The Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast

What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today's episode we're breaking down some Commence Fitness Personal Training (our fitness studio) history and we're the business is headed. 

We have some big things coming up, and our charming little personal training studio, well let's just say it's not gonna be very little for much longer. Big changes often come with personal short term sacrifice though and this is no exceptio...

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Using them does help to support us! Some get you a discount too! Thanks guys! I love you all!💪

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What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! What do you do with a nutrition coaching client who wont listen? To make things even tougher, Karen, not her actual name, wants to lose weight. Weight loss, as we know requires consistency and dedication of which, Karen doesn't have much... or at l...

Our Nutrition Coaching Book:

https://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Coaching-Blueprint-Personal-Trainers-ebook/dp/B0H51SFFRT/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0

In this exclusive podcast episode we will be talking about how we coached a client named Becca (not her real name). 

Becca is a 38 year old female who is preparing for a wedding in 4 months and she wants to lose 20 pounds. How do we use our nutrition coaching and personal training skills...

What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today's episode we'll be breaking down the most proven way to get to a $100,000 salary (really more like 120k, or 150k depending on your area) as a personal trainer.

This is one of those topics that's actually covered a fair amount online, but usually it's being delivered by someone who is trying to sell you something. Unfortunately, in the personal training world, for every success...

What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In this video we're breaking down a very interesting weekend. We we're both at the Growth Summit hosted by Tim Lyons and we joined the Iron Circle which is essentially a mastermind consisting of some of the top personal trainers/personal training studio owners in the country. 

We had many conversations with regular trainers at the Growth Summit, but our conversations with the elit...

What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In todays episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're diving into a topic that is truly near and dear to our hearts. Getting personal training clients is obviously super important, duh, you can't run a training business without doing that. 

That said, there are many gurus out there that focus on sub-optimal strategies. In reality there are 10 or so things that rea...

What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're diving into what you should be doing as a personal trainer to get your first 10 personal training clients. 

Now, contrary to what some would tell you, you should be starting off your personal training career at a gym. In the beginning you don't really know what you're doing (sorry to inform) and having the funnel...

What’s up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today’s episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we’re answering your questions!

Some of the questions that we get very often and ones that are answered in this video are:

1. How do I pass my personal trainer exam?

2. How do I retain personal training clients?

3. How do I do an initial personal training session or consultation?

4. How do we handle prog...

In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast I have a conversation with the very successful personal trainer and business owner Evans Armantrading. Evans owns CNU Fit and CNU Stretch. He currently owns three fitness studios in Delaware that all offer semi-private personal training and assisted stretching.

I first saw Evans present at the Growth Summit conference hosted by Tim Lyons in 2025. Evans had done somethi...

What's up guys! Jeff and Alexis from Sorta Healthy here! In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're talking about things that we've changed in our personal training business over the years that have greatly increased our success. 

I said "Made Our Personal Training Business Twice As Successful" in the title, but in reality, it's probably quite a bit more than that. Some of the changes that we've made...

In this episode of The Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're talking about starting our personal training careers over again. If we did have to start from square one, what would we focus on?

Unfortunately, personal trainers are fed a ton of bs information by other trainers, really they're more grifter than trainer, and that info gives trainers unrealistic expectations. These people are trying to sell you courses and mentor...

In this episode of The Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we are breaking down the worst things we've ever said to our personal training clients? 

Are we successful personal trainers? Yes. Do we run a good personal training business/studio? Also, yes. Despite that success, there's been plenty of times where we've put our foots into our mouths and said the wrong thing.

Sometimes these personal training mistakes just ende...

Hey guys! In This episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers podcast we're talking about social media and whether or not it actually matters for the average personal trainer.

*Spoiler* Having a presence on social media does in fact make a difference for any personal trainer, that said, it matters less than most people think. 

So, in this episode our goal is to explore how much social media matters for the average trainer...

We've made many mistakes in our personal training careers. Sometimes it's necessary to try things to know if you're on the right path or not. In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers Podcast we're talking about things that we've done but would never do again in our personal training careers.

We talk about one-on-one personal training vs semi-private, pricing your training sessions, over programming clients routines, ...

In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Personal Trainers podcast we're talking about what personal training clients don't want. Unfortunately, there is a long list of the things your clients would prefer not to do. 

That said, in this episode we tackle a few in particular that can definitely have a negative impact on your personal training career. We cover things like personal training contracts, professionalism, programming as...

In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Podcast we are reacting to James Smith who is a successful personal trainer and entrepreneur. He recently made a video titled:

"If I Were A PT and Starting Over, This Is How I'd Make $100k A Year"

Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc2Av1X2O3c

So, do we agree with what James Smith says about making $100,000 a year as a personal trainer or disagree? No surprise, it's a little bit of both...

In this episode of the Sorta Healthy Podcast we talk about personal training sales and some of the most questions personal trainers have about it.

Is personal training mostly a sales job? 

How do you get better at personal training sales?

Is selling personal training in some locations easier than others?

How long did it take us to become good at selling personal training?

Do cold call or floor pulls work? 

We cover all ...