Lift The Bar

Since working with Jake in LTB Essentials he’s helped me get clear & focus on: - How to get the best results for my clients & improve the efficiency of my programming, without faffing for hours on pointless resources - What I want/need to achieve financially; - How to balance building my business around my children. Jake provides the perfect balance of knowing when to support and when to push me. I’m feeling much more confident and clearer on what I need to do to move my business forward. I could write an essay on how the essentials coaching has helped me. And it’s unbelievably affordable for such valuable coaching. I’d recommend you give it a go yourself!

I joined essentials as I was looking for more accountability, expertise and guidance in my business. I knew I had a decent client base in my group sessions and I wanted to try and increase that and make it a more reliable income. We worked on my social media ad campaign and strategy which has helped massively to bring new leads into my business. I think as a PT working mobile and not having as much interaction with people as you would in a commercial gym the calls with Sally were invaluable. Having someone to discuss ideas, problems, strategies and solutions is really worth the membership alone. Thanks to Sally I now have a toolbox to use when I need to increase my client base and retain my current ones. I think for anyone thinking about joining essentials, go and give it a go, the knowledge and accountability you will get from someone who has been there and done it is invaluable.

When I started working with Jake I was trying to spin SO many plates that I was left feeling overwhelmed and burnt out. Jake helped me gain clarity on what to focus on and helped me come up with a step by step plan to get to my end goals. Since starting mentoring with Jake, I have achieved goals that have been hugely valuable for me - I have started small group PT to allow me to reduce my time spent working in the gym while also helping more people. I have made progress in the direction I’m really passionate about which is helping older people. I am about to start my very own senior fitness class (which I have only ever previously done through another company) which is so exciting!! I can’t recommend LTB essentials enough - it gave me the boost I needed to make real progress in my business and has helped me massively in achieving a lifestyle I am happy with. It’s great having someone in your corner to bounce ideas off and for the accountability to actually complete a task before jumping on to the next. Jake's support has been invaluable, leaving me feeling clear and confident after every call. I can't thank him enough for all of his help!

My main reason for signing up for Essentials was accountability. This online coaching ‘thing’ can be a lonely place and I love an echo chamber with someone to bounce ideas off and sense-check what I am thinking/ doing. I also love the Facebook group as this has additional info and even more brains to pick. The weekly check-ins have been great for me to hold myself accountable, but also recognise that I was making progress if even just small steps here and there. Having the calls with Sally has been a game-changer, too, as it gave me an additional opportunity to talk things through, have ‘out loud thinking’ and get clarity on specific topics relevant to me and my business/ coaching. Essentials has helped me stay more focused week after week. Having the weekly check-in to fill in reminded me of the goals I had set myself for the week. It allowed me to see what progress I had made while getting clear on the coming week’s goals. Knowing I had Sally to lean on and being able to ask for her help directly was priceless and to me one of the most important parts of the Essentials membership. The biggest progress for me as a result of being an Essentials member and having Sally as my mentor has been that I have made real progress in creating and building out my customer journey and resources. It is easy to be busy without being focused and making progress and having Sally hold me accountable and guide me, has been a game-changer. The biggest confidence booster for me has come from being more comfortable and confident when it comes to programming. Again, Sally was so helpful and supportive, giving me her take on things and helping me simplify the process. All in all, I cannot recommend Essentials enough and cannot believe I did not make use of this opportunity earlier. And compared to all those expensive (and often samey-samey and disappointing) mentorships out there, this has been one of my most positive experiences I’ve had.

I’ve been working with Claire as an Essentials member on Lift the Bar, and the transformation in my business has been incredible. I went from being a part time personal trainer with no real structure to being fully booked and even turning clients away! I’ve had two price increases, and I’m still busier than ever. Claire’s accountability has kept me motivated, and her constant support has been invaluable. She’s always there to answer any questions and provide guidance. Claire is not only an amazing coach but also a lovely person. I couldn’t have achieved this success without her!

When I decided I wanted to future proof my business from increasing rent etc and deal with the ever growing waiting list I had for in person personal training, I felt that online training was the way to go. I had an idea of where to start but no network of online PT’s to bounce off, brainstorm with or just chat about the ins and outs of an online business. I have known Sally for many years. We were first introduced via an LTB Scottish meet up and I’ve felt there’s been a nice connection throughout. When I had this online personal training business idea, Sally had not long had on social media than she had space for someone to mentor through LTB Essentials. I reached out and although I initially thought I’d only need a few months worth of mentoring, I’m still subscribing as I love that Sally will give me honest, impartial feedback. Since we started, I have built a strong online client following. Sally has helped me put systems in place, questioned some of my thoughts (which seemed a good idea at the time 🤣) and is always there to assist, support and proof read anything I’m unsure about. My business is still my business and at no point has Sally said “I wouldn’t do that if I were you” or “you should do this” she simply asks you questions to enable you to come to your own conclusions. Even now, although I feel I have a good, basic business model, I still value our mentorship relationship and that call every couple weeks to keep me accountable and raise more things that I maybe didn’t think about. There’s a security about having someone ‘holding your hand’, someone who’s in your corner and makes you feel like you’re not alone without dictating their own agenda. You wouldn’t get your car fixed at a toy shop so why would you consider anything other than being mentored by someone who’s in the same business with years of practical experience. The money is secondary, Sally is priceless ❤️

When I first started out as a trainer I felt overwhelmed at the thought of getting my first five clients I had no idea how to go about getting clients, so I decided to join LTB Essentials as I wanted to work with someone who could help me support me with my goal of getting enough clients to work full time as a PT. Having the one-to-one support from LTB essentials has been a game changer, I love how someone can answer any questions I have about marketing, it's been so helpful when it comes to starting as a trainer and finding clients when times have been tough. I really do feel like I've grown as a trainer and a coach since I started out as an Essentials member, having the support from someone who is as experienced as Claire has not only helped me build a successful business but also helps me with any challenging situations that being a trainer can throw at you.

When I first started having calls with Claire nearly 5 years ago, I was a 1-2-1 trainer working out of a local gym, I had 11 full paying clients, no clear direction on anything in my business and found myself winging it. I had no systems in place, no clear prices and I struggled to find leads and make sales. The calls were invaluable. Through the highs and lows, including the covid years and when I struggled through the period with the lowest income of my career so far, I valued essentials enough to keep paying and getting help. Post covid I ended up going back to the same gym when it reopened, I managed to get myself fully booked and look for other routes of income. This then turned into small group training where I was able to scale to the point that the current gym I was working in couldn’t handle what my business needed. Fast forward to today where I'm 7 months into running my own fully booked studio, hitting the best numbers I've ever had along with knowing where, when and how I want to grow proves that Essentials not only got me here, but keeps me here and level headed. Without Essentials, my business wouldn’t have grown to where it is right now. It's because of Lift The Bar and their amazing mentors that I'm able to do this full time and run a fully booked studio. Something I've mentioned before whilst on a call is that I'm never going to cancel my membership to Essentials, and I mean it.