Dan John: ‘Get Back Up’ Drill for Older Clients
Thousands of Americans die every year from falls and fall-related injuries. The right exercises for your older clients can help prevent falls and Dan John...
Robert Linkul: The Phobias of Training Older Adults
Upon entering the profession, most personal trainers desire to work with highly competitive and aspiring athletes. Then, they open their schedule and start...
Robert Linkul: Three Things I Learned Training Older Adults
I started personal training in 1999 as a very part-time trainer and officially made the commitment to full-time training in 2004. After working as a floor ...
Thomas Plummer: It Comes Down to Program Design
Don’t limit your business with the product you offer. Thomas Plummer shares his knowledge of how layered pricing can benefit your facility and help you w...
Taylor Lewis: Communication — The Missing Key Between Performance and Rehab
As young children, we were always told to ask questions if we didn’t understand something. We were told that there was no such thing as a “dumb questio...
Thomas Plummer: The Immutable Laws of Money and Coaching
This is an excerpt from The Soul of a Trainer Number One—Never fail to charge what you are worth. You cannot be the cheapest coach in town and expect...
Thomas Plummer: The Immutable Laws of Money and Coaching, Part 2
This is an excerpt from The Soul of a Trainer. For Laws #1-8, here's Part 1 Number Nine—One-dimensional coaches fail over time. Coaching isn’t eno...
Thomas Plummer: Breaking the Hourly Rate Addiction
This article is an excerpt from The Soul of a Trainer Getting paid by the hour sounds so logical when you are a fitness professional. If you work for so...
Thomas Plummer: Please, Stop Obsessing
This article is an excerpt from The Soul of a Trainer Please, stop obsessing about what you are going to do with the rest of your life. We get so ove...
Jeremy Hall: The Power of Mentorship
Constructing the System and The Power of Mentorship Since this is my first blog entry for OTP, it only makes sense to explain how I got here, and why it’...
Brian Gwaltney: Perspective and Standards — You Don’t Need More Than An “F”
“How strong is strong enough?” That is a question that gets tossed around all too frequently. Every coach has standards they think everyone should hi...