The past several months have us feeling like there’s not much for us to control. For our in-person clients who chose to switch to an online training style during quarantine, this was a choice but not their preferred option. It’s been a shift for all of us as coaches and clients to have what was built in person for years suddenly change into a different format. Not only that, but clients had to find a new …
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Managing Your Athlete’s Recovery When Returning To The Weight Room
With the gyms beginning to open up again, we’ll probably see an influx of new members and people starving to get fit. Something akin to New Year’s resolutions will kick in but perhaps on an even larger scale. This will be a tremendous opportunity to take advantage of the increased demand for coaching, as people will be more discerning and selective about whom they choose to guide them. While this is a benefit to your …
5 Ways You Can Make The Most Of Your Weekly Newsletter To Your Email List
Your email list is one of the most powerful weapons you have in your arsenal. While it’s great to have a large social media following, at the end of the day, Instagram and Facebook control the rules and change the algorithm so often it’s hard to keep up. You might have 100,000 followers on a particular platform but that doesn’t necessarily mean you can convert many of those into paying clients. Your …
4 Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make When You Start Coaching Again After Quarantine
We’re all grateful to get back into the swing of things. But there are a lot of things we have to keep in mind as we return to the gym and begin coaching clients again. Your clients are eager to get back into the gym, just like you’re looking forward to training them regularly again. However, don’t let your excitement distract you from the questions you need to ask yourself and your clients before you just jump back …
The World Has Changed and So Have the Rules for New Online Coaches
“You can’t train online unless you’ve coached in person for four years.” Maybe you’ve heard or read trainers make this or similarly arbitrary proclamations. These statements only serve to gain echo chamber applause. As a newer trainer, did this ever help you? For the sake of this discussion, let’s define “newer” trainer as anyone in the earlier stages of their career who is developing basic coaching, movement, …
Can At-Home Training Strategies Be A Game Changer When Returning To The Gym?
For many of you, this is a very busy time. Clients are getting short notice on gym reopenings, there are new guidelines for how and when equipment can be used, and there will be an increased demand for your services as people crave guidance on the right way to get back under a barbell. This could be a make-or-break time for your business. How you navigate the situation could net some pretty incredible results for …
4 Ways Your Clients’ Lives Will Change Once Quarantine Is Over
Everyone’s world was turned upside down over the last couple months while the COVID-19 shutdown forced us to stay home and put much of our life on pause. Whether you’re a trainer or a gym owner, you probably haven’t seen your clients in a long time—and their lives have changed a lot as well. You’ve likely had to adjust the programming for all your clients, whether they’re in-person clients who are now remote or new …
5 Tips to Successfully Manage Both Your Remote and In-Person Clients
We’re slowly getting back into the swing of things and it’s a relief. If you train at a gym, your gym owner has probably laid out a reopening plan by now. If you own a gym, hopefully you’ve been able to open your doors again. And if you’ve been able to go back to your gym as usual already, you’re one of the lucky ones! There are a lot of things to consider as we transition back into normalcy again. For many of …
Preparing to Work with Chronic-Pain Clients 100% Online
If you’re about to go on a new adventure, to a place you’ve never been before, with the fear of hurting yourself, you probably want a guide with you. You want someone in front of you to prepare you for what you’re about to encounter and to calm your nerves every time something scares you. Having a guide through something new and intimidating can never be replaced by a list of instructions that you’d have to follow …
Prioritize Your Clients Now More Than Ever!
People are anxious about ever returning to some sort of normalcy after months of lockdown, and one thing many of them miss most is hitting the gym and other fitness facilities. Thankfully, states are slowly reopening their business communities, and many of your clients (not to mention you) can’t wait to get back to routine training. While there’ll be a lot of excitement when that finally happens, we think it’s …