The Business of Fitness Coaching

If you’re thinking about what’s going to benefit you as a small business owner, you’ve got to ask yourself how you can actually create a market that you can scale or get bigger within.

1: The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

One of the books that’s really beneficial for that is called The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. It’s not designed for fitness businesses, but it’s really designed for you to think through how you can make decisions, refine those decisions, make a new set of decisions, and refine those continuously.

The Lean Startup contains a wealth of material related to strategy, execution, measurement, refinement.

2: Positioning - Al Ries & Jack Trout

Then just to throw on a bonus second book, there’s a book called Positioning by Al Ries and Jack Trout which may be a bit dated but still contains valuable information to fitness business owners and coaches. And if you’re thinking about how you can create a great message around your gym, or around your coaching service, check that out.