Do you aim to be an average personal trainer or the best one you can be? To be the best and most successful personal trainer you need to set standards to hold both you and your clients accountable. Here, we'll discuss three standards you can implement tomorrow to set...
Ian Nimblett
Ian Nimblett, CFSC, CSCS, NFPT-CPT and is a functional strength & conditioning coach, personal trainer, and author. He is the founder and owner of Premier Fitness Group LLC in South Salem, NY, a world-class functional training facility that provides private, semi-private, and group training.
5 Tips To Build and Promote an Effective Personal Trainer Website
It should be no surprise having a website for personal trainers is a must, especially if you want to train more clients. Even if you are on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or Snapchat, you need to have an effective personal trainer website. A website adds a level of...
How to Avoid Personal Trainer Burnout?
Being a personal trainer can be hard. Even though fitness is a career cultivated from passion. In an industry that focuses on prevention, we even need to prevent the death of our own career. I love being a personal trainer. Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons, but I...
Facebook Strategy for Personal Trainers
Facebook is a great tool to reach a lot of people without a big financial investment. Like most things in life, to get good at anything, it takes time. With the right strategy, you too can build your brand as a personal trainer and get your message across to your...
How to Exceed Your Training Clients Expectations
In customer service, you are either exceeding, meeting or failing to meet your customer’s needs. With the number of choices consumers have these days, it’s not enough to just meet expectations. You always have to be exceeding your customer's expectations, otherwise,...
Try This Full Body Workout With Your Training Clients
Address most of your clients' needs with this full body workout. Anyone doing three days or less per week of strength training and most of the general population should be involved in a regular workout program like this. This 50-minute workout is focused on movements...
How to Do a Farmer’s Walk with a Kettlebell or Dumbbell
Exercises that deliver the most value are my favorite exercises for clients (as well as for my own training). These exercises are typically simple in the sense of, the exercise doesn't require any complex movements or "flash" but instead, work as many muscle groups as...
How to do Kettlebell Swings
The Kettlebell is versatile. You can use it for a farmers carry, progress your front squat from a single dumbbell, or perform a more complex exercise like the Kettlebell swing. Over the past 10 years, the Kettlebell has gained a tremendous amount of popularity....
How to Do the Renegade Row
When it comes to core strengthening, the exercises that personal trainers should incorporate most are not crunches or the Russian twists, but rather functional exercises (exercises that are actually good for you and your back) like the Renegade Row. Functional...
How To Do The Dead Bug Exercise
The Dead Bug exercise looks simple but don't let that fool you, it is very challenging! This exercise strengthens the core, decreases pressure in the lower back, improves posture, and enhances everyday movement. The best part it is, you don't need much space or any...
How To Do Rear Foot Elevated Split Squats
I once thought heavy squats and the leg press were the keys to building strength and the best way to work the legs. Like most things, my thinking has evolved since my early years of being a personal trainer. My understanding of functional training and the desire to...
Transform Your Workout with These 3 Landmine Exercises
As a personal trainer I'm always in search of a better or a different way to help my clients. Sometimes my search leads to new movements, exercises, or program evolution, and sometimes it leads me to the neglected piece of equipment stashed in the corner of my studio....
How to Do a Chin-up
If you are looking for a better physique and greater gains in strength, then look no further than doing chin-ups. Most trainers would agree that chin-ups are one of the best upper body exercises. Did you know that chin-ups are a great core exercise as well? In fact,...
Sled Training Benefits For Better Results
Sled training is an excellent accessory exercise for concentric and strength training endeavors. When it comes to isotonic contractions there are two types of muscle actions: concentric and eccentric training. Eccentric training is where the good muscular damage...