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Checking a source and building the session round it are the same job, and PT Manager is where that reasoning lives

Checking a source and building the session round it are the same job, and PT Manager is where that reasoning lives

In short: Checking a source a client brings you and researching properly for FASTER Sports Scientist are both the same underlying skill, deciding what to trust before you build on it. PT Manager's programme builder holds that decision inside the actual session, so it isn't re-argued from memory every week.

The short version

Today's earlier posts covered two things that look separate and aren't. One was checking a client's video against a credible source before you answer her. The other was FASTER Sports Scientist, taking that same checking skill to degree level, one to one. Both come down to deciding what's worth trusting before you build a session on it. PT Manager is where that decision stops living only in your head.

Key Takeaways

  • Checking a source and researching properly for a client are the same underlying skill, deciding what to trust before you act on it.
  • PT Manager's programme builder, One Session, 12-Week Plan or Sport Season, holds that decision inside the actual training system, tri-set, superset, circuit, built exercise by exercise.
  • Adding a real client unlocks once you've passed any FASTER course, the Certified PT course from scratch, or the Movement Trainer course (£375) if you're already qualified.

Where the reasoning goes once you've made the call

Checking a source is a decision made once. A programme is that decision applied every week, to a real client, without you re-arguing it with yourself each session. That's what the Build screen is for, choose a single session, a 12-week plan or a full sport season, then build the training system underneath it, a tri-set opens exactly three slots, a superset two, and every exercise you add is autosaved against that client by name.

This is Skeletons and Blocks doing its job, the skeleton is the vague shape of the plan, the blocks are the specific deliverables inside it, so the reasoning behind a session survives past the moment you had it.

How it opens up

PT Manager opens the day you sign up with FASTER, so you can explore it and build it around your own business straight away. Adding real clients unlocks once you've passed a course, whichever route got you there, the Certified PT course from scratch, or the Movement Trainer course if you're already qualified and don't need to repeat Level 2/3. Either way, the courses themselves are taught visually and hands-on, listening, reading, writing or dictating your answers, whichever way you learn.

What to do next

If today's first post on checking a source was the one that landed, the Certified PT course builds it in from the start. If the second post on FASTER Sports Scientist was the one, that's the same skill taken further, one to one. Either way, PT Manager runs from the moment you sign up and stays free once you've passed.

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Frequently asked

Does PT Manager check a source for me?

No, that's the research skill from today's earlier posts. PT Manager is where you hold and run the session once you've made that call, not where the call gets made.

Does adding a client to PT Manager require FASTER Sports Scientist specifically?

No. Any completed course unlocks it, the Certified PT course from scratch or a specialist or Expert course like FASTER Sports Scientist if you're already qualified.

What's Skeletons and Blocks?

The programme builder's structure, a skeleton is the vague shape of a plan, blocks are the specific deliverables inside it, built so a session stays consistent for a client without being rebuilt from scratch each time.

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