New City YET AGAIN

It is so hard to start over.
in anything generally speaking, but specifically now I am speaking of training.

I love group ex and I love training. I love it all... But starting over in a new city is very hard.
I am not a good sales person. I am funny and once I get to talking to people, they seem to like me... BUT I am not a good salesman. Sadly, in this industry, you need to be a good salesman...
Now, don't get me wrong, there are AMAZING trainers who are good sales people, but there are wa more crappy trainers that are good sales people :(
So any way... I am not a good sales man, and it is hard to be an independent trainer when you lack the sales skill..
and
I hate the way gyms are ran.
The pay is crappy
The gym always wants a no-compete

So, I get the no-compete... I can understand why. I never ran a gym that way. I never tell my trainers they cannot train at another gym or independently. BUT I get it.. When you are so insecure about your abilities to attract customers and clients, you have to restrict your trainers.

I think that is stupid.

Make your gym so fantastic that trainers WANT to train there, they want to use your facility because it is just that awesome. A client who wants to be in a gym and use gym equipment goes to a gym. It is that simple. You cater to the kind of client you want. Do you want meat heads who are shouting and grunting and posing? COOL build a gym they want to be in. Do you want something that is non-threatening so that 90% of the population that DOESN'T workout feels comfortable? COOL build that.

But you don't get that, you get restrictions and blah blah blah..

Well, time to go be awkward and try to meet some people :)