I'd love a full breakdown. I took my PT and Nutritionist Cert through ISSA but like most education, there's textbook and reality. These videos have helped me practice on myself as I went for the "complete newbie starts working out and took education to try to teach herself" route. So these videos are my lifeline as I know NOTHING in practice. :)
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. As a newly qualified PT with just one client as I get started, I was getting a bit worried; overthinking and in danger of over planning. You've given me the tools to simplify things. Thank you so much. :)
As someone who is training to become a Personal Trainer, I thank you so much for your intellectual and easily explained formatting and advice on how to adhere to the theoretical components of the field!
Would definitely be grateful for a full video. I've learned so much from your videos and am grateful for the time and effort you put in to give us this helpful free content. Your NASM CPT vids helped me prepare to pass the CPT test. Which I did in January! Thanks Jeff!!
Hello. I just found your channel and I have recently graduated NASM as a PT. I am loving your videos. You have a wonderful way of speaking and looking at the way things could be done. I love that you r not so ridged on certain factors and allow for breathing room. I have my first training session with a client in 2 days and your videos are a great confidence booster. I would like to thank you for the forms as well. They were a great help. I even replaced a few of the ones I drew up. Your video presentations are very relatable and well done. Thank you again for all your time and effort.
Would love to see more on programming. I train a few elderly people and struggle trying to find a good program for them since most cannot get on the floor and have limited ability such as knees and shoulders.
I'm already retired "thanks" to a military transport accident, so my study and focus on training has been to actively NOT retain clients. I want them to not need me once we're done, because they're now fit, and educated on how to maintain that fitness for as long as possible.
It sounds like your head and heart are in the right place! I think the thing that people don’t know until they’ve done training for a while is why most people sign up for training in the first place. Your accountability is far and away the number one reason.
Trainer for 14 years now and I concur with the advice. Balance is key but having a system for yourself to deliver your service is the key. I enjoy training 45 minute sessions
I like to write down every workout broken down in sets and reps to keep track of their strength progress. Take notes on posture and how they react to adjust anything thats not working. I love your videos they help me a lot thank u so much man
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Also as an aside, I have now binge-watched many of your other videos and applied several things I learned just today, now I have two new amazing clients that I feel even more equipped to help. Truly appreciated! Thanks again! 🙏💪
BRILLIANT! Keep doing this! The fact it is because of your passion for the subject matter and NOT just to make money and churn people through a course and pass a test really shows. Break the chart down by all means!
Thank you very much for your wisdom🙏🏾 you really are changing my life with your videos as an upcoming personal trainer. And, integrity is one of the most important trait to have in this business. I always appreciate your videos. From South Africa!!!
this channel has helped me to plan my workouts way more than my local PT course thank you so much I really appreciate the work you do to deliver this to us!
This is fantastic. I've been working in the field for years and I've been looking for something like this for some time. I would love to see a full video breaking down your charts. Thank you for the info, it's very generous of you.
Love this content! Are you going to upload a 2024 version? Just coming back to this video to get my programming back to basics as I revise my training!! Thank you folks so much.
Thank you! I really appreciate the support! For one-on-one training I haven’t really changed anything significant. I will be doing more semi-private programming videos at some point though
This video goes into a deeper breakdown of everything, specifically the workout chart: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ADLjzEr3a-4.html
Thank you so much for your expert knowledge and information. I appreciate how thorough you are. You are definitely an expert at what you do. Thank you for the help.💜💪🏽
Here’s part 2 where we break things down more: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ADLjzEr3a-4.htmlsi=FCCg5cHtRimPZdc1 Thanks for the support! It’s very appreciated!
thank you so much for all your videos! I recently passed my ACE exam (shout out to the ACE exam prep series!) and these videos/phasing charts have been a great guide as I start with my clients. it's a huge help to have you as a resource. looking forward to the rest of the programming playlist!
There’s a good chance I’ll do something along those lines at some point! The downside of having little, or no equipment is that it’s tougher to make things more challenging over time. That said, it’s still very possible!
Something that I think would be super useful to see: what your thoughts are on duration of rest times for each training phase listed on your phasing system sheet
I thought about putting rest interval stuff on there but I decided against it at the last minute. I aim for 1-2 minutes rest time between exercises, but it varies a lot depending on the client. Anyways, on average the bigger moves take longer to recover from (2ish mins) and the smaller moves don’t take as long (1 min give or take) Again, it varies a ton when training average, everyday people.
Thanks for this video. I do something similar to this. In my CPT business as well. I had broke everything into to different phase and broke exercises down to movement patterns since most of my equpiment have alot of overlap between them.
Thank you so much for sharing valuable information!!! That will be a yes for going in even more details regarding the chart. You are greatly appreciated 🤗
Thanks for the support! I did a video on that a while ago. It’s a bit older but I still think it holds up pretty well! Here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CFJb_GJf1Y0.html
We need detail video on breakdown how actually we can choose exercises with special population for weight loss injuries like - knee pain, lower back pain, shoulder spasm
Thanks for the support! I’ve covered most of those things in previous videos. Here’s the playlist where you can find most of the videos that cover those topics: ru-vid.com/group/PL8u1BTeFRGHulNiokCB5V6PcgyooG1Bf_
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Thankyou. i am a ACSM certified fitness trainer but what u teach puts more value and love to hear your then at any institute. Respect from India 🇮🇳
It would be helpful to break down the workout program, and reasons why you switch from squat lower workouts to bench press chest workouts. I find the videos to be very helpful.
Thanks! I’m glad you found it helpful! Here’s the next video that breaks things down more: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ADLjzEr3a-4.html As far as switching from lower/squats to upper/bench, for most general population clients you could program either move on a regular basis. I start most clients with total body sessions so bench press, squats, and most other compound moves show up on a regular basis.
love the charts. would you be able to make a version where it can be edited on a computer or phone. I love pen and paper but I have a lot of clients that train 3x a week so I would go through so many sheets. I use to do paper and my folders were insanely large
Thanks for the support! I’m working on a solution to that! Keep in mind that many of my clients come in 3 times a week too. It’s not too bad since the chart is front and back giving you room for 18 sessions. That said, an editable version of the chart should be available at some point soon!
HI Jeff - thank you (again) for all you share with trainers. I struggle at times mainly because I desire to work with trainers who are like minded who wish to collaborate and share thoughts and ideas on a frequent basis. So, I rely heavily on trainers such as you who share so freely. I have immersed myself in learning programming. I approach most things with a scientific mind (I taught math and science for 20 years). Here is my struggle- 95% of my clients only train 1x/week. Progress is happening, but it's very slow. My retention is very good, so I can observe said progress. The programming piece becomes confusing for me when they train 1x/week. How do you approach this client with programming? How do phase a once-a-weeker? Most all programming I encounter is set for clients who train 2-3 times/week. Any insight is greatly appreciated. From your #1 Fan in Atlanta!!
Thanks for all your support! Great question-phasing for a 1x weeker is going to be a lot slower. Depending on whether you’re programming for them for outside of your sessions (and whether they actually do it…), you might be able to follow a normal progression but for the most part, you’ll just have to extend everything longer. If someone is really only working out 1x per week, phasing them “on time” really isn’t as necessary. They just need to make progress-see if you can increase weights/sets/reps every few sessions to make sure they’re consistently growing.
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Thank you for taking the time to address my questions/concerns. Your two programming videos have given me much needed guidance as to tightening up and fine-tuning my programming. Many thanks!
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Thank you! My first client is a once-a-weeker. She does classes throughout the week so she's getting in other forms of exercise. But trying to come up with a 1-hour full body workout hitting all the main movement patterns is becoming overwhelming and taking way to long to put together. Would love to see a video on this topic!
Hey Jeff! First of all, love you. I’m 20 and new to personal training and your videos have helped me a ton!!! Do you have any tips or could make a vid for personal trainers who work in busy gyms where maybe some of the equipment is in use or how to have better client retention in a busy gym? Appreciate you a ton! Trying to get like you one day ;)
Thanks for the love and support! I’ve got some videos on client retention, here’s one right here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CFJb_GJf1Y0.html I don’t think my strategies would be much different regardless of where I train. As far as sharing equipment, ya unfortunately that’s just how it is in some spots. There’s not much you can do about that, except finding a spot where you don’t have to deal with it. It definitely takes away from your training.
This is a huge help. Maybe I missed it in the video, but how come you switched up the categories and moved things around? And is there a way to still access the old sheet? Thanks!
Have you had clients that are at both sides of the spectrum with levels and intensity? Say, the general health client most often referenced here but also, the client training for competition (wellness, physique, etc), or serious powerlifters, and so on? It would be awesome if you did a video on your experience with these types of clients. I have general wellness clients and clients with limitations, I am SUPER new as a personal trainer. Under 6 months. I was just wondering when it comes to the communication part and honestly the... intensity I put into the coach-client dynamic, myself? I feel like the relationship with my clients now is much more casual, and that is great! But is that okay? Should I be more "coach-ey" to them? I.e. intense. Sorry if that was confusing! I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.
Thanks for the support! Ya I’ve had some more extreme clients as well! I’ve worked with pretty competitive marathoners. I’ve trained a few somewhat serious strength competitors as well! I could see myself covering some of that stuff going forward in the future! Those types of clients make up a very small percentage of the pool, but they’re out there!
Great vid currently binging your vids as preparation. If you start training say a male 18-25 and his only interest is hypertrophy would it make sense to skip the previous phases and go straight onto the hypertrophy phase and build up the weight slowly session by session while improving form and giving the clients body enough time to adapt. Then proceed onto a strength phase then back to a hypertrophy phase and repeat etc? Or Linear periodization? When I started training in my teens I was skinny and just wanted some abs, bigger shoulders and biceps with more strength while staying lean. I booked a session with a PT and he ended giving me a light endurance workout. I was frustrated, bored and thought it was a waste of time because online I saw people doing 8-10 reps lifting heavy etc so I never booked a PT again and learned it all online and just started doing my own workouts. I'd like to give people the results they want asap while making sure they have good form
That’s how I would generally do it..depending somewhat on whether or not he’s ever trained before. The only thing I wouldn’t necessarily do is increase weight each session…only when RIR is right where I want it to be. But yes, you’re right. The training style can adapt with the client age wise/ability wise/etc.
Hi! thank you! what useful information; I like your thinking and strategy! I'm just curious whether your concept/program is scientifically substantiated or is this just based on experience
Thank you for the kind words! I wouldn’t say anything I’ve recommended in this video isn’t rooted in science. We’re really just following the laws of resistance training we know to be true. Progressive overload is necessary to make progress and compound lifts are the most efficient.
Great video. One question and I hope hope I gonna define it on a good way. So every faze is 18 training sessions, are you splitting or choosing exercises based on how many time client can exercise per week or? How you decide which group of exercise is for that day, split pull/ push, whole body , lower / upper based on how many times client coming or goal is "catch" little bit of everything? thanx
Good question! The training split I choose does depend on a few things. The clients goals, how many times a week their coming in, and their experience level. I start most clients off with total body sessions. If I think it would benefit the client, I might switch to a upper/lower body split or push, pull, legs split. It all depends on the person. If a client is canceling often, or they’re inconsistent, stick with total body every time.
A question, you said that doing the same exercises becomes boring for the client which I can kinda understand, it’s fun to spice up things a bit, but if the main exercises just work best, and it’s unnecessary to introduce new movements, isn’t it just better to keep them? Like this the client can focus on keeping good form while progressively increasing the weight. Thanks for the video!
There’s definitely a middle ground that you’re trying to achieve when working with most gen pop clients. You should be doing the most effective exercises often, but you want some variety to keep things interesting. Remember, most regular people aren’t interested in being able to back squat 500 pounds. You still want them to squat often, because it’s a good move, but they probably don’t need to squat as often as a powerlifter.
