Becoming a professional gym trainer or a health and wellness coach requires you to be determined to learn. It is also imperative that you always have your client’s needs at heart and treat each client individually. This is how Molly Buster has grown her career and business in the last seven years as a professional trainer and health & wellness coach.
Molly Buster is a Kansas-based professional gym trainer and health and wellness coach who has risen from being a front desk operator in a gym to be one of the industry’s best trainers. The 30-year-old has been in the fitness industry for the last seven years and can only see better days ahead in business and career. She commits her work to client satisfaction, and this has seen her rise the ranks to become a business owner and a renowned trainer. Here’s Buster’s story.
Was It A Childhood Dream to be a Professional Trainer?
No.
Buster says that her dream was to become a professional athletic dancer. She even went to college and got herself a degree in that field. She moved ahead to become an athletic dancer for a leading company in LA and enjoyed her career up until fitness training took over.
As a child, Buster was in almost all teams that allowed her to move around. She played volleyball and basketball, became a cheerleader, joined the dance team, and even did theater work. When she got into college, she got a job in the front office section of a corporate gym, where she developed an interest in the fitness industry. Buster learned all the]at she could from the in-house trainers and even got a certification for her efforts.
After college, she branched off to her dancing career. However, living in LA meant a higher cost of living, and Buster had to get a supplementary source of income. Coincidentally, she found a job at another gym, and this time, it did not take much convincing for her to follow her passion for fitness training.
Earning the Credits
At the gym, Buster took up a training course at Equinox while she was 23 years old. The two years she spent juggling between a dance career and working at the gym helped her find the compass of her life. She says that while she enjoyed dancing and all the challenges it came with, her heart yearned for more. She admitted that fitness training was now her happy place. In 2016, Buster quit dancing and became a full-time trainer.
Over the years, Buster has earned her certifications that help to boost her portfolio. They are:
- BFA in Dance
- Tier 3+ Personal Trainer (Equinox)
- Fitness Manager (Equinox)
- Personal Training Manager (Equinox)
She has had the opportunity to work with hundreds of clients and has since become a business owner. Some of her accomplishments are:
- Coaching over 10,000 one on one clients
- Mentoring and teaching within her club
- Training a team of trainers as a fitness manager
- Running the training department as a personal training manager
Her most significant achievement is owning and running Molly Buster Coaching, which is an online fitness business. When the Covid 19 pandemic hit, Buster realized that she needed to shift gears in her career. She felt that her position at the company she worked for was not fulfilling enough and that she needed to do better. She quit her job and started her business.
Any Important Lessons?
Buster says that the most important lesson she has learned in her career and has become the pillar of her coaching is that there is the training and nutrition a client should do in a perfect world, and there is what they are willing to commit to now. She says that those two things are rarely the same. According to the coach, perfect meal workouts and meal plans do very little if the client cannot execute them. In her words, “A great coach isn’t just able to get someone results, but can help make those results doable, manageable and sustainable.”
What Is The Most Important Trait in the Profession?
Buster says that the most important trait for a trainer is humility. She says, “I cannot tell you how many trainers I’ve seen stunt their potential because they were too proud to learn from others or admit they did not have all of the answers. While arrogance & confidence are often tied to the idea of a Personal Trainer, the best I’ve ever worked with learned from everyone, were never above anything, and we’re constantly seeking to be better. The industry is always changing, and if you are too proud to keep growing, your clients will outgrow you.”
Parting Shot
Molly Buster has not made it in the industry by being a know it all. On the contrary, she has always been willing to learn from mentors, fellow trainers and has even taken classes to boost her career. Her advice to upcoming professionals is always to be open to learning. It is a process, and there’s no shame in admitting that you don’t know it all.
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