Lee Roberts

Q: Should I lower my prices?

Ronnie from Tampa, Florida asks, ”We have seen a surge in low cost gyms ($9 a month) in the Tampa area.  I’ve owned my gym for almost 10 years, and I am definitely losing members to them.  My question is, should I try to compete with them on price, or just wait it out?  I can’t imagine that they’ll stay in…

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Lee Roberts

Could your gym run without you?

If you’re like a lot of the gym owners I talk to, you do almost everything in your gym.  Ask yourself a question – do you spend the majority of your time working on your business, or working in your business?  On vs. in – it’s just one little word, but it can mean so much! The problem with many…

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Lee Roberts

Personal training and capped income

Earlier this month, Curtis, a personal trainer in California asked for some advice about making more money.  His question was specifically related to whether or not he should continue to pay a percentage of his revenue to the gym owner, or strike out on his own.  If you want to read my recommendations, visit the post here.  But in this…

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Lee Roberts

Q: How do I make more money?

Curtis from Sacramento, California asks, “I’m a fairly successful personal training in the area.  I train out of a local gym and also out of my client’s homes.  I work 6 days a week and put in about 10 hours a day.  Even with what I feel like is a heavy client load (which has taken me 5 years to…

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