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 ...
What's up, Achievers?! In this episode, we cover whether or not soreness is an indicator of a good workout. We also discuss fitness trackers and wearables like Fitbits and Apple watches. We also go over the differences in dynamic, static, and weighted stretches and how you should go about approaching each one. Finally, we talk about 6 week challenges and how we approach them at our gym, and our recommendations for marketing them for your fitness studio! We hope this video helped you out! Please send in any other podcast questions by DMing us @achievefitnessboston on Instagram. Also, make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel for more comprehensive video information! Until next time, Peace, Love, and Muscles! ...
In this episode, Jason and Lauren discuss how weight loss impacts your metabolism as well as thoughts on how to manage this situation. They also cover how to optimally train your calves in the most balanced way possible. Finally, they cover the same strategies to sell memberships they used when opening Achieve Fitness 5 years ago, and what they'd recommend to someone opening a gym for the first time. Until next time, peace, love, and muscles! ...
