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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 13 Tips That Will Help You Coach Better Remote PT Sessions 1 week, 4 days ago
13 Tips That Will Help You Coach Better Remote PT Sessions by Stuart Aitken
Something we now know is that taking personal training sessions through remote platforms is here to stay. Even if you’re back in your g […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, How to Train The Senior Personal Training Client 2 months, 4 weeks ago
How to Train The Senior Personal Training Client by Greg Mikolap
You don’t need to be an egghead to figure out that we age, but did you know that in 2017, for the first time in history, the number of people a […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 7 Things Personal Trainers Need to Know About Sales 3 months, 1 week ago
You’re about to walk into a consultation hoping to sign a new client up to one of your services.
You enthusiastically greet them. You ask a couple of general questions and get them to fill out a PAR-Q. You t […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 5 Ways to Target a Lagging Body-Part in a Personal Training Session 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Five Ways to Target a Lagging Body-Part in a Personal Training Session by Gregg Slater
Bigger chest, rounder glutes, bulging arms.Many clients will come to us with a particular body part they want to […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 5 Random Thoughts on Personal Training (#2) 4 months, 1 week ago
January always feels like a funny month to me. It’s mostly cold and miserable outside and the expectation for a personal trainer is that you’ll have leads coming at you from all angles. I never experienced that. […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, How to Avoid Losing Clients at Christmas 5 months, 4 weeks ago
It isn’t just high street shops that struggle during the holiday period.
A lot of businesses see dropping numbers and personal trainers are no different.
I for one went from 18 sessions down to 4 during my […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 5 Things That Will Help You Improve Your Service Standards 6 months ago
5 Things That Will Help You Improve Your Service Standards by Jean-Claude Vacassin
I’m passionate about my W10 gyms and the standard of the UK independent gym industry as a whole.I got into the indus […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 8 Ways to Get More Out of Your Education Investments 6 months, 1 week ago
“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.” ~Kahlil Gibran
The fitness industry is fast-paced and multifaceted, a sure-fire recipe for needing to stay on top o […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 5 Random Thoughts on Personal Training (#1) 6 months, 2 weeks ago
I always enjoy reading these type of pieces on other blogs (shout out to Eric Cressey for his random thoughts on sports performance instalments that I’ve been reading for years). Short and snappy articles about […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 7 Podcasts for Personal Trainers 6 months, 3 weeks ago
7 Podcasts for Personal Trainers
During the time I hit my peak hours as a personal trainer, the majority of my professional development was done through podcasts. There are shows covering every kind of subject […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, Does Information Change Behaviour? 7 months, 1 week ago
Does Information Change Behaviour? By Alex Pearson
Jeff Stevens sat in his doctor’s office. It was quite impressive, a new build; lots of white gloss panelling and stainless steel. The nice receptionist had b […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, Staffing Considerations 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Staffing Considerations by John Clark from Fit3Sixty
As an owner of a growing gym, it’s an inevitable process to have to hire a coach to support your business, to have an extra pair of hands managing the shop f […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, How to Run a Seminar for Your Clients 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I’ve always enjoyed the thought of being good at public speaking.
I remember being at seminars and conferences and being in awe of the people who could stand up and speak confidently.
It was for that reason […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, How to Apply Autoregulation in a Personal Training Setting 8 months ago
How to Apply Autoregulation in a Personal Training Setting by Gregg Slater
Autoregulation – What?Sounds “sciency” and fancy but in fact, isn’t and I’m positive most of you reading this article will already b […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, Understanding Emotion to Better Connect With Your Clients 8 months, 1 week ago
Understanding Emotion to Better Connect With Your Clients by Cathy MacDonald
Emotion is one of the most important factors to consider in communication and forms one of the foundations I coach trainers […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 15 Things to do When You Don’t Have Enough Personal Training Clients 8 months, 2 weeks ago
You’re sitting in the gym twiddling your thumbs thinking about how life would be better if you had more clients.
“If only I could be busier, things would be so much better. I’d have more money, I’d be able […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, How to Make Better Decisions For Your Personal Training Business 8 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Make Better Decisions For Your Personal Training Business by Claire Winter
Whether you see yourself as a person who is good or bad at decision making, there’s no denying that at times you may find y […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 7 Tips for Better Time Management 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Time management has always been something that’s interested me, mainly because I’m happy to admit that at times, I’m utterly useless at it.
Because of that, I’ve read a lot of books and played around with a lot […]
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Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, How I Learnt to Make Conversation 9 months, 1 week ago
How I Learnt to Make Conversation by Jason Ditchburn
An essential skill for any coach is the ability to communicate, but what if you are a poor conversationalist? Or someone who just doesn’t feel confident ta […] -
Stuart Aitken wrote a new post, 4 Ways to up Your Client Personal Training Experience 9 months, 2 weeks ago
About 5 months ago, I moved to New York so I could move in with my now wife.
Since I’ve been here, one of the biggest challenges I’ve had has been finding barbers I’m happy to return to.
Thankfully, I’ve re […]
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