Administration
Schedule Time with Clients to Maximize Profits
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Half hour sessions offer a more profitable option to the traditional hour sessions for personal trainers who are looking to grow their business and increase their training fees. The key to this strategy is having the proper pricing structure in place.
Personal trainers frequently think in terms of hour sessions. I’m not sure why, but my [...]
Build Your Schedule Around Half Hour Appointments
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Half-hour sessions offer a more profitable option to the traditional hour sessions for personal trainers who are looking to grow their business and increase their training fees. The key to this strategy is having the proper pricing structure in place.
Keep Detailed Records of Your Client’s Training Sessions
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Keeping accurate records is an important part of a personal trainer’s/strength coach’s job both for administrative purposes and for designing and implementing workouts. For the sake of brevity the focus of this article is how to keep detailed records of clients’ workouts, an important and valuable function of the job of a fitness professional. You [...]
Should You Pay Trainers on a By Session Basis or Salary?
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010If you run your own personal training facility one of the most important issues that you’ll have to deal with is how to pay your staff members. The key to success in the personal training business is simple; you need to train clients in order make money. When you are an employer you must make [...]
Should You Conduct In Home Sessions?
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009When you are setting up your personal training business you need to make a long term decision about whether you want to conduct in-home sessions or train people in a gym. In the early days of your business, even if you have your own facility, you will probably have an opportunity to take your act [...]
Personal Trainers Should Never Sit Down During a Session
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009A cardinal sin of personal training is committed when a trainer sits down – or is leaning against a piece of equipment – during a session when the client is exercising, as this kind of laziness represents the height of disrespect for the client and for the profession.
How to Handle Client Problems
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Sometimes you will have a problem with a client. You don’t want to lose business if you don’t have to, so how do you respond to a client problem? Well, it depends on the situation.