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Required Forms for Personal Training

  • Liability Release – As you know, physical activity of any kind comes with the risk of injury. Your client must acknowledge this and release you, as their trainer, of any liability.
  • Safety Waiver – Inform prospective participants of potential risks involved with an activity and allow an individual to voluntarily choose to incur risks.
  • Contractual Agreement – This document is where I state my 24-hour cancelation policy. It also allows me to charge the client’s session if they don’t provide 24-hour notice. I do make exceptions to this policy as necessary (family emergency, etc.), but it’s entirely at your discretion. This keeps my clients accountable and demonstrates the value of your time and service.
  • Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Par-Q) with Health History Questionnaire – A Par-Q is a simple self-screening tool that can and should be used by anyone who is planning to start an exercise program. It is typically used by fitness trainers or coaches to determine the safety or possible risk of exercising for an individual based on their health history, and current symptoms and risk factors.

These forms can be emailed to your client. Instruct them to send the completed forms back and then file away either hard copies or online. Even if you keep paper copies, it’s a good idea to add scanned copies to each client’s personal (e.g., Google) folder as well. Make sure all forms are complete before their first training session with you. No matter how good a friend the client may be, always complete the forms.

To streamline this process for my business, I host all forms on my website. When I receive a new client, I simply forward them one URL, and they have access to printable versions of each form.

Warning

Remember to instruct clients to consult with their physician before beginning any exercise or nutrition plan and follow all safety recommendations. Your understanding of risks associated with the use of BodyFly and preview but not limited to online content, including fitness videos, you voluntarily elect to engage in such activities knowing that it may be hazardous to your person and property, and you waive any claims relating to such activities.

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Client Fitness Progress ReportDownload
Initial Fitness AssessmentDownload
PARQ2024Download
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Virtual and Online Training

Whether you are running your own training business or working for a pre-existing company, it’s important to always seek out alternative revenue streams. Why? Because without a variety of revenue streams, you’re trading your time for money—and time is a limited resource.

When a trainer is only making money in the hours they spend physically training clients, they are not only limiting their overall income opportunities but they’re also leaving themselves at the mercy of their paying clients. What happens if a client goes on vacation, gets sick, or takes a break from training? How about if you as a trainer get sick, go on vacation, or want to take a day off? Or if external factors prevent you from training? No money will be made! There are many options to create multiple revenue streams as a personal trainer such as group training, which allows you to train more clients in an hour, hybrid training, hiring trainers to work underneath you and help with your in-person training hours, exploring corporate partnerships, and/or selling clothing or supplements, etc. These are all great ways to supplement your revenue for times you are not training one-on-one clients, but there’s one major revenue stream in particular that every fitness professional should be exploring: online personal training. 

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