PT Collective Podcast

General population clients will be the most common client for most Personal Trainers, so it is vital that you learn how to programme for these clients.

Expect to learn who gen pop clients are, the first steps you need to take with them, how to build a programme for them, why you have to be adaptable as as a coach and much more.

Client onboarding is an essential part in making the sign up process seamless for your clients and in turn, increase the amount of sign ups as well as improving upon your client retention. In today's episode, Luke & Tom cover what client onboarding means, why it is important, Phase 1 & 2 of client onboarding, resources you'll need to create and much more.

In this episode we welcome on two PTC students, Marcus and Telli, to discuss their journey's as Personal Trainers and the difficulties faced becoming a Personal Trainer in between lockdowns.

We discuss whether the supportive sessions are valuable when learning to become a Personal Trainer, why Marcus pre- dominantly works with his clients online where as Telli works with her clients in-person, how your previous job can help with your skills to become a Personal Trainer and much more.

When thinking of Personal Training, people normally think there is two methods to make money. One to one in-person and one to one online coaching. When in fact, there is a lot more ways than you would think. In this episode, Tom & Luke discuss the 9 ways you can make money as a Personal Trainer, how scalable these models are, how much you should charge for each service, pros and cons of these and much more.

When starting out, we all make mistakes. With over 20+ years experience between them, in today’s episode Tom & Luke cover 11 mistakes they made at various stages of their Personal Trainer journeys.

This includes getting caught up in social media drama, creating content to seek approval of other Personal Trainers, programming too specifically for every single client you have and much more.

Lauren & Aubrey are newly qualified Personal Trainers. They completed their course with us as part of the PTC x Myprotein collaboration and come on the Podcast to share their experiences 2-3 months after qualifying with us

We touch on how you can use your current/past job skills to translate into Personal Training, difficulties of fitting clients in around a full-time job, creating content as a Personal Trainer and much more

In this episode, Luke & Tom discuss factors to consider when pricing your Personal Training services, why you shouldn't sell sessions, benefits of monthly payments, how to take monthly payments and much more.

The client consultation is an essential part of converting leads to clients. Within this episode Luke and Tom explore why you should have a pre-consult, what questions you should ask your clients, the consultation do's and don'ts and much more.

We're often told that warm ups are important but let's be honest, it is one of those things you tell yourself you're going to do but never get it done and if you do, it is always rushed and deemed not important. In this episode, Tom & Luke explain why you should not call a 'warm up' a warm up, why physical prep is invaluable to your business and much more.

Part 2 of outlining the process of creating the best Personal Trainer course (in our humble opinion) the PT Core. In this episode Luke & Tom go through the editing process, the publication process, the issues we faced marketing the course and much more.