This is the story of how Alex Andujar, a beer salesman with a beer belly weighing in at 204 pounds with 24 percent body fat, became a lean athlete-turned-online-personal-trainer. “It was pretty hard to escape alcohol considering my job was to sell it,” says the...
By Eric Bach Fearless prediction: 2019 will be the year online training finally comes of age. Hands-on training will always have a place, but the industry is changing forever and there is no turning back. Overall, it was far and away my most successful year ever, both financially...
This is a story with a happy ending about how Mitch Calvert finally got what he wanted most: more time to spend with his young family by working fewer hours and making more money. That involved learning how to become an online fitness coach with...
Garrett Serd has been chasing his dream to help people lose weight since 2012. But it wasn’t until the 30-year-old Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer joined The Hybrid FitBiz Coaching Program in late 2018 before things started falling into place. “It has been a rough...
When Jon Vlahogiannakos enrolled in The Impact Fitpro Coaching Program, he was the first to admit he had this phone phobia thing that made it difficult for him to reach out to clients on the telephone. So Eric and Daniel put Jon through the paces...
If Chris Friesen had a theme song, it would be the Frank Sinatra classic “My Way.” Chris was not your typical coaching program client. The 43-year-old Canadian fitness trainer from rural Manitoba wasn’t interested in learning how to expand his base of 10 online fitness clients....
By Eric Bach When I was 11, my brother and I lived with my grandparents for a few months. They had a lakefront house in Northern Wisconsin. My grandpa, a retired insurance business owner, took us out on the lake three or four days a week to...
Take a peek at this picture I took in Athens, Georgia. Look closely. Did you cackle on a crowded sidewalk and nearly choke on your Smart Water as I did? There is no ‘D’ on “doesn’t”. The sign is supposed to boast of “service that doesn’t cut corners.”...
Sipping my smoldering afternoon coffee I asked Mike: “Why did you get into training and lose weight?” Mike: “Let’s cut the B.S. I wanted to get laid." I gulped, snickered, and nearly dumped scorching hot liquid gold all over my lap. I asked Mike to go on. He...
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You want to build an online business, but you’re overwhelmed with deciding what app to use, how to build a website, and how to deliver a great service to your clients. And if you’re like most trainers, you let this...