Developing Your Personal Training Business Outside Of The Gym You Work For

In this QUAH Sal, Adam, & Justin answer the question "If you are employed by a gym that provides you with leads and clients, is it inappropriate to also develop your training business outside of the club? Not everyone who wants to train with me wants to pay for the gym’s membership.".
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[@Fallenmark]

Who gives af about integrity when those people you’re supposed to respect cap your income, treat you as expendable, make money off your back and have no interest in your financial success. It’s a dog eat dog world. The relationship is between the trainer and client not owner and client. Your job is to do what’s best for the client not the gym. Offer them a better rate, steal all the clients you can and they’ll drown you in referrals that will snowball your business immediately. You don’t need to be a marketing genius or the top selling trainer. That’s garbage. You just need to be the best at giving people results, advice, and smiles. Highest retention rate is the number one metric. You learn on the job real fast when you’re on your own. You don’t need to be a slave to the gym for years to garner the balls to go solo. Enough with the grocery store garbage scare tactics. Referral programs with existing clients and through health and beauty oriented businesses is how you do it. Incentivize people to work for you by giving them monetary compensation.

[@Andreeak.]

I agree with most of what Mind Pump is saying but with this one I have a problem. Yes, the gym is open, I can go in and get all the SUS’s which I love to do. To me that is practice. But then, the gym doesn’t offer any leads or any support and they also have the expectation to do frontdesk, where you actually in my gym don’t have time to talk and check-in all the waters and deal with issues that are not part of what you actually do, in the same time. I made $100 in 12 hours week at the frontdesk and 6 SUS’s. Ridiculous:))) They also are saying you make your own schedule but they get upset if you put someone at 2pm instead of 7am , because you worked the night before in a bar. Then you have the no shows and people who are late 30 min, exactly the time of their session, then they are expecting you are gonna stop your own workout , just because they finally showed up right after their session was supposed to be over. C’mon, we are really treated like nothing and it needs to change. But I’m not going to wait for commercial gyms to change. They don’t offer you anything but the space, weights and the fact that people come in and that’s their business. Yeah, those people are there without us doing anything, but then let me be the owner of my own schedule and my own strategy on how to get more leads, don’t control my schedule and my life, it’s not very appealing when I already know money are so limited and will never pay my bills. It will pay their bills for sure. I can’t live with $100/ week and also be on call. I’m there for knowledge and they need trainers like crazy, because they all leave. It should be on both sides a bit of appreciation, that I personally can’t feel from the gym, just pressure and expectations. They even make you feel weird when people don’t sign up for memberships. That’s why I told them I refuse to do frontdesk, leave me on the floor to do SUS’s, that will bring me clients, I will be able to practice my knowledge and the money…let’s not talk about it. But I will never steal clients, tho, it’s too consuming and people find out anyway. But if I see people start asking me to train them outside the gym, I will simply quit my job, I almost take money out of my pocket just to be there anyway. I only got into training because of my trainer, I was enough lucky to get a good enough trainer at the beginning and he tought me the beauty of training in 16 sessions. I don’t go at the gym because of anyone else, the corporate or because of how many towels the gym gives me, I go at the gym because that trainer was there for me when I needed to learn, not the frontdesk people or the owner of the gym, couldn’t care less. I think trainers should be treated differently, but till then, let’s learn and work for ourselves.

[@Dontex_r]

@@Andreeak. yeah there a little biased on this one because they were fitness managers and had trainers work for them....

[@AnaGfit23]

@@Andreeak. 👏🏼 this is exactly my feeling to a T. I’m in a predicament where clients have actively told me they’d follow me and that my training philosophy seems to somewhat clash e it that of the studio owner’s I work for. I’m still trying to figure out if I’m going to try to go it solo or stay and help the business (which I have a possible future in running/owning). When clients are the ones commenting on the differing training approaches and perceived value then it makes me wonder if staying there is the right move if they are even seeing it. However, if I get to manage and head it in the future I could theoretically set different standards. Gah so confused. Only thing I know is I’m still going to be putting my individual name out there no matter if I stay or go.

[@EthvnHill]

I agree make it a point to become of the top trainers but definitely don’t become dependent on the gym! Especially when they can replace you a job can fire you at anytime. Once you have experience and become interested in the gym space find a mentor and take the leap to the online or rent a studio!

[@Gererostrength]

YEAHHH I started on my own as a side hustle and going part time very soon. This is the best comment ever. Being independent is the way to go. Social media makes it better.

[@alihashemy9639]

I wish I watched this video 6/7months ago when I left the the gym i was at for 3 years to set up my own little gym from zero, yet still relying on the clients I had from the gym.

[@richardontiveros4401]

You are forgetting the independent contractors that pay rent too the gym!

[@craigwilson3170]

Almost every trainer in Australia.

[@MrBorgas]

this is all true, however when the gym cant generate new leads, and the people working out at a prime time at a "premium elite" gym are less than 15, which are the same every single day. its a different story

[@marcusjackson8964]

I used to be a car salesman and have always been in sales and this is very hard to do. I used to always find a way to insert working with clients and that I’m a boxing coach and a strength conditioning coach. The trick is finessing the conversation to get to that spot. It’s an art and it takes a lot of practice. I’m a trainer at a gym and I bring in clients from off the street often from doctors to single moms to 10 year old kids. I agree with them go try to start a conversation to sell personal training it’s not easy without practice.

[@madhavnambiar1563]

This is brilliant 👏.

[@francismanuel2551]

Incredible content gentlemen

[@redfitclub2396]

Totally agree 👍

[@doronuzan]

phenomenal

[@ymict10]

What 24hr pays $25-50 a hour?

[@landonsheckler1054]

what do you mean

[@frankiemarchese2978]

I get 25/hr at my gym

[@BehindtheMuscle]

🔥