Personal Trainer Rivalry.

[EL GAUCHO]

Hi all,
Need some advice about a situation at a gym I'm working at as a personal trainer.
The gym in question allows personal trainers to come in and train clients, as long as the client becomes a member of the gym themselves.
I've been training a few clients, but I'm looking to boost my income and really advertise myself and get some more clients. The thing is there's quite a few PT working there now. I don't want to be treading on people's toes.
How do I promote myself, without looking like I'm trying to take over the joint?
How does this work in other gyms with PT's?

 

[Pamela]

What I would suggest is to be very helpful to the people you are training now.
Explain "everything" to them with lots of enthusiasm. Take time with each of them like you really care about how they learn each exercise and routine.

People will pick up on how much you are into and love what you are doing. And you should be able to sell yourself.

 

[EL GAUCHO]

Hi,
My issue is not so much about selling myself, although I do appreciate the pointers on that.
I'm more worried about looking like I'm trying to take all the business for myself. I was wondering how other gyms go about distributing business evenly amongst in-house and external personal trainers?

 

[PoyeBoy]

nothin you can do will help, and its becuase your spanish, most people dont trust spanish mexicans

its just a fact of life you will need to accept

 

[EL GAUCHO]

Hermano!
I'm not Spanish mexican! I'm from Uruguay...South America...and I live in the United Kingdom....
People trust me fine....as long as they don't spot my pistolas down my pants. HAAHA!

 

[Pamela]

Word of mouth!

Reputation, will get you more clients.

 

[saint808]

if you set your own rates and are technically self employed then it is dog eat dog. Although you can always hang up a flier or do stuff that says see prt of the training staff today and then it would apply to everyone instead of just you.

 

[havoc]

I agree with saint 808, don't worry about others, get your money sunny.

 

[the nature boy]

all personal training rivalries should be settled by a gasoline fight.

 

[HighIntensity]

I use to be a personal trainer, good times.

 

[PoyeBoy]

Hermano!
I'm not Spanish mexican! I'm from Uruguay...South America...and I live in the United Kingdom....
People trust me fine....as long as they don't spot my pistolas down my pants. HAAHA!

si si, todas el paco el nino trabajo

 

[the nature boy]

perhaps english is really poyeboy's 2nd language.

 

[Lumberg]

El caballo azul de mi tio esta en la mesa.

 

[milo hobgoblin]

Put them on one of those Blow up bouncy balls..

they are bound to come flocking to you.

works for all the fucktard trainers in my gym.

 

[Moderate_THIS]

El burro sabe mas que tu.

 

[Fragadelic]

chinga tu madre

 

[Moderate_THIS]

Chupar es mi pinga, maricon.

 

[MissJanet79]

nothin you can do will help, and its becuase your spanish, most people dont trust spanish mexicans

its just a fact of life you will need to accept

Heck this hurt me to read - "you're spanish" - ??? If you say he's spanish then he'd be from SPAIN. & what is a spanish mexican? Mexican is the nationality, & spanish is the language they speak. C'mon now!!! Get it right! That's like saying "white people" speak white! Doesn't make sense!!

 

[Razorguns]

become a sex trainer. better money.

but be prepared to get lotsa calls from mainly fat chicks.

 

[PoyeBoy]

Heck this hurt me to read - "you're spanish" - ??? If you say he's spanish then he'd be from SPAIN. & what is a spanish mexican? Mexican is the nationality, & spanish is the language they speak. C'mon now!!! Get it right! That's like saying "white people" speak white! Doesn't make sense!!

you must be a spanish mexican as well, it looks as if you immigrantly migrated to the town of chicago, let me be the first one to welcome you to our great land.

you should check out a great mexican place by the name of chipotle, trust me, after a long day of hanging drywall, or picking watermellons, one bite and you'll say "I must be in mehico to get a burrito this good, lets el boca drink la cerveza Diego"

 

[HighIntensity]

you must be a spanish mexican as well, it looks as if you immigrantly migrated to the town of chicago, let me be the first one to welcome you to our great land.

you should check out a great mexican place by the name of chipotle, trust me, after a long day of hanging drywall, or picking watermellons, one bite and you'll say "I must be in mehico to get a burrito this good, lets el boca drink la cerveza Diego"

tj max

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

lol poye's on a roll.

"welcome to our land"

 

[jackangel]

hahaha

what up maing, dis is da poyaboy.

yea yea

 

[PoyeBoy]

hahaha

what up maing, dis is da poyaboy.

yea yea

LOL!!

dats dis guy

 

[EL GAUCHO]

HA!HA!HA!
This is some funny shit! No I'm not spanish, not mexican, no american......I'm Uruguayan!
Love the spanish bros! De puta madre!
But lets not forget the topic of this thread!

 

[raze]

yea

 

[tulsasbest]

If you didn't have money to pay rent would any of the other trainer pay it for you?....hell no buisness is buisness....promote yourself all you want just dont try and talk directly to people you know are already working with another trainer. Any new client is fair game. If buisness was distributed evenly and everybody looked out for each other then nobody would be poor......or rich!

 

[thePros.TV]

IMHO, for what it's worth, your best worring about yourself. It's a business. Usually a gym will put "in-house" or even subcontractor trainers on a rotation where a new member comes in, the trainer at the top of the list will do a free orientation (show them around and how to use equipment) usually takes about 30 minutes. This is an optimal time to sell your services to that new member.
I would not worry about stepping on toes, if one of your clients jumped ship and went to some other trainer in your gym, I'm sure the trainer would not refuse their check. A good way to promote yourself is to make yourself seen and heard. Be confident! Make sure you look fit and healthy, clean and always be friendly. When your training a client, look like you are actually training that person, make them work! Just make sure your clients technique is dead on and your not doing some silly unorthodox exercise.
I see so many trainers in the gym not paying attention to their clients, talking to other people and looking at themselves in the mirror.... disgusting. Talk a little louder during training sessions, so people can overhear you. Let them know who you are. Stand out. I dont care what sort and how many of certifications you have, if you cant market yourself your dead in this business. I have gotten most of my clients on referral and from general questions people ask, (when you look like you know what your doing) like, "how do I get shoulders like yours?" helps to be fit.

Another way to increase business it to offer a "special" something like 3 sessions for the price of one, you can ask your gym to hand it out to new members. slide business cards in the lockers with a intro offer attached.... .. This worked for me when I was new: find a Physical Therapist that will refer you his patients about to be done with PT, some want to keep going and get back in shape after an injury. Even Orthopedic Surgeons and General MD's will refer you clients.... use your imagination.