Olly Jones: Getting Started in PT, Work-Life Balance & Client Retention

In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Olly Jones. Olly is a trainer who has been working with clients since July 2004. Currently, he is the personal training co-ordinator for a gym called The Marlow Club where he mentors trainers and trains his clients. They discuss what it would be like starting as a PT today, why it's ok to change who you want to work with throughout your career, how to improve your client retention rates and defining the term client results.

 

 

Timestamps:

• [01.50] - How he got started in the fitness industry.
• [09.35] - Starting online as a new personal trainer?
• [16.55] - Why remote coaching through zoom is a viable method for new personal trainers to use to get started.
• [19.05] - Why it's common to change the direction of who you want to work with in personal training.
• [27.15] - Why he's managed to achieve such high retention rates.
• [37.56] - Personal trainers defining client results too narrowly.

 

 

Find Out More About Olly:

• Email: pt@themarlowclub.co.uk
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/olly_jonespt/ 

 

 

Find Out More About LTB:

• Website: https://liftthebar.com/
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