If you’re currently an online coach or want to be, I bet it has something to do with wanting freedom, flexibility, and autonomy. Gone are the days of punching a clock, answering to someone else, or working for things you don’t believe in. You now have the power to create your own schedule, do work that matters, and change the world! There’s just one caveat: with this newfound freedom comes great …
How To Overdeliver To Your Clients With Added Value Using TrueCoach
Quite often we look at the implementation of an online programming platform with blinders on. Yes, programming platforms can provide you with a brand-new revenue stream and allow you to reach a market outside your current radius and deliver programming in a remote manner. But how can we use online programming platforms to improve our current products/systems—and even add value to them? That’s what we’re …
TrueCoach Connect 2.0 – Changing the Game!
With TrueCoach Connect, we set out to create an app that makes it even easier to let your clients know that you’re accessible and working alongside them on their journey. In 1.0 we gave you your very own TrueCoach messaging app. This was a big win for coaches with a high volume of messages to contend with, even though they still needed to switch to the web app to keep track of workout results and comments. …
Must-Have Tips From a Few Titans in the Fitness Industry
If you don’t have idols who are absolute titans in the fitness business who you regularly keep an eye on and try to learn from, you’re doing yourself a disservice. We all need people to look up to in our professional life, especially if you’re new to the game. The fitness industry may not be as broad as something like tech or medicine, but there are plenty of wildly successful people in fitness who started right …
Certification Review: OPEX CCP
The missing component with most fitness education systems is, they exclusively focus on how to train well and they’re very science-vocabulary heavy, but that’s about it. The downfall in most coaches doesn't lie in their ability to name exercises and create programming, but rather in their ability to onboard and retain clients, which at the end of the day is the root of this industry. The OPEX CCP Course is …
Need More Clients? Here’s a Guide to Fixing Your Funnel and Gaining More Business
Does it sometimes feel like sales is going to be the death of you? You probably have an amazing concept in your head and you want to deliver it to many people, but the problem is getting enough clients so that you can make enough money to live comfortably in order to devote time and energy to your big picture goals. That’s why sales is so important. And we know it can be painful—presenting a financial amount to a …
How to Transition Your Clients to a Subscription Payment Plan
Are you one of those trainers who charges session by session? It probably sounds familiar to a lot of you. While charging per session isn’t wrong, there are better, easier, more reliable ways to make your money. Subscription-style packages have brought a lot of success to trainers of all sorts. If it’s something you’ve been considering doing for a while, you’re not alone. Not sure where to start? Let’s look at …
5 Pieces of Advice Every New Trainer Should Know
In today’s world, gaining social media fame can seem like the equivalent to winning the lottery. You can find children reviewing their toys on YouTube as if they’re experts and adults are quitting their day jobs to be travel photographers, online fitness enthusiasts, or food bloggers. Gone are the days where you pick a job, work in that field for 30 years, and retire. Just as society is changing, so is the personal …
A Chiropractor Tells Us How Trainers and Chiropractors Can Best Work Together
Every coach has had a client in need of additional assessment beyond the scope of a fitness professional. If you find yourself not relating to this statement, then I will assume you’ve been a coach for a short amount of time or you’re missing out on a great opportunity to enhance the performance and injury prevention of your clients. You could be the Rembrandt of fitness programming, painting perfect strokes of …
Using Trends To Predict And Prevent Injuries Before They Happen With Brian Buck
I recently sat down with Brian Buck, Performance Analyst at Sparta Science and Nike Master Trainer, to talk about how Sparta Science's technology is changing the injury prevention game. Watch the full interview here and read the show notes below. https://youtu.be/mvL7XARlLto SHOW NOTES Brian talks about how Sparta Science’s technology is changing how athletes see their careers. It allows them to …