Keep your Clients Working out During the Holidays

With Christmas around the corner, a number of Personal Training clients will take a break from their regular training as they perhaps go on a vacation or just choose to have some down time at home with family & friends.

For the PT, this spells a potential double disaster. Firstly the unavoidable excesses of eating and drinking over this period can often derail some excellent work in the gym and put the brakes on our successful body fat loss.

Secondly - and more importantly in terms of your business - a large percentage of clients who take an extended break simply don't come back, and that means you are losing a paying client and will have to again pound the streets for new revenue. Christmas and Easter tend to be the worst times for putting a dent in your business.

So, get proactive with your clients and talk to them about how you can support them during the festive season. Invest some time now to find out what your client needs to help keep them on track and (more importantly) remain focussed on their goals so that the holiday does not result in them deleting you from the contacts list in their mobile phone!!

Most clients are very similar and will have needs centring around food & drink, or exercise. A few things that you could produce in order to support your clients and keep them thinking about PT during the holidays are:

• List foods & drinks to avoid over Christmas - keep it simple, clients can stick it on the fridge.
• A few strategies to avoid over-indulging. E.g. drink more water, low carb beers etc.
• A simple exercise plan that clients can perform at home in minimal time without equipment.

Today I'm uploading an example of a simple exercise program I produced for a client. It's simple, quick, requires no equipment and could be done in a lounge, hotel room or outdoors by the pool. There are no excuses for not doing exercise when someone puts it down on paper like this, you could even consider asking your clients to keep a diary of what they do over the holiday so you can yell & scream at them when they return. Oh the joy.

It's designed as a beginner program, and could easily be beefed up to include more exercises, or maybe even add a group of core exercises to the program. Use your imagination.

You can see the full program at this link.  Check it out & tell me what you think.

Click here to see full program