Keep the clients you have so you don't have to find new ones constantly. That's client retention. It benefits your fitness business and helps people with consistency and results. If your clients are indeed getting the results they desire. One of the main reasons...
Beverly Hosford
Beverly Hosford, MA teaches anatomy and body awareness using a skeleton named Andy, balloons, play-doh, ribbons, guided visualizations, and corrective exercises. She is an instructor, author, and a business coach for fitness professionals. Learn how to help your clients sleep better with in Bev's NFPT Sleep Coach Program and dive deeper into anatomy in her NFPT Fundamentals of Anatomy Course.
3 Questions Personal Trainers Should Ask Their Clients
You probably ask clients about food, sleep, perceived exertion and energy levels at each session. What about getting feedback about yourself? If you just cringed, you are like many personal trainers. Nobody likes to ask for compliments or worse - criticism. But, it's...
NFPT Live: Navigating the First Personal Training Session with a New Client – Ep 10
Your first session with a new client determines whether or not there is a second session. It can be stressful and feel like a lot of pressure trying to meet the expectations of someone you don't know. Ultimately it'll either be a good fit or it won't and it's ok if...
NFPT Live: Mock Personal Training Interview – Ep 9
Don't tell me, show me. Many personal training employers want to experience a sample of your personal training style and methods. If not for a hiring decision than to know what to expect when you bring clients to their gym. The information we cover in this show is...
NFPT Live: Personal Training Mock Interview – Ep 8
In this episode of NFPT Live Erin Interviewed Bev to share possible questions that come up in fitness industry interviews and one way you can answer them. We also provide general tips for interviewing. Subscribe to the NFPT Blog to get a series of personal training...
7 Signs Your Friend Would Make a Great Personal Trainer
Do you have a friend who could use a career change? If you know a fitness fanatic who is a people person than she might be a great candidate to be a personal trainer. Some people love fitness and those that don't like it much hire a personal trainer. The fitness...
NFPT Live: Handling Comments and Complaints in Your Fitness Business – Ep 7
Many of us have a love - hate relationship with comments, complaints, and criticism. We need them to grow, but it doesn't feel good to hear about what you didn't do well. Even when there is a lot of positive feedback coming your way, it's that one negative remark that...
NFPT Live: Self Care Ideas for Fitness Professionals – Ep 5
Fitness professionals are motivated, ambitious, active and enthusiastic! Which makes us susceptible to burnout. Even though we are so passionate. Let's talk about how you can avoid career fatigue and set yourself up for longevity in both business and life. This...
NFPT Live: Fitness Mentors for Your Professional Network – Ep 4
Want a mentor? Want to be a mentor? Mentors are a special, valuable and a unique part of your professional network. Sometimes they appear naturally and other times you need to seek one out for a particular goal you have or skill you want to acquire. In this episode of...
NFPT Live: Networking and Building a Professional Fitness Web – Ep 3
Get out there and build a high quality network - for fun, for business and for your life! We're back with our third episode of NFPT Live and NO tech issues this week. Hoorah! Third time is a charm. In this episode of NFPT Live we talk about: The value of a network and...
NFPT Live: Making Fitness Industry Connections – Ep 2
To date, Erin Nitschke and I have never met! In person that is. We met through email about a year ago, have talked on the phone, shared many ideas and created NFPT Live together. Making connections in the fitness industry with like minded professionals is something...
Maximizing Biceps Muscle Exercises
When personal trainers understand biceps anatomy and mechanics they're able to cue clients more effectively, address strength imbalances, minimize risk of injury, and enhance training results. You can do all of this and more by answering one simple question! How does...
Personal Training and Fitness Freedom
What does freedom mean to you? It's rings differently for each person. For some it's as simple as living in the USA. For others it's being able to work from anywhere in the world on a laptop. As a new mama I find freedom in getting out to hike with my two dogs in the...
Financial Planning for Personal Trainers: Expenses
Some personal trainers bring home the bacon in the fitness industry, while others are just barely scraping by. Regardless of how much money a personal trainer makes they almost always want to earn more. Maybe it's because most people spend more money when they make...
Frank Manganella – Personal Trainer Spotlight
Frank is an upbeat, positive and passionate personal trainer. You can sense his "coach" personality by the way he communicates. With over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry, Frank has trained hundreds of clients from age 9 to 90. He has worked as a high...
What Memorial Day Means for Personal Trainers
What do people who died in service and personal trainers have in common? Both serve others, but it's impossible to compare a personal trainer with someone who gave their life for their country. However, there is another way to look at this day. Memorial Day is the...
Scheduling Personal Training Sessions the Smart Way
Ever have one client at 6am and one at 6pm, three times per week? (with a lot of free time in between!?) This was my schedule when first starting out as a personal trainer. I took what I could get. I filled in any gap between those 12 hours with anyone. As my schedule...
How to Get Hired at a Personal Training Studio and Succeed
If you can make it through this hiring process then you're set to work anywhere - for anyone! The path to a position and success at La Jolla's Finest Training on the coast of California is one without protocol. You can't prepare for this type of interview, you can...