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Know Your Worth: How to Set Your Rates as a Strength and Performance Coach
By Rick • September 4, 2026One of the most difficult factors to determine as a strength and performance coach is how much to charge for your services. AIHP Founder Rick Prince explains everything you should take into consideration. -
How to Network as a Personal Trainer and Why It’s Critical in Building Your Business
By Rick • August 28, 2026Developing a strong network can help you learn how to be a better trainer, receive client recommendations and connect with new career opportunities in the industry. AIHP Founder Rick Prince shares advice on how to network as a personal trainer. -
What’s Holding You Back From Building a Business as a Strength and Performance Coach?
By Rick • August 21, 2026While it’s easy to dream of starting your own business as a strength and performance coach, actually doing it is a different story. AIHP Founder Rick Prince shares his experience working in the fitness industry and the main obstacles he’s identified in getting started. -
Do You Need a Niche as a Strength and Performance Coach?
By Rick • August 13, 2026When building a business as a personal trainer, or strength and performance coach, it’s always more beneficial to specialize in a niche than to call yourself a generalist. AIHP Founder Rick Prince shares why, along with several steps to position yourself for success. -
Why Testosterone Is Declining in Young Men, and What Strength and Performance Coaches Can Do About It
By AIHP • August 7, 2026Every strength and performance coach should be aware of this testosterone trend in young men and understand how to leverage their programming strategy to help. -
What Makes a Good Fitness Coach? Key Skills for Success
By Rick • July 31, 2026There are several skills every fitness coach absolutely needs to have in order to gain new clients, retain existing clients and develop a network and positive reputation in the industry. Without these skills, the job likely won’t be much fun anyway. -
Strength and Performance Coaching in the Real World: Understanding the People You Serve
By AIHP • July 24, 2026This is part two of an ongoing series exploring what strength and conditioning looks like in the real world. Here’s why understanding your clients and their motivations is just as important as knowing how to create programming. -
Strength and Performance Coaching in the Real World: Building Relationships and Reputation
By AIHP • July 17, 2026Here’s how to leverage your role as a group fitness instructor to build your reputation as a strength and performance coach. This is the first installment in an ongoing series exploring what strength and conditioning looks like in the real world. -
5 Fitness Coach Certifying Organization Practices That Need to Stop
By Rick • July 10, 2026Not all standard industry practices are good. In fact, based on my perspective, there are five in the fitness certification industry that are damaging. Here’s what we’re doing at AIHP to break the mold. -
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: What Strength and Conditioning Professionals Need to Know
By AIHP • July 2, 2026When a strength and conditioning client is using GPL-1s, the opportunity as a coach is not simply to support weight loss, but to ensure that the process results in improved health, preserved function and long-term physical resilience.