 Our next caller is RC from Texas. Hey, what's up RC? How can we help you? Hey there? How are you going? They're doing guys real good Great. Yeah. Um, well, I've just done I'm I've been into fitness and you know exercise for four years. I've kind of changed the The way I've gone about it over the years. I used to be a long-distance runner, but now I'm thanks to you guys very into the strength training I'm pretty new as a personal trainer and I just got started as Kobe kind of hit Which you know, so going to you know, try to get a job at a gym wasn't quite an option So I've been been trying to figure out the online route Kind of a slow start. So I was just kind of curious what you guys would would suggest As far as how to get started as a new trainer in today's environment, okay That's that's a great question. So we've said many times on the show before that We think one of the best places for trainers to start is in a big box gym And there's a few there's a few reasons for that one You're gonna get presented a lot of opportunities a lot of people you can talk to the hard part about building your business Is kind of done for you and a big box you get Clients you get, you know people working out that don't have trainers and you can really gain a lot of experience there I'm probably even shadow trainers that have been there for a little while. I still think that's the best way For trainers get started now that gyms are reopening. I still think if you're new get hired at a big box gym and work there for a year or two and see if you can become the top trainer at that facility before Trying to go build your own business now simultaneously. I do still think it's important to build an online presence I think that's just that's the business card of today You know you need to have some kind of an online presence at the very least for potential clients to look you up and to read about you And to see what you're all about, but I still think The bet you're you're gonna you're gonna learn the most and gain the best experience the quickest By working with more people and being presented with more opportunities, which you're gonna get in a big box. Yeah, that's tough I totally agree like I do think it does take that hands-on Approach and and being able to be in an environment like that where you can get More volume to really hone in on your craft But I do highly suggest in the meantime even before doing that that you really put yourself out there with your friends and your family and you Apply a lot of your methods and what you know To help in out people that are close to you and that can give you real feedback and critiques So that way, you know, you can at least get the ball rolling momentum rolling in that direction So there's three things I would do. I agree with the guys I would get a job at a big box gym. So the 24s the UFC gyms the Ballets types of those a big big box It's going to see a lot of workouts and take everything that you can don't be one of those trainers That's picky Take it work as many hours as you possibly can see as many faces as you can practice on free appointments as much as you possibly can Then I would use my social media Don't think about your social media right now is I'm going to try and grow it so I can get tons of followers and make that as a Lead generator use it to service your current client base So as you are talking to your clients that you're and you're learning this going through this process And they ask you a question because one of them has gout or one of them has diabetes And you as you are learning and you're going through and you're like, oh, I don't know much about that So you go when you research information and you learn share that on your on your on your Instagram or share that on your Facebook and Start to use what you're talking to your clients with as a play another place that they can receive that content And what will naturally happen is you will attract more people that have those same conditions or issues And you'll also provide an even better service to your current clientele The third thing that I would do is absolutely join our Facebook group most of the people that are in there Are personal trainers and professionals so most all of them are professionals personal trainers and Certainly people going through the program or people that are aspiring to be one day and the community is unreal you could post a question about a client that you're currently dealing with people do this all the time in there and Not even a half hour will go by before 10 15 other trainers have posted Their opinion on that or help it helping you troubleshoot whatever you're going through or if you if you don't have Many of the maps programs I would invest in in those as it as a skeleton for you to use and learn from how we've programmed in there and then to put Your own spin and flavor and when you're training somebody that has specific needs Adapting it to them and then again using the forum to be able to modify things that we've already kind of laid the blueprints out for you So those those are the three things that if I had to start all over didn't know it anything going on I would use those those three resources Well, that sounds pretty cool. I do have several of your programs on following aesthetic right now And yeah, but I've heard about your form. I just haven't been on it yet I've heard you guys talk about it, but that sounds very handy. All right. No problem. We're gonna give you access to the forum Okay, RC. Oh Really, that'd be cool. Yeah, you got it, man. I got you I'll put that to some good use. Thanks guys perfect. No problem. Yeah, make sure you say hi and tag us when you get in there. I Definitely will do that. Awesome. Thank you Yeah, the the the training space the trainer space definitely has been challenged But the market is still growing if you look at the numbers the market for trainers It's definitely the landscape is changing, but I totally agree with both of you like I don't I Don't know where you could get as much practice As you could in a in a big box and that's why it's even better than like a private stick I wouldn't go to a private studio. I wouldn't go to a small unknown if you can't make it in a big box You'll you'll crash and burn in a private studio Yeah, and and of course there's like, you know a trainer that may be in the thick of all of it might You know sit there and try and tell you the pros and cons of one of the oh, you know private They'll be more educated trainers and make more money make more money Specialized but you're not going there for that you're going there because this company before you built it up To be a hundred million or a billion dollar company and they did something right as far as their systems and their ability to attract tons of leads There's a lot to learn from that and yours nowhere else. You're going to get literally, you know 20 plus reps a day potentially on just dealing with all the variables Yes, you know like troubleshooting is such a vital process to personal training I I don't think people realize it's like detective work. You get somebody just coming in What am I dealing with and a lot of times they don't even know what to tell you so you have to learn The right questions and you have to really have experience to identify and the other mistake I see these new trainers making right now is that they all want to become the next Insta famous person and trying to figure out what they're all doing to attract all these people to build the business I would absolutely not even try to do that I would use it just like I said as a as a tool to enhance your already current clients So your current client that you're starting to train right now as you're having dialogue in that hour You're training them you guys remember you're having conversation about what they're struggling with and that is all your ideas for content Right, then I'm gonna go home I'm gonna I'm gonna go deeper into you know learning more about what that person was talking about how I could help and I'm gonna And I'm really speaking to them But I'm gonna speak in general on my on my social media and I'm gonna start to build it like that and really It's I'm not gonna focus on oh did I get ten more followers? It's hopefully this provided more value to the people I'm already helping and that will naturally start to track other people that have those things in common. That's right