Are you making Stupid SMAT goals. Many trainers do but you’re different, so show it.

The cat’s out of the bag. Here are Jon’s secrets that you’ve never thought about. It’s a compilation of tips and tricks for any personal trainer.

Now’s your chance. Write that book, develop that blog, build that prototype. Believe me when I tell you that when you’re ready others will take notice.

What do you do if a client doesn’t have money to train consistently?

Share/Bookmark Personal training’s too easy. The barriers of entry are low and overall quality if poor. The slick talking guy at your gym with the gelled up hair is making a killing giving the same bodybuilding splits to a 60 year old that he does a 20 year old. The girl working alongside you flashes her a smile and shows some skin…

Share/Bookmark I’ve screwed up. Often, and for most of my career. I confused and misled the very people I set out to help. I told them that steady state cardio is inefficient 1 year after I said to “work in the heart rate zone” to burn more fat. I told them to do 3 sets of 12, then 4 sets…

My first sexual encounter was my ah-ha moment to stay in the gym. Discover your clients and learn how to re-paint the picture for them

Share/Bookmark Happy Superbowl Sunday everybody. By now you should all have you chili slow-cooking and your houses should be filling up with the smell of beanie goodness. Instead of watching all of the pregame shananigans why not catch up on your fitness reading? If you missed the PTDC reads this past week here they are: 101 Mistakes Free E-book - This…

Share/Bookmark The busy first month of the year is in the books and I hope you were all able to retain a good amount of your New Years clients. As we enter the depths of winter days tend to get long and motivation tends to sway but keep your heads up and keep getting your clients great results. February and…

Share/Bookmark Another weeks coming and gone and I hope you’re all settling down after the inevitable flurry of activity in the new year. If you haven’t already “liked” the PTDC on Facebook go check out the page here. We have some dynamite content in the next 3 weeks featuring a couple different coaches and the trainer who writes programs for…