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You might think, ‘what’s the point?’ But can developing your social conscience really help you become a better Personal Trainer? Social Conscience, another aspect of Social Intelligence If you Google social conscience it comes up with the following definition, ‘a sense of responsibility or concern for the problems and injustices of society.’ At this point […]

Can I be a Personal Trainer? This is something we get asked all the time from our students and even people who are thinking about making the change to their career. We’ve all seen a personal trainer working with clients outside, in the gyms we go to, competing on reality tv shows. Is it really […]

You could approach this question with a simple answer, find out exactly how much it costs to enrol on a PT training course, maybe even work out your monthly repayments with an interest free loan over 10 months. You could create some complicated spreadsheets that will inform you how many clients you need to train […]

Customer complaints shouldn’t be taken personally. Instead view them as valuable customer feedback and always deal with them in a positive manner. No organisation is perfect and we all could do things a little better sometimes so if a customer takes the time to give us feedback on how their customer experience could have been […]

Making the transition from being an employee to becoming a self employed personal trainer can be a little scary so we always recommend that you do your research first and ask the right questions before you enrol onto your course. A question we get asked a lot is ‘How long does it take to qualify […]

Unlike our dynamic stretching that we discussed in a previous post, static stretching is stretching without movement. Which does not make it the most effective form of stretching for warming up before a training session but it does make them very suitable for cooling down at the end of a training session. What are the […]

One of the biggest barriers we hear mentioned when people are excusing their lack of exercise is ‘TIME’. We all live such busy lives that squeezing in a regular exercise routine can be a challenge. However,  research over the last few years suggests that ‘time’ need not be such a big barrier after all. Thanks […]

It’s not a coincidence that roughly two thirds of our body is made up of water AND two thirds of our planet is covered with the stuff. All living things need it.  If you are looking to adopt some more healthy habits into your life then drinking plenty of water is the best place to […]

When we are trying to get continuous improvements in our fitness, whether its improvements in body composition or muscular strength, in order to do this we need to challenge ourselves and sometimes that can be tough. So, I like to use on myself and my clients a little mind tool I call ‘The Million Pound […]

After discussing the benefits of boxing & padwork, now we are going to focus on two particular punches ‘the jab and cross’. Your jab is your lead hand and your cross is your rear hand (also your dominant hand). They are the most commonly used punches in boxing for their long range, accuracy and speed. […]