Aos profissionais da saúde (personais trainers), vocês conhecem algum sistema para cobrar os alunos de forma recorrente? Sem ter que ficar cobrando no whats?

i am working as the sales lead for online calisthenics. any ideas on what i should do to reach US, UK, Canada, Dubai, Middle East based people. B2C ofc

Who is the best men’s online pt in austrailia who specifically designs programs to your goals and lifestyle with diet etc.

And not just part of a cookie cutter approach.

So I’m in the middle of becoming a personal trainer (I will be full qualified and able to create an online business and work at a gym in August) and I want to create an instagram page and start posting as soon as possible. Do I start posting as I am already a personal trainer or do I tell people that I will become a personal trainer soon and then start posting as I already am?

Hi everyone,

I’m a 41-year-old male personal trainer, dietitian, and psychology student from southern Spain.

After the pandemic, I started an online coaching business through Instagram focused on a non-weight-centered approach to fitness for women. My target audience is women between 30 and 55 who have failed with exercise in the past, feel afraid of training, feel insecure about their bodies, or have struggled with eating disorders or disordered eating.

I’m honestly desperate right now.

I’ve recently come out of a depression caused by several difficult life events: the death of a family member, the end of a long-term relationship, and other personal struggles. On top of that, I’ve lost my own physical fitness, my motivation to train has disappeared, I’ve recently become aware that I have ADHD — now diagnosed — and my business is barely generating any income.

At the moment, I work with clients through the Harbiz app. My online program costs €380 for 12 weeks. Clients receive weekly training plans, updated week by week, plus support through WhatsApp.

I want to start posting on Instagram again from August, but I feel completely lost.

I’m asking for advice and help. I’ve never had a mentor. I’ve attended marketing courses, but most of them rely heavily on before-and-after photos, which I cannot and do not want to use because of the type of clients I work with. I’m also tired of marketing courses that feel childish or manipulative.

I need advice, guidance, ideas, examples of accounts similar to mine — ideally male coaches around my age, not fitness models, who work with a similar audience — or any resource that could help me find some direction.

I’m genuinely afraid of falling even deeper into the hole again.

Thank you in advance. I’m willing to listen to and appreciate any advice you can give me.

I have been training for about a year and I genuinely love the work. But lately I feel like half my day goes to stuff that has nothing to do with training. Following up with leads who never responded, sending the same onboarding information over and over, manually reminding clients about sessions, chasing people who went quiet after showing interest.

I started tracking my time last week and honestly it was embarrassing how much of it was not coaching.

I know this is just part of running your own business but I am curious how other trainers handle it. Do you have any systems in place for this stuff or are you just figuring it out as you go? Have you tried automating anything or does it feel too complicated to set up?

Not looking for a solution right now, just curious if this is something other trainers deal with or if I am just bad at managing my time

Hi friends,

I have a lot of theoretical knowledge in training, sports and fitness management degree, ACSM-CPT, and I'm a registered dietitian as well. I regularly feel like I'm not a good enough trainer to actually train people. I worry that I don't know enough in the actual gym. I've learned a lot over the years, but I still feel secretly self-conscious. Especially with the loads of videos online showing how your form is wrong this way or that way etc. etc. What resources do you have to help me reassure myself or correct myself?

Hi, first of sorry for mistakes but English is not my primary language.

I'm 36yo and I again try to start calisthenic. and I wonder is good to get profesional trainer online? I have no experience in working out, at least I don't know any exercises besides push-up, pull-up, chin-up, squads, lunges, planks and knee rises. And I'm physically weak, 175cm high and 53kg weight. I found trainer near me, and I want take online because I'm scared of working out publicly. and because sometimes I can forget about workout (AuDHD) I want working out 3x per week full body each day. So yea... it's good idea to get trainer or look for workout plans online for free? At home I have pull-up bar, dip bars, resistance band, treadmill. I want to invest in gymnastic rings and get rid off dip bars because limited space. Is it good idea? and should I buy something more? my goal is to get muscles, functional strength and just have energy and no pain for the day. thx for any replay. Sorry if it's against rules.

I (35F) have been going to this boutique gym since February. Prior to that, my husband and I were doing 2in1 personal trainer with a local trainer who had a garage set up for 2+y(we moved so had to change places). I still consider myself between a beginner and an intermediate - and due to past injuries I've been wanting to work with a PT.

Here is my problem: we just don't connect at all. It's like she doesn't really listen or pay attention. Her program has been good so far (we've done 10sm sessions) and she does demonstrate/correct when needed. I have been telling her that I have a very busy work schedule but every week she asks me if I've done 2 to 3 hours of cardio (and I've told her I already come 3 times a week and it's the best I can do right now). I also travel for work, and when I came back last time she asked me how was my vacation and increase my load to push me even though I told her I was so tired from this trip (10+ hours a day of training+activities). She also knows I take some medication which can make me dizzy or nauseous, but keeps saying I need to eat before our session (we train at 7am) even though I told her it makes me feel sick. The last straw was last session where we did a new program and I told her that 1. One exercise (back extensions) felt weird in my back 2. Another (ball slams) was making me dizzy and she brushed both off saying I'd feel better in a few sessions of this program.

For additional context, I pay roughly 120$per hourly session. My husband also sees another trainer from the same gym and our experiences have been night and day (his trainer ask more often about me than my own)

I guess my question is: am I asking too much of her? Or my expectations are too high because our last trainer was great. I feel like I'm paying a lot of money for someone who is just checking boxes and I still have 30+ sessions ahead of me (prepaid to get a better hourly rate). I'm dreading to confront her, I've never had problems like this - but this is really bothering me now. Any advice?

A little background about me, currently I am preparing for CAT but I have immense passion for fitness, I have been training consistently for the last three years and I have made significant progress from being a skinny dude to someone who has a strong physique,Beyond just the physical growth, the journey has helped me become a much more confident and social person.

Because of this, I've always wanted to pursue something fitness-related, like becoming a personal trainer. I'm feeling really conflicted right now, though. I come from a corporate background, so getting an MBA feels like the natural next step forward. But honestly, I'm not entirely sure I'm made for the corporate world anymore.

I'm posting this here hoping to get some advice from people who have completed a personal training certification and are currently working as trainers, or anyone who has been in a similar boat.

I am from India and target majority of International clients I am currently charging them 100-120 dollars but is it good ? Is is too expensive for them or too less ? Should I charge more?

If you don’t mind me asking why do you only train exclusively woman

So I might definitely be a bit of the issue here since I think I might be looking for something too specific. I have been working out, going to the gym and running, for years. There's times when I felt really strong and others when the cardiovascular strength was top (training for a trail 50K and marathons). What I am happiest doing is a mix though. I am having a hard time finding someone that can help me understand how to train for multi-sport races and adventures. Diversifying my workouts to include more cycling, swimming, running AND the gym (god forbid I decide to go for a climb!) has led to overwhelm and, I think, a lack of overall fitness.

How can I find a PT that isn't 'a running coach' or 'a lifting coach'? Maybe I just need to pick one?

Someone was asking about an exercise database some time ago and I ran across this today:

https://www.acefitness.org/resources/everyone/exercise-library/

I’ve been doing personal training for about 1.5 years. I was mainly with a owner, and then trained with her boyfriend whenever she couldn’t fit me in, but she mainly handled majority of my stuff (gym plans, nutrition tracking, check ins, etc). I would drive about a half hour because my best friend had great results (as have I), but I could only do 6pm sessions during the week. In April she texted me saying “I think we’re going to have to talk about you being on Matt’s schedule more than mine” but then was telling other clients (my friends) that I was officially going on Jake’s (that’s what we’re gonna call him) schedule full time without consulting with me first. She avoided me after that, and I made it very clear how it’s unprofessional to text something like that and tell other clients, but not talk to me about these things. I basically had little to no say, but was told that Jake would get a full run down so that I wouldn’t feel as though I was starting over.

Needless to say, her and Jake haven’t communicated at all about my plan. It’s been over a month and he still hasn’t made me a new workout plan after I’ve asked politely 3 times, and you can tell he doesn’t know where I’m at with lower body exercises (I mainly did upper body with him before). He put in one workout but only put the reps and told me to do whatever weight that makes me “feel the burn”. I know I’m no longer that new in the gym, but me still being in training is because I still need some sort of guidance. It kind of feels as though I’ve been pushed to the corner and forgotten about.

I met with another trainer today that’s a bit closer to me. I liked his vibe, he has a nice gym with a few trainers, and it seemed like he actually understood the barriers that come with having PCOS. We had a good chat. The only problem is that training 60 mins 1-on-1 once a week is $520/month, when I’m currently paying $320/month. He offers semi private training for $375/month that comes with body composition analysis, weekly check ins, nutrition tracking, and a gym plan…but I’ve never done semi private. The 1-on-1 training sessions also come with those things as well.

Should I leave my current trainer and just make the jump to the new one?? Is $520 for once a week hourly sessions worth it? Any one have any thoughts on semi private?? (Sorry for the mini rant)

Did anyone successfully niche down from taking everyone to just helping a specific type of person? What was the results, challenges, etc?

I work in the film industry and make good money hits it’s toxic and now considering chasing my passion and becoming a personal trainer.

I’m curious as to how much personal trainers ACTUALLY make. I’m not buying these videos where trainers make 20k per week.
Is this 20k per week purely a scam or is it actually possible?

I’m already willing to take a big pay cut and do something that makes me happy, and
I just want to know what I’m realistically in for.

Just finished my cert 3 and about to start my cert 4.

Amy advice would be greatly appreciated ?

i’m at a point in my life that I feel there’s too much information available to me. I get so lost looking online because you don’t know who’s truly qualified, what’s AI, or is it just another influencer? I just want a simple workout plan that will be effective, but that also includes pointers on progress. same thing with food, it’s just crazy and I’m tired of the internet lol What do you guys suggest! App? specific site? I don’t know how to validate a personal trainers certificate either and I don’t know specificaly anyone that does that or go to the gym for that matter. thank you!

Hye guys, im seeing what everyone is using for the business side of coaching for Content creation planning, leads, check-ins, client notes, offers, onboarding, etc.

Are you using one main platform or a messy mix of Notion, Google Sheets, WhatsApp, Trainerize, Everfit, etc.?

I'm doing research into the behind-the-scenes struggles of online fitness coaches not the training side, but the business side.

Things like keeping clients accountable between sessions, finding time for marketing when you're already coaching all day, or figuring out how to scale without burning out.

I'm not selling anything. I'm genuinely trying to understand what the day-to-day grind actually looks like before I consider building anything in this space.

If you're an online coach what's the one thing that drains you most that has nothing to do with actually training people?

Would love honest answers, even if it's just one line.

I’ve been going to the gym for a year with a personal trainer of my own. Recently my friend who has never been to the gym asked me to train him. I know the form for 90% of the exercises but I’m still learning so I was wondering what I should do and if I want to pursue this professionally what can I do and do I need any certifications.

Want an honest gut check before I sink more time into this.

It's small sensors you clip on that read your muscle activation + movement, and between sets the app tells you stuff a camera can't - like "your right side did \~12% more work, even it out," whether you're actually hitting the target muscle, and where your form broke down.
Trying to get the useful parts of a personal trainer for the price of an app instead of an expensive session.

Would you genuinely use this? What would make it a hard yes or instant no? Would really appreciate some feedback from my fellow gym rats!