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Raul, these are great questions to ask, for me I run a kid's bootcamp which requires constant program design implementation.
1. We have the parents first and foremost buy into the importance of fitness for their kids, considering most schools are/have eliminated PT.
2. We have kid's perform pushups, jumping jacks, etc. but we incorporate team drills and competitions.
3. We always talk about healthy eating, there is not a session that we don't ask what their lunch was like for the day. We also talk to the mom's and dad's since they are the primary drivers for what their kids eat.
4. Our camps have been so successful we recently have implemented a camp for the mom's! I had to add another trainer because of this.
1. We have the parents first and foremost buy into the importance of fitness for their kids, considering most schools are/have eliminated PT.
2. We have kid's perform pushups, jumping jacks, etc. but we incorporate team drills and competitions.
3. We always talk about healthy eating, there is not a session that we don't ask what their lunch was like for the day. We also talk to the mom's and dad's since they are the primary drivers for what their kids eat.
4. Our camps have been so successful we recently have implemented a camp for the mom's! I had to add another trainer because of this.
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Great questions! I've found that staying up to date with new fitness training ideas, studies and modalities has been most useful for me. I can change up my group classes and training sessions to incorporate this new information. That keeps things fresh for both me and my clients.
Since I train a lot of moms with small children, finding ways that they can incorporate exercise into their busy lives that includes their children is becoming more important. A lot of conversations and questions lately have been around nutrition, for themselves and their children. As well as flexibility. When to stretch, how to stretch and why seem to be themes I'm covering a lot lately.
A new stream of income for me, has been family fitness days. We have a family fun day where the whole family exercises together, usually competition, circuit, partner, game or obstacle course style. Then there is a speaker who talks about an area of interest (personal chef with healthy meal & cooking ideas, a pediatrition, etc). There are always lots of healthy snacks and water available. The family that plays together, stays together! Everyone has a lot of fun and laughs.
Great questions! I looking forward to reading the answers you receive.
Since I train a lot of moms with small children, finding ways that they can incorporate exercise into their busy lives that includes their children is becoming more important. A lot of conversations and questions lately have been around nutrition, for themselves and their children. As well as flexibility. When to stretch, how to stretch and why seem to be themes I'm covering a lot lately.
A new stream of income for me, has been family fitness days. We have a family fun day where the whole family exercises together, usually competition, circuit, partner, game or obstacle course style. Then there is a speaker who talks about an area of interest (personal chef with healthy meal & cooking ideas, a pediatrition, etc). There are always lots of healthy snacks and water available. The family that plays together, stays together! Everyone has a lot of fun and laughs.
Great questions! I looking forward to reading the answers you receive.
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After being inside for 25 years, teaching group exercise and managing a fitness studio along with developing my personal training business, I quit and started training outdoors. At first I was worried about the weather but now I don't even think about it. I love being able to use what's in front of me: stairs, curbs, benches, parks etc, with a minimal amount of equipment. I insist on everyone having an 8 pound medicine ball, which is extremely versatile. I mix it up each time.
Sometimes I base the workout on the name of the day: Forty Friday: everything 40 times, or for 40 seconds. Or I use a white board and write out the sequence of exercises while implementing cardio in between such as "run to the slide and back 5 times"
We play catch and basketball with our medicine balls, we stretch at the end while looking out on the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge!
A great way to start a day!
Sometimes I base the workout on the name of the day: Forty Friday: everything 40 times, or for 40 seconds. Or I use a white board and write out the sequence of exercises while implementing cardio in between such as "run to the slide and back 5 times"
We play catch and basketball with our medicine balls, we stretch at the end while looking out on the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge!
A great way to start a day!
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Creating an experience vs. just another bootcamp (very parallel with Godin's book!)! We've not perfected it but we're constantly upgrading to make it better....rewarding our repeat customers with discounts, encouraging them to bring friends(then have a lot of partner activities that day) to make it more fun and more social, then rewarding them with cash back when their friends register because they invited them, we hold "graduation" every last day of every group/camp we do. Everyone gets a shirt (or another shirt) and some refreshments and benchmarks of their progress; we layer challenges within the bootcamp challenge- teams among the group to get additional exercise outside the sessions and report those workouts for "points" - they end up encouraging each other and depending on each other. We let them know what to expect with a weekly announcement of what's on the schedule this week but also keep room for a surprise at half time.
All these things..keep them coming back..which get them results and keep feeding their return and word of mouth!
Check out Chris and Kara Mohr's bootcamp formula for even more ideas - they presented at IDEA Personal Training Institute and have other ideas for making theirs great in a highly competitive market.
Good luck!
All these things..keep them coming back..which get them results and keep feeding their return and word of mouth!
Check out Chris and Kara Mohr's bootcamp formula for even more ideas - they presented at IDEA Personal Training Institute and have other ideas for making theirs great in a highly competitive market.
Good luck!
