2018 Professional Development videos
MICHEAL HEMPSEED from The Collaborative Trust talks about the teenage brain and eating disorders here
RIC THORPE from SidekickPT Chartered Accountants speaks about financial planning for exercise professionals here
JOHN POLLEY speaks about why being a complete health, fitness and wellness professional is important and why we need to bring peak understanding of activity and exercise to our clients Here
2017 Professional Development Videos
April 2017- WHY MENOPAUSE MATTERS IN MID LIFE with Wendy Sweet from My Menopause Transformation here
June 2017- SOCIAL MEDIA ESSENTIALS with Jono Petrohilos from Fitness Education Online here
July 2017- INTERVIEW with Moana Williams a amall club owner here
August 2017- COLLABORATE with Ian O’ Dwyer from OD On Movement here
November 2017- HOW TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST with Chantal Brodrick from The Fitness Business Podcast here
December 2017- PERSONAL TRAINERS SHARE SUCCESS with Jean Scott and PTC Ambassadors here
2016 Professional Development Videos
In 2016 we moved into a new phase with our professional development recordings and are now releasing monthly Personal Development Videos (PDV).
March 2016- with Justin Tamsett- How To Have Clients Buy PT From You here
May 2016-Intrinsic Motivation – How to Get your Buzz and Keep It with Wellness Practitioner Aaron McLoughlin here
June 2016- Angela Jenkins and Dave Liow from Kaizen take you through key steps to finding your genius to create great business with ease here
September 2016- with Rowie McEvoy- How To Be a Weightloss Coach here
November 2016- Jean Scott interviews Matt Williams about what PT’s can do to assist clients in building and maintaining their motivation to make health related changes here
2015 Webinars
Adaptability (of tissue, posture, movement, mind and emotions)- With John Polley here
Setting Price Structures for your Business- With Ian O’Dwyer here
Hormones and Happiness: Lifestyle Change- With Wendy Sweet here
The Exercise Motivation Change Cycle with Matt Williams here
Sleep and Peak Performance with Aaron McCoughlin here
Hard Questions to Improve Your Business- Bevan James Eyles here
Nutrition Coaching. How To Remote Control Clients’ Diets- With Matt O’Neill here
Kaizen’s Top Fitness Trends in 2014- With Dave Liow here
Oh %^$# 2015 Has Started and I’m Not Ready- With Justin Tamsett here
The Career of the Fitness Professional with Bevan James Eyles here
Other Recommended Resources
The 2012 “Guide to Starting out in Fitness” – Is a resource for potential gym instructors and personal trainers looking to get into the fitness industry.
The “Expenses Template” is an Excel spreadsheet that allows you to estimate your business and personal expenses to see how it all stacks up financially.
REPs provides a series of excellent resources for registered trainers. If you are registered and don’t know about these then go directly to their website for more information.
If you are a trainer and have your own studio/exercise facility, or looking at setting one up, ExerciseNZ is an excellent resource. Check out information on the ExerciseNZ pages, especially the Joining ExerciseNZ page, which has information on membership options.
If you are looking for a job in the exercise industry, or have a job to list then there is now a website specifically for the exercise industry. FitNZ.co.nz. This site also has the ability to notify job seekers when a job in their area is listed based on their selected profile.

