Over the past year and a half, COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns have forced fitness business owners to be creative with their business model. Delivering quality fitness programs became an added challenge that made us take advantage of new and improving resources. Being able to deliver personal training sessions from home became a necessity to stay in business. Whether it was DIY fitness classes, …
Why You Should Program Fillers for Your Clients
You’re at the gym, your client finishes their first set of squats with five more to go, and…crickets. As far as training economy goes, small talk about the weather isn’t exactly optimal. You know that adequate rest is a necessity, but what can you do between sets to maximize your clients’ time in the gym? Answer: Fillers Fillers are low-intensity exercises you perform in between sets to improve …
Everything You Need to Know About Vitamin D
We’re excited to partner with Precision Nutrition to give TrueCoach users everything you need to successfully coach nutrition—in one proven system, including premium articles, infographics, and training to help you meet your client’s health and fitness goals. Want to feel confident and qualified to coach nutrition with anyone? Now TrueCoach users get a special offer on the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification …
Static vs. Dynamic Stretching: What We Know and How to Apply it
Stretching is an activity that is widely used across many populations including people participating in rehab programs, athletes, as well as the general population with goals of improving range of motion and performance. There has often been a debate of which mode of stretching static or dynamic is more effective. Let’s first define these two. Static Stretching: Holding a position for a certain length of time …
5 Soft Skills Every Coach Should Have
Your soft skills enable you to interact effectively with other people. As a coach, it’s your ability to help your clients and the glue that holds everything together. Hard Skill vs. Soft Skills Hard Skills: Program design, biomechanics, anatomy, assessment, exercise technique. Soft Skills: The ability to relay that information in a way that is understandable, applicable, and conducive to your …
What are BCAAs Worth?
We’re excited to partner with Precision Nutrition to give TrueCoach users everything you need to successfully coach nutrition—in one proven system, including premium articles, infographics, and training to help you meet your client’s health and fitness goals. Want to feel confident and qualified to coach nutrition with anyone? Now TrueCoach users get a special offer on the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification …
#FindYourTrueCoach as a Way We’re Helping Coaches Grow
TrueCoach has been an amazing online platform that has grown exponentially over the past couple of years with a primary goal of supporting the growth of strength coaches and personal trainers. Consider how much change and growth has occurred in the online world recently, which has truly forced coaches and trainers to change up their overall services as a way to stay afloat. TrueCoach has been a shining light …
Keys for Building Up Client Fitness Levels Post-COVID for Summer 2021
Winter came and went. Like most of us, you likely spent a lot of time on the couch crushing a Netflix series and ordering Uber Eats. Spring is almost over, which had you stepping outside from time to time to avoid being called a vampire, or better yet, a homebody. Now, summer is right around the corner, you want to build up your fitness levels, but you’re clueless as to where to begin. Here’s a major key: …
3 Forms You Should Include in Your Onboarding Sequence
Your onboarding sequence is an opportunity to learn your clients’ unique goals, struggles, and why they want to work with you in the first place. All of which are invaluable when creating programs that garner results. To gather this information, you can create forms using Google Forms (or any other system you prefer). Once they’re created, it’s as simple as emailing the link or having them placed directly on …
Retain Clients and Build a Bulletproof Business
Trainers should focus less on client acquisition and more on client retention. When you’re good at what you do, you won’t have to look for business. It’ll come looking for you. As Greg McKeown (author of Essentialism) puts it, “When you focus on what you lack, you lose what you have. When you focus on what you have, you get what you lack.” Rather than focusing on what you lack (i.e. more clients), focus …