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 …
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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 …
Certification Review: Cressey Sports Performance Baseball Mentorship
At first glance, it seems as if the Cressey Sports Performance Baseball Mentorship course is exclusively for baseball players or fitness professionals that work with baseball players. But if you look a little closer, this course is much more than an upper-extremity workshop that applies to athletes. It’s for anyone who coaches people through any movement that involves the scapula, lats, shoulders, ribs, neck, …
4 Tips to Set New Rates and Earn More as a Trainer with Jim Crowell
Everyone in the fitness industry knows that being a successful trainer or coach is no walk in the park. It’s hard enough to create individualized programming, teach new movements, and make sure everyone is on track — let alone constantly be on the hunt for new clients and find a way to retain them. Sure, there are tons of positives about becoming a trainer, but before you start running recklessly after your dream, …
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 …
5 Things You Can Do To Get Your Clients To Do What You Ask
Do you ever wish your clients would just do the things you ask them to do? It’s certainly a frustrating part of the job, no matter how much you get along with your client and like working with them. Every once in a while you just hit a wall and it feels like there isn’t much compliance. In this industry it’s so easy to get caught up on growing ourselves and our business that it’s easy to lose sight of what it …
Emilie Hester Joins TrueCoach
The TrueCoach team continues to grow! This week we'd like to introduce you to Emilie Hester, full-stack web developer, former gym owner, and the latest addition to TrueCoach. How did you first get into Software Development? Growing up I was constantly following my computer nerd older brother around wanting to do whatever he was doing, even when that included things like using his Commodore 64 to try to hack into …