Category: Coaching
Why smart personal trainers set stupid goals
I hate numbers. Two clients walk into my gym on the same day. The first tells me they want to lose 5lbs by…
READ MORE3 Reasons Your Client Is Not Losing Weight | thePTDC | How To Lose Weight
One of your clients–let’s call her “Mrs. Jones”–has hired you to help her lose weight. So you put her on a solid exercise…
READ MOREHandling Difficult Personal Training Clients: The Busy Bill
Time is the issue with the Busy Bill. He runs in on his cell phone and rushes out the minute the workout is…
READ MOREIf You Don’t Have a Coaching Log, You’re Not Improving As a Coach
This blog post originally appeared on Robertson Training Systems. It has been reposted here on The PTDC with permission. If you’ve been training for…
READ MOREThe Art of Cueing (Not the Science)
I encourage awkward silences. I’m talking about the kind of awkward silences that happen when your girlfriend is sitting beside you and you…
READ MOREPersonal trainers: are u a Sexy-Maker or Health Producer?
The following is a guest post by Greg Justice. Clients train to look better. Health is secondary. The decline in health is all…
READ MORECueing Beyond the Physical
The following is a guest post from Adam Tombelaine. To be a trainer that stands out from the crowd, you need to develop…
READ MOREHow to Get the Buy In
Today I introduced the bench press to one of my clients. I’ve been working with him for about a month and in that…
READ MOREHow I Lost a Personal Training Client
This is embarrassing. It’s a story about how I lost a personal training client, I’ll call him “X” and how I screwed up…
READ MOREDon’t Stop, Understand – 8 Things a Trainer Wants to Explain
Just before going to bed last night I came across an article that upset me. I decided to wake up early this morning…
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