Running is a great conditioning tool and can be tweaked and tailored to provide many benefits and yield results that any client might be seeking. It can build both muscular and aerobic endurance, strengthens the limbs without any outside resistance other than body...
Stephen Dassin
Mr. Dassin is an NFPT certified trainer, NFPT author, and fitness model. A staunch humanitarian and intellectual, Stephen boasts over 15 years of experience in the areas of health and fitness. Stephen’s approach to personal training is methodical in nature; his methods take an interpersonal and scientific based view of the connections of the human mind and the human anatomy and it’s capabilities. His passion for fitness is unparalleled. His athletic background fueled his poise in becoming knowledgeable about nutrition as well. This added fuel to his desire to help others achieve their own individual goals in the area of fitness such as himself. Join Stephen on his journey, not just a fitness journey but the greatest journey of them all: Life.
Changing the Scenery to Keep Your Clients Improving
When it comes to training clientele, changing the scenery every now and again tends to shake things up in a good way for myself and my clients. The usual indoor setting is great as there’s no worry about the impending weather conditions and the fitness equipment....
Build Your Brand by Forming a Fitness Community
Forming a strong community bond with and between your clients and neighbors can help reinforce your fitness brand and strengthen your business presence. Here are ways to help your surrounding community get to know who you are as a professional. Form Support Groups...
Join Your Clients Fitness Journey and Yield Better Results
Personal trainers who become more involved in client workouts, initiate post-workout engagements and solicit honest feedback may find those clients achieve fitness goals more easily. Your clients' fitness journey is one they embarked on with you; staying a part of the...
Prevent Plateaus – Change Your Training Techniques
Nothing predicts dreaded plateaus like the same workout routine over and over again. A plateau occurs when your client ceases to gain any recognizable progress in the fitness journey. This may be reflected by stagnation in weight-loss or flat-lining in muscular growth...
New Fitness Goals for the New Year
The opportunity for advancing the fitness journeys of personal training clients is front and center this time of year. Here are several ways to jumpstart the new year with new goals for further results. Vary Your Workout Intensity and Volume Nothing says stagnation...
Tracking and Pushing Clients to Get Results
Fitness Professionals always “stay on the job” to assure our clients are on track towards their exercise and fitness goals to get results. Even during holidays, vacations, and stressful times in life. Here are a few tools for trainers to stay on the mission no matter...
Testing Clients During Tough Training Seasons
As a fitness professional one of my greatest fears is for all of my client’s hard work and progress to go down the drain. These thoughts come to mind when a client utters the words “vacation”, “traveling”, or the dreaded (drumroll please) “holidays.” Clients can...
Sticking to Fitness Goals During the Holidays
Nothing serves as a better deterrent from sticking to fitness goals than the holidays. Whether it be the constant travel or irresistible mouth-watering meals. It is our job as fitness professionals to assure that our clients stay on course as much as possible doing...
Clean Bulk Your Way to More Muscle Mass
It's common for people to want to put on mass (bulk) and also tone the body. How do we help our clients achieve both these goals simultaneously? Here are a few ways in which to help your client put on more mass as cleanly as possible. 1. Setting a Goal Weight In order...
Get Clients Results – Go Back to the Basics
Going back to the basics with your training can improve your client’s results. Strong foundations are essential for fitness. Especially when working with beginners, keep the program simple. Starting With Simple Moves I personally love my beginner/inexperienced...
Condition New Clients Before Creating an Exercise Program
Regardless of the type of person, conditioning a new client is essential for assessing their fitness level and potential. Only then can I construct an exercise program that is tailored to them specifically. In the world of personal training fitness professionals...
Apply a Hands-On Approach to Personal Training
Take the hands-on approach with clients to help grow your personal training business. Results are what drives your business and results come from proper instruction and execution. What type of learning style do you learn the best from? Kinesthetic (the hands-on...
Expand Your Brand’s Identity by Using Different Methods of Marketing
Stand out from other personal trainers by honing in on what makes you unique. Then, communicate your message to the world! Someone somewhere has the same name as you...the same car that you drive..or even perhaps the exact same height as you. Does that not make you...
Grow Your Clientele by Being flexible In Order to Meet Their Needs
The question comes up every so often? - Am I a good trainer? Am I trainer”ing” well enough? Personally, as a trainer, the bar that I have set and continue to set both for myself and clients is always climbing. As disconcerting as these question may seem I have...
Bring the Big Gym Experience to your Private Training Studio
Bringing the big gym atmosphere and experience to your own private studio will help you grow your business. By this, I mean bringing the exclusivity and excitement of walking into a popular fitness club like LA Fitness or YouFit to your own fitness practice. Here are...
Add Variety to Your Workouts to Get More Clients
Nothing says “boring” like doing the same workouts day in and day out. Sadly, familiarity can become a personal trainer’s worse enemy if he tends to stick to what he knows best. That ladies and gentleman is called “The Comfort Zone.” Let’s look at a few ways to break...
Grow Your Relationships With Clients and Get Better Results
Customer service is key to retaining and growing your business. Whether it’s a large fast-food chain like Chik-fil-A or your mom and pop store down the street. What keeps those customers coming back time and time again? The truth of the matter is relationships/bonds...