2020 has been a tough year for many fitness businesses, but many of us are finding ways to continue to help our clients stay healthy and strong. Here at Northwest Personal Training we wanted to highlight our clients who have remained engaged and motivated over the last year. We also need to encourage more clients…
Gyms, yoga studios and pools are closed or slowly reopening. Running and Triathlon races cancelled. It is easy to understand why clients may start to lose their motivation to workout. As fitness professionals, we all know that the key to maintaining a commitment is to remember the ‘WHY’. Ask your clients …Why do you work…
Since our training studio has been closed for nearly a month due to COVID-19, I’ve been teaching a lot of virtual online classes and training sessions. It has definitely proven that you can train clients remotely! There are literally hundreds of muscle and cardio exercises you can walk your clients through with absolutely no equipment whatsoever. Their…
People are very stressed out right now with the Coronovirus pandemic. People are worried about getting sick and/or infecting someone else. In addition, your fitness business is likely struggling to figure out how to offset the massive losses in revenues . You probably have employees wondering how they are going to pay the bills if…
Fitness Professionals across the globe are scrambling to keep their businesses afloat while so many are staying home. The good news is that you can go virtual and your clients will thank you! We have decided to use Facebook Live as it seems to be the simplest way to be live AND allow clients to…
Hosting a racing event is an excellent way to get new clients walking through your doors and keep current clients motivated and engaged with your business. Start out by hosting a fun run that starts outside of your business. The initial set up will take some work, but a racing event hosted by your facility…
Do you know what our biggest problem is? It is probably your biggest problem too. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE TO EXERCISE! The biggest problem working in the fitness industry is that we are offering a product that most people hate. So each and every one of us has to do whatever we can…
Cancellation policies can be tricky, but with the correct approach they don’t have to mean lost revenue and they don’t have to mean upset clients. The following simple steps help us avoid most of the issues that can arise when a client cancels after our predefined cancellation deadline (24hrs). This can work for you too!…
Sometimes clients need to be reminded of how important it is that strength train…. and hopefully….start/continue training with you! Try sending them this article I wrote for our local paper. Remind clients of all the reasons muscle conditioning is critical. Share with potential clients as well…. “As we get older, we tend to lose muscle…
It is clear that the road to retaining clients is all about results! When clients are seeing results they are more likely to stick around. In order to see results….a big commitment needs to be made (by both you and your client), so (naturally)the first step is for both of you to make a commitment….and I mean a real commitment….
