Fitness Insights by Jamie Atlas

recently did something that I think I know is going to change my life.

It is something that only recently became a reality for me. Every time I do it, I get better and better at it and the people that are a part of it seem to enjoy it even more.

Im talking about a new personal training system I have developed whereby I train people over an internet-connected webcam. Perplexed? See the video below to see how it works:

Watch the video below to see a 2 minute recording of one of my sessions with Maggie:

I should probably explain where this all started. It was about three months ago when I started thinking and testing this with friends, but as they say in the business world “its all speculation until you get your first customer”. Enter Maggie – my first client in the new age of personal training:

I had been connected to Maggie through a mutual friend (Thanks Kelli)! and we talked about her fitness goals over the phone. She needed a particular kind of training, and we seemed to be talking the same language in regards to what she was after.

Normally I would arrange a free initial consultation to see what was happening in her movement patterns and make an analysis of what would be the best fitness program/course for her to give the best results. But that was not to be… There was a catch.

Maggie lived about an hour away – and was a very busy, very successful professional with limited time in her day.

My schedule wouldn’t allow me to drive to her house. She had made it clear to me that she did not have the time in her schedule to come to mine.

She also wanted to:

1. learn how to do a workout in her own house
2. wanted a way that I could keep training with her while she was on road trips for business
   
3. wanted to be make it cost effective by sharing the session (we are talking about sharing it with her best friend in Minnesota – we just need her to go buy the webcam and it will be ‘go time’).

But rather than let the fact that we might never meet hold me back, I talked with her about this idea of Virtual Personal Training and she seemed receptive. She wasn’t very technology savvy, but when I suggested the idea she liked it and was willing to try it.

I told Maggie that I could train her and she could get just as good results doing my new method of training and she wouldn’t need to leave her house.

So we did a trial session together.

And she dug it!

She loved it so much she referred four people to me in the following weeks.

So I tried it with a couple of other clients. They seemed to like it as well (I’m still not sure how to take this, but a couple of clients actually like it better than the real thing!)

Would YOU do it? Tell me what you like about this idea (and of course – if you have the gusto, what you don’t like about this new style of training).

Does it sound remotely intriguing? You could personal train while at your island in Belize or from the comfort of your hollywood mansion – or just get it going in the comfort of your own home office.

I am here if you have any questions – always love the questions.

Jamie Atlas

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Jamie Atlas

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