Personal Training Articles by John Izzo

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PERSONAL TRAINING

Personal Trainer Prerequisites

Want to get started in the personal training field, but don't know where to begin, right? Well, do you have the right prerequisites to even contemplate working with others and designing their exercise programs? Sounds simple, but the profession is very multi-faceted and its important to evaluate all the required pieces. (Read article)

Getting Started in Personal Training

Got passion and you got your certification. Where do you go from there? An excellent article to map your destination into personal training. Learn what components you will need to be successful and learn what do's and don't's are necessary to keep you afloat in the trade. (Read article)

5 Ways to Retain Your Personal Training Clients
(Originally Featured on Personal Training on the Net.com, and FitCommerce.com)

Got your certification and your first job. A few months later you got your first few clients and business is going well. Being a personal trainer means getting people results and keeping your clients. If you lose clients, you lose business. Here are some sure-fire ways to retain your clients even after they have achieved some benchmark goals. (Read article)

Why 50% of Personal Trainers Suck!

One of the first article written that smeared personal training in the mud, but opened the eyes of many readers and challenged them to do better. The field has become grossly filled with mediocrity and finding the faults is the first step in correcting our mistakes and achieving greatness. (Read article)

Personal Trainer Profiling

What makes a personal trainer stand out? What characteristics do you carry that make you a better trainer than anyone else? Truth is, it doesn't matter what make you better--but what makes you different? The overweight population is made up of a multitude of different personas that react and respond to different personalities. (Read article)

How to "Fire" a Client During Tough Economic Times

Every working personal trainer has at least one...maybe two. You know what I mean: the client that you dread to see every week--but you feel that you have to hold on to them because they are 'money'. No sir....your happiness and job satisfaction matters more than Mr. Smith's measly $300 package fee. The client that ruins your day is the client that ruins your business. There is a noble and professional way to dismiss a client. Learn how. (Read article)