Doug Holland
What does it take to actually run 120 personal training sessions a week as a solo HIT strength trainer successfully?
Doug Holland is a master strength trainer, a powerlifter, and the owner of Intelligent Exercise, and he has mastered the art of delivering high-quality training sessions each week all by himself.
In this episode, Doug shares how he makes it all work: we dive deep into managing personal training sessions from start to finish, structuring and progressing workouts, and building strong client relationships, all without burning out.
If you want to learn what it takes to be a successful, high-level HIT trainer, you’ll want to listen to this episode!
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Show Notes
- 00:00 – Episode Preview
- 04:33 – Gradually increase workout intensity, correct mistakes gently
- 07:55 – Training tailored to body, not gender-specific exercises
- 13:40 – Optimizing workout session length for business efficiency
- 14:18 – Efficient 30-minute workouts in crowded commercial gyms
- 17:54 – Customer seeks efficiency, workout satisfaction achieved
- 23:44 – One late client can disrupt all schedules
- 26:57 – Three shifts training clients daily
- 28:28 – Many prefer optimizing business over training clients
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