Aaron Whear
The Fitness Trainers
  Trainer

Another Year Over And What Have You Done?

I was walking out of the gym this morning and there was Christmas music playing in the background and it struck me as to how profound the words of John Lennon are at this time of the year. He sings "and so this is Christmas and what have you done another year over and a new one just begun." Hearing these words made me stop and think "well what have I done in 2011?"

On a personal level I celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary with my beautiful wife and soul mate Simone. My son Kayden turned 7 and it was a joy to see him fall further in love with sport - I can see us spending many a day either playing or attending sporting events together as he gets older. My daughter Tahlia turned 3 and continues to have her father wrapped ever more tightly around her little finger. I really enjoyed watching her grow and develop more and more words and I am fiercely proud of both of them.

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Jess Elliott
Personal Trainer at Hurl's Fitness

The Thruster - your clients will love the results this exercise brings

Aaron's Toolbox - The Thruster

Why this exercise made it to Aaron's Tool Box
The Thruster is a fantastic exercise which recruits a large amount of muscle through the legs, core, and upper body. It requires the development of coordination and strength which makes it a really time efficient exercise that is perfect for your clients who are looking for the most "bang for their buck" in the shortest amount of time. Your clients will love the challenge of holding their technique as their heart just about pounds out of their chest on the last couple of reps! It is the sort of exercise your clients might hate during the last couple of repetitions but they will love the results it brings.

Tips
Start with the bar rested across the front of the shoulders. Keep the chest up & the feet approximately shoulder width apart.
Perform a full squat, pressing the bar above the head early during the extension of the hips & knees.

Cautions
Maintain balance throughout all phases of the exercise.
Do not round the spine or press the barbell forward from the body.

Aaron shares his expert knowledge

Another Answer From Aaron

One of my individual mentoring clients Mike Robbers asked me a fantastic question during a recent consultation. "What do you think the best way is to conduct a complimentary Personal Training session to maximise the chances of the prospect becoming a paid client?"

3 Steps To Convert Complimentary PT Consultations Into Money In The Bank

The best way to convert the highest percentage of prospects that show an interest in your personal training service is to offer a no obligation, complimentary consultation valued at $ (whatever you bill for 60 minutes of your time). Once your prospect agrees to take you up on your offer you simply go through the following 3 steps.

Step 1
During the first 20 minutes you should get your prospect to fill in a Par-Q form (medical history) in order to cover your legal duty of care. You also want to ask as many questions as you can to find out why they are interested in personal training, what results they are after and why achieving these results is so important to them. Going through this process will demonstrate both your professionalism as well as the fact that you are serious about helping them.

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Your success as a fitness instructor is proportional to how much you learn and implement

CEC & PDP Professional Development Courses

Never Worry About Your Professional Continuing Education Again!

If you are like most recent fitness instructors then some of your biggest problems include:

• What do I need to do to keep my fitness registration current?

• Where do I go for reputable ongoing education and support?

• Who is going to answer my questions on how to get and keep clients and not make me feel stupid?

Career Fitness Membership solves these problems by giving you all of the CEC/PDP points that you require each year to maintain registration with Fitness Australia or Kinect Australia (Vicfit) delivered by Australia's leading fitness educators, so you really don't ever need to worry about your professional education again.

I am super excited about this year's line up of events which include some of the biggest names in the fitness industry and includes topics such as motivational tips and tools to keep your clients coming back, tools of the trade, plateau busting training methods, and how to eat your way to a healthy weight .... read more

Become a qualified fitness instructor and make a difference to the health of the nation

Certificate III & IV Fitness Courses

Fitness Briefing Sessions for 2012 courses

I will be holding briefing sessions for 2012 Certificate III & IV in Fitness courses on Thursday 19th January 2012. These fast paced sessions will run at 1:30pm and 6pm at the CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. The briefings go for 60 minutes and involve a short presentation on course content and employment opportunities and support, question time, and provided you like what you hear an opportunity to enrol.

The next round of Certificate III & IV in Fitness courses for commence on the following dates:

 
The CAE is able to access government funding for Fitness courses so if you have ever thought about changing career and doing something that you are passionate about then NOW is the time to act!

To find out more please visit Career Fitness or call 1300 484 006