Being a personal trainer seems like a glamorous job from the outside. You get to make your own hours, work out whenever you want, and try out the newest and coolest gym equipment and accessories. More importantly, though, you have the privilege of helping many people lead happier and healthier lives. Nothing compares to that, no matter the price tag. The life of a trainer gets romanticized all too often, …
Angelo Sisco: Creating a 5-Star Gym Experience
I recently sat down with Angelo Sisco from O’Hare Crossfit and The Alpha Hippie Podcast to talk about all things fitness and business. Watch the full interview here and read the show notes below. https://youtu.be/5mpsh5SP2sg Show Notes At the top of the interview, Angelo relays his many business ventures. This includes… O’Hare Crossfit, a gym with over 200 membersConquer an online coaching app …
Want To Make An Easy $50?! (TrueCoach Referral Program)
Are you a coach that has an active TrueCoach account? Are you a trainer who has found success from using TrueCoach regularly? Do you know other coaches that would also enjoy using TrueCoach as much as you do? Good news! You can use your TrueCoach referral link to invite other coaches to sign up for TrueCoach and you can both get $50! That’s right! You get $50 each time a coach signs up using …
8 Steps To A 6-Figure Online Coaching Business
We get it — you’re over the early mornings, late nights, and split shifts. You’re tired of working weekends and missing fun nights out with your friends and family, and you dream of taking a vacation and unplugging. You want to pay all your bills at once rather than asking a client to purchase early so you have the cash to eat something other than top ramen. Or maybe you’re just ready to take coaching from a hobby to …
The Lunge: Common Faults and Variations for Your Clients
Lunges are one of the fundamental movement patterns that many coaches and trainers utilize in various strength programs. There are many benefits to performing lunges as they can help build strength, size, and they have good carryover to athletics and daily functional tasks. There aren’t many people who haven’t performed a lunge at some point in their lifetime, especially if you’ve worked with a personal trainer …
3 Reasons You Should Upload Your Own Video Library
Are you tired of endlessly searching the depths of YouTube to find the perfect demo video that shows your clients how to execute certain movements? Or, even worse, maybe you can never even find exactly what you are looking for? Well, look no further. Now is the perfect time to start uploading your own video library to TrueCoach! We know what you’re thinking — but doesn’t TrueCoach have a stock library of …
The Most Common Financial Problems Independent Trainers Face and How to Solve Them
Let’s get the obvious out of the way. Trainers don’t exactly have the most lucrative job in the world. If we wanted to get rich, we would’ve gone to school for something like aerospace engineering, right? Being a personal trainer doesn’t automatically mean you’ll make a ton of money — but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible to generate great wealth from a career you love. There are plenty of ways to increase your …
The Top 5 Ways to Use TrueCoach in Your CrossFit Gym
When it comes to running a CrossFit gym, there is so much to consider. Running programs ranging from onramp to group classes, working with competitive athletes and nutrition clients, and leading classes for members from ages 5-75 — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Trying to organize all of your programming, warmups, monthly challenges, and personal training with a mix of spreadsheets, calendars, …
4 Tips for Making Your Website Better
Do These 4 Things to Improve Your Website and Boost Your Brand We live in a digital world where it’s essentially impossible to run a fitness business without having some kind of online presence. That naturally includes social media — Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, etc. — but also most certainly includes a website. When you’re a personal trainer or gym owner, though, these types of housekeeping matters can feel like …
Certification Review: Animal Flow
Isn’t it funny how we’re so focused on improving our bodies so we can have all this fun and do all these activities, yet we don’t actually know how to use our own bodies that well? When Mike Fitch, creator of the bodyweight system of a movement called Animal Flow, set out on his journey to help other people develop better relationships with their bodies, he did so at the ripe age of 19. Like most, Mike …