Lift The Bar

We help Personal Trainers develop their skills & business to get more enjoyment from this incredible career choice

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We have been conditioned into believing quick fixes = bad

But the reality of working with a trainer is that very very quickly

Strength increases
Stress decreases
Confidence in your direction increases
Fatigue and a lack of direction decreases

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Mental Health is often reduced down to “how do I make myself feel less bad?”

If we instead look at the concept of mental fitness - it might allow us to look at proactive measures we can take on a daily basis to perhaps aim a little higher for ourselves

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What happens between the sets is more important for retention than any onboarding system, recipe book, or app.

What clients want and need in that time is essential to learn

And it’s not always “more coaching” that gets the job done

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Based purely on inflation (Bank of England)

A £35 session in August 2021

Should cost £41.26 now

If you haven’t put your prices up in a while, you’re literally taking a pay cut

You’re over £6ph hour worse off

That £150 per week if you do 25 sessions

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Stand yourself up or lay down on the floor

Now I want you to try and put your Willy in your belly button

Girls, you’ll have to imagine you have one (on a non cold day)

Thank you for coming to my posterior pelvic tilt workshop.

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I don’t know

But I’m excited to find out

Thanks for the great question and learning opportunity

P.S we aren’t supposed to know everything so just start out delivering amazing sessions 🤘

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Who we are at our worst
Vs
Who are are at our best
Vs
Who we are on a normal day

All can tolerate VERY different volumes, intensity, complexity, & required resilience

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Session quality is the biggest driver of retention

I love a fancy system, recipe book or app as much as the next person

But they’re all pretty worthless if session quality sucks

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Someone made millions by selling the idea that putting butter in your coffee would improve your health and life

Our industry and the public can’t afford trainers to “not be too salesy”

It’s not a stretch to say that (quality of) lives depend on it

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Be the reason someone doesn’t cancel their gym membership today

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Would you add any questions to our list of 4?

Comment below!

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Here are 4 great questions to ask your clients before every PT session:

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4) How would you like to feel when you walk out today? 

So you can tailor the session to how they’d like to feel when they leave, and create a finisher dedicated towards that.

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If you’d like to watch this 60-minute training for free, head to our link in bio to get started with Lift the Bar today.

You’ll be able to watch this webinar within minutes, and access 100s more resources on subjects like programme design, coaching movement & session management.

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Lessons in small group programme design.

What we learned from a recent webinar with an experienced small-group facility owner:

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6. Keep The Big Lifts For at Least 8 Weeks

Stuart keeps big lifts (e.g. squats, deads, presses etc) in for at least 2 blocks of training so his clients get a chance to make progress and feel competent with the movement.