Calculating and paying taxes as a personal trainer is both expensive and complicated – and even more so after the passing of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act in December 2017. In this article, we explore three major ways that this new tax law affects you as an...
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3 Keys to Attracting Online Personal Training Clients
Establishing your business model, creating a membership site, and hosting immersion events will help you attract new clients and grow your online fitness business. Experiment with and apply these ideas shared by Eric Su, NFPT certified online personal trainer so you...
3 Keys to Increase Online Reach and Presence
Creating products (giveaways), getting your message out to the world with publishing, and selling your program through webinars will help you attract new clients and grow your online business. Eric Su, NFPT certified personal trainer shares how to think differently...
3 Keys to Building an Online Personal Training Business
Considering your character and your culture sets the tone for your virtual training business. This is essential to explore before sharing an opportunity with potential clients. Get started online with this step by step guidance from Eric Su, an NFPT certified online...
Outdoor Old School Workout
Shake up the training session with an “old school” approach to exercise. This is a fun way to get your client moving and eliminate boredom from a repetitive routine, especially if the client and trainer have been together for a long time. Rather than hitting the gym,...
The Balancing Act of a Certified Personal Trainer
Being balanced and teaching balance in life and in health is easier said than done. Here are some ideas on how to implement balanced practices for your clients. As personal trainers, we are there to help individuals reach their goals, we are accountability partners,...
Understanding Charley Horses and Cramping During Exercise
There is more than one way to approach muscles cramps. Massage is one way to help relax the affected area. Nutrition is another avenue to explore when seeking to relieve the tension. What is a Charley Horse? A Charley Horse is a miscommunication in the body. It is...
The Path of Least Training Resistance
Even when attempting to build strength and push one's limits some people look for the easiest way to reach their goals. This isn't really the point of exercise. It's meant to be work and effortful. Exercise can also be enjoyable and fun, but, there needs to be a...
Get Workout Variety With These Simple Goal Ideas
Goals are what keep many of us going. Goals can sometimes seem in short supply or like there is no more progression possible. I realized this when a former distance runner who completed several full marathons as well as some half marathons mentioned how goals were one...
The Ultimate Definition Diet
Bodybuilders work out to develop their maximum possible muscular size. However, to look most impressive, they must strip off the fat in order to see the separation between various muscles. Before a competition, they alter their diet by eating less and even use drugs...
How to Scale Your Personal Training Business with Online Marketing
If you are looking to scale up your Personal Training business, this article is right down your alley. There’s no doubt that you can only reach so many people while only performing offline promotion or no promotion at all. In fact, if you do a decent job at online...
Help Your Pregnant Clients Sleep Better
Disturbed sleep is a common pregnancy-related issue experienced by 78% of pregnant women. If your client is not getting enough sleep, it leads to other issues that could make her pregnancy uncomfortable and almost unbearable. Plus, immunity weakens, concentration...
What Every Fitness Professional Needs to Know About Addiction
As personal trainers, we have a unique opportunity to work behind the scenes of the worst drug epidemic in our country's history. You can positively impact individuals in recovery by teaching them how to use fitness as a tool for sobriety. As a bonus you'll help...
Protect Your Business with Personal Trainer Legal Forms
Legal forms can easily distance you and your personal training businesses from potential liability. Forms like releases and waivers are contracts that contain exculpatory clauses or provisions that essentially state that one party (the personal trainer) is freed from...
Help Your Personal Training Clients Eat Like a Dietician
What do Registered Dietician Nutritionists (RDN) choose for their own daily eats and cheats? Find out and get suggestions for pre/post workout meals, thoughts on cleanses and simple tips to share with your clients. I had the privilege to talk with a wide range of...
Prepare Clients for Weight Loss Success With 5 Dietary Tips
Misconceptions about how to lose weight are in no short supply. Heighten your success with clients by preventing them from falling victim to the hype that clever advertisers put on labels like "diet friendly". In this post we'll debunk some of the misinformation out...
When Personal Trainers Recommend Supplements: Liability and Best Practice
While maintaining a stress-free lifestyle, healthy eating, and staying active are the best prescription for optimal health, our personal training clients aren't always able to maintain every healthful behavior that you suggest. And sometimes, even when they do, their...
Can You Reach Fitness Goals With a Clean Kitchen?
We've all heard about clean eating. Taking this one step further, is the state of your client’s kitchen jeopardizing their workout routine? Your clients are putting in the hard work at the gym while under your instruction, but during the other 15 hours of the day it’s...