{"id":7782,"date":"2019-06-18T10:10:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T10:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitproblog.mysites.io\/many-pt-businesses-fail\/"},"modified":"2019-06-18T10:10:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T10:10:48","slug":"many-pt-businesses-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/many-pt-businesses-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do so many PT businesses fail?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In this week\u2019s podcast, FitPro\u2019s editor Olivia Hubbard speaks to Australian PT Brendon Patrick on why he thinks so many instructors burn out so early on in their business.<\/h3>\n<p>As a highly dedicated and passionate coach, Brendon Patrick crafted his fitness skills and honed a resolute mindset during the 15 years he spent in the Australian Army. It was his own life experience as a soldier \u2013 and a leader \u2013 that shaped the Totem Fitness philosophy of &#8216;Mind plus Body equals Strength\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7439 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brendan-262_-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Delivering on that philosophy, Brendon aims to guide his clients on a journey that helps them to realise that proper health and fitness is about lifestyle choices and not fad diets or gimmicky fitness routines.<\/p>\n<p>Some key points discussed in the podcast by Brendon include the acknowledgement that personal trainers have to do everything themselves when aiming to run a successful business. The podcast also touches on some of the growing trends within the fitness industry. Brendon references the steady increase of tech and how there may be a golden opportunity for smaller business operators to tap into technology offerings on a much smaller scale.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to trainers creating a unique selling point, Brendon says, <em>\u201cI think the answer is that trainers don\u2019t have one at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s quite the statement. Have a listen to the podcast to find out Brendon\u2019s advice on how to approach new partnerships for your business.<\/p>\n<p>Listen<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-883127547\/pt-business-by-brendon-patrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Untitled-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As always, we would love to hear your thoughts on the topic. Get in touch with us to share how you are successfully growing your PT business to prevent burnout.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Where next? Find out some key pieces of advice in relation to working with pregnancy clients. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/index.php\/podcast-pregnancy-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s podcast, FitPro\u2019s editor Olivia Hubbard speaks to Australian PT Brendon Patrick on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[860,1561],"tags":[435,394,488,741],"class_list":{"0":"post-7782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"category-podcast","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-fitness-industry","12":"tag-personal-trainer"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}