01 — Field guide

Your certification ended. The real training starts on the floor.

A free field guide for new trainers. The five things that decide whether a client stays past month one, from twenty years on the floor.

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02 — What this is

Most trainers learn the floor by guessing for two years.

This is the part the certification skipped. How to read a first session before you write a single rep. Why retention is decided in the first three sessions. How to program for the person in front of you, not the whiteboard. Short, specific, and useful on its own.

03 — What's inside
01

Read the room before you write the program

The first session is an assessment, not a workout. What to watch for and what to ask.

02

Retention is decided early

Most clients who leave decide in the first three sessions. Learn to see it coming and hold them.

03

Program for adherence

The best program is the one they actually do. Build for the person, not the spreadsheet.

04

Run it like a business from client one

Pricing, scheduling, and follow-up that keep you from burning out at twelve clients.

04 — The course

Better Trainer: the skills the certification skipped.

A structured mini-course for trainers in their first years on the floor. Six chapters, six tools you build and use the same week, from the first-session assessment to running it like a business. Self-paced, $47.

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The subscription is the ongoing practice: the method, plus the app for your own clients. Start the trainer subscription.

Six chapters
  1. The first session is an assessment
  2. Retention is a skill, not luck
  3. Program for the person, not the whiteboard
  4. The conversation is the product
  5. Floor presence
  6. Run it like a business from client one
05 — The app

The methodology, in an app built for the floor.

A native iPhone app made for how trainers actually work. A persistent file for every client, assessments that seed it, programs you build or adapt, Apple Health recovery data, and messaging, all in one place. It does the math and holds the memory so you can focus on the client in front of you.

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06 — Get the guide

The guide, then occasionally something useful. No noise.

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