Tag Archives: business philosophy

THE ART OF BEING AVERAGE: How You Can Be Great Once You STOP Trying To Do Your Best …

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by Kaiser.

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You know, most of my blog posts are written for YOU, to help you make good on what’s possible in Personal Training, based on info I learned from in the trenches, scratching and clawing my way to make things work whether it was in a big-box gym, running a 42 location training department, or pumping [...]

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THE FATHER OF THE E-BOOK: CRAIG BALLANTYNE!!! Talking To The Leader In the Business of Online Fitness (Listen to the in-depth audio)!!!

Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by Kaiser.

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It’s funny how our little personal training and fitness world works …
… because although he’d never get recognized at the mall, I talked to a guy recently who’s an absolute celebrity to trainers worldwide (and just like any celebrity, almost everyone has something to say about him) – Craig Ballantyne.
In some way or another we [...]

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BIG-TIME “DREAM-SETTING” FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS WITH SHELBY MURPHY (taking a look at PFP Magazine)!!!

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Kaiser.

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If you follow the blog, you know I’m against most industry stuff – most of it is rhetoric to hold up the status quo … and that status quo is trainers getting jerked around in the big gyms, making less than 30 grand a year, and forced to abandon PT and go into other boring [...]

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HANGING WITH BIG-TIME PERSONAL TRAINER SAM BAKHTIAR!!! Watch All Three Killer Videos About Sam’s Business (and take out a notepad and prepare to be schooled)!

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Michael Duivis.

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We’ve had some big time trainers on here – people that have set  great examples  we can learn from and lessons we can apply to our own businesses.
But right now, we have a trainer that takes the cake – Dr. Sam Bakhtiar!  In terms of running a successful business and doing it in a way [...]

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PERSONAL TRAINING AND CASH FLOW – Looking at the Business Roles of a Personal Trainer:Where do YOU fit in???

Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by Kaiser.

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Hey, have you heard the saying “books aren’t meant to be read, they’re meant to be re-read”?
Well anyway, I dusted off my old copy of Rich Dad Poor Dad’s CASH FLOW QUADRANT by Robert Kiyosaki …
It’s a monumentally valuable book by the way – ignore the fact that it’s more commercial than Britney Spears. [...]

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Where FUN And FITNESS Collide!!! Talking to Underground Strength Coach ZACH EVEN-ESH about fitness SUCCESS! (watch the screen-capture of our hard-hitting conversation)

Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Kaiser.

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I got on the phone recently with a guy that’s the living example of everything we talk about here on Super-Trainer – crazy man Zach Even-esh.
By crazy, I mean only the workouts that you’ll find going on at his gym and see online in his videos.  When it comes to business, Zach’s crazy like [...]

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CRIME PAYS!!! Looking At the “HUSTLE” of Personal Training – The gangster mind-set it takes to succeed in fitness …

Posted on 25. Jan, 2009 by Kaiser.

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This blog is all about showing you the potential in Personal Training. The fact is not everyone’s slaving at a big-box health-club! There are some trainers that aren’t working in the typical gym setting – they’re doing it on their own, earning tremendous incomes and living outstanding lifestyles.
But we’re going to shift gears [...]

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ARNOLD TALKS TRAINING!!! The Governator Describes His Experience as a Personal Trainer (and it isn’t pretty!)

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Kaiser.

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You might not have known this, but before he was Mr.Universe, Mr. Olympia, the biggest action star in the world, and the Governator, Arnold was a Personal Trainer!
Yeah he started out just like us, turning his passion into money -
But what’s real funny is he HATED it!!!
He describes the experience in this quote I found [...]

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TRANSFORMATION: RIDING THIS PERSONAL TRAINING THING STRAIGHT TO THE TOP!!!

Posted on 09. Jul, 2008 by Kaiser.

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You can’t reach your full potential selling CHEESE PUFFS – I’ll tell you what I mean by that in a second …. But when I’m talking about reaching your full potential, I mean TRANSFORMATION: going from who you are now to the person you want to be. Personal Training is unique because it can [...]

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MIKE BOYLE ON RUNNING A TRAINING BUSINESS – Find out how Mike does it (audio clip from our conversation).

Posted on 24. Jan, 2008 by Kaiser.

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Some trainers, even the most knowledgeable ones, often get too caught up in the training part of this profession. They think that just additional training knowledge will break them out of the ruts they’re suffering through in their careers.
While noone will argue whether a strong background in training is a must, at some point you [...]

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THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIALIZING: TALKING TO BRIAN SCHIFF – Brian talks about his specialty and how it relates to every part of his business (listen to the audio).

Posted on 19. Dec, 2007 by Kaiser.

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At my barbershop recently I observed an interesting phenomenon. All the barbers there will cut the hair of anybody that walks in the door. Every new customer is an adventure in haircutting for them, and I think that’s what holds them to $12 per haircut and such long hours – it’s the lack of [...]

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