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Fitness Education is HUGE and there is so much information out there that it can be difficult to know where to look for the best quality courses and info. In this episode, we discuss some of the best people, courses and materials we have come across to help us develop our fitness businesses.

Not that long ago Will was earning a living as a Teacher, earning a great living in one of the more senior roles. But after his own health journey, Will decided it was time for a change in career. Fast-forward to now and Will is running a really successful PT and Online Coaching business, one that anyone looking for a career change would be proud of.

Events are great for your business. Especially fitness businesses! We've seen a huge impact from adding events to our businesses over the years and wanted to provide you with a blueprint of how to go about organising your first events in the right way.

In this episode we interview Mike Robinson & Dave Perry who have set out on the journey of starting their own facility. Unlike a traditional gym space, the 'Strength in Numbers' concept with centralise around a growing movement towards Group-Based PT where members get access to structured training/programs as part of the membership model.

Your business is centred around looking after other people. But who is looking after you? As a coach, you need to be on you A-game all the time and that requires a good level of self-care. In this episode we discuss the patterns and routines of those who do well with self-care and we take a look at why that's so important for coaches.

One of the key pillars of our education system at Pro-Fit is Coaching. We believe that being a great coach allows a good PT to become an excellent one. With the right skillset, a great coach can communicate, and get results, with someone who previously felt unreachable. In this episode we cover some of the key concepts from Paul's recent education session with our team about coaching models and how to apply them to your Personal training Business.

We discussed how to discover your ideal client in episode 55 of the Pro-Fit Podcast. Now it's time to put that work to good use and go about attracting the right kind of clients to your Personal Training services. 

In this episode we discuss the simple, yet effective, online and offline strategies to build out your business with exactly the type of clients you want to be working with.

Alex Lenkowski is the head of education at Pro-Fit and joins us in this episode to give an overview of the ideal career path of a PT and to highlight some of the key stages in that progression.

Knowing your client avatar is often recommended to business owners. But what does it actually mean? and how do you go about knowing who your ideal clients? That's what this episode covers, as well as how to deep dive in to what those clients want/need.

There are lots of systems need to keep a successful business running, so how do you keep on top of them all? That's what we discuss in this episode.

With more and more of us delivering session remotely, and with no end in sight (yet), I thought it was a good time to highlight some of the little things you can do that make a BIG difference to your Zoom sessions. From simple things with audio, lighting and video - to tips for improving your state and energy levels.

Like many, Jonny Baird started his PT career at a young age. Fast forward 4-5 years and there have been plenty of ups, downs and opportunities to learn along the way. But like many who commit to the process of growing and learning, Jonny has managed to develop himself and his business in to what many would see as a huge 'success' and inspiration.

Episode 50 covers one of the four main pillars of the 'Business Health Check' we discussed in episode 49 and delves in to the main parts of understanding the financials aspects of your Fitness Business.

Discover the 4 key areas we look at to determine the health of your Personal Training Business.

It's that time of year when many people and business owners will take some time to plan for the year ahead and set some goals for themselves. In our world, we may also help our clients do this. So in this episode, we breakdown some of the key parts of effective goal setting and set out on giving you a structure to do this for yourself.

At the time of recording we are about to head in to the biggest Holiday period of the year, Christmas. We thought this was a great opportunity to speak about how we teach trainers to structure their business around holiday periods and how to ensure it doesn't negatively affect your revenue streams.

In Episode 46 of the Pro-Fit Podcast we discuss the 3 areas of; lead generation, service packaging and career development, as a means of making sure you have 3 core strategies for rebuilding, and growing, your Personal Training (or Fitness) business in 2021 and beyond.

After 9 months away we are finally back with the Pro-Fit Podcast and ready to serve the army of Personal Trainers who have listened too, and implemented, our previous content. In this show I introduce my new co-host and outline the structure for things to come in the coming weeks/months. Looking forward to being back!

Today I discuss three non-fitness related books that have helped me in boosting my fitness business and the work I do with my clients. We take cover a brief overview of each of the three books and discuss how the key concepts have helped make some changes in our lives and business that have helped move things forwards.

In this episode Ben Pratt from Nordic Fitness Education joins me in discussing the overall importance of sleep in health and why we need to increase our emphasis on helping people improve their sleep quality. We discuss...How to assess sleep, the role of sleep trackers, strategies for improving sleep, sleep debt, improving sleep in children and a whole host of other sleep related topics.