The Show Up Fitness Podcast
Join Chris Hitchko, author of 'How to Become A Successful Personal Trainer' VOL 2 and CEO of Show Up Fitness as he guides personal trainers towards success.
90% of personal trainers quit within 12-months in the USA, 18-months in the UK, Show Up Fitness is helping change those statistics. The Show Up Fitness CPT is one of the fastest growing PT certifications in the world with partnerships with over 500-gyms including Life Time Fitness, Equinox, Genesis, EoS, and numerous other elite partnerships.
This podcast focuses on refining trade, business, and people skills to help trainers excel in the fitness industry. Discover effective client programming, revenue generation, medical professional networking, and elite assessment strategies.
Learn how to become a successful Show Up Fitness CPT at www.showupfitness.com. Send your questions to Chris on Instagram @showupfitness or via email at info@showupfitness.com."
Episodes
355 episodes
How to train a client w/ a stroke w/ Poojan
A client leaves a voicemail that would make most trainers panic: “I’m 79 years old, I had a hemorrhagic stroke, and I need someone to train me at home.” We’re joined by Poojan from Shaw Athletics to walk through what happens next, step by step,...
Should you ICE an injury? Think about MEAT w/ Dr. TeBos
IG: dr_tebos Physical Therapist in Kentucky. Most people treat an ankle sprain like a simple checklist: rest, ice, wait, repeat. That advice can feel comforting and still be wrong for your recovery timeline.We sit down with ...
How to Add $30K Revenue as a Trainer with Nutrition Coaching & an RD
Become a nutrition coach w/ SUF NC working alongside RD's to build you team and streams of revenue.Torey Berry, SUF instructor talks about her success with having an RD on her team.Most personal trainers talk about nutrition all d...
How to make 100k as a Personal Trainer STREAMS OF REVENUE 60-30-10
One canceled client should not be able to wreck your entire month. We’re laying out a clean, numbers-first blueprint for personal trainers who want a sustainable six-figure personal training business without grinding 50 sessions a week. The fra...
How to train a ROWER | SUF Personal Training CHALLENGE
Rowing exposes your weak links fast: sloppy wrists, rushed recovery, too much layback, and suddenly your “cardio day” turns into cranky elbows, tight hip flexors, or a low-back flare-up. We want trainers and everyday lifters to use the rower as...
Ep. 350 How to program for personal trainers 8 Core Movement Patterns & CCA
Struggling with programming for your personal training clients? Enter the 8 core movement patterns and the CCA within the SUF CPT.Most training plans fall apart for one simple reason: they’re built on random exercises instead of a clear ...
Get Clients at a Big Box Gym | Equinox Life Time Fitness Crunch
Meet SAM & Paul. SUF-CPTs who are discussing ways to get clients at big box gyms. Sam already has 3 clients at Equinox and she was hired within 4-weeks with her SUF-CPT.The fastest way to get personal training clients at a big box gy...
Pass The NASM CPT Fast 2026 OPT Quiz Questions
You can spend weeks “learning” the NASM CPT textbook and still walk into the exam feeling blind sided. We take the opposite approach: study to pass, fast. If you’re stuck on the OPT model, acute variables, tempos, and rest periods, this convers...
How to Price Your Personal Training Rates (LEARN HOW TO SELL $100+ PER HOUR)
Anyone can get certified. Very few know how to charge.Most trainers underprice because they lack confidence, experience, and a real system. So they default to $40 to $60 sessions… and wonder why they burn out.In this epis...
Fix Knee Pain w/ Dr. Farnsworth TKE .4 FREE CEU's for Personal Trainers
Your knee pain might not be a “weak glute” problem or a fancy gadget problem. It might be one missing piece of motion: full knee extension. When the knee can’t straighten, the quad stays inhibited, your gait gets weird, and every step becomes p...
General Manager Javi PUSH The House SUF Tampa Seminar May 30-31
Push the house gym (Pinellas Ultimate Strength House) in Tampa, FL will be hosting Show Up Fitness and our level 2 seminar May 30/31st Saturday 12-5, Sunday 9-1.General Manager Javi Fraga IG-jfragatrainingYou can have an exercise ...
How to Assess A Cardio Bunny | Fitness Assessments for Personal Trainers
You can take classes six days a week, sweat through your clothes, and still feel stuck when you want bigger glutes, a tighter waist, and that athletic “trained” look. We’re talking about the classic cardio bunny: the ClassPass regular who does ...
Is the FMS Overrated? Doc Meathead_Rehab Breaks It Down
Meathead_rehab = DPT breakdown of the FMS.A movement screen can feel like a truth serum, but what if it’s really just a narrow test that gets mistaken for a diagnosis? We sit down with Dr Motley (DPT) to talk through the Functional Movem...
Can you train a type 2 diabetic w/out medical clearance???
A client tells you they have diabetes, hands you their card, signs up for training and then refuses to get medical clearance. Do you keep the money and train them anyway, or do you draw a hard line and risk the refund? We walk through the real ...
Ep. 340 The Hidden Revenue Stream: Running Clubs + Metabolic Testing w/ Life Time Trainer Donovan
Life Time DPT: IG Donovan_will_Running is easy to start and hard to master, and that gap is where most people get stuck. I’m talking with Donovan, a coach at Lifetime Dumbo in downtown Brooklyn, about what actually makes runners improve:...
How to Become THE BEST Personal Trainer in 2026 | Common mistakes new trainers make
“Get certified and start making $100K” sounds great until you are standing on a gym floor with five clients back to back and no real plan. We get blunt about why the personal training industry chews up new coaches, and why the biggest problem i...
How to Assess a Beginner Male Client | SUF Personal Trainer Assessment protocols
Most trainers think the “assessment” is where you prove how smart you are. We think it’s where you prove you’re safe, clear, and worth paying. We break down a client assessment process that changes based on context, whether you’re stuck doing a...
How to train a client w/ fused discs Become A Personal Trainer
A client tells you they have a fused disc and suddenly every squat, hinge, and loaded carry feels like a liability. We break that moment down into a repeatable coaching process so you can stop guessing and start programming with clarity. From t...
Baseball Players, Should we use Bat Donuts | A Breakdown of Bat Velocity
The on-deck circle is full of traditions that feel right, but “feels faster” can be a trap. We dig into bat speed and bat velocity through a Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research study on warm-up devices, then translate it into coaching...
How to network with a DPT | Personal Trainers building TEAMS
A physical therapist can be the difference between being “just another trainer” and becoming the coach doctors actually trust. We kick off with a real question from Wayne in Alaska: he found a promising DPT partner, but he’s early in the relati...
How to start a gym San Francisco Bay Area w/ Glenda ELEVA
IG Glenda_garay GYM eleva_fitness_studioGlenda walked into her first gym role with a big goal and a shaky toolkit then built a studio that’s now heading into year three. We sit down with the Eleva Fitness owner from the San Francisco Bay...
How to program for a 54 yr old lawyer 42% body fat 260lbs EQUINOX trainer
A brand-new Equinox trainer asks a simple question with huge stakes: how do you program for a 54-year-old lawyer who’s 260 pounds, 42% body fat, fresh off a divorce, and dead set on getting to 200? We walk through exactly how we’d run the first...
BEST Personal Trainer Certification 2026 | NASM ISSA NSCA SUF
Personal training certifications look simple until you realize the industry is split between marketing machines, legacy nonprofits, and smaller programs that bet on real skill. We build a March Madness style bracket to compare the big names in ...
Best Gyms For Personal Trainers to work at | Life Time vs Equinox
Picking a gym is not a vibe check, it’s a career decision. We build a March Madness bracket of the best places to get hired as a personal trainer in the United States and tell you what the bracket is really measuring: income potential, quality ...
How to Design a Workout for a 13-Year-Old Soccer Player w/ Prehab / Rehab
How do you properly train a 13-year-old soccer athlete without risking injury or burnout?In this episode of the Show Up Fitness Podcast, we break down exactly how to design a safe, effective workout for a young soccer player