On the Edge - Fitness Educators

Trainers don’t talk about it. It’s a dirty little secret kept in the closet and seriously affects the enjoyment level of the job. It’s a challenge to deal with and usually an uncomfortable situation. What is it that has trainers feeling perplexed? It’s the client who saps your energy with their constant negativity, complaining or lack of commitment. By the end of the session, any ounce of positivity has been sucked away leaving you feeling tired, drained and miserable. Sound familiar?

While one-on-one personal training is still a popular and growing option for many people, the interest in boot camp styles classes has risen steadily over the last few years. It seems as though every where you turn there’s a new boot camp class popping up. If you want to jump on the personal training boot camp bandwagon then here’s what you need to do to get yourself started.

At the start of my career as a personal trainer over 18 years ago, I was as green as green could be.  Everything was so new and it all felt a bit overwhelming. My comfort level with the training aspects of the job was high but there was no real sense of   how to start [...]