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CQ:
--- Quote from: michael arvilla on April 19, 2006, 12:41:30 PM ---hmmm, where to begin. Well I take on as many clients as come into World Gym looking for a personal trainer, so it varies. The gym charges rates based on the size of the PT package (ie: the more sessions you purchase the less per hour). You have to bust your ass to get clients as not everyone who goes to the gym thinks they need a trainer...but I have to say, the majority that do go to the gym...should have a PT. Clients are offered 4 VIP sessions (free personal training sessions). It is my job to help them understand that they need more training. Most don't go for it, they think they know all and can handle their training themselves (some can, some are an accident waiting to happen). PT sessions aren't cheap and that's how most members look at it. It can sometimes be a cut throat job. Those who do buy packages expect results (even when they are chowing down pizza on the side) and if they don't see it ... they don't resign. It can be a lot of pressure and a lot of work. I spend most nights receiving food logs from my clients and going over what they can and can't eat with them, so my job doesn't end when I walk out of the gym. It's a face to face job and you always have to put on a smile even when in a bad mood. Believe me, I love what I do, but it isn't glamorous by any means.
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Mike, one thing I can guarantee after being a trainer close to 15 years, is the better shape you are in the easier it is to get/retain clientele. You should have a nice little boost in biz from your whole show/prep/weight loss. Use it well.
michael arvilla:
--- Quote from: CQ on April 21, 2006, 08:55:16 AM ---Mike, one thing I can guarantee after being a trainer close to 15 years, is the better shape you are in the easier it is to get/retain clientele. You should have a nice little boost in biz from your whole show/prep/weight loss. Use it well.
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hmmmmmmm............righ t now im so grouchy and irritable (im sure it turns potential clients at my gym off)
your right i should put on a smile and get some new buisness (last month i did like $3.500 in new PT clients)
this month i have done 0 dollars................. .
Mr. Intenseone:
I've been doing this for a long time, and the one main things I would never do or recommend is working for a facility. I always have been on my own, I have about 25-30 steady clients not including the athletes and I also have a kids group program that I have been doing for some years now. I only pay the facility $450.00 per month. I agree with Mike's post (not Arvilla) about not doing bodybuilding training, although I will use some compound movements, I stick to more funtional training, I will basically train the average person the same way I would train an athlete (ex: strength, conditioning, etc) i also do alot of circut training and to break up the program a little we'll go to the track for some of the conditioning. Bottom line is anyone can teach the basics it's the diversity of the training that separates a good trainer from a GREAT trainer. A trainer can make a very comfortable living doin this provided it's done right!!
knny187:
What most people on this board doesn't understand....that functional training is for everyone. The more knowledge you have on core/stability training, the more money you're going to make. I know personally 6 personal trainers that make @ 150k (on the books) ....just for tax reasons. In reality...make over 200k annually. Most of them are former Marine Bodybuilders with big ego's. When they started, they had a hard time keeping clients & getting a large referral base going (they were training regualr people like a bodybuilder). When they took up balance & core stability training they're income doubled. Over time, their client base increased (huge referral business alone), & the results that people were wanting, were receiving it.
Mike:
--- Quote from: knny187 on April 22, 2006, 10:08:26 AM ---What most people on this board doesn't understand....that functional training is for everyone. The more knowledge you have on core/stability training, the more money you're going to make. I know personally 6 personal trainers that make @ 150k (on the books) ....just for tax reasons. In reality...make over 200k annually. Most of them are former Marine Bodybuilders with big ego's. When they started, they had a hard time keeping clients & getting a large referral base going (they were training regualr people like a bodybuilder). When they took up balance & core stability training they're income doubled. Over time, their client base increased (huge referral business alone), & the results that people were wanting, were receiving it.
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Functional Training can incorporate Bodybuilding, if that's the function.
Now, am I gonna spend half the session adjusting this Bodybuilders posture and explaining why sitting on unilateral, fixed-plane machines is bad? Of couse not, that's what he wants.
Does this client care about balance, stability, flexibility and the like? Hell no!
Eventually you will convice them that they can live a longer life and function better outside the gym with these things but, remember, Bodybuilders don't care if they're healthy, they want to look good.
I will, however, use certain Bodybuilding excersises as a foundation of many workouts. My 80yr old grandma can squat. Hell yeah she can! It might be a bodyweight squat, but it's still a squat.
Have you ever seen a 35yr old mother do a perfect clean and press, it's beautiful. 6 in a row and she's wiped. Much better then the ab machine and bicep curls she was doing with her other trainer.
phew....I'm done.
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