IFA Online Fitness Training

Implementing a training regimen for your clients using videos will be necessary since you won't be actively monitoring their workout. You have two options, you can create videos and publish them on YouTube as a channel or you can direct them to videos that already exist on YouTube. To start out, you might want to do the latter. Make a list of specific videos online that you can direct your clients to for examples of proper workout techniques.

Generally, training fees vary according to locale. Some areas yield higher fees than others. Online training fees can mirror in-person fees. For new clients, fees should be collected prior to implementing any training sessions. We recommend using a service like PayPal. It's easy to set up and allows the clients to seamlessly use a credit card through the PayPal payment processor.

PayPal can be set up as a Subscription Service. This provides automatic billing on a regular basis. For example, if you have a 6 month contract with a client, you can set up a 6 month payment plan done automatically each month. If the contract is long-term, you can set up a monthly subscription that ends when you or your client choose to end your services.

If you have 20 clients and charge each one $50 per one-hour session each week, that would add up to $1000 per week or $52,000 per year. Or, you may decide to charge some clients on a weekly basis for multiple hours per week. Your options are open. One trainer we know meets with his client once a week for lunch at a restaurant to review his client's progress over the past week. He then assigns him nutritional advice and adjusts his workout routine based on his previous progress. This can easily be done online.

You should put together standard training regimens for weight training, weight loss, and cardiovascular training. These generalized Training Schemas can then be tailored to fit individual clients according to their specific goals, skill level, physical condition, physical limitations and age. A Training Schema generally should start with the numbers, exercises, and periods. Numbers refers to the number of sets, reps and tempo for cardio workouts. Exercises should include deadlifts, squats, pushups, etc. arranged according to muscle groups. Period would include the number of times each week that the above are to be performed. Compile a video library of exercises

If you don't want to use other trainer's YouTube video, you can choose to create your own workout videos demonstrating the proper execution of each workout routine. Create a YouTube account and upload each video. This will give you a ready-made library of demonstration videos to train each client.

Each video should emphasize proper form and show three full repetitions. Each video should be less than 30 seconds long. These videos are intended to be demonstrations of exercises and not lengthy tutorials. Make sure you have sufficient lighting and professional background. You do not need a studio setting, but having a simple setting will promote your professionalism.

If you do create your own videos, they should be done in a professional manner and not in your garage or basement. Consider creating a studio using a backdrop in a room. Include clear and concise sound for instructional purposes, no personal chatter. They can watch the video once to gain instructional messages and then use the video to perform the exercise themselves.

A training questionnaire not only provides the trainer with specific information, but specifies the goals of the client. Based on the information provided by the client, the trainer can determine if there is a good match. The questionnaire can be sent by email as a PDF. However, a web-based questionnaire form is more professional.

The questionnaire should include:

Talk to your existing clients and see if they are interested in continuing their training online. You could offer them a discount incentive or extra training sessions to continue with you. Referrals are also a major source of clients. Posting helpful information on blogs can also provide visibility for your services. Establish a presence on social media if you don't already have one. Fitness and health related social media pages are an excellent venue to post information. Don't advertise on their pages most page Admins will delete and possibly block you for advertising on their pages.

Instead, you can write pages on your website related to health and fitness and use those pages to post on the social media pages. When people click on your post to view health and fitness content information, they are then transferred to your page where you can have your contact information in your about section.

You can use Online Video Conferencing software such as Zoom Video Conferencing to connect with your clients. Zoom has a 40 minute group session time limit on their free account, but you can purchase a relatively inexpensive plan for additional time and features. However, if you are connecting with one person at a time, there is no time limit at this time. Check their website for current plans. Zoom Conferencing Plans. Additionally, if you have a Google account, you can also use Google Hangouts. It's a free service to connect with your clients singularly or in groups.

You should be certified as a Personal Trainer. You may also need a business license from your state or local municipality. Insurance is also a requirement if you are working as an independent personal trainer. If you are working for an employer, then you are covered by your employers insurance.

Although experience is not required, it is a necessary requirement before training individuals. Generally in the industry, new trainers will begin working with an experience trainer in order to come up to speed. Many gyms will train their new hires as well. So, it would help to get started as a trainer in the in-persona venue and then move into online training.