Personal Training Session | How To Do One | Personal Trainer Tips
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- In this video Jeff an Exercise Physiologist and Personal Trainer tells you how to conduct a personal training session. Your certification exam may have given you some knowledge, but putting it all into practice is another task all together and hopefully this video will help you make that leap!
Four years ago Jeff mostly did In- Home Personal Training but over the course of time Jeff has had enough success to start his own personal training studio, as well as employ and train other personal trainers.
If you have any concerns on being a solid trainer and making a good living as a trainer, Jeff will be your guide starting with this video in our training education series.
The blueprint to client communication and session structure laid out in this video will help you succeed as a personal trainer, where so many others have failed.
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Loved watching this. All the things you said about being attentive and picking up the weight for Alexis. From a clients point of view I really appreciate that and it makes you feel looked after. Would defiantly have you as a trainer.
crikeymos22 thanks for the positive feedback!
Me too!
I do that as well, I mean they pay a lot of money, the least you can do is everything for them right? so they only have to follow what you say and a plan
Personal training is a customer service based industry. The mental side of making the client feel positive and enjoy their time with you is more important then the actual workout
It’s definitely one of the most important parts! People do tend to forget that!
So if I've made the client enjoy their time with me but have them deadlift and squat like SHIT with SHIT form I've fully done my job as a trainer right? RIGHT???????!!!!!!!!
@@F511BHS obviously not. But most qualified trainers can come up with appropriate workouts, proper form, rest periods, progressive overload, etc. what sets you apart is clever conversation….
For example, During sessions I’ve learned to write down in my note pad Topics of conversation, so I can fill rest periods with good convo. Write down notes of what they tell you about their personal life. So you can bring it up later. Keep an excel sheet of each client with things like when is their birthday, hobbies, favorite foods, etc. it all helps build report and helps you gain those long-term relationships.
Sooooo true!
@@F511BHS no.
But: if you've managed to make your client feel good and made them enjoy the time WHILE keeping good form and reasonable intensity (that will vary from person to person).
If you can combine both, that's when you've done an amazing job.
Great video! I will show this to my trainer friends!
I appreciate this video so much! I was a personal trainer decades ago and am coming back to it... this was a great refresher, you have a great channel.
Thank you! We’re glad that you found it helpful!
Very informative. Will watch again!
My practical interview is tomorrow and I cannot imagine getting this far without this channel! I would have appreciated some background music in this video as it felt a little awkward to me just hearing the breathing noises as Alexis completed her reps, lol. In any case, I love your content and can say with certainty these videos have helped me to gain a ton of knowledge and confidence. Thank you!
Hey there Jeff and Alexis! I live in India and I am a certified PT and have done a few other certifications as well and quite honestly, I've learned much more from you than these certifications and other so called you tube fitness gurus influencers and celebrity fitness trainers! What I love about you is your no nonsense ways of explaining things .. Now I only follow you guys 😊
Thank you so much! We really appreciate that! We’re glad that you’re finding our content helpful!
I never watch videos this long but this was well worth it. MORE VIDEOS PLEASE!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
It's helping me out with my career, keep them coming bro
I’m happy to help! Thanks for the support!
Really great video and I really enjoy your content. I’m a personal trainer as well and personally I feel it’s also crucial to guide clients with their breath. It gets tricky when it comes to counting reps at the same time, however prioritizing their form and synching their breath to their movements is a big part of my sessions. Keep up the awesome content
Thank you! I agree with you on the breathing! I wish I had talked about that more in this video. It’s something that I’ll have to discuss more in the next one!
Great advice!
This is great. I'm in physical therapy and wanted to get the feel of sessions with a healthy client for fitness and this was very helpful and pretty similar to what we do with dysfunctional patients too. Thank you for this!
Thanks that’s always great to hear! I’m glad you found it helpful!
Im seeing myself to getting into Personal Training .. and this video has helped me in abundance!!!
Thank you soo much Sir ❤️
Happy to help! Hopefully you decide to give training a shot!
Thankyou! Been watching your videos from the nasm review, study guide, and now teaching me wtf to do on first day walking into the gym. My first day shadowing a trainer at the gym I'll be working at is in a few days. Very nervous but your videos are helpsing
Thanks for your support! Best of luck! I’m sure you’ll do great!
You had me laughing!! Awesome knowledge too man!! This is cool
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for these videos great advice for a new trainer and experienced trainers.
Thanks! We’re glad that you’re finding it helpful!
So extremely helpful. Thank you for this video!!
Of course! Thanks for watching!
As a new personal trainer, how much would you charge?
Daniel La Sala I have a video discussing that here. m.th-cam.com/video/c2syGJGDn9A/w-d-xo.html
If you have any questions let me know.
Great! Thank you!
Hi jeff,
I just wanted to say thank you. I just passed an ace exam yesterday and your videos helped me alot.
Thanks.
Congrats!!
Thx for this video! It is very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
I appreciate this SSSOOOO much!! I recently got certified via NASM...but due to this darn covid it's been difficult to find a trainer who is comfortable with me shadowing. I haven't given up yet, but this is the next best thing. Thank you guys!!!
We’re glad that you found it helpful! We plan on making more videos like this one soon!
I am in the same boat. I am certified through ISSA and really would like to shadow someone before I just get thrown into a gym.
How is it going so far?
thanks for the video im on my journey to becoming a trainer this helps a bunch
Glad I could help!
Great content for aspiring trainers ❤️
Thank you! I appreciate that!
It was helpful to listen to the questions you asked Alexis over the course of the session. You didn’t point out for all of them that they’re things trainers should ask, but it’s implied
Thanks! Trainer communication and asking good questions is probably the most important part of the job!
That was wonderful ❤
Thank you!
Got a great workout in 🏋️♀️ thanks 😊
Of course!
This is great!
Thank you! We appreciate that!
She respects you so much. Definately showing some more love brother 😉😄💛
Great content!
Thank you! Glad that you found it helpful!
These videos, and templates have helped me a great deal as I have become a newly qualified PT. However, one thing I struggle with is programming for weight loss as they move through the phases. I've watched your videos on splits, programming etc but would love to see some examples of how a weight loss client moves through the phases and in particular how the splits might change and the order of the exercises and how you pair them in supersets or tri-sets
I really appreciate that! Thanks for the support!
as i personal trainer myself, good stuff buddy
Thanks so much!
Good Advice!!!
Thanks!
yall are a power couple!!!
Thanks so much 💪🏻💪🏻
Very great work bro im learning alot from u but can i don’t separate tha set i mesn is it okai to do 3 sets of on excrsise then go to another one?
Thank you I appreciate that! It’s definitely ok to train people that way! I do exercises back to back with clients often!
Thanks bro blessings from Jamaica 🏋️♂️👍to become a certified personal trainer, which certification program are best?
Thank you! In the US it’s NASM, ACE, ACSM, and the NSCA. It does vary country to country though.
And do you have any videos on the squat rack? It’s all new to me.
Unfortunately, I haven’t covered too much of that. I could at some point in the future, but there is a lot of content from other channels on that already so that’s prevented me from doing it so far.
Even though she doesn't want to be a powerlifter she still needs to warm her muscles up and get her joints lubricated BEFORE stretching. It honestly helps
Sure I agree with you. Dynamic stretching is one of the best ways to lubricate joints before lifting though. It’s the top option for trainers right now for that reason.
What about pha training?
Mixing upper and lower body in a circuit so they work on that total body conditioning.
Getting a good sweat in.
Burning that fat ?
That stuff is good too! Definitely feel free to mix that into sessions
Hello, i have been wondering, you do not change weight through the excercise? for example 1. set 10kg DB 2. set 12kg DB etc? If yes, how do you write it in your workout chart? Thx for your work, i have been looking a long time for informations like you give us :)
This is a good question! Thanks for the kind words too! Sometimes I will switch weights between sets and sometimes I won’t. It depends on the client. I typically just write the weights for the second set (if it’s a different weight) in a box close by on my workout chart.
It just needs to look organized and neat enough so that I know what to do for the next session.
sometimes i can't find machine or bench to do some exercise even something alternative especially in covid situation and my question is when we train a client what we should do in situation like this. and second question is superset you count like two exercise or one?
I think you just always need to be ready to
move onto a different exercise in an environment like that. Be ready to think on
your feet as you’re going through your session.
A superset would be doing two exercises back to back like bench press followed by rows. I use them in most of my sessions!
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation thank you jeff DHA!
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When you're a personal trainer and you're not constantly talking to a camera, How much do you keep talking or is it alright to have pauses. Or what is the lognest you would let a pause go on for? I've got a practical exam coming up, just wondering.
Pauses in the session are totally normal and should happen somewhat often. Sometimes I’ll be counting reps in my head and not saying anything. Other times I’ll just be watching form carefully, not saying anything.
Don’t feel pressured to be constantly chatty!
part of being a pt is updating on current knowledge right? static stretching before a workout regardless of being sport related or not puts your client at more of a risk, meaning you have failed to adhere to the principles of keeping the client healthy and safe correct?
There’s definitely some logic in what you’re saying. That being said, doing static stretching before resistance training will be totally fine for almost any client, assuming that you’re doing things safely.
Static stretching has shown to possibly make you very slightly weaker, if you do it right before a big lift. This is because our muscles work kind of like big rubber bands. This shouldn’t really matter for most clients, as they are no where near lifting maximally anyways.
I wouldn’t do static stretching right before a strength focused day or with a client who is doing heavy lifting though.
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Ahh ok I understand now, thank you. I'm still learning so I was confused due to the fact some people are strict on this and some not so much. So it depends more on the client's ability, progress and focus?
No problem! It mostly depends on their goals and their experience level. Static stretches are probably fine for newer clients doing less intense sessions but maybe not as good to do right before a heavier session with a more advanced client
Can you make video on a training session with cervival problem?
I’ll certainly cover that one at some point soon!
she's rounding her low back at the bottom of the squat, is that something we need to look out for? I always ensure to squat as low as i can without rounding my low back.
It’s definitely something to look out for! In her case it’s relatively minor but still something to be aware of. It’s something we’ve addressed since this session but I would avoid heavy loaded squats with a client who’s rounding at all. If she had squatted just a little bit less deep she may have been able to keep a flatter back as well.
I wish women would get rid of that bulky mindset. It’s a bit hard for many to look...”bulky.” Women you are beautiful with muscle!
We definitely agree!
I mean this might be completely subjective but I think the client should be focused on learning their own body, improving form and performance. How else are they gonna get better?
Ya improving form and performance are always important. Those are always primary objectives in any training session.
Jeff, I have been doing personal training for a few months. I have stable clients that come to my home studio.
I recently started working at a local gym. I met with a potential client last night. Idk how to put this other than our personalities are too different and I felt like she was a bit condescending. To anyone else perhaps this may not be a reason to not work with someone, but I'm truly dreading the session. I would hate to say I don't want to take her because like I said, it's my first client at this gym and it wouldn't be a good look. What would your advice be?
That can be a tough situation! What I would do personally, is take them on if they wanted to be my client. There will always be people that you enjoy working with and people that you don’t enjoy working with. You can always try and make the best of a session by getting to know someone better and helping them achieve whatever goals they have.
That being said, you do always have the option to not work with someone and tell them that you don’t think it will be a good fit. You might even be able to suggest a different trainer that might work better with them.
8 month now what was the outcome
The gym I work at only offers 30 training sessions. Which obviously isn’t enough time to stretch. Any suggestions?
You could still make time for it. You’ll certainly have less though. I would find out what the clients goals are. If extra flexibility and mobility is important to them I would still save a few mins at the end for it. If that’s not important, than I wouldn’t include too much stretching other than a quick dynamic warmup.
Breathe is also very important. Here should not talk too much with clients just let them concentrate with what they are doing, keep
Remind to breathe?
I don’t disagree with that! This video is old! I would definitely put a bigger emphasis on that now
Hello how many days s necessary to recovery?
It’s ideal to have a day or two in between training sessions. That said, depending on the clients and goals, experience, etc more or less days could work
Tell her to lift her chest 💪🏻
So lets say you see her 2 times a week. Will you do the same exercises for every other session?
Some of the exercises may be the same. That being said, every time she comes in the workout should be a little bit different.
Women don't understand how much work it takes to get "bulky". They would be leaner if they lifted heavy.
100 percent agreed! Getting “bulky” is no easy task!
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation So I was just certified through ACSM and am wondering if I want to be an independent contractor, obviously I'm going to need some equipment, how do I go about registering a business, insurance, what forms are needed for new clients? Maybe you have a video for this. Aporeciate any feedback, been studying the work of Frans Bosch and love studying movement and specificity. Cheers!
@@living4adrenaline registering a business is a relatively simple thing that you do through your state’s website on business registration. You pay a fee and follow a few steps. For insurance you can get trainer insurance through a ton of places. I get mine through NEXT, just search them online. As far as forms go you need to have clients fill out a PARQ, HHQ, and informed consent. I break that down more in any of the programming videos. I’ll share one below if you’re interested.
All of our videos also include links on where to download the necessary forms for free.
th-cam.com/video/zSfy8KOcgG0/w-d-xo.html
She's also got knock knees...it needs correction too!
Ya it’s definitely something she’s improved on since this video but it’s still a work in progress!
I'm a second year PT student and your content helps me to get a better knowledge of my profession... basically many things that University doesn't teach is that you cover up... great job🤙
Thank you! I think that’s the main thing that we’re trying to achieve with this channel so that’s really good feedback! I appreciate it!
He keeps saying count the reps but my clients learn real to not trust me to count because my ADHD tends to kick in during my counting and then my count is off!🤣😂
Excuse you? If the pup isn’t invited I’m not going either!
I’m with you on that one!
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Alexis 🥵
Agreed!
Why does he insult her about being slow at putting the band on? Not a fan....
Well it was meant as a joke tbh! I guess it wasn’t that funny though! She is my wife not a client (not sure if that makes it any better)
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation gotcha! haha well that makes a HUGE difference :P
Jesus Christ that was the laziest warmup I've ever seen
Ya honestly the warm-ups we do in actual sessions are a bit longer. We didn’t really have the video production aspect down by this point
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