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3 ways to automate your personal fitness business

By Grace Montgomery · April 3, 2020
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If you're a personal trainer working with a diverse group of clients, you have a ton to keep track of. From managing your marketing efforts to making sure your clients get a unique, challenging workout each week, there are a lot of moving parts.

Identifying the repetitive, tedious tasks that take up your time and finding ways to automate them can help you focus your efforts on the good stuff—like how to break a sweat.

Zapier can help you streamline your tasks by automatically sending information from one app to another in a Zap, our word for automated workflows. You'll see a variety of Zap templates—pre-made Zaps—throughout this piece that will help minimize the administrative hassle of managing your fitness business. To get started with a Zap template, just click on it, and we'll guide you through customizing it—it only takes a couple of minutes.

Automatically add new clients to your training app

Depending on how you're marketing your personal training business, your clients are probably signing up for your services in a few different ways. For example, you may sign them up directly after a phone call, or they may come your way from a social media ad.

Rather than manually adding all of your new clients to your personal training software after they make a purchase, use automation to connect the dots for you. These pre-made workflows will automatically add new clients to your personal training app from your email marketing, lead management, or purchase app.

Add new Mailchimp subscribers to Trainerize as active clients

Add new Mailchimp subscribers to Trainerize as active clients
  • Mailchimp logo
  • ABC Trainerize logo
Mailchimp + ABC Trainerize

Add clients to Trainerize programs from new Stripe orders

Add clients to Trainerize programs from new Stripe orders
  • Stripe logo
  • ABC Trainerize logo
Stripe + ABC Trainerize

Create a new person in ABC GymSales from a new lead in Facebook Lead Ads

Create a new person in ABC GymSales from a new lead in Facebook Lead Ads
  • Facebook Lead Ads logo
  • ABC GymSales logo
Facebook Lead Ads + ABC GymSales

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Follow up with clients automatically

That workout motivation can fade fast. Sending a welcome packet as soon as a client signs up for a workout or sending regular communication like workout reminders and tips can ensure your clients stay motivated and don't skip a workout.

Use these Zaps to connect your personal fitness app to your marketing software. Once you add a new client to your training app, these pre-made workflows will automatically add them to your subscriber list on Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, and more. You'll never miss an opportunity for a follow-up.

Add new clients in Trainerize as a new or updated subscriber in Mailchimp

Add new clients in Trainerize as a new or updated subscriber in Mailchimp
  • ABC Trainerize logo
  • Mailchimp logo
ABC Trainerize + Mailchimp

Welcome new Trainerize clients with outbound emails

Welcome new Trainerize clients with outbound emails
  • ABC Trainerize logo
  • Email by Zapier logo
ABC Trainerize + Email by Zapier

Add new paid group member in Exercise.com as a new or updated contact in ActiveCampaign

Add new paid group member in Exercise.com as a new or updated contact in ActiveCampaign
  • Exercise.com logo
  • ActiveCampaign logo
Exercise.com + ActiveCampaign

Keep track of your clients' workouts

Part of any good exercise program is keeping track of which workouts your clients perform each week so you can make sure you're adding in variety and continuing to challenge them. But if your clients prefer to track their workouts in a bunch of different workout tools, things can get messy.

Logging information about all of your clients in your project management software or in a Google Sheets spreadsheet can make it easier to track and manage.

Add completed MapMyFitness workouts to Google Sheets

Add completed MapMyFitness workouts to Google Sheets
  • MapMyFitness logo
  • Google Sheets logo
MapMyFitness + Google Sheets

Archive Runkeeper activities in Google Sheets

Archive Runkeeper activities in Google Sheets
  • Runkeeper logo
  • Google Sheets logo
Runkeeper + Google Sheets

Add new Strava activities to Google Sheets rows

Add new Strava activities to Google Sheets rows
  • Strava logo
  • Google Sheets logo
Strava + Google Sheets

Add new Strava activities as records to Airtable

Add new Strava activities as records to Airtable
  • Strava logo
  • Airtable logo
Strava + Airtable

If it's easier for you to track workouts on a calendar, you can do that, too. These pre-made workflows add workouts and activities from your fitness training app to your calendar automatically.

Add new MapMyFitness workouts as events in a Google Calendar

Add new MapMyFitness workouts as events in a Google Calendar
  • MapMyFitness logo
  • Google Calendar logo
MapMyFitness + Google Calendar

Add new Strava activities as events in Google Calendar

Add new Strava activities as events in Google Calendar
  • Strava logo
  • Google Calendar logo
Strava + Google Calendar

Create detailed Google Calendar events from new Runkeeper activities

Create detailed Google Calendar events from new Runkeeper activities
  • Runkeeper logo
  • Google Calendar logo
Runkeeper + Google Calendar

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Related reading:

  • How gyms use Front and Zapier to communicate with their members

  • How gym owners can automate client communication

  • The best appointment scheduling apps

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