r/PersonalTrainer

I (35F) have been going to this boutique gym since February. Prior to that, my husband and I were doing 2in1 personal trainer with a local trainer who had a garage set up for 2+y(we moved so had to change places). I still consider myself between a beginner and an intermediate - and due to past injuries I've been wanting to work with a PT.

Here is my problem: we just don't connect at all. It's like she doesn't really listen or pay attention. Her program has been good so far (we've done 10sm sessions) and she does demonstrate/correct when needed. I have been telling her that I have a very busy work schedule but every week she asks me if I've done 2 to 3 hours of cardio (and I've told her I already come 3 times a week and it's the best I can do right now). I also travel for work, and when I came back last time she asked me how was my vacation and increase my load to push me even though I told her I was so tired from this trip (10+ hours a day of training+activities). She also knows I take some medication which can make me dizzy or nauseous, but keeps saying I need to eat before our session (we train at 7am) even though I told her it makes me feel sick. The last straw was last session where we did a new program and I told her that 1. One exercise (back extensions) felt weird in my back 2. Another (ball slams) was making me dizzy and she brushed both off saying I'd feel better in a few sessions of this program.

For additional context, I pay roughly 120$per hourly session. My husband also sees another trainer from the same gym and our experiences have been night and day (his trainer ask more often about me than my own)

I guess my question is: am I asking too much of her? Or my expectations are too high because our last trainer was great. I feel like I'm paying a lot of money for someone who is just checking boxes and I still have 30+ sessions ahead of me (prepaid to get a better hourly rate). I'm dreading to confront her, I've never had problems like this - but this is really bothering me now. Any advice?

Hi I am 20 yrs old. I have too much body fat percentage. I am thinking to hire a personal trainer which is best in area. He is charging 6k per month including gym fees. He said me to take whey, creatine, magnesium, ashwagandha,l carnitine, omega 3 . I am vegetarian. I know all these supplements safe but my parents told me to take fitelo diet plan and go to gym without pt and do little gym with only whey and creatine as they are feared of too much suppliment and pt may ask me to do heavy exercise. What should I do 😭

Hi, me and my husband want a trainer who can come home and train us

We stay in Kaggadasapura area

If you have any leads, please recommend. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,
I’m making this post because I’d like to expand my coaching portfolio and work with a few new people.
Right now I’m opening 5 online coaching spots at a discounted/promotional price for motivated lifters who genuinely want to improve their strength, technique, and performance.
A little about me:
I’m an international-level powerlifter, IPF world champion, national champion, and multiple-time medalist with years of experience in strength sports and competition prep.
As a coach, I’ve already helped athletes achieve major progress both in performance and competition results.
Some recent results from my athletes:
Multiple PRs in squat, bench, and deadlift
National champion titles
One of my athletes recently won 2 gold medals in the Open category, plus 2 gold medals in her age and weight class
What I offer:
Individual training programming tailored to your goals
Technique analysis and corrections (squat / bench / deadlift)
Programming adjustments based on recovery and progress
Direct support and regular feedback
This is mainly for people who are serious about training — whether you’re preparing for a meet, trying to break through a plateau, or simply want structured coaching.
I’m limiting this to 5 people so I can give everyone proper attention.
If you’re interested or want more details (pricing, coaching structure, etc.), feel free to send me a DM.

I’m at the point where I want to invest in growing my online coaching business, but I’m skeptical of all the Instagram growth companies and agencies that promise they’ll help you get more clients.
I’m not looking for more followers or vanity metrics. I care about one thing:
\*\*Did they actually help you get more paying fitness clients and increase your revenue?\*\*

If you’ve personally hired an IG growth company, agency, mentorship, or consultant, I’d love to know:
Who did you hire?
What did they actually do?
How much did it cost?
How many additional clients or how much additional revenue did it generate?
Was it worth the investment?
Would you hire them again?
I’m especially interested in companies that helped coaches improve content strategy, positioning, lead generation, and conversions, along with engagement.

Looking for real experiences, both good and bad. Thanks!

I want to make the process of finding a personal trainer more easier I am designing an app for this process to be much easier what do you think guys is this a good idea ?

Curious how other trainers handle this — every time I onboard a new client, I'm rebuilding their program from scratch around their goals, equipment, and any injury history. Takes me 30-45 min minimum, sometimes more if it's a complicated case.

Started building a small tool that takes that intake info and spits out a finished program structure instantly, mostly just to solve my own time problem. Before I put more work into it I'm trying to figure out — is this actually a universal pain point, or am I just bad at templating?

How are you all doing it — templates you reuse, software, or just eating the time every time?

I'm a private personal trainer in a large city (train in my home gym) and could use some advice from other trainers/business owners.

I have two long-term clients who have been with me for several years, essentially since I first started my business. Over the years we've built a great relationship and they're honestly some of my favorite clients to work with. They know each other, I started working with one of them years ago and she recommended me to the other client shortly after we started working together.

The challenge is that their rates have remained the same while my business, pricing, and payment structure have evolved significantly. They pay $460 and $620/month (one of them trains more frequently). New clients now pay substantially more
than these long-term clients ($890 and $1190 for those same exact training packages), and I've also moved to a package-based system with automatic payments, while these clients are still on an older arrangement.

Lately there have also been some delays with payments, which has made me realize I need to revisit the overall setup.

I'm considering offering a solution where they would train together for part of the week, allowing them to keep their grandfathered pricing while making the schedule more sustainable on my end. They know each other well and are now at similar training levels, so from a coaching perspective it could work.

My concern is preserving the relationship. I don't want them to feel like I'm taking something away from them or that this is purely about money. At the same time, I know I can't keep operating indefinitely under the original arrangement.

For trainers who have been in business for a while:
How have you handled clients who have been paying legacy rates for years?
Did you eventually increase their rates, move them to a new structure, or continue honoring the original agreement?
If you proposed partner training to long-term clients, how did you present it?
Is there anything you wish you had done differently?

Would appreciate any advice from people who have been through something similar.

Personal trainer for weight loss near Bowenpally.Any suggestions

So I might definitely be a bit of the issue here since I think I might be looking for something too specific. I have been working out, going to the gym and running, for years. There's times when I felt really strong and others when the cardiovascular strength was top (training for a trail 50K and marathons). What I am happiest doing is a mix though. I am having a hard time finding someone that can help me understand how to train for multi-sport races and adventures. Diversifying my workouts to include more cycling, swimming, running AND the gym (god forbid I decide to go for a climb!) has led to overwhelm and, I think, a lack of overall fitness.

How can I find a PT that isn't 'a running coach' or 'a lifting coach'? Maybe I just need to pick one?

I work in the film industry and make good money hits it’s toxic and now considering chasing my passion and becoming a personal trainer.

I’m curious as to how much personal trainers ACTUALLY make. I’m not buying these videos where trainers make 20k per week.
Is this 20k per week purely a scam or is it actually possible?

I’m already willing to take a big pay cut and do something that makes me happy, and
I just want to know what I’m realistically in for.

Just finished my cert 3 and about to start my cert 4.

Amy advice would be greatly appreciated ?

I’ve been doing personal training for about 1.5 years. I was mainly with a owner, and then trained with her boyfriend whenever she couldn’t fit me in, but she mainly handled majority of my stuff (gym plans, nutrition tracking, check ins, etc). I would drive about a half hour because my best friend had great results (as have I), but I could only do 6pm sessions during the week. In April she texted me saying “I think we’re going to have to talk about you being on Matt’s schedule more than mine” but then was telling other clients (my friends) that I was officially going on Jake’s (that’s what we’re gonna call him) schedule full time without consulting with me first. She avoided me after that, and I made it very clear how it’s unprofessional to text something like that and tell other clients, but not talk to me about these things. I basically had little to no say, but was told that Jake would get a full run down so that I wouldn’t feel as though I was starting over.

Needless to say, her and Jake haven’t communicated at all about my plan. It’s been over a month and he still hasn’t made me a new workout plan after I’ve asked politely 3 times, and you can tell he doesn’t know where I’m at with lower body exercises (I mainly did upper body with him before). He put in one workout but only put the reps and told me to do whatever weight that makes me “feel the burn”. I know I’m no longer that new in the gym, but me still being in training is because I still need some sort of guidance. It kind of feels as though I’ve been pushed to the corner and forgotten about.

I met with another trainer today that’s a bit closer to me. I liked his vibe, he has a nice gym with a few trainers, and it seemed like he actually understood the barriers that come with having PCOS. We had a good chat. The only problem is that training 60 mins 1-on-1 once a week is $520/month, when I’m currently paying $320/month. He offers semi private training for $375/month that comes with body composition analysis, weekly check ins, nutrition tracking, and a gym plan…but I’ve never done semi private. The 1-on-1 training sessions also come with those things as well.

Should I leave my current trainer and just make the jump to the new one?? Is $520 for once a week hourly sessions worth it? Any one have any thoughts on semi private?? (Sorry for the mini rant)

I coach a mix of online and in-person clients, and the biggest problem wasn’t coaching, it was keeping track of everything around it.

Missed sessions, check-ins, injuries, nutrition, holidays, preferences, programme changes, and all the small things clients mention once and expect you to remember.

Once the client list grew, too much of that was living in my head.

So this year I rebuilt the backend.

Trainerize is still where clients receive workouts, log sessions, track habits and message me.

I also tested Everfit. It felt cleaner in a few areas, but undercooked in others, and moving platforms didn’t solve the real problem. The issue was how I was using the software.

I now use Trainerize mainly as the client-facing layer rather than trying to make it run the entire business.

client notes

Every client has one running record outside the app:

• current goal
• injuries and limitations
• exercise preferences
• recent wins
• personal context
• anything I promised to follow up on

This has probably improved the service more than any new feature.

Remembering someone’s birthday, work deadline or knee issue makes the coaching feel personal.

programming

I stopped writing everything from scratch.

I use a library of strong templates inside my coaching app, then adjust them around the individual.

The useful part was documenting the rules behind those changes.

What gets removed if they only have 30 minutes? What changes after poor sleep? When do I progress a lift? When does pain mean changing the exercise or referring out?

The software delivers the programme, but it shouldn't make those decisions.

check-ins

The long weekly form wasn’t working.

Now most clients answer three questions:

1. What went well?
2. What got in the way?
3. What needs changing?

Higher-touch clients get a voice note or call as well.

Completion is much better because it doesn’t feel like homework.

follow-ups

I no longer rely on memory to chase missed sessions.

My coaching app handles reminders, but I use clear rules for the human follow-up.

One missed session might need a nudge. Two missed sessions usually need a proper conversation.

Anything involving pain, confidence or someone wanting to quit always gets a real reply.

nutrition

I stopped forcing every client into the same system. Some track calories. Some use meal photos. Others work from protein and portion targets.

More data doesn’t always mean better coaching.

what’s still broken

Onboarding.

I still need training history, injuries, schedule, goals, previous failures and what type of accountability works for them.

Forms rarely give me the full picture.

The best onboarding still seems to be a proper conversation, followed by good notes afterwards.

the biggest lesson

Changing apps won't make you a better PT. But they do make you more organized. Trainerize, Everfit, WhatsApp and AI tools are only useful once you’ve decided how your coaching actually works.

What gets checked? When does someone get contacted? When does a programme change? What can be automated? What always needs a human response?

Writing those rules down has been more valuable than any platform switch.

Still haven’t solved onboarding properly though.

Has anyone found a good way to make it thorough without making a new client feel like they’re filling out a mortgage application?

Hye guys, im seeing what everyone is using for the business side of coaching for Content creation planning, leads, check-ins, client notes, offers, onboarding, etc.

Are you using one main platform or a messy mix of Notion, Google Sheets, WhatsApp, Trainerize, Everfit, etc.?

Looking for a Personal Trainer in the Rochester Area I’m a 60 year-old looking man for a legitimate, experienced personal trainer in the Rochester area. looking for someone that would come to my house house in Cornhill twice a week.

My goals are:
• Improve overall fitness and strength
• muscle tone and eliminating flab from weight loss
• Build a sustainable exercise routine

I’d prefer someone who:
• Has recognized certifications (NASM, ACE, ACSM, etc.)
• Has experience working with adults over 50
• Focuses on health and fitness rather than extreme bodybuilding
• Offers one-on-one training

If you’re a trainer yourself, feel free to message me with your credentials and rates.