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Find places to give short presentations, you can establish rapport as an expert quickly.

If it's a good presentation you can pick clients up, make them an offer they can't refuse that ends when...

Price erosion sucks. You get everyone trying to undercut each other and the next thing you know the area is flooded with cheap personal training. It's almost hard to undue too once it's been that...

First of all, I think unless *most* people are competitng they are unlikely to follow a strict diet successfully for any length of time. I don't want to get flammed, because I have been proven wrong,...

I agree. How many people and debate about the best method for fat loss or muscle gain. Long duration sucks, intervals rule!!!...etc

Here's the kicker, most good trainer's typically agree on 95+%...

People get more than $65/hr in the gym. Hell, I'd train a group of them at once (if they were okay with it) and make more per hour if you still want to charge $65. You can't undermine the power of...

I do 4 week blocks based on needs & goals, go on the fly as needed depending on life stressors and other soreness

I would go with a major 3rd party certified organization--ACSM, NSCA, NASM, and I think ACE is now accredited.

what do you mean by starting out on your own---your own place, rented equipment or be...

Methods are many, principles are few.

It's just about finding the right methods for a specific client. In terms of diet you gotta meet the client where they are at.

There are literally people...

It's sad, but fitness has one of the highest attrition rates of just about any field.

There are a lot of turdballs out there who give all trainers a bad rep and make us look unintelligent to...

I usually do mobility exercises, most people need them and they generally require little to no effort. Scap slides, blackburns, spiderman lunges, sometimes a birddog, glute activation, hip mobility,...

NSCA you gotta be 18 for the CPT (not necc a hs grad) and have a degree for the CSCS

I think $20/session is too low. You're definitely undervaluing your services.

It's a weird paradox but when I gave diets for free I would spend so much time on them and make each person happy,...

I think it's going to take more than a newspaper add to attract high dollar clients.

I would start building a network. You're going to be better off building relationships than trying to...

Definetly spend some time on internal marketing--see if you can get the database of members and send mail directly to them encouraging them to try your services or offer a free session or initial...

If you have a degree get your CSCS. Only people with degrees are eligible, makes more sense to go after that to me.

Hire someone else under me and pay them half.

The job is to motivate people sure, but you can't make people who aren't ready to make changes motivated. Bottom line, if people aren't REALLY ready to do it, then they won't.

You can try up and...

Too bad Charles Stately is way more successful than 99% of people that have ever been to BB.com will be in terms of training success.

My 2-cents, but why create mediocrity when you can copy...

If they are a pain the ass, fire em. I have before and I would again. Losing moeny sucks, but I can be hella productive in a hour anyway and I've always got other **** to take care of. Plus...

Find an outside certification that is 3rd party accredited (ACSM, Ace, NASM, NSCA)

Second, it's great you can talk circles around another trainer, but you have to water things down for clients to...