Posts Tagged ‘personal trainer’

The 5 Facts For Hiring A Personal Trainer- For Health Club Owners or Members

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

personal training programs for health club marketingAfter being ask by over 100 clients “How do I hire a good personal trainer” I had to come up with a good answer.I think the simplest way to answer that’s to tell you how we sales the benefits of using a personal trainer to a future member. Concentrate on how we build worth in the employment of finding a good personal trainer and how this coach can help a fitness fan achieve their goals.

One of the biggest obstructions to staying on track for fitness is losing inducement. People are just starting an exercising schedule can find themselves quickly tired of the same routine. Keeping it fun is the key to a captivated member for long term.Imagine if you only had 1 channel of  TV to watch day in, day out. That would get old after a while. You would change the channel, pick up a book, or do anything you might to avoid something that you once enjoyed. That is why, most of us would require the services of a fitness coach in order to provide them the different portions of the fitness schedule in a more livelier style.

Fitness trainers are really those who are expert in analyzing and creating a fitness program that is right for you. They’re the ones who will work out your appropriateness to a certain program with regards to your “fitness level,” create the program according to your specific needs, and keep you stimulated and impressed by giving you activities that will not bore you.They may alter from the different trainings that they have, the health education they have acquired, and the skills that they have learned.Hence, it’s important to consider some factors which will establish if a certain fitness tutor is suitable for you. Here is how:

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Fitness Boot Camps 101…. A Three Step Plan

Monday, July 20th, 2009

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In today’s market place you not just have to be creative but you also have to be able to deliver. As a fitness professional, if you’ve spent any time researching paths to increase the profits you generate from your business, you know that boot camps are an excellent way to do just that.

Running a fitness boot camp makes it easy to :

* Book multiple clients at the same time, augmenting your output
* Train folks with little or no equipment
* Set everything up without having your own gym or studio
* Work with huge groups of folks all at the same time
* Earn more income an hour without doing more work

Folk are flocking to these boot camps because they’re fun, effective, and convenient. Health club owners are missing a massive amount of money by not integrating boot camps into there inventory of programs.

And since you can perform fitness boot camps at local parks, playgrounds, or even in your own yard, there’s no need for a gym membership - or any overhead fees for you. That means that the average Joe personal trainer can suck uplarge amounts of  business with just a few easy advertisements. This leaves you Joe health club owner with less clients, less cash and more worries.

So lets go over a few thing to think about before just leaping into doing boot camps, then I will help you get the ball rolling.

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Ask why? Why are you wanting to start a boot camp? The first question to ask yourself is what are your long-term goals is in regards to your personal training profits center. If your not producing at least 25% of your club money in some kind of personal training, boot camps, weight loss, etc then you not running a successful club. Now you may be saying  “wait, I am not making that sort of cash on PT but I am doing OK.” I’ll just say that different folk may have different standards for success.

If your goal is to maximize your profits and cut back your workload then boot camps are great way to do just that. So what is a fitness boot camp? The term “boot camp” just means big group training class. A boot camp will ideally have 10-20 clients. Sessions will last 60-90 mins. The price tag should be between $125-$199 per month. We all know that one on one PT sessions are a waste of time. Sure if a client wants to pay you $90.00 per 1 hour sessions take the cash, but your personal training profit center will never grow if you’re still thinking Old school.

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