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Client Retention: What Keeps People Coming Back?
I’ve been reflecting on client retention and the long-term value of supervised high-intensity strength training, and I’d be interested in hearing about your experiences. I work as an independent personal trainer in a commercial gym, where clients can use the same equipment and train independently. Unlike in a dedicated HIT studio, personal training is an optional service. Some clients stay for years. Others gradually stop scheduling sessions, even when they’ve made progress and expressed satisfaction with the training. Some simply want to learn how to train effectively and eventually feel confident doing it themselves. This has made me reconsider how I select clients and communicate the value of ongoing supervision. I’m particularly curious: - Client selection: How do you identify people who are likely to value a long-term training relationship? - Retention: Have you asked former clients why they stopped? What did you learn? - Ongoing value: How do you communicate the benefits of continued supervision once clients understand the method and can perform the exercises independently? I’m also interested in whether trainers operating in commercial gyms experience different retention challenges from those running dedicated HIT studios. I’d especially appreciate hearing what you’ve actually tried, what worked, and what didn’t. Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences!
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📢 HIB 587: More Reps Is Better, IF… 📢
New episode up — Matt Brzycki returns to talk about why you might want to consider higher reps and higher TUL when it comes to strength training older clients — check out the episode here. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 - Episode Preview 02:30 - Strength Training and Aging 04:37 - At what age does it get hard to get gains? 08:36 - On training as an older athlete 11:18 - When does your strength peak? 12:32 - What TUL would you use for an older trainee (and why)? 16:52 - How Matt trains now versus when he was younger 19:52 - On varying movement speeds and using lower rep ranges 24:33 - A stopwatch for your finger 26:34 - Old men yell at clouds 28:04 - On the upcoming Strength Forum 32:57 - “Evidence-based training” — has it lost its meaning? 34:44 - On Matt’s upcoming talk at the Strength Forum 36:55 - A very Arthur Jones experience 45:39 - Matt volunteers to test Arthur Jones’ upcoming MedX Medical equipment ━━━━━━━━━━━━ - Matt Brzycki | The Brzycki Formula | Books  - Strength Over Time (in HIB Pro) - Dr. Doug McGuff’s Strength Over Time Presentation  - Sportcount Watch
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Welcome to the official intro post for High Intensity Business. STEP 1: Do you want help growing your strength training business? If Yes: Click here to get help scaling to $10,000 - $77,000/month If No: continue to Step 2. STEP 2: Please introduce yourself below Example: "Hey! I'm Lawrence. I've just started my personal training business, and looking to grow. On the weekends I like to play basketball." - Who you are - How long have you been in business and what you do - Something fun you like to do on the weekends! 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬).
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Equipment for sale
Hello, I have some equipment of the Nautilus 2st line for sale. Reason is that soon I will move to a new house and will have limited space for my garage gym. Now my equipment hasn't been used that much since I own for over 10 years in my private gym. It's me my wife and about 6 friends thst workout here. So compared to it's construction each machine had a breeze at my location. Have to say, all protection shields are gone, since I like that " naked" look. I have: Legpress Abduktor Adduktor Calves Rotary Row Further I sell 2 pulldown, seated row, squat cage, smith machine and dumbells from 35 to 60 kg. If someone is interested just contact me. I like to give my equipment a good new home. Thanks.
📢 HIB 586: Service That Lands Clients, Guaranteed 📢
New Episode Up! Million-Dollar Trainer Pete Cerqua returns to the pod to talk about the one thing that’s non-negotiable if you want to have a seriously successful strength training business: world-class customer service. He walks you through why, how, and all the details that matter. Plus, marshmallows. Watch it now ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 01:39 - Why is Alex Hormozi copying Pete Cerqua? 02:56 - Richard Berle, legendary strength trainer from New York 07:03 - What’s the biggest challenge for fitness business owners right now? 08:04 - How to get more prospects through your doors 10:33 - Never look desperate 11:51 - Strength training businesses are like restaurants — what kind is yours? 14:13 - What great customer service looks like in practice 19:42 - Lawrence’s experience in hospitality (and his losing record against gravity) 22:16 - Why Pete’s business did better when he hired trainers with no experience 24:55 - You NEED to experience a high-end restaurant at least once as a fitness business owner 27:38 - Business lessons from high-end marshmallows 31:26 - The right way to include storytelling in client experiences 34:54 - Manners matter more than people realize 37:14 - You should really get to know your clients 43:06 - Common mistakes you need to watch out for 46:22 - A great example: Timesaver Strength’s Steve Berthiaume 50:00 - Does it matter what equipment or studio setup you have? 52:11 - Another great example: MaxStrength Fitness’ Jeff Tomaszewski 53:31 - Stopwatches, clipboards, and analog versus digital 56:49 - How much tech is too much tech in a client session? 1:01:08 - On optimal stopwatch usage ━━━━━━━━━━━━ - Pete Cerqua | Resistance Exercise Professionals (REP) - Richard Berle | Body by Berle - Steve Berthiaume | TimeSaver Strength - Jeff Tomaszewski | MaxStrength Fitness
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