Dan on IG @the.dan.osman  Any questions or comments, please fire through to admin@ptm...

This weeks questions below, also check out the post on the @antptma tomorrow for a free download of a pre-consultation form/process.  I have 1:1, 1:2, small group PT and larger group Zoom clients. Some have nutrition coaching, some don't. Some do a mix of PT and small group/Zoom. Given that they all pay a different amount for different level of service, would you still recommend having a face...

In this episode, we were being interviewed/questioned by our good friend Mel Spooner from CAWS.  We talk through;  What we are known for. Our backgrounds. What is missing from the industry now. The entry point into the industry for personal trainers. and much more ...  You can check CAWS website @ www.trainwithcaws.com 

In this week's check in's we cover the below questions. If you'd like to throw us a questions or topic to cover, please feel free to email us @ admin@ptmentoracademy.com  I swear I listened in the pricing webinar so don't shoot me... But if you offer online coaching as 'personalised' would you recommend keeping the price individual like with a 1-1 or going to more of a 'level' based price pla...

Questions from this check ins below;  When you are creating interest in something from stories are you asking questions or just giving information? What does creating interest ideally look like? When scheduling for the week ahead, I've often had to adjust my schedule as a result of consultations being booked through calendly. Is it okay to adjust your schedule as you go or would you recommend...