Author: Roslyn Ryan Making prospective clients feel bad about their bodies is NOT the way to go. There are far better ways than body shaming to convince people to work with you or buy your product. Find out why. Everyone exists in a different and unique body. The way...
Author: Roslyn Ryan People don’t just hire a personal trainer because they want the company. They do it because they have reached the point of realising that they need help to achieve their goals. Said goals might be health-related, fitness-related or weight...
When it comes to working with businesses, they often don’t know what they want or need as an organisation. This is where you need to be prepared with your menu of services. If the business, you are talking to has no HR department then they most likely...
What is success? How do you define it? As PT’s, our success and career path is undecided.Why?Well, because we have to create it ourselves.There is no managing director telling us that we have to do XY&Z to get that promotion, or that we need tomore courses to...
In November every year, Exercise New Zealand organises a prestigious black tie event “Exercise Industry Awards” celebrating the amazing work of the fitness and exercise industry! This event is co timed with the FitEx Conference...
Here’s the thing – as Personal Trainers our greatest commodity is our time. Generally, we trade it for money and hope that we can build up a loyal client base that will keep coming back and paying us for our time. Well, here lies two issues: You shouldn’t be trading...
Author: Angela Anderson The only time I recommend thinking twice before having children is when you know you’re not emotionally ready or your financial situation is extreme - meaning, you’re buried and can barely make your payments. Otherwise, when you are being...
The South Australian Government has announced as of midnight tonight (16/11/2020) “Gyms, recreation centres, trampoline/play cafes to close (expected duration of 2 weeks)”“Community sports fixtures and training temporarily cancelled (expected duration of 2...
Author: Nancy Callaghan Over my 14 years of being in the fitness industry, I’ve trained many people from politicians to athletes to business executives to busy mums. During that time, I observed that no matter who we are, we all come up with the same reasons to not...
Author: Angela Anderson Through sickness and health, ‘till death do us part … aaaaand let’s keep our money separate, ok? I used to think that if you were married, you had to share everything - a bed and a bank account. However, the majority of married folks take...
