Business & Clients
You Get The Programme Builder Inside PT Manager The Day You Pass A Course
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: PT Manager opens the moment a trainer signs up with FASTER, so the business side, bookings, calendar, client records, is available from day one. The full programme builder, where an exercise built four different ways gets saved into a real client's plan, opens once a course is passed, the Certified PT course from scratch or a specialist course like Movement Trainer if already qualified.
The short version
Today's earlier posts covered two separate things: knowing which governing body gets a new trainer hired, and rebuilding one exercise four different ways instead of chasing new ones. PT Manager's programme builder is where the second one turns from knowledge in someone's head into a real, saved plan for a paying client.
Key Takeaways
- PT Manager opens the moment a trainer signs up, bookings, calendar and client records included from day one.
- The full programme builder, where an exercise built four ways gets saved into a client's plan, opens once a course is passed.
- Two routes get a trainer there: the Certified PT course from scratch, or a specialist course like Movement Trainer if already qualified.
Signing up and passing are different moments
PT Manager doesn't wait for a certificate before a trainer can explore it, set it up, and get familiar with how it runs. That starts the day someone signs up with FASTER. What passing a course adds is real clients, and with them, the full programme builder rather than a locked preview of it.
Where the four-ways-per-exercise thinking lands
Today's second post covered how one exercise, a squat, can be rebuilt four different ways by changing the load, the speed and the hold. That's a skill a trainer carries around in their head until it gets written down somewhere a client can follow. The programme builder is that somewhere, periodised programmes and a full season planner, built for exactly the kind of specific, client-shaped plan the Movement Trainer course teaches.
Getting hired and getting set up happen together
CIMSPA recognition, covered in today's first post, is what gets a new trainer through a gym's front door. PT Manager running alongside it, from sign-up through to passing, means the business side isn't a second scramble after the qualification lands. It's already there, waiting for real clients to walk in.
What to do next
Today's first post covered getting hired. The second covered getting more out of one exercise than most trainers ever ask for. PT Manager is where both turn into a real, running business, open the moment you sign up, with the full programme builder switching on the day you pass.
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Can I use PT Manager before I've passed a course?
Yes. It opens the moment you sign up, bookings, calendar and client records included, so the business side is running from day one.
What exactly switches on when I pass?
Adding real clients, and the full programme builder, the room where an exercise built four different ways gets saved straight into a client's plan.
Do I have to start from scratch to get it, or does an existing qualification count?
Either route works. The Certified PT course gets you PT Manager from the start of a career, and if you're already qualified, a specialist course like Movement Trainer brings you in without repeating Level 2/3.
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