HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF AS A PERSONAL TRAINER IN A GYM

As a personal trainer in the UK, it’s not enough just to have a personal training qualification. You need something more. You need that ‘X Factor’. This is something that sets you apart from every other personal trainer out there. It shows that you are the best of the best and only choice for people who want to engage a personal trainer. To develop this X Factor, there are a number of pointers in terms of personal trainer professionality that you need to stick to when you’re in the gym.

WATCH YOUR OWN CLIENTS LIKE A HAWK

To be a successful personal trainer in the UK, you need to take care of your own clients as a priority. This means that while they are in session with you, you need to be watching their every move so that you can correct their form if necessary and encourage them during that last rep. Also, if other people see how you train your clients, and they are impressed by what you do, you’ll be at the top of their minds when it comes time for them to engage a personal trainer.

To help you achieve this, you need an accredited personal training qualification, like those on offer at Trifocus Fitness Academy UK. We offer the Level 3 Certificate In Personal Training as well as the Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training:

• The Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training teaches students the fundamentals – such as anatomy, physiology and how to design an exercise programme for personal training clients – that they need to be successful in their personal training career.
• The Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training takes your personal training career to the next level by building on the Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training with more advanced modules. It’s also accredited by the YMCA Awards and is endorsed by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS).

PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS

As a personal trainer, you’re a walking billboard for your services. So, if you’re well-toned and take care of your body people will be more inclined to take advantage of your services as opposed to a personal trainer who is out of shape. This is because they’ll be more inclined to believe that you know what you’re talking about because you implement – what you teach others – for yourself.

BE PROUD OF YOUR APPEARANCE

You know the old saying: “First impressions count” so be sure to always be well groomed and neat when you’re in the gym. Make sure that your uniform is always clean and is well ironed. And although you may be expected to be at the gym at 5am, don’t give the impression that you’ve just rolled out of bed and into the gym! Always take time to make sure that your personal grooming and hygiene is on point before you step foot in the gym.

DON’T POACH OTHER PERSONAL TRAINERS’ CLIENTS

When you’re in the gym, and you see other personal trainers in session with their clients, don’t go up to the clients and start talking to them with a view to getting them to come to you for personal training services as opposed to your colleague. First and foremost, this is bad business practice. If the client is unhappy with the service that their current personal trainer is giving them, they will actively search out a new personal trainer. (And if you’ve done your marketing well, they’ll probably find you.)

Remember that the personal training client is there at the gym for a particular fitness purpose. They don’t want to be bothered with idle chit chat. They want to perform the exercises that their personal trainer has given them and go home after this.

A better idea would be, when you aren’t busy with a client, to walk around the gym and look for members who are exercising on their own. Scrutinise their form and if they’re not performing the exercise correctly, ask them politely if you may assist and preface your conversation with the fact that you’re a personal trainer. Chances are very good that you will be the first person they think of when they look for a personal trainer.

CONTACT TRIFOCUS FITNESS ACADEMY 

We, at Trifocus Fitness Academy UK, offer many other fitness courses and a variety of personal training qualifications. To have one of our specialised consultants contact you about these, follow this link.

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