
Blain Duesing
Why do some personal trainers seem to just get clients so easily?
Blain Duesing talks about the specific things that you can do that can turn you into a client magnet, and we break down what you can learn from his approach, step-by-step, to understand why people won’t be able to help but do your marketing for you and even get you referrals — if you just approach training them in a very specific way.
We’ll talk about things like understanding and addressing your clients’ fears, maximizing single sets, what helps attract clients naturally, the problem with talking about “H.I.T.”, what leads to highly qualified referrals, and more.
If you want to improve your confidence as a personal trainer and find ways to get more client referrals naturally, there’s a lot to learn from Blain in this episode!
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Show Notes
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01:30 – Who is Blain Duesing, anyway?
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02:28 – It’s a mistake to explain things in a complicated way
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03:52 – When you get a HIT client who is as nerdy as you are
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05:12 – On the usefulness of Blain’s HIT Facebook Group for his clients
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08:50 – On the transition between biology teacher to personal trainer
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12:35 – Blain’s first few clients
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14:53 – On starting his own strength studio at home
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19:40 – Why Blain refuses to train couples
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20:26 – On having confidence and building rapport with clients
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21:49 – On the power of addressing your prospective clients’ biggest fears (and how to do it)
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28:02 – How Blain trains clients (and why he doesn’t say “H.I.T.”)
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33:33 – How Blain “tricks” clients into squeezing a few more extra reps out closer to failure
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37:23 – The types of clients Blain works with
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39:03 – On client referrals
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40:49 – On doing seminars, speaking engagements, and attracting new clients naturally
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44:45 – A problem Blain has with many personal trainers (and what you can do instead)
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46:02 – When people just naturally ask you for advice on health and fitness
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47:54 – On being “an introvert that’s really good at pretending to be an extrovert” (and what irks Blain about people at social gatherings)
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50:47 – The [potential] future of Blain’s strength training business
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52:49 – Blain’s daily and weekly sessions
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55:21 – Blain Duesing’s Fitless Podcast
Note: these are the timestamps for the audio edition. For the video edition’s timestamps, please see the YouTube description box for this episode.
People Mentioned & Selected Links from this Episode
- Blain Duesing | Fitless Podcast | On Instagram | Blain’s HIT (Facebook Group)
- Richard “Rick” Chartrand | On YouTube | Sustainable Success
- A Conversation with Blain Duesing (podcast episode with Rick Chartrand)
- Dr. Doug McGuff | Official Website | Ultimate Exercise Studio | Body by Science (book) | The Body by Science Q&A Book | HIB Episodes
- Dr. Ellington Darden | Dr. Darden on Amazon | On Google Books | The New High-Intensity Training (book)
- Mike Mentzer | Official Website
- John Little | Nautilus North | Books | HIB Episodes | Heavy Duty College (Mike Mentzer YouTube Channel) | John’s Mike Mentzer Course on HITuni
- Steve McKinney | On Facebook | Fitness and More | The Gospel of Fitness (book) | HIB Episodes

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