3 vital ingredients every personal training business should have by Peter Lemon, Founder of Academy of Fitness Professionals 1 – You’re in Business Whether you’re just starting out or have been Personal Training for a while, the first step is recognising you’re in business. Whether this is in a gym setting, hotel,…
So you’ve got your fitness qualification and are now ready to start training your first few clients. But what happens next? In this blog we consider the top 3 dilemmas newly qualified Personal Trainers encounter and how to tackle them head on. 1 – How do I find my first few clients’? Don’t be…
Bored of the daily 9-5 grind? Retrain as a Personal Trainer and set your own working hours One of the most common reasons people choose to become a Personal Trainer is because they have a desire to leave the grind of the current day job, set their own working hours, earn a decent wage and…
Great Questions to Ask Your Personal Trainer There are numerous reasons people seek the expertise of a Personal Trainer and Fitness Trainers. Whether you’re new to exercise, a bit of a pro or somewhere in the middle the support, advice and expertise a great trainer can provide can lead to lifelong change in your health,…
Great Ways To Reset Your Body This Weekend It’s Friday! After a busy week the weekend is upon us and we start to think about our plans. Before you know it, like a whirlwind it’s gone. The alarm rings, its Monday morning again and another week begins. So I urge you to stop. Think about…
Seeking a career change after redundancy Check out Peter Lemon’s inspiring journey from trainee accountant to self-employed Personal Trainer. The year was 1998 when my interest in becoming a Personal Trainer began. I’ve always loved fitness, played and followed sport passionately and been highly active. At school I was sports captain, and from…
Ways a Personal Trainer can deliver a knock-out first impression Have you ever heard the saying ‘first impressions count’? It’s true! First impressions really do matter. They set the pathway for the relationship you will have with your personal fitness client and what they think of you. To make a great first impression it goes…
Tips to Build Your Personal Training Client Base From Scratch You’ve decided that personal training is for you? Congratulations, an exciting career awaits where you will get the chance to make a real difference to the way your clients look, feel and function. One of the most common questions we’re asked by our students is…
Day in the Life of Fitness Trainers If you’d love to work in health and fitness, are passionate about exercise, like working with people and have the ability to motivate others then a role as a Fitness Trainer could be just your ticket. What does a Fitness Trainer actually do? Fitness Trainers also…
7 Habits of Highly Effective Personal Trainers Are you familiar with Stephen R. Covey’s book, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? It’s sold more than 25 million copies globally and tackles the fundamentals of fairness, integrity, honesty and much much more. The best Personal Trainers work from a foundation of these strong principles. Read on…
