For a good staff member, a salary can just get in the way of a great career. Coaches need an unending opportunity with some limitations, and this is where you come in.

Within part one of this article series, I want to pass on the basics, the startup, and the initial thoughts before starting an online training business.

Sometimes a client gets bored. Sometimes they get busy. And sometimes they just want something new.

How do you train a woman in her 30s or 40s with zero background in lifting? Isolate, then integrate.

The customer is the ultimate determinant of your product and what it’s about. It doesn’t matter how you perceive your product — it matters how they do.

Having recently read Michael Speidel’s “5 Lessons from 13 Years in Leadership”, I reframed it to personal training.

I’ve spent the better part of these last two years working with hundreds of new clients and continuing to meet and learn from seasoned coaches.

Not all clients are serious strength athletes and not every coach prefers to work in-person. In this video Christian explains several key differences and shares his opinion on working with general population.

The goal was to create a training model that would maximize hypertrophy in minimal time and that would be “low tech, high effect” in its design.

My viewpoint runs counter to much of the current climate, which is dominated by the short-term perspective of a “hypertrophy phase.”

Brandon Holmes and Marlon Woods open I3 Strength in Performance in Augusta, Georgia for a client base committed to high-level strength and fitness.

After so many years and so many clients, I’ve begun to realize that everyone’s training needs are the same.

Owned and operated by Tyler Petro and his wife Sarah Connors-Petro, this gym started in a storage unit and has grown to a premier facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Through education and planning, avoid these gym-owner mistakes.

Congratulations to the four winners!

You will find no forward momentum by doing nothing. Without work, passion and purpose won’t take you anywhere.

Owned by elitefts coach CJ Murphy in Massachusetts, TPS is one of the best gyms in the country, with the accolades and athletes to prove it.

Personal training is like any other craft, it takes time and perseverance through many mistakes to master. I recently reflected on my climb as a professional.

For most things in life, you start with nothing. Get comfortable with this.

Men and women have different needs. Pay attention to these eleven factors when programming for your female clients.

To be a successful trainer, it takes more than showing up and looking the part. It takes more than you think.

When you test your clients, are you using the assessment to improve a fitness quality or simply to make yourself appear knowledgeable?

The advice of other business owners will be an invaluable asset to growing your company— but only if you’re listening to the right people.

Trends dominate the personal training industry. Rely on self-education to determine the difference between what sounds good and what IS good.

The bench press is typically the weakest lift for women. It’s no mystery why—they require a targeted approach.

If you’re a woman who holds a supervisory role in a male-dominated field, you’re going to encounter unique challenges. These four principles have helped me improve management processes.

If your allegiance to a gym only lasts as long as your free membership or you bash your old gym on social media, this term may apply to you.

If you don’t know your audience, you can’t communicate your message. If your audience doesn’t have your knowledge, you can’t assume they’ll understand.

The path of continual progress includes some these important programming specialties: don’t add techniques you are ready for and don’t become stale.

Expectations and beliefs about work ethic are changing. Are our kids striving to maintain high energy, good health, and proper nutrition in order to train hard consistently?

I lacked endurance. I had no drive. Then I found Men’s Physique. Through this I gained confidence. I gained ambition. Driven, I am.

I don’t want to hear about how great you are. I want you to prove it.

When you’re occupied with trying to show how good you think you are, how will you have time to develop your skills?

Discourage injuries through coaching basics that will appropriately prep your athletes for the field and weight room.

Belief in yourself is only useful if you take the time to build your abilities. Here’s the formula to turn bravado into skilled-mastery.

Are you training with intensity?

If you’re relying on the wave of popularity to bring you clients, what will you do when the dry season comes.

Do more than count the reps of your clients. Build these skills and you’ll increase the value of your personal training services.

I run my kitchen and gym the way I want to. Follow the rules and there won’t be any problems.

Are you blowing your interview by blowing off your preparation?

Whether you’re a beginner to a training program or a personal trainer working with first-time clients, these progressions work as a fool-proof guide to producing results over time.

Would you rather engage in gratitude and abundance, or anger and vileness towards people you’ll never actually meet? Which is more meaningful?

This industry is a sea of turds, full of ‘coaches’ with no credentials and no right to be training anyone. Let’s fix that.

How you spend your time on this earth determines what you define as meaningful. Does your lifestyle reflect your vision?

Stuck sitting at a desk all day? Try these movements and tips to wake up those sleepy muscles.

Learn everything you need to know about business from Donald Trump, Tony Soprano, and David Allen.

A real view of the industry from someone inside it.

Move that Ford Escort to the driveway, toss that box of old high school trophies in the trash; it’s time to get serious.

If King Leonidas ran a gym…

At Elite Sports and Fitness, athletes are elevated from average to elite.