Training the Trainer
After years of instructing classes across multiple disciplines, mentoring junior trainers, and developing exercises that ended up in trainings across the country — coaching the next coach has become part of what I do.
What it is
One-on-one mentorship for working personal trainers who want to take their assessment, programming, and client outcomes to a higher level. It's not a certification — it's the part nobody teaches you in one.
Who it's for
Trainers with at least one training or group fitness certification who:
- are running into clients whose limitations they can't quite read
- have hit the ceiling of their certification's programming framework
- want to deepen their work with rehabilitative, postural, or special populations
- are building toward specialty offerings of their own
What we cover
- Movement assessment — what to look for, what it actually tells you, what to do about it
- Programming for the client in front of you; go beyond the standard protocols and tailor to their needs
- Progression and regression — how to scale any exercise up when a client is ready and down when they're not, without losing the intent of the movement
- Cueing — the language and body work that translates intention into execution
- Working alongside PTs, chiropractors, and movement professionals without stepping on toes
- Building a client experience that earns referrals instead of chasing them
Format
Sessions are typically a mix of in-person work — observing your training sessions and debriefing afterward — and remote video reviews of client work between sessions. Cadence varies by trainer; we'll find the rhythm that works best for us.
This isn't a course. It's an ongoing professional relationship, with a beginning and a clear set of outcomes, but no fixed end date. You stop when the work you came to do is done.
Curious whether it's a fit?