There’s More to Spotting Clients Than Just Handing Them Weights
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By Sal | June 9, 2010
For personal trainers and strength coaches spotting is a series of complex responsibilities. Much more than just handing weights to clients, spotting is a combination of watching, listening, teaching, counting and moving all in response to your client’s actions. Spotting is more than watching what your client is doing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stick To Your “Pricing Guns” Even When Times Are Tough
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By Sal | June 2, 2010
Your pricing structure is one of the single most important features of your business and has more of a direct effect on your bottom line than any other aspect. If you want to be a successful trainer you must have faith in your abilities and be willing to believe people will pay a premium price to work with you. You can’t be good and cheap, you shouldn’t be good and cheap. And when it comes to being a personal trainer, people will not think you’re good if you’re cheap.
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Appointments Plus Online Scheduling Program is a Must Have for Any Personal Training Business
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By Sal | May 26, 2010
Appointments Plus online scheduling system is a great tool for any personal training business regardless of how many training appointments and clients need to be tracked. This simple, easy-to-use program is available at Appointments-Plus.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome
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By Sal | May 19, 2010
Have you ever heard of something called, “Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome?” Personal trainers and strength coaches should be familiar with this syndrome so they can insure that clients are getting the most out of their training.
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Keep Detailed Records of Your Client’s Training Sessions
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By Sal | May 12, 2010
Keeping 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 can read about this subject in more detail in my book, “How to Make More Money As a Personal Trainer.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Teaching the Squat Part 1, Blocking Technique
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By Sal | May 5, 2010
Despite reams of evidence to the contrary, there are still some ill-informed personal trainers and strength coaches out there who preach that squatting is bad for the knees/back/hips, etc. The problems lie not in the exercise itself, but in the way the squat is taught and ignorance of proper technique is responsible for the bad rap that squats have gotten over the years.
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Change Your Clients’ Sessions With the Change of Seasons
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By Sal | April 28, 2010
Use the change of the seasons, and seasonal activities, as an opportunity to change the training methods that you use with your clients.
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Don’t Train More Clients, Charge More Money
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By Sal | April 21, 2010
This may seem sacrilegious in some professional quarters, and far too many personal trainers and strength coaches are loathe to talk about it publically, but all if you’re good at what you do you should charge top dollar – you should want to charge top dollar. And in the long run good personal trainers should strive to charge the highest per session fee possible with the goal of – in the long run – having to train fewer clients, not more. Read the rest of this entry »
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