240 – Simon Shawcross – How to Become a Great Personal Trainer

Simon Shawcross (simon @ hituni.com) is a master personal trainer, co-author of The ONE Diet, and of course, founder of HITuni. Simon has more than 20 years of experience as a personal trainer, and has been helping people get their certifications and start their own HIT business for 7 years.

HITuni is the e-learning provider that specialise in delivering courses on High Intensity Training (HIT) and Evidence Based Fitness. If you are preparing to start a career in the fitness industry or have a thirst for in-depth knowledge, HITuni offers the comprehensive HIT Personal Trainer and Master HIT Personal Trainer course (use code HIB10 for 10% OFF).

Listen to Simon Shawcross’ other appearances on the podcast:

• How HIT Improves Cardiovascular Health and How to Become a Great Personal Trainer
• How to Optimise Productivity Through Nutrition, Mindset and Meditation
• How He Started a HIT Business From Scratch and Effectively Marketed and Scaled His Way to Success (and What You Can Learn From It All)

In this episode, Simon Shawcross talks about the 7 pillars to becoming a great personal trainer, an overview of HITuni, HITuni personal training courses, and much more.

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Show Notes

• 5:10 – Increase your core knowledge
• 14:46 – Know your craft and equipment 
• 20:28 – Learn from courses and other trainers
• 29:04 – Know the client
• 45:48 – Develop coaching and communication
• 50:17 – Always sell your service
• 55:33 – Ensure safety, progressive overload and client engagement
• 56:26 – Always be learning
• 1:02:19 – HITuni courses

Selected Links from the Episode

• HITuni
• Resistance Exercise Conference (REC)
• Discover Strength
• Studying Studies: Part I – relative risk vs. absolute risk
• Dilution Effect
• Max Pyramid Protocol (John Little)
• Running with Strength (Skyler Tanner)

People Mentioned

• Skyler Tanner (Listen to my episodes with Skyler here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6)
• Dr. James Fisher (Listen to my episodes with James here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5)
• Dr. James Steele (Listen to my episode with James here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4)
• Dr. Doug McGuff (Listen to my episodes with Doug here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5)
• John Little (Listen to my episodes with John here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4)
• Bill DeSimone (Listen to my episodes with Bill DeSimone here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• Jay Vincent (Listen to my episodes with Jay here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4)