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·19 July 2025·PT business·175 words

The Brutal Reality of a Personal Trainer's Working Hours

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And I think no one really appreciates that, especially when it's your own business as well. >> The the unsociable hours in the PT are probably the one of the worst of all industries as I did yesterday. I got here at 7:00 in the morning, didn't actually finish at 7:00 at night. In that time, that's all the way through the day. That's before me kids go to school and then also I miss them getting after school and then just as they're going to bed, I'm getting home. >> Yeah. And I think no one really appreciates that, especially when it's your own business as well.

You have to put yourself in a position, especially in the early stages. And this is the realism of being a PT in the early times. If you're wanting to make any progress, you're going to have to put in the hours. Unfortunately, they do come into unsolicited hours, unsociable hours, hours that naturally you'd finish work at 5, go home, and do nothing. We're still here.

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