What's up, Achievers?! Just a reminder that AchieveMentors is a podcast specifically for fitness professionals and aspiring personal trainers! This was a fun one! The first question, we went a little deep and talked about what we would've done differently earlier on in our careers (1:45). Next, we dicuss how we approach starting a mobile PT business in 2019 (9:49). Finally, we discuss why big box gyms don't want their members to show up along with some more gym owner advice (21:37)! We hope you enjoy this new series! If you're interested in learning more about our educational offering for fitness professionals, check out: [www.achievementors.com](http://www.achievementors.com). Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! Jason and Lauren ...
What's up, Achievers?! In this episode, we discuss how bands can help improve your squat pattern - especially if you find yourself shifting to one side. We also go over what rest and deload weeks are, and who should utilize them. Lastly, we address a question concerning a broken wrist and how to go about improving wrist mobility. We hope you found this episode helpful! Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! ...
What's up, Achievers?! This episode is specifically for all you coaches, personal trainers, and fitness professionals out there! We cover topics like when we talk about mindset and nutrition habits during our training sessions, what we do if we think our workouts progress clients too slowly, and if we make any modifications during our assessment process if we're working with someone who is elderly. At the end of the episode, we discuss a project we've been working on for quite some time now. It's an educational platform that covers everything that Lauren and I wished we had known when we first started out as personal trainers - it ranges from nitty gritty stuff like what CPT you should pursue, to where you should look for your first job all the way down to how to sell yourself at your gym, how to program for your clients, how to provide nutritional advice, how to teach the fundamental movement patterns (squatting, hinging, pushing, pulling, lunging, etc.) and coach them based upon the invidividual in front of you rather than forcing them into "textbook" form, and how to approach personal branding. Future modules are going to cover the ins and outs of kettlebell training, powerlifting, olympic lifting as well as presentations on very specific topics brought up by the group. The most important aspect of the platform will be the community. Personal training is a pretty lonely field, and not many people/friends/family will understand the true "grind" and nature of our work. Having a community of like-minded professionals to learn from, collaborate with, bounce ideas off of, and sometiems comiserate with is going to be invaluable. This won't be just a one-off product that we ...