
Pete Cerqua
HIT studio owners and High-Intensity Personal Trainers: have you ever wondered what it takes to become a million-dollar trainer (or if it’s even remotely possible for you to accomplish)?
Pete Cerqua is a master High-Intensity Fitness Coach and creator of The 90-Second Fitness Solution. He has been professionally coaching since 1985 and is also 5-Time Bestselling Author for Simon & Schuster and Skyhorse Publishing, which include the books High-Intensity Fitness Revolution for Women and High-Intensity Fitness Revolution for Men. His new program “Million Dollar Trainer” shows personal trainers how to earn 7 figures per year.
The episode is a deep dive into what you can learn from Pete’s innovative approach to fitness, including the importance of efficient workouts, providing high-quality customer service, and marketing yourself as a HIT professional.
You’ll learn what you need to do to go from zero to owning your own High-Intensity Training studio and making millions as a HIT personal trainer, as Pete shares his business strategies, marketing insights, experiences, and knowledge so you can attract and retain more clients and grow your business towards earning 7 figures annually — don’t miss this one!
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Show Notes
- 03:36 – How Pete Cerqua got started: offering to train women when it wasn’t popular and training people for free
- 09:28 – From bodybuilding to powerlifting for himself to High-Intensity Training for clients (and why)
- 14:51 – How having a less bulky body as a personal trainer helped grow Pete’s HIT fitness business
- 17:06 – Why did Pete switch to HIT when most trainers don’t do that?
- 22:06 – From barely surviving as a personal trainer to beginning to find success
- 27:31 – Why Pete put one high-end client on HIT (due to a rather serious threat)
- 33:00 – Pete details his protocol, talks about chronodynametrics, and how he trains his clients
- 38:08 – How to earn more money as a personal trainer: shorter, more effective workouts; better system; double the income
- 40:59 – How Pete’s no-nonsense approach to training led to shorter workouts, more high-end clients, a book deal, and ultimately a 7-figure business — and what you can learn from it
- 49:11 – How body language can lose you clients (and what you should do about it)
People Mentioned & Selected Links from the Episode
- Pete Cerqua | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
- High-Intensity Fitness Revolution for Women – Pete Cerqua (Book)
- High-Intensity Fitness Revolution for Men – Pete Cerqua (Book)
- Rachel McLish | Ms. Olympia
- Arthur Jones | Nautilus | MedX
- Mike Mentzer | HIB episodes
- Ken Hutchins
- Jim Williams (powerlifter)
- Casey Viator | The Colorado Experiment: HIB episode 134; HIB episode 315
- Joe Weider | Official website
- Muscle & Fitness Magazine | Official Website
- Strength & Health Magazine
- Brad Schoenfeld: Dose-response relationship between weekly resistance training volume and increases in muscle mass: A systematic review and meta-analysis (paper) | HIB episodes
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