Personal Fitness Professional - June 2008 - (Page 24)

BOUNCING TAKE NOTES! track progress ! change loca tions 1. The weights and reps the client was performing portant 2. Any important new milestones that were achieved 3. Exercises that weren’t performed that need to be covered next time 4. Notes on exercises that work well for the client or they seem to respond well to 5. Plans for the next session 6. Any problems the client is having when performing a particular exercise 7. Any other sudden notes or realizations you have that can help your client If you’ve been a trainer for a while, you know that taking notes during sessions is nothing new. It’s one of the modern practices in personal training that has become almost universal. The key word here is almost. There are still some trainers (you know who you are) that don’t take notes during their clients’ sessions. They either have a photographic memory or don’t really care what was performed that session. Whatever the case, they’re really undermining their ability to add value to their sessions. Read Part 2 online— “Bouncing to different locales and paying attention to clients” in our Magazine Archives I remember when I ﬁrst started as a personal trainer at a Bally Total Fitness; my training manager at the time didn’t think it was necessary for me to keep notes. He questioned why I did it and why I couldn’t just keep all the pre-planning and progress tracking in my head. Despite his advice, I kept doing it, and in a few short years, I was earning a six-ﬁgure income. Last I heard about him, he was still bouncing around the chain gyms and still earning inadequate pay with a huge workload and tons of stress. The diﬀerence I realized at that time was the importance of adding value to my training sessions. Because of this added value, I was slowly able to train a higher level of client, charge more and work fewer hours. Kaiser Serajuddin is the owner and head trainer of GoHard Fitness Inc. in New York City. He holds a degree in biology from Long Island University and is certiﬁed by the AFAA, IFPA and Spinning. His consulting company, Top-Level Trainer, delivers a superior practice model to trainers along with branding and marketing services. Kaiser also writes and maintains Super-Trainer, a blog delivering some of the most insightful news, training tactics and proﬁles of other top trainers in the country. For more information, visit www.topleveltrainer.com, www.gohardﬁtness.com or www. super-trainer.com; you can reach him at kaiser@gohardﬁtness.com. ● JUNE-JULY2008 · WWW.FIT-PRO.COM 24 http://www.gohard?tness.com http://www.topleveltrainer.com http://www.super-trainer.com http://www.super-trainer.com http://WWW.FIT-PRO.COM

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Personal Fitness Professional - June 2008 Contents Letter From the Editor, Writers To Franchise Or Not To Franchise? Current Controversies Insuring Success Case Study Exercise Spotlights Raising Rates Through Better Session Design Mark Your Calendar The Perfect Ad The Movement Triad Exercise Spotlights Product Profile New on the Market Spotlight: Brian Boyle

Personal Fitness Professional - June 2008

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