Finding a Personal Trainer that’s the perfect fit for you is a bigger decision than you may think. All going well, you’ll build a relationship with this person over many years (we have many clients at Range of Motion in Osborne Park who have been with us for over ten...
Range of Motion Personal Coach, Jen Hunter, explores the benefits of strength training in mitigating the effects of menopause. Changes in hormone levels after menopause are associated with decreased bone density, reduced muscle mass, reduced strength and increased...
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t always need to fix the things you suck at in business. Establishing the USP (unique selling proposition) of your business is not just about identifying the thing you’re best at, but identifying the things you WANT to be bad at. If...
Providing Exercise Physiology services for teenagers on the NDIS, there is one key focus that pay dividends again and again. Neutral spine. But what is ‘neutral spine’? What does it mean, and why is it so important for teens on the NDIS? ‘Neutral spine’ is basically...
A career needs to solve the problems of the person who has that career. A young, newly graduated Personal Trainer doesn’t have a lot of financial responsibilities. Generally, they don’t have kids, they don’t have mortgages, they don’t have bills. They don’t have a lot...
Do you spend a lot time staring at a computer screen? Folded into an office chair? Or maybe you spend all day driving a car. Or rocking a baby. Or staring at your phone. Have you ever thought about what the perfect posture is for each of these tasks? You probably...
High complexity exercises get a bad wrap. There seems to be a general consensus amongst health and fitness professionals that if you have the option of a simple exercise or a complex exercise (and they get the same result), you should always go simple. And, at face...
Money may not buy happiness, but, spent in the right way, can certainly move you towards better health. The global trend towards income as the deciding indicator of success is worrying. The pursuit of income often comes at the expense of all else. At the expense of...
Thinking about selling your fitness business? Here are our top tips to make sure you're making the right choice (tips one and two), and to maximise the value of the sale (tips three to nine). Are you sure?You should never make a life changing decision when you're...
Fitness entrepreneurs have no shortage of ideas. It’s a superpower… But also a curse. Ideas are the spark that a business needs to come to life. But they’re also a compelling distraction that can pull you away from your focus. You’ll never stop having ideas in your...
While we realise there is a huge range of abilities for NDIS participants, we’ve created a ‘top seven’ list for exercise we think they should build towards. Of course, there needs to be a huge degree of individualisation and variation to suit the unique needs of the...
There’s a big mistake a lot of Fitness Professionals are making when trying to attract new clients to their business. And it’s easy to fix. The problem is, they’re standing on the wrong rung of the ‘ladder’. ‘Laddering’ is a marketing concept that enables you to...
When you’ve worked with and helped as many people as we have at Range of Motion, you pick up on a lot of common problems. And there’s no population of people who need an individualised, health first approach, more than women in their early 60s. Every week, we sit down...
Your business isn’t for everyone. Or at least it shouldn’t be if you’ve developed a unique selling proposition. So, mathematically speaking, how possible is it to build a business that is successful for the long run if you have a narrow niche? It’s a numbers game....
We can raise our expectations around what NDIS participants are able to achieve when it comes to exercise. All too often as fitness professionals, we can have the tendency to pigeonhole NDIS participants, and believe that their physical potential is less than it...
One of the biggest business model mistakes we see from the Fitness Businesses we work with is a ‘Straddled Strategy’. The path to this faulty business model is pretty consistent, and might be familiar to you. You work out what you’re best at and offer this as the...
What’s the best piece of cardio equipment to get for a home gym? It really comes down to the ‘big four’. Rower (we prefer concept 2). Bike Erg (we prefer concept 2). Ski Erg (we prefer concept 2). Air Bike (we prefer Rogue Echo Bike). So let’s count these down from...
Let’s count down our top ten exercises for health. As with any top ten list, this is highly subjective, so let’s define the criteria. We’re looking for exercises that build health above all else. Exercises that increase both lifespan and healthspan (functional...
The first step to multiple income streams for fitness professionals. I was a 20 year old kid when the patent attorney said to me, ‘Ahhh, so you’re one of those ‘fitnesspreneurs’ are you? I was sitting across his mahogany desk from him, in an...
Have you considered how your menstrual cycle impacts exercise? Or how exercise impacts your menstrual cycle? You should. Different forms of exercise are best suited to different stages of your cycle. In this article, we will teach you how to match up your stage with...
Our clients tend to rise to meet the standards we set for them. As Fitness Professionals, this accountability is one of the most powerful tools we have to effect change. Holding high standards of movement quality builds respect and delivers results. But just as our...
The relationship between an NDIS participant and their exercise professional (usually an Accredited Exercise Physiologist) can be one of the most important connections in that participant’s life. Here are eight things an NDIS participant should look for when choosing...
Sometimes as Fitness Professionals we need to take our own advice. The things we say to our clients can also be great advice when we’re trying to build our businesses. In fact, it’s a useful thought experiment. Are you facing a seemingly insurmountable problem?...
If you’re a perfectionist who’s struggling to build a long term exercise habit, you may have found you struggle with consistency. And often this disruption comes either from people’s desire to make their exercise sessions perfect, or their belief that more is better....
Olympic Weightlifting. Even the sheer name strikes fear into people who are maybe a little overwhelmed by gyms and exercise. Then they learn a little more about it, and the fear only grows! And we have to admit, it does look pretty scary. Muscly people at the Olympics...
As fitness business owners, we need to accept that a lot of our clients and members are constantly looking for excuses to stop exercising. Now for many of us, this is really hard to understand. We know how good exercise is. We personally experience the improvements in...
A lot of Personal Trainers feel like they become qualified with a sound knowledge of fitness, but feel completely in the dark when it comes to running a fitness business. Here are some ways to fast track your business development. 1) Podcasts: Immerse yourself in...
The simple act of going for a long walk has to be the more underrated forms of exercise there is. And to understand why it’s so underrated, we have to understand the current state of the fitness industry. Because unfortunately, the ‘fitness industry’ as it stands...
For a fitness business owners, increasing the number of clients and members you have over time is a constant stressor. And while attracting new people to the business is definitely part of the equation, retaining existing clients is more important. Imagine if you’d...
Do you suffer from knee pain when you exercise? Squats and running leave you hobbling for days? One of the biggest challenges knee pain sufferers face, is maintaining leg strength without aggravating the knees. Particularly movements that strengthen the quads. It’s a...