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EP#21 Trainer Spotlight Series: Meet Chad Landers

Mar 26, 2025

Chad Landers, a seasoned personal trainer with over 32 years of experience in Los Angeles, shares invaluable insights from his journey. He discusses the significance of strength training for all ages and critiques fleeting fitness trends. Chad emphasizes open communication in coaching through a humorous anecdote and shares strategies for building a loyal clientele based on quality service. He also tackles misinformation in the fitness industry and stresses the need for ongoing education, making strength training accessible and safe for everyone.

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ADVICE

Consistency is Key

Be consistent in your training and strive for daily improvement.
Small, consistent progress over time yields significant long-term results.

ANECDOTE

The Lipstick Story

Chad Landers shares a story about a client with lipstick on her teeth.
He learned the importance of having uncomfortable conversations to help others.

ADVICE

Client Acquisition & Retention

Focus on providing high-quality service and building strong client relationships.
Client referrals and word-of-mouth are powerful marketing tools.

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We get to know Chad Landers in this Trainer Spotlight episode of FITLETE Radio.

GEORGE: Introduce yourself and tell us a little about what you do and your background.

Hey, I'm Chad Landers. I have a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois. I was also the first American, and at the time only American, to get a postgraduate diploma in sports nutrition through the International Olympic Committee. I've had a personal training studio called Push Private Fitness for 22 years now in Los Angeles, and I've been a personal trainer in Los Angeles for 32 years. I work with anybody. I mean, I've had clients as young as nine years old and as old as 95. I've worked with a lot of famous people, actors and musicians, and a lot of, you know, professional people. So I really don't limit myself to a certain avatar, if you will. I will train anybody and everybody who wants to get stronger. Typically at my studio, it's strength training and, depending on the client, maybe some interval cardio work, but I've stuck with that for 30-some years in spite of all the trends and fads that have come by, whether it be, you know, I was here when Taibo first got big and have seen, you know, dozens of places like Curves and Orange Theory and CrossFit Boxes come and go, and I just keep doing what I do because I know that it works. So yeah, the mission of my business is just to make strength training accessible to anybody and realize that it doesn't have to be this big, crazy thing that maybe we see on social media nowadays, that you just need to be consistent and trying to do a little bit better than you did the day before. And that's really true with training as it is in life. If you just try to do a little bit better than you did the day before, things are probably going to work out for you pretty well in the long run.

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Want more Chad Landers in your life? You can find’em here:

Visit: https://pushprivatefitness.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chadlanders/

Gym Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pushprivatefitness/

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