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I'm assuming you have to sell ten session packages? Or otherwise why are you shooting yourself in the foot and doing that.

One thing that you already know needs to change is prospecting for...

You can obviously lift but how many people have you actually coached to be able to lift? Any good success stories or achievements that your clients have had?

God people like that drive me nuts. My first response to her would be: how many hours have we spent together?

Her: two

You: How many hours have you spent outside the gym responsible for...

Hence my Bert stare. Two answers already in 5 responses that are among the most idiotic things I have ever read.

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You are paid only for hours you are working with clients. Some gyms may give you a few floor hours at minimum wage but it is rare.

First month expect to make basically nothing. In fact I tell...

Have an Iphone and a Samsung Galaxy tablet - can't say I use the phone much at all anymore except for actual phone calls and as an mp3 player. Everything else is done through the Samsung, and it's...

Basically the things that really piss me off are trainers who aren't paying attention to their clients and are doing more chatting than coaching. Sitting down on the job is something that really...

Good job as a start. One thing I always did when starting at a new gym is to carry a small notebook and actually write down peoples' names/details about them and their goals after I met them (when...

Live and die? Mostly die...I watched them growing up in Toronto and had seasons' tickets one year. They suck but they are my team.
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Sorority girl in college:

Banged a guy on the front lawn of our fraternity house in full view of many people while very drunk. Then proceeded to clean up and rejoin the party, only to go into...

Two months? Unless there is a serious religious or cultural issue (she might be asian or muslim or very sheltered?) that's ridiculous. Maybe ask her why she's so hesitant at getting physical and...

When I was in college many years ago I worked in a gym and ended up with a training partner who was a girl with a long distance guy who I knew was her boyfriend but she would never come out and admit...

I'd let them know that they are at serious risk for getting sued (especially in the litigation happy US) and leave it at that. I'd also make sure that every client of mine (and anyone else I knew)...

Strength is more your job because endurance and conditioning he can build on his own. Think about what muscles are a big priority when wrestling and what you need to generate power and movement in...

There are piles of threads in this forum about it, likely if you just go back a couple of pages you can find several. Someone typically asks that question about once a week.

Remember, everyone...

As a trainer you have to expect that you are only getting paid when you are working with clients. The gym might pay you to do "floor hours" where you clean up, do menial things and try to also...

Depending where you live they may or may not operate. BNI stands for Business Networkers International and they have chapters all over the place. The whole point is that each industry has one...

X2. Great post.

Just through joining my local BNI Chapter I have received thousands worth of business in a few months doing nothing. All of my clients also know I have a standing offer of two...

Tell her that your job isn't to be her babysitter and you're telling her what she needs to do. If she isn't willing to make changes then you're better off dropping her as a client because she is the...