Want to Contribute?

ThePTDC is a collaborative blog and we’re always happy to take in submissions for guest material. We’re happy to include 1-2 outbound links either within the text or in your bio in addition to a link to a social media account. All other links within text will be considered on a case by case basis. Affiliate / commission links will not be allowed within guest posts.

What We’re Looking For

ThePTDC is not a textbook or certification, it’s a blog. We’re looking for engaging and actionable pieces. For example, a simple article on the need to motivate won’t suffice unless it’s paired with an actionable system for motivation.

The rules are simple. An article must outline a problem and give an actionable solution to be considered. Have some fun with your writing, add in jokes, anecdotes, and, most of all, be yourself.

We’re happy to publish material from both seasoned and relatively new trainers as long as it offers sufficient value. If you’re come up with a great system to solve a common problem, it doesn’t matter whether or not you’ve been training for 1 or 25 years. We don’t care about the letters behind your name, we’re more interested in what you can offer other trainers and help them grow personally or professionally.

There are no guidelines for length other than as short as possible but as long as necessary. We’re published articles under 600 words and over 3,500. Don’t repeat yourself and please be succinct with your words. Do what you need to do to communicate your point and avoid, at all costs, droning on.

While not the only way to write a post, if you’re looking for an outline, please read The 8 Most Important Parts of a Blog Post in Order for some guidance.

The Technical Stuff

If you have specific formatting, please send the file as an html document using h3 headers. You’re also welcome to send a formatted word document. But if you send a word document and have pictures to include, please send them all separately.

If you do include pictures you must be able to provide attribution or show ownership of the photos or they will not be included. If you’re looking for a place to get free images for blog posts, refer to this post for some good sites and the various attribution rules. You don’t have to include images, but we’ll like you more if you do.

When it comes to editing and formatting, remember that the easier you make an editors job the more likely they’ll run your material and ask you for more. If it’s a brilliant piece, we may still accept it if it’ll take some editing work. That said, if it will take more than a couple hours to edit or format, we may as well have written our own material in those hours. Please take the time to proof read your work and carefully select your work. If you’re bored reading it, others probably will be too.

Include a 1-3 line author bio with a 150*150 head shot. Include all links or instructions on what to hyperlink and where.

Lastly, avoid the dreaded wall of words. Paragraphs on a blog should almost never be longer than 3-4 sentences. If it is longer, than it better be written beautifully.

Please send all submissions to submissions@theptdc.com

What Type of Content Are We Looking For?

It’s wide open. We’d be happy to consider articles on any aspect of Personal Training except exercise prescription. Examples — and these are only examples —  include:

1. How To Talk To Clients
2. How To Use Body Language and “Soft Skills”
3. Overcoming Training Obstacles
4. Time Management and Scheduling Techniques
5. Creating Passive Income
6. Finding the Best Resources
7. Marketing Ideas
8. Systems to get new clients
9. Sales / Creatively dealing with objections.

Every article must be actionable.  We are not interested in rants, put downs of particular training methodologies or unfocused ‘thought’ pieces.  The PTDC is in the business of helping trainers. It’s all about getting better. And helping clients get better. 

Every article must contain at least one take-away that the reader can apply immediately. 

How to Submit

Please submit all content directly to thePTDC’s content manager Jeremey DuVall at submissions@theptdc.com.

No submissions in any other form will be accepted.