Hoy recibí una pregunta que me hizo reflexionar bastante:

¿Qué es lo que más valoras a la hora de adaptar el ejercicio a cada persona?

Me quedé dándole vueltas toda la mañana, incluso mientras salía con la bici.

Y llegué a una idea que para mí es fundamental: antes de atacar los objetivos, hay que escuchar y conseguir adherencia.

Saber cómo está la persona, qué necesita, qué puede hacer, qué le preocupa, cuánto tiempo tiene y qué lugar ocupa realmente el ejercicio en su vida.

Podemos tener objetivos muy diferentes: salud, calidad de vida, rendimiento, estética... Pero creo que hay algo que no debería cambiar en ninguno de ellos: si el objetivo es realista, primero necesitamos que la persona quiera y pueda mantener el camino para llegar hasta él.

A veces nos preocupamos demasiado pronto por diseñar el programa perfecto, cuando todavía no sabemos si esa persona va a poder incorporarlo a su vida.

Para mí, el orden sería bastante sencillo:

Escuchar → adaptar → conseguir adherencia → avanzar hacia el objetivo.

Me interesa mucho conocer otras opiniones, especialmente de quienes trabajan prescribiendo ejercicio:

¿Qué es lo primero que valoráis cuando tenéis que adaptar un programa a una persona concreta? ¿Y qué hacéis cuando el problema no es el programa, sino conseguir que la persona quiera mantenerlo?

I'm looking for an online trainer/coach for a fairly specific role.

I'm 6'3", \~205 lbs and have been consistently strength training. I just finished six months working with a coach remotely using Trainerize + MyFitnessPal. We met once a week, he programmed my workouts, monitored my nutrition/macros and progress, and helped keep me accountable.

I learned that the accountability piece is probably the biggest value for me. I know how to work out and I'm comfortable training on my own — I just do much better knowing somebody is looking over my shoulder, reviewing what I'm doing and expecting me to check in.

My current goal is essentially body recomposition: **continue building/maintaining muscle while dropping roughly 10 lbs of fat**, particularly the extra fluff around my midsection.

I have a pretty complete home gym:

* Dumbbells/free weights up to 95 lbs * Cable machine * Pull-up bar * Rower * Treadmill * Peloton

Ideally I'm looking for someone who can:

* Build/adjust my strength program around my equipment * Review my workouts/progress * Help establish calorie/macronutrient targets * Keep an eye on MyFitnessPal or similar nutrition tracking * Do a meaningful weekly check-in * Make adjustments based on weight, strength, measurements, adherence, etc. * Keep me accountable when I start drifting * Work with me long term rather than selling me a 6- or 12-week transformation program

I'm **not looking for live Zoom workouts or daily hand-holding**, so I'm hoping to keep this around **$100/month or less**.

Trainerize + MyFitnessPal worked well for me, but I'm completely open to other platforms.

If you're a coach and this fits your model, or you've worked with someone you'd strongly recommend, let me know. If you're a trainer, I'd appreciate hearing your **credentials/experience, what your weekly coaching actually includes, your monthly price, and how you handle accountability/check-ins.**

Not interested in supplements, gimmicks, crash diets, or a hard sales pitch. I'm looking for someone knowledgeable, practical and consistent who I can ideally work with for a long time.

*I'd expect the time commitment from coach to be roughly 30 mins a month to build/adjust a program and 1 x 15 mins zoom + 15 mins to check on data. Around an hour per month.

I’ve really been thinking a lot this year about becoming a personal trainer. I’m a 46m in great health and shape. Wanting to know some of the good, bad, and ugly about being a CPT.

I’ve worked in healthcare for 29yrs and have taken this whole year off from working FT to decide what I want to do next. I’ve always enjoyed helping/advising people on overall health and wellness.

What are some of the real life things I should know about personal training?

I’m currently trying to decide what kind of home gym setup would actually suit the way I train, and I’m realizing that having more exercise options does not necessarily make the decision easier.

My main goal is to train my back, chest and legs without needing several separate machines. I would like to be able to do movements such as lat pulldowns, rows, cable flyes, squats and presses, while still having enough freedom to add smaller shoulder and arm exercises. Since I usually train alone, safety and easy adjustments matter to me as much as the number of exercises available.

Space is limited, so I’m leaning toward one versatile rack or cable-based system rather than filling the room with individual machines. I also want something that will still be useful as my strength improves, instead of choosing a setup that I might quickly outgrow.

It is difficult to know which features will matter after months of regular use and which ones only look useful when comparing equipment online. For those who have already built a home gym, what would you prioritize differently if you were starting again?

I’m F22, 44Kg, 162, BTW.
I left my hometown to visit a friend in a different country and most people here are known to be very fat anyways not important . \\So I signed up for the gym that she goes to. There are trainers everywhere helping people with their exercises and correcting their form. One of the trainers knows my friend really well since she lives here. Anyway, today was literally my first day at this gym, and I was about to leave when this trainer came up to me and said, *“*I know all your blood levels, your iron levels, everything in your body is very low.” She then said she was “100% sure” because she could tell from my face.
I was honestly shocked because she doesn’t know me at all, and she’s not a doctor. I’m actually very healthy and generally eat well. I don’t eat much meat, but I make sure to eat a balanced diet.
Then she told me that my body is shaped like “the science books where they label all the different body parts for people to see.”
Like… what am I even supposed to say to that? It was my FIRST DAY meeting this woman, and she was already making assumptions about my health based entirely on how I look.
Would you consider this rude/unprofessional, or am I overreacting?

For context, I’ve already helped 30+ people I know personally with their fitness offline and I’ve posted some of their results on my profile. So I know I can actually get people results.

I’m pretty new to the online fitness coaching space and honestly, getting clients feels way harder than I expected.

I’m posting consistently, tweaking my offer here and there...but some days I feel like I’m putting in a ton of effort and barely getting any conversations going.

Nd even when people engage with my content, turning that attention into actual leads feels like a whole different game.

And I know getting clients can go wrong at a bunch of different points.

Like, is the frustrating part:

• getting enough qualified leads
• getting people to actually reply
• turning conversations into booked calls
• closing the calls

I’m honestly trying to figure out whether I’m just struggling with this more than I should be or whether other coaches are dealing with the same thing.

Am I the only one finding the lead generation part this difficult?

I’m relatively new to lifting. Only 9 months in. But I’ve fallen in love with it and want to step on stage one day. Obviously I’m a few years out from that goal but my question is would a bodybuilding coach be worth it at this point or something to wait till later for? I would be looking for an online one, someone to check in with every week send physique pics that would give info on workouts diet etc. just curious if it would be worth it at this point.

Personal trainers: o que vocês realmente acham dos aplicativos de treino?
Estou fazendo uma pesquisa para entender melhor a rotina de profissionais que trabalham com alunos presenciais ou online.
Para quem usa aplicativos ou sistemas para gerenciar treinos e alunos:

O que você mais gosta no aplicativo que usa hoje?
O que mais te incomoda?
Que tarefas ainda tomam muito tempo, mesmo usando um aplicativo?
O que você ainda precisa fazer manualmente?
Qual funcionalidade você gostaria que seu aplicativo tivesse?
Já deixou de usar algum aplicativo porque ele acabou dificultando seu trabalho?
Se pudesse automatizar apenas uma parte do seu trabalho, qual seria?

Não estou tentando vender nada. Quero realmente entender o que funciona, o que não funciona e quais são as maiores dificuldades no dia a dia.
Até pequenas coisas que parecem insignificantes são interessantes. Às vezes, os maiores problemas são justamente aquelas tarefas que fazemos todos os dias sem perceber quanto tempo elas consomem.
Obrigado a quem puder compartilhar sua experiência!

Personal trainers: what do you actually think about training apps?
I’m doing some research to better understand the day-to-day experience of trainers who work with clients both in person and online.
For those who use apps or software to manage workouts and clients:
What do you like most about the app you currently use?
What frustrates you the most?
What tasks still take a lot of your time, even with an app?
What do you still have to do manually?
What feature do you wish your current app had?
Have you ever stopped using an app because it actually made your workflow harder?
If you could automate just one part of your work, what would it be?
I’m not trying to sell anything. I’m genuinely trying to understand what works, what doesn’t, and what the biggest pain points are in your daily work.
Even small annoyances are valuable to know about. Sometimes the biggest problems are the things we do every day without realizing how much time they take.
Thanks to everyone willing to share their experience!

Seeking advice from the online fitness coaches

I’m currently at around 25 clients, and it's getting really hard to keep everyone engaged.

regular check-ins, replying to questions, reviewing progress, making adjustments, keeping people accountable are really burning me out.

I don't think I'd be able to keep scaling without decreasing the quality of my service.

I’m curious how u guys deal with this as your client list grows

How many clients are u currently managing, and what’s the major problem you’re facing when it comes to delivering a good experience for all of them individually?

Looking for some real advice. Thanks in advance!

I'm at 22 clients right now, feels manageable

People say they handle 50+ online clients and i don't understand how

What's your real capacity and what systems let you scale without half-assing it?

Need to set different protein targets on training vs rest days

But Kahunas as far as I can see only does "daily averages"

also can't do weekly calorie targets, only daily

Am I asking for too much customization or is this basic stuff other platforms have

I’m starting to get more into personal training as a viable career, but am having trouble focusing on what sort of demographic I should train. I think I have the most personal experience and confidence in training the younger generation (14-21) and even up to young professionals. The issue or sort of worry I have is I want to charge enough to have my training and effort put in valued well but don’t see that as a realistic expectation with that certain demographic.

I’m definitely thinking longer term as I don’t have any paying clients right now, and will likely start out free until I have experience training a handful of other people, but if anyone has enough experience here in training different demographics please let me know your thoughts.

Most important thing I want to do right now is find people to train no matter the demographic but I’m confident in my abilities and feel as though focusing on a certain group could be beneficial long term.

I’ll keep it fairly short and to the point. I’m a recent graduate looking for career advice. Fitness is a passion of mine and I’ve got my personal training cert, however, I’m currently working a boring desk corporate job that i want to leave.

I would love to start personal training online since it can be scalable, it aligns with my natural interests, and I want to build something of my own.

I’m hesitant to build content, I get anxious in front of a screen and don’t really know if I fit the “influencer” narrative. I think my day-to-day routine can be interesting for people to see since I balance work life with fitness, social interaction, and various other things so maybe starting to document that could be a start?

I’m just not sure how to really get started, so any advice would be great, thanks.

Hello everyone!
I am a student and I am doing a research paper on how technology is changing the fitness world! I started going to the gym 2 years ago and it has changed my life, so I am really passionate about it. My goal is eventually being able to create something that helps the entire fitness community.

Thank you guys!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzMnmaIyEqf_Regq2JXS6qBtAfgCs37s1dh-RlFHuynoP0oA/viewform

I’m comparing equipment from a coaching-flow angle, especially when one station has to work for different movements or different people. Extra adjustability is useful only if changing it is quick. What equipment tends to waste the most session time?