Many personal trainers who don’t feel fully in control of their finances are significantly stressed. Being aware of your finances is the first step towards having a profitable fitness business and make intentional plans for your future.

The reality is that for most personal trainers, their clients struggle more with nutrition than their training. And despite that, the standard advice given on social media and forums for professional development is to "stay in your lane".

A deload week is a planned and scheduled week of training, inside the normal training block that your client will be following. It’s not a week off involving total rest. Your client does still train for that week, but the volume and intensity of the work done will be far lower.

All movements in the body happen at the joint where bones meet. For example, in the lower body the knees, the hips, and ankles. In the upper body, they include the shoulders, elbows and wrists. The movement is possible because the muscles pull the tendons which are attached to the bones. In programming, we classify movements as either single-joint movements or compound movements which use more than one joint.

As a personal trainer writing a training programme for your clients, one of the fundamental principles to keep in mind is progressive overload. It’s a simple idea that boils down to gradually demanding more from the body over an extended period of time.

When you start working with a client, the first few steps they need to go through will be almost exactly the same as your other clients. They need to pay you then get familiar with your business practices and processes and maybe even complete a series of questionnaires.

After speaking to our incredible Facebook community about what advice they’d give to themselves as recently qualified personal trainers, we had some amazing responses. Interestingly, they were around topics that we commonly see newer trainers asking about in the group.

Most personal trainers start their careers serving their clients on the gym floor. This is an incredible experience, and for lots of personal trainers, they love the atmosphere and energy of face to face training. But when gyms close, sometimes at very short notice, having a permanent online element to your business can be a fantastic way to continue providing an exceptional service to your clients.

Hiring an online personal trainer is a decision people make to invest in their personal health and fitness. Whatever their goals, there will be personal trainers lining up that can help them to get results faster and with less hassle than trying to figure it out on their own. That applies whether a client works with a personal trainer in person or online.

Investing in your continued professional development is a vital part of being a successful business owner. Once you’ve qualified as a level 2 fitness instructor, you may be looking around for the best online personal trainer courses available to you.