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Business of Training
Running an independent training business: pricing, retention, scheduling, insurance, and the systems that keep clients coming back.
20 articles in this topic
Best Hours for a Side Hustle Personal Trainer
Best hours for a side hustle personal trainer: 5 to 8 AM before work, a lunch slot, and 5 to 8 PM after, plus how to hold them around a full-time job.
Buffer Time Between Training Clients: How Much Is Enough?
How much buffer time between training clients is enough: what 5, 10 and 15 minute gaps buy for reset, notes, a restroom break and late arrivals when you work alone.
Can My Employer Stop Me From Personal Training on the Side?
Can my employer stop me from personal training on the side? Often only through what you signed: moonlighting clauses, conflict policies, and non-competes.
How Do Personal Trainers Set Boundaries With Clients?
How to set boundaries with training clients: hours, scheduling, payment, and communication rules, set in writing early and enforced consistently.
How Do You Fire a Personal Training Client?
How to fire a personal training client: decide on patterns, deliver it directly and briefly, refund unused sessions per your contract, and exit with class.
How Many Admin Hours Does a Solo Trainer Need a Week?
How many admin hours a solo trainer needs: a planning range for messages, billing, programming and planning, plus how to block the time on your calendar.
How Many Reschedules Should a Client Get?
How many reschedules should a client get? Set a per-package allowance of two to three moves, keep it separate from cancel fees, and word it plainly.
How Many Sessions Per Day Is Too Many for a Trainer?
How many sessions per day is too many for a trainer? A practical daily ceiling, the signs quality is dropping and a safe weekly cap to plan around.
How Much Notice to Give Clients Before Your Vacation
How much notice to give clients before your vacation: a 60, 30 and 7 day timeline, what to say at each step, and what to offer clients while you are away.
How to Fill Midday Gaps in a Trainer Schedule
How to fill midday gaps in a trainer schedule: who trains between 10 AM and 3 PM, how to price those hours, and ways to use small groups to fill them.
Independent Personal Trainer Monthly Expenses: A Full List
Independent personal trainer monthly expenses: every recurring cost line for a studio-free solo trainer, with a way to trim each one and where to find the numbers.
Programming for a Client Who Is Traveling: Hotel Plans
Programming for a client who is traveling: a bodyweight and hotel gym plan with minimal equipment, time caps and clear fallbacks for short, tiring trip days.
Programming for Clients Who Miss Sessions Often
Programming for clients who miss sessions often: build a flexible program with must-do lifts, swappable days and a restart rule so a gap does not stall progress.
Recurring Client Time Slots: Giving Regulars a Standing Time
Recurring client time slots give regulars the same hour every week. See how standing times lift attendance, the fairness rules to set, and how to hold the room.
Referral Fees Between Trainers: Fair Splits and Rules
Referral fees between trainers: how flat and percentage arrangements typically work, what to put in writing, and the tax and licensing checks to run first.
Revenue Split for an Associate Trainer: What Is Fair?
A fair revenue split for an associate trainer depends on who brings the clients, who supplies the room and who handles admin. Use this framework to set yours.
Sending Progress Updates to a Client's Doctor or PT
Sending progress updates to a client's doctor or PT: get written consent first, share only training facts, and leave clinical decisions to the care team.
Should Trainers Charge for No-Shows?
Should trainers charge for no shows? Yes, when the policy is written, agreed to upfront, and enforced consistently. Here is how to do it without drama.
Should Trainers Offer Recovery Sessions?
Recovery sessions personal training: worth offering as structured coaching for retention and revenue, if you stay firmly inside training scope.
True Hourly Rate for an Independent Trainer After Expenses
True hourly rate for an independent trainer: divide net income by every hour you work, billed or not, with a worked example and ways to raise it.