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Playbooks for personal trainers.
Short reads for trainers and small studios. Each one ends with something you can do before your next client.
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Get paid on timeSession packs vs monthly memberships: which keeps clients training?Packs or a monthly membership? How each changes when clients train, when you get paid and when they drift, and when a pack is still the right call.13 October 2026 · 5 min read
Keep your clientsHow to show personal training clients their progress so they stayClients stop seeing their progress around week six. What to measure for each goal, how to re-test fairly, and what to say when the scale won’t move.9 October 2026 · 5 min read
Keep your clientsHow to stop losing personal training clients: 5 warning signs and what to doClients rarely quit, they drift. The five signs a personal training client is about to leave, the text to send at each, and a 10-minute Monday check.5 October 2026 · 4 min read
Get paid on timeHow to track personal training payments without chasing clientsTrack personal training payments without a card processor: what to record per client, owed vs expired, what to text in each case and a 5-minute monthly check.5 October 2026 · 5 min read
Less adminHow to log client workouts during the session, not at 9pmLog client workouts in the rest between sets: what to record, what to skip, a shorthand that lasts, and how to log supersets, circuits, AMRAPs and EMOMs.5 October 2026 · 5 min read
Get more clientsHow to get personal training referrals from the clients you already haveHow to get personal training referrals: ask the day a client hits a win, name the kind of person you mean, and say thanks without offering a discount.5 October 2026 · 5 min read- Keep your clientsHow to keep track of personal training clients without a spreadsheetWhat a personal trainer needs to track for each client, where spreadsheets break down, and how to spot someone drifting away before they quit.7 September 2026 · 9 min read
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- How to ask a client to renew without a sales pitchKeep your clients · Coming soon
- A personal training session notes template you’ll actually useLess admin · Coming soon
- Turn client workouts into posts that bring in new peopleGet more clients · Coming soon
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