Fitness pros in England have been back at the gym for just over a month now, and today (31st August) our Scottish counterparts have opened their doors again. However, if you speak to anyone who has been back working for a while, they'll tell you that things are very different now than they were 6 months ago. Even though class attendances are starting to climb in the clubs that I work at, timetables look very different, people are coming in at different times of day and gym me

So you've just passed your level 2 fitness qualification and are ready to start your new journey as a fitness instructor! But, where do you begin? How do you go about securing permanent classes? How do you approach a gym or get some cover? What bits of kit do I need to teach? What insurances do you need? These are the things I wanted to know when I was first starting my journey as a fit pro. I was fresh out of uni, hadn't been studying sport, was moving back to an area where

In a previous post I spoke about why goals are important to you as a fitness professional and how they can help you grow your influence, income and impact your life in a positive way. Today we are going to get a bit more practical and look at how you can set goals for yourself and your clients, and how you can make sure you achieve them. 1. Get SMART If you have done any sort of level 2 or 3 fitness qualification then you know all about SMART goals. This stands for: S - speci

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Although teaching group fitness classes is an amazing and rewarding career, it can often be tough to make a good living purely teaching classes, especially if you only teach high intensity programs. The beauty of a career in group fitness is that you can do as much or as little of it as you like, and this provides you with the freedom to pursue another career alongside teaching fitness classes. As I work in the City of London, a lot of my freelance team have a "normal" office

Most people get into teaching group fitness classes because they love the class style, love fitness and want to share that passion with other people. Not everybody that becomes a fitness instructor has had experience standing in front of a group of people and presenting or performing, and your first few classes can seem like the scariest thing in the world. Lack of confidence can strike even the most experienced of us - sometimes all it takes is a new club, some bad feedback

So it has officially been three months since I introduced Group Fitness Training to the world and 2 months since I launched my first products. Time flies when you're having fun, eh? Launching a new business in the middle of a pandemic was always going to be a challenge. especially when the people my products are aimed at had no real use for them at that current time. Although some of my plans have been halted due the crisis, I've achieved a fair bit since May. So, what are th

There are two types of people in this world; those who think about doing great things and those who actually do them. Often, all that separates them is that one started doing the thing whilst the other procrastinated. I am the sort of person that likes to take action. If I decide I am going to do something, I make sure I follow through with it. This has lead me to doing some great things in my life but also some very silly things. But hey, I learnt lessons from the silly thin