Field notes
for trainers.

Short, useful reads on running a session-based business — written for personal trainers, yoga teachers, and coaches.

5 signs you've outgrown your spreadsheet for client tracking

Spreadsheets work for you, not for your clients. Five signs your client-tracking sheet has had its day, from disputed balances to a diary that disagrees with it

How to price prepaid session packages as a personal trainer

A practical pricing framework for solo personal trainers selling prepaid session packages — set your hourly floor, size your discount, plug the revenue leaks

Mindbody or Seshman? Which fits a solo PT

Mindbody is built for studios with staff, and does that well. If you are one PT with a client book, here is what fits, and what to check before you sign up to anything.

Stop tracking PT sessions in WhatsApp

Tracking client sessions in WhatsApp and a spreadsheet? Most PTs do. Here's a simpler way that saves time and ends the how-many-have-I-got-left arguments.