The Rental Gym Playbook with Chris Duncan

About this episode

Chris Duncan discusses the rental model for personal training and shares insights on common mistakes and strategies for success.

In this episode, we’re joined by Chris Duncan, founder of Rental Gym Mentors, to talk all things rental model personal training. Chris shares his journey through the fitness industry and breaks down the biggest mistakes PTs make when entering rent-based gyms. We discuss lead generation on the gym floor, sales, tracking the right numbers, pricing properly, and why being busy doesn’t always mean being profitable. We also dive into what scaling actually looks like in an in-person PT business,...

People in this episode

Host: Fitness Education Online

Guest: Chris Duncan

Topics covered

• rental model personal training
• lead generation
• sales
• profitability
• scaling in-person PT business

Keywords

• rental gym
• personal training
• lead generation
• sales strategies
• profitability
• scaling business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rental Gym Mentors

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