For those out there running their business full-time, what do you do for your own health insurance? Do you have a plan directly from a provider? Any tips on affordability when you are not getting health insurance through an employer?

Since we know how beneficial strength training is for all types of physiological effects like glucose uptake, blood pressure improvements, cardiovascular improvements, mental wellness, etc; what would be the optimal dose and frequency to maximize all the health benefits of strength training? Obviously, for muscle hypertrophy and strength gains we need rest in-between workouts, but are we missing out on all the other, maybe even more important, benefits of strength training by limiting our sessions to once or twice a week? I’m curious if maybe training more frequently, but using a split routine might get you the health benefits from strength training without overtraining problems. How best to balance out all the benefits of strength training through increasing frequency with the need for rest and recovery and super-adaptation. Thoughts?

Hi Lawrence Great your including free members again I've got an update, I'm now over 70% completed my Master Hituni course, 34 months to go for retirement and change to work as a PT. Through socialising with my friends group at my local I'm now being approached for advice on nutrition and recently been asked to initiate a friend & her teenage daughter at our local gym in Hit training, I will only be able to demonstrate proper form 1 to 1 and support their efforts away from the gym as I'm not qualified yet, but I see it as a great opportunity to practice my PT skills, help someone I know and slowly market myself for the time I'm free to devote myself fully to the work I want to do. Best regards & keep up the good work Nigel

Since I started in January, I’ve generated around 100 leads, mostly from new John Reed members and conversations on the gym floor. This September, I had 14 leads, converting 1 into a weekly training package worth €600, with 3 more possible conversions pending follow-up. I also have 5 upcoming introductions, with 2 prospects showing conditional interest. Right now, I have 9 active subscriptions, but client churn is high—I’ve lost 4 in the past three months while gaining only 1 new subscription. My monthly revenue is about €2,000, with net income roughly half that. My network includes 142 leads, 153 Instagram followers, and 124 LinkedIn connections. My biggest challenges are low conversion and retention rates, with only about a 7% confirmed conversion from recent studio intros, and several clients have paused or stopped training. My Instagram reaches 15,000 views per month, but I’m mostly just posting as social proof right now. I see this as an opportunity area. I spend about 25 to 30 hours a week on the gym floor, training clients and prospecting. Each week I schedule 3 to 5 trial sessions, which I consider warm leads. John Reed supplies 3 to 5 cold leads monthly from clients interested in studio introductions. I’ve reached out to all my clients asking for feedback and referrals. While the ratings have been excellent (10/10), I’ve only received 3 referrals in 9 months. I actively ask for written testimonials and have started recording video reviews, with 2 so far. My warm lead pipeline is running low; I spend office hours following up with them, and when I have time, I reach out to cold leads, usually by messaging. I could definitely do more with social media. Last week I reached out to businesses around John Reed, offering to train their personnel, but so far have only received “no” responses. This week, I gathered all email addresses from my system and sent out my first “client in focus” email to 125 recipients. Given recent trends, I’m starting to feel a bit nervous and overwhelmed—I need more clients to keep the momentum going.

Today is a PR of scheduled sessions in a day. 34!! Part of a 119 session week. Happy Thursday everyone!