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How to get clients, price your coaching, keep the clients you have, and train well. Written by the people building BryksBuilt.
For gym goers
Meet Community: the BryksBuilt feed for people who actually train
The new Community page in BryksBuilt: share workouts, recipes and progress photos, cheer your friends on, watch Stories, copy the sessions that work and climb the leaderboards. Here is everything it does and how to try it in thirty seconds.
3 min read
For gym goers
BryksBuilt is now subscription only. Your free account is staying put.
New members now start BryksBuilt with a free trial and then a subscription. Every account made before the switch stays free, forever. Here is what changes, what does not, and the honest reasons why.
4 min read
For gym goers
How many days a week should you work out: what the research says for muscle, strength, fat loss and health, and how to pick your number
Lift at least 2 days a week for your health, and 3 to 4 suits most muscle and strength goals. What the research says for health, muscle, strength and fat loss, how many rest days you need, whether training every day is too much, and sample weeks for 2 to 6 days.
13 min read
For coaches
How to run a fitness challenge for your clients: the format, the scoring, the prizes, the photos and the legal lines
A good client challenge rewards what people do every week, not the biggest drop on the scale. Here is how to pick the length and the goal, score behaviours you can see, write the rules before anyone enters, judge fairly, keep before and after photos private, run it on social media, and stay on the right side of contest law in Canada and the US.
17 min read
For gym goers
How long to rest between sets: what the research says for strength, muscle, endurance and circuits, and how to actually time it
How long to rest between sets depends on your goal and the lift. What the research says for strength, muscle size, endurance and circuits, why longer rest usually means more growth, how compound and isolation lifts differ, how supersets save time without costing reps, and how to time your rest without guessing.
11 min read
For coaches
How to run a personal training consultation: the free intro call that turns a lead into a client
A consultation is two people deciding, in about 30 minutes, whether they should work together. Here is what to send before the call, a minute by minute structure for the call itself, the questions that matter, how to talk about price without squirming, an honest close, and what to do in the 48 hours after.
14 min read
For coaches
A weekly check in questionnaire for online coaching clients: the free template, and why each question is on it
Twelve questions in four blocks that a client finishes in a few minutes and that tell you what you cannot see from your side: what the scale did, whether they ran the plan, and how the week actually felt. Copy it, cut what you would never act on, and send it this week.
11 min read
For coaches
AI for personal trainers: the hours it saves, where it gets clients wrong, and how to use it without losing the personal touch
AI can draft a training block, a meal plan and a check in reply before your coffee goes cold. It has also never met your client, the one whose knee flared up on Tuesday and who goes quiet when work gets busy. Here is what the research says AI gets right and wrong in coaching, the jobs worth handing over, the ones to keep, and the rules that protect your clients' trust.
12 min read
For gym goers
Body recomposition: how to lose fat and build muscle at the same time, and how to know it is working
Body recomposition means losing fat and building muscle at the same time, so your shape changes faster than your weight. Who it works for, what it takes in grams and calories, how to track it with a tape measure, photos and your lifts when the scale will not move, and how long it really takes.
11 min read
For gym goers
How to take progress photos: the six things to keep the same, the three angles, and how often to bother
Progress photos show what the scale cannot: your shape, your posture, where things actually changed. They only work if every set is taken the same way. Here is the setup, the poses, why an arm's length selfie lies to you, how often to take them, and how to compare them without fooling yourself.
9 min read
For coaches
How to keep personal training clients: why they leave, the first 90 days, and the signs that show up weeks before they cancel
Most clients do not quit in one message. They fade: a late check in, a shorter reply, a week with one workout instead of three. Here is the maths of why keeping a client beats finding a new one, what the research says about the first two months, the warning signs to scan for every week, and what to do the day a client says they want to stop.
10 min read
For gym goers
How to count macros as a beginner: your numbers in four steps, then logging without losing your mind
Work out your calories, then protein, then fat, then carbs from what is left, with the formula written out and two worked examples. Then the part that actually decides whether it works: weighing food, the raw versus cooked trap, how far labels are allowed to be off, and judging the week instead of the day.
9 min read
For coaches
How much to charge for online coaching in 2026, from 16 public rate cards
No credible survey publishes what online fitness coaches charge, so this page uses the next best thing: 16 live rate cards from named coaching businesses, read on their own pages today. The five bands they fall into, the one thing that actually moves the price, and what you keep after fees.
8 min read · prices verified
For coaches
How to get personal training clients online in 2026, and what each channel actually asks of you
Most advice here is a list of places to post. This page sorts the options by the only thing that matters: whether the channel brings you people who have never heard of you, or just converts traffic you already had. With the one real price anybody in this market publishes, read on the company's own page today.
7 min read · prices verified
For gym goers
How to start working out: a free four week plan, what to eat, and when you will actually see it
A complete beginner guide with a real four week program you can start on Monday, honest timelines for when each change shows up, how much protein to eat with the numbers worked out, and the five mistakes that make most people quit in week three.
8 min read