This podcast episode delves into semi-private personal training, featuring interviews with 7 trainers who share insights on SPPT benefits, program design, pricing, and client management. Topics also include coaching tips, nutrition support, pricing models, booking systems, and transitioning into SPPT. Listeners can learn about structuring workouts, client progress tracking, and the transition from 1-1 training to semi-private sessions.
Semi-private personal training offers flexibility and scalability for trainers and clients.
Effective programming and nutrition management are crucial aspects of semi-private training sessions.
Deep dives
Exploring Different Formats for Conducting Interviews in Personal Training
The episode delves into the experimentation with various formats in personal training podcasts, with a focus on interviews. It discusses the benefits of engaging conversations and takeaways obtained from interviewing trainers, highlighting the preference for interview-based episodes.
Insights into Semi-Private Personal Training Model
The podcast explores the concept of semi-private personal training, involving small groups of individuals. It addresses the differences between consumer and business perspectives, emphasizing benefits such as flexibility, scalability, and improved engagement for both clients and trainers.
Structuring Programming in Semi-Private Training
The episode details the approach to structuring programming in semi-private training sessions, focusing on the use of framework and session blocks. It emphasizes the significance of consistency through dedicated workout blocks, encompassing varying focuses like strength, power, and hypertrophy.
Managing Nutrition and Pricing Strategies in Semi-Private Training
The discussion covers strategies for managing nutrition guidance within semi-private training, highlighting individual consultations, and ongoing support. Additionally, pricing models are explored, emphasizing the importance of clear pricing structures and flexibility to accommodate long-term commitments or monthly memberships.
Semi-private personal training (SPPT) is a model that many trainers get into to advance their careers. It allows you to work with more people, earn more money and not become stuck with the standard 1-1 model that only allows you to do so many hours. But, SPPT isn't easy and there are many trainers who get into it and decide they don't like it as they don't know how to make it work.
In this episode, I speak to 7 trainers from a range of backgrounds who are all running SPPT in some form within their business. Some own facilities, some do it out of other people's studios and some do it out of commercial gyms.
We go over:
What SPPT is and why it may make sense to consider doing it.
The big differences between SPPT and 1-1.
How to do it in a commercial gym.
How to create effective programmes for SPPT.
Whether or not clients should write out their own weights during the session.
Coaching tips.
Managing nutrition.
Pricing.
Booking systems.
Tips for transitioning into when you're completely new