Monger
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Thanks Monger. Heal up soon.
I'm not injured at the moment, Bro. Wow, it's been a long time since I've said that
Thanks Monger. Heal up soon.
I don't have a client portfolio, a website, a biz card(although i'm working on that), not even a cell phone.
The upside to working in a closed system like a co-op is word will spread fast. I totally transformed this one 33yo housewife...she now has a perfect butt and lost 20lbs as well as being stronger and more athletic...the morning biz i built up by working at a nautilus place for $10-$12/hr and making some converts there. Once your certifed and insured alot of these McPersonal Training places need people to fill in. The trainers there are so horribly awful that i knew right away i was miles ahead of them jusst from hanging in S&P for 2005 and smoking up for a few hours late at night. I don't believe i'm that great a trainer. But seeing the amount of ones that are out there that suck so bad is what gave me my confidence. Also i'm not afraid to communicate with people and alot of the really good trainers have major attitudes/are a-holes and can't understand why people don't stick with them.
I've toyed with the idea of getting certified and trying to do some personal training to supplement my income.
Do you pretty much tell prospective clients up front "I've got my way of doing things, here's what it is, if that's not what you're looking for then I'm not the trainer for you?"
Reason I ask is, it seems like it'd be a heck of a lot less time-consuming if you applied the same basic training method to all your clients, and only accepted clients who were okay with that.
Thanks BP. I've definitly learned from you at S&P and your postive attitude is always a good voice to hear. I've learned alot from just being out in the business, watching others, listening to my clients feedback.Good to hear that. At the end of the days its the results that count. Among all of us at the gym where I work in, its sad that so far only two of us have produced clients who could pull 315 off the floor. I've managed to produce clients results, and just like you, hanging out here and spending time in the trenches has taught me a lot more than any certification can.
Keep up the good work, I'll be glad to hear that maybe in a year or two, you could already have the rights to charge 200$/hr
Thanks. For me it just started with 2 clients a husband and wife and SLOWLY built up from there. It took about 1 year for me to get up to 20 clients.good work Pariah!! I am also a Personal Trainer and I'm pretty sure we have similar training styles. I'm not making that much money yet though. keep it up!
Yes this is basically waht i do.90% of the clients are just there for body composition purposes and to be in better shape. They want you to have a system in place and not have to think about what/why they are doing it. They just want those results. I am constantly reinforcing though S&P doctrine;posterior chain,progressive resistance core, prehab, train standing up...etc... $35 a session is cheap enough so a working person can train 2x/week and the 1/2 hour circuit is more than enough for most. This way i line the clients up back to back and can still make good $/hr.Of course i tweak it for individual concerns. But waht i've described so far is my basic business model.I've toyed with the idea of getting certified and trying to do some personal training to supplement my income.
Do you pretty much tell prospective clients up front "I've got my way of doing things, here's what it is, if that's not what you're looking for then I'm not the trainer for you?"
Reason I ask is, it seems like it'd be a heck of a lot less time-consuming if you applied the same basic training method to all your clients, and only accepted clients who were okay with that.
I'm not injured at the moment, Bro. Wow, it's been a long time since I've said that
Thanks Lust and Ghostwipe. Its cause of guys like you and the rest of S&P i'm earning $ today.
Thanks BP. I've definitly learned from you at S&P and your postive attitude is always a good voice to hear. I've learned alot from just being out in the business, watching others, listening to my clients feedback.
I gave some some serious thought to starting a full time training business-there is definitely some money to be made. I know a lot of idiot metrosexual trainers in my town, that even though they are idiots, are willing to "hustle" ( meaning work hard, not run scams) and they make very good money. I also know that most of them neglect the 50+ crowd, which is an absolute gold mine