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Of the several steps needed to create a
successful small group training business, just
giving it a go is the most important.
WORDS: BLAKE WORRALL-THOMPSON
or aspiring personal trainers – and anyone interested in
living a ‘dream’ lifestyle by being a business owner – there is
a key plan of attack: work less, earn more.
Like most, I thought this wasn’t actually possible for ‘normal’ people
and that you had to be some sort of Richard Branson in-waiting to
make it a reality (and, frankly, I wanted to be that guy!). The truth,
however, is that you don’t have to be an entrepreneurial genius to make
it work – you just have to get started.
And so I did. Drawn to the concept of small group training, I decided
that throwing my lot in with this business model was going to be the
game changer for my fitness career. Coming from a one-on-one
training background, I had no idea how to run small groups, how much
to charge, how to structure the workouts – nothing. But I was prepared
to give it a crack.
I decided to start with a 6-week program for no better reason than it
sounded good to me. I called my ‘female fat l