What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In todays episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're diving into a topic that is truly near and dear to our hearts. Getting personal training clients is obviously super important, duh, you can't run a training business without doing that. 

That said, there are many gurus out there that focus on sub-optimal strategies. In reality there are 10 or so things that really move of the needle when it comes to getting your first 10 personal training clients (10 and 10, how convenient) and those are what we're focusing on today. 

Some of these personal training client strategies are obvious (maximizing your Google listing) and others less so (taking advantage of local online groups) but we'll cover the ones that have helped us grow our fully booked personal training studio the most.

If you have any questions about getting personal training clients as a self employed personal trainer make sure to ask us in a comment! We're active here on Apple podcasts, Spotify, but mostly YouTube!

Thanks for your support!

-Jeff and Alexis

Sorta Healthy Trainer Education YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation

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What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're diving into what you should be doing as a personal trainer to get your first 10 personal training clients. 

Now, contrary to what some would tell you, you should be starting off your personal training career at a gym. In the beginning you don't really know what you're doing (sorry to inform) and having the funnel of leads coming from the facility makes getting initial consultations much easier.

Combine this with the fact that a gym should provide you, the new personal trainer, with some basic skills when it comes to sales and actual personal training and this makes sense. 

So, what should you actually do at the gym to make it work? Well, we divided up strategies into three categories for this one:

1. Works very well to get personal training clients

2. Can work well to get clients depending on your circumstances 

3. Barely ever works to get new personal training clients

You'll have to listen it to see where things like cold calls, approaching members on the gym floor and teaching group classes fall. 

If you have any questions about getting your first 10 personal training clients, make sure to leave us a comment!

-Jeff and Alexis

Sorta Healthy Trainer Education YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation

What’s up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today’s episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we’re answering your questions!

Some of the questions that we get very often and ones that are answered in this video are:

1. How do I pass my personal trainer exam?

2. How do I retain personal training clients?

3. How do I do an initial personal training session or consultation?

4. How do we handle programming?

5. How do we handle cancellations in our personal training business?

6. Is it normal to feel like some personal training sessions are flowing better than others?

7. What is a good personal training salary?

8. Is it worth it to transition to a personal training career?

9. How much money do personal trainers make in the beginning?

10. Is personal training a good career?

These are the types of topics we talk about in today’s video. If you have a personal training question that you’d like answered, leave that below in the comments!

We appreciate you!

-Jeff and Alexis

You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/freepersonaltrainingforms

In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast I have a conversation with the very successful personal trainer and business owner Evans Armantrading. Evans owns CNU Fit and CNU Stretch. He currently owns three fitness studios in Delaware that all offer semi-private personal training and assisted stretching.

I first saw Evans present at the Growth Summit conference hosted by Tim Lyons in 2025. Evans had done something that many people had tried but failed to do. He successfully integrated assisted stretching services into his personal training business, and he did it in a way that did take anything away from his personal training services. In fact, all of his stretching services have only made his personal training staff and clients better off as far as I can tell.

With CNU Stretch, Evans assisted stretching certification course, he is changing the entire landscape of the stretching service. Unlike NASM, Stretch Center, etc. his course has an online and an in-person component. In my opinion assisted stretching is really something you have to learn in-person. Online only certs probably wont cut it for most. Evans is an example of what's possible to achieve in the personal training world. I hope his success will inspire other personal trainers to go after their goals and change the industry in new positive ways.

Here's Evans stuff: https://cnustretch.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cnustretch?igsh=cGZnZ3d0NGw2aTlq

https://cnufit.com/

You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link:

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What's up guys! Jeff and Alexis from Sorta Healthy here! In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're talking about things that we've changed in our personal training business over the years that have greatly increased our success. 

I said "Made Our Personal Training Business Twice As Successful" in the title, but in reality, it's probably quite a bit more than that. Some of the changes that we've made have already been discussed quite a bit here on the show, like switching to semi-private personal training, but others are new.

How you bill or charge your personal training clients, how you handle scheduling and what software you should use, how you interact with clients, and a bunch of other things are broken down here.

If you have any questions about running your personal training business let us know in the comments! Thanks guys! Love ya!

-Jeff and Alexis

Sorta Healthy Trainer Education YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthyjeff

In this episode of The Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're talking about starting our personal training careers over again. If we did have to start from square one, what would we focus on?

Unfortunately, personal trainers are fed a ton of bs information by other trainers, really they're more grifter than trainer, and that info gives trainers unrealistic expectations. These people are trying to sell you courses and mentorships, etc. They couldn't make it as trainers but maybe they can make it by selling you some BS.

Our first order of business in starting our personal training careers over again would be to ignore everyone like this. Step two in our new personal training careers would be to find a mentor that pays you instead of you paying them.

Stick around for the rest of our career advice!

Sorta Healthy Trainer Education YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation

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In this episode of The Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we are breaking down the worst things we've ever said to our personal training clients? 

Are we successful personal trainers? Yes. Do we run a good personal training business/studio? Also, yes. Despite that success, there's been plenty of times where we've put our foots into our mouths and said the wrong thing.

Sometimes these personal training mistakes just ended up being funny. Other times, we were unsure of whether or not our own words did damage to our business. 

Anyways, if you're looking for help running or starting a personal training business, you're in the right place! If you're looking for some laughs as you advance your personal training career, you're also in the right spot! 

Thanks for watching and listening!

Jeff and Alexis

Sorta Healthy Trainer Education YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation

You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link:

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Hey guys! In This episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers podcast we're talking about social media and whether or not it actually matters for the average personal trainer.

*Spoiler* Having a presence on social media does in fact make a difference for any personal trainer, that said, it matters less than most people think. 

So, in this episode our goal is to explore how much social media matters for the average trainer. Why many personal trainers over emphasize the importance of having a big following (they're being lied to), which platforms and what type of content to focus on. We also dive into in-person vs online personal training and why social media marketing matters for both but far more for one of those options. 

If you have any social media questions about personal training make sure to ask those in a comment! Thanks for the support guys!

We've made many mistakes in our personal training careers. Sometimes it's necessary to try things to know if you're on the right path or not. In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're talking about things that we've done but would never do again in our personal training careers.

We talk about one-on-one personal training vs semi-private, pricing your training sessions, over programming clients routines, over estimating personal training clients abilities and much more!

In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers podcast we're talking about what personal training clients don't want. Unfortunately, there is a long list of the things your clients would prefer not to do. 

That said, in this episode we tackle a few in particular that can definitely have a negative impact on your personal training career. We cover things like personal training contracts, professionalism, programming as a personal trainer, adaptability etc.

If you are looking for more personal trainer content, make sure to check back every Monday morning for new episodes!

Thanks for your support!

Jeff and Alexis