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
375 episodes
How many clients do you need to make 120k/ yr as a personal trainer
$120,000 as a personal trainer is not a mystery, it is math plus strategy. We start with the clean target of $10K per month and work backward into what your week actually needs to look like, including the part most people ignore: clients say th...
PASS NASM 2026 W/ TUTORING & LIVE CALLS
The fastest way to fail the NASM CPT is to study like you’re trying to become a walking textbook. We take the opposite approach: pass the exam quickly, then put your energy into the hands-on coaching skills, people skills, and business confiden...
How to train small group / semi private clients
Want to become a successful personal trainer? SUF CPT, SUF STM, SUF NC will help trainers build the streams of revenue, confidence and teams to become successful making over $100,000/ year.Random circuits look creative, but they usually ...
How to Ace Your First Personal Training Interview (And Actually Get Hired)
Most new trainers think the first job interview is a quiz on anatomy. It usually isn’t. What hiring managers really watch is whether you show up early, communicate like a pro, and can connect with everyday members who want results, not gym jarg...
How to study for NASM 2026 | Pass in 30 days GUARANTEED
The fastest way to fail the NASM CPT exam is to study like you’re trying to become a walking textbook. We’re personal trainers, and most of us learn by doing. So we break down how to pass the NASM CPT without drowning in chapters you’ll never u...
How to get clients at Life Time Fitness w/ PTL1 Mike in Canada
Improve your soft skills as a trainer and you will get more clients. PTL1 Mike from Toronto Canada, talks about how Show Up Fitness helps trainers level up their business and technical skills. How to improve your people skills? That's what we d...
How to become a nutrition coach MACRO CALCULATIONS
Your clients say they are eating “1,200 calories,” but the photos tell a very different story. We walk through a clean, practical way to do macro calculations that you can explain to real humans, then zoom out to the bigger issue: macro targets...
The 3 Traits of Personal Trainers Making $125K+ Per Year
How to Become A Successful Personal Trainer vol. 2 interviews coaches and trainers who have lead a successful personal training career. HINT HINT, they don't praise textbook certifications, they focus on hands on learning and building teams.
Pass NASM at 59 | How to Become a Personal Trainer | NASM CPT Success Story
Thinking about becoming a personal trainer after 50?SUF has helped over 10,000 people pass NASM CPT. In this episode, we sit down with Shiv, who passed her NASM exam at age 59 using the Show Up Fitness Study Guide and is prov...
How to get personal training clients CHIROPRACTORS
How to become a successful personal trainer vol 2 has an entire chapter on getting clients - 10 R's of getting clients. If you want to become a successful personal trainer, start by reading the book, not an 800 page textbook.You can be a...
Why FAT LOSS is so confusing PART 2 MACROS | How to Become A Nutrition Coach
If you want to become a nutrition coach and make over 30k EXTRA dollars as a personal trainer, SUF-NC teaches you the fundamentals of nutritional science, teaches you how to scale a new stream of revenue and you get to work alongside of a regis...
Life of a Personal Trainer at Life Time w/ PTL1 Manager Caleb in Colorado
You can spot the difference between a trainer who memorized a manual and a coach who can change someone’s life, and it usually shows up in the messy middle: the first gym job, the first hard “no,” the first client who trusts you with a real goa...
NaSm CES vs SUF-STM: Which Certification Actually Makes You a Better Coach?
SUF STM is the BEST corrective exercise certification because it helps personal trainers build a better team, assess clients in pain and charge more per hour. The avg suf-stm charges between 100-150/ hr whereas a NASM CES charges on avg $61. Wi...
Life of a Personal Trainer at Anytime Fitness w/ Lili
A personal training certification can get you hired, but it will not automatically make you feel like a coach, and Lily says the quiet part out loud. She joins us from Phoenix, Arizona to share what it’s really like starting out at a busy comme...
Why Your Shoulder Still Hurts | Upward Rotation w/ Program FOR trainers
Shoulder pain? Become a SUF-STM soft tissue mobilization with access to the Prehab Guys Exercise Library to charge more as a personal trainer.Shoulder pain during overhead training isn’t just a “tight muscle” problem, and it definitely i...
Why Fat Loss is so Confusing Part 1 How to Become A Nutrition Coach
Become a nutrition coach w/ SUF-NC to work alongside of RD's and drive in streams of revenue. SUF-NC on average make an additional 30k per monthWhy is fat loss so confusing? Because trainers are taught shortcuts instead of systems.
How to Pass NASM CPT in 2026 Without Reading 800 Pages (10,000+ Passed)
SUF NASM Guide: How to pass the NASM CPT exam in 2026 without reading 800 pages. In this Show Up Fitness podcast, we break down the 7 most important NASM CPT topics including the OPT model, overhead squat assessment, planes of motion, muscle im...
Shoulder Pain? Prehab Guys Exercise Library & Program w/ CCA
Shoulder Pain? SHOWUP20 for 20% off Prehab Guys exercise library for training clients in pain w/ the CCA program. Shoulder pain is everywhere in fitness, and the fastest way to lose trust is to improvise “rehab” when you should be s...
Navigating Injury Rehab in the AI Era w/ Dr. Waltman & Adam
You can rest an injury until it “feels fine” and still end up stuck at 80%. That’s the trap that keeps athletes and active adults cycling through flare-ups, compensations, and reinjuries and it’s exactly what we dig into with Dr. David Waltman,...
Get hired at Life Time PRACTICAL w/ Show Up Fitness
Show Up Fitness has helped more trainers get hired at Life Time than any company. In fact, 2025 we had 3 SUF-CPTs who were top performers bringing in over 200k into the company (Yes, it's possible to make over 100k as a QUALIFIED personal train...
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...