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EP#14 Trainer Spotlight Series: Meet Ron Duppert

Feb 28, 2025

Ron Duppert, a certified personal trainer and facility leader in Charlotte, brings a wealth of experience in fitness. He discusses the evolution of his training practice, including a newfound focus on golfing clients despite lacking a golfing background. Ron shares a humorous vacation story involving parrots, emphasizing the importance of genuine client engagement and tailored training strategies. He highlights the need for continuous education in the fitness industry to counter misinformation, advocating for a return to basic nutrition and fundamental strength training.

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ANECDOTE

Punta Cana Parrot Photo Scam

Ron shared a story about a man in Punta Cana who unexpectedly put parrots on his wife for a photo shoot.
They were shocked when asked to pay $90 USD after the photo session, realizing it was a common scam at the resort.

ADVICE

Positive Energy Attracts Clients

Be positive and high-energy in the gym; welcome everyone and learn their names.
Showcase client workouts on social media to attract new clients by making training approachable.

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Client Assessment Process

Assess new clients with a free intro, paperwork on goals and history, and a functional circuit workout.
Use the workout to observe movement, conditioning, and coaching needs before creating a goal roadmap.

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We get to know Ron Duppert in this Trainer spotlight episode of FITLETE Radio.

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

My name is Ron Dupert. I am a certified personal trainer down in Charlotte, North Carolina. I actually got my bachelor's degree in exercise science up in New York at the State University at Cortland. And currently, I am the facility leader at a private fitness studio called Lake Norman Fitness Specialist, which is in a small suburban town north of Charlotte called Cornelius. And I honestly love to work with anybody, anybody that is really willing to work hard. I typically work a lot with, recently, I've actually noticed I've been getting a lot of people who are cyclists, runners, people that are just looking to get better overall so they can play with their grandkids, play with their kids, play other sports. But recently, I've actually been getting a couple more golfers, which has been interesting enough, because I don't have any golfing background or I don't have a golfing certification, but I do have an understanding of the sport, per se. So the workouts I've been running up recently have been focusing a lot around the game of golf, which is kind of fun because it's just something new for me to learn. But yeah, no, I love training anybody and anybody that's willing to work hard. And I don't want people to think that training has to become an absolute priority in their life, but I do think it is necessary for them to incorporate strength training or some kind of training routine into their life so they can get better at anything else that they want to do in life, whether that's sports, playing with their kids, their grandkids, hiking, cycling, golf, etc

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