Posts Tagged with "fitness business"
Business Advice For Trainers From Trainers
When I first started in this industry my business competence was pretty low. If you asked me what the term “overhead” was or what it meant to itemize business expenses I would have been like “say what again?” I’m still not someone I’d consider to have a lot of business pedigree, but I think I’ve… Read more
0 to 50 Clients: Four Lessons I Learned
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Syracuse, NY based coach and personal trainer, Ricky Kompf. He covers a topic I believe every up and coming fitness professional can commiserate with, but more importantly learn from: How to get more clients. Enjoy. 0 to 50 Clients: Four Lessons I Learned Even though I have been… Read more
3 Tips For Personal Trainer Personal Development
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of good friend and Jedi strength coach, Todd Bumgardner. Many don’t know this, but Todd was one of the people who encouraged me most when I was thinking about leaving Cressey Sports Performance and going off on my own. He’s a no-bullshitter and someone who tells it like it is…. Read more
On Running a Fitness Business: Part 2
Last week I commandeered a Facebook post on fitness business shenanigans from friend, and fellow gym owner, Mike Perry. I took his original, bulleted-point list and added my own two cents to each one. You can check out points 1-10 HERE. Today I want to highlight points 11-20. On Running a Fitness Business: Part 2 11…. Read more
On Running a Fitness Business
Yesterday a friend of mine and amazing coach, Mike Perry of Skill of Strength, posted a list or treatise, if you will, on his Facebook page of things to consider when running a fitness business. It was great. I wanted to share them here with my own thoughts and additions. On Running a Fitness Business…… Read more
Hierarchy of Fitness Industry Success
There’s a lack of resources out there informing new(ish) fitness pros what it takes to be successful in this industry. I thought I’d take some time to offer my two cents. I’m not even going to swear, that’s how professional I want this post to be. I’d be remiss not to give credit to… Read more
Should You Discount Your Rates Or Offer Free Sessions?
The fitness industry gets the shaft sometimes. It endures godawful long hours, we work when others don’t, there’s rarely (if ever) paid vacation, and there’s almost zero barrier to entry which allows a bunch of numbskulls to mess things up for everyone else. I can’t think of any other industry or profession where, more… Read more
The Perfect Business Growth Plan: 6 Keys to Creating a Successful Personal Training Business
A common fallacy in the fitness industry is that if you don’t own a gym you don’t have to worry about “business stuff.” Another common fallacy are those who open a gym and automatically consider themselves businessmen (or women). The idea being because they open an impressive looking gym filled with all the bells and… Read more