Three years ago, I was running a coaching business that was crushing me


Three years ago, I was running a coaching business that was crushing me.

From the outside, it looked like:

Full client list

A calendar packed with sales calls

A business that was growing

But the reality was different.

I was on 4-5 sales calls a week with people who were never going to buy.

Half of them couldn't afford me. The other half weren't ready to start.

Every new client meant hours of onboarding I had to do manually.

Setting up their programme.

Sending welcome emails.

Explaining how everything worked.

Again and again.
​
And check-ins?

I'd lose entire Sundays reviewing submissions, writing feedback, trying to remember what each client said last week.

By the time I finished, I had nothing left for the clients who actually needed me.
​
I kept telling myself:
​
This is just what growth looks like.
​
It'll get easier once I get on top of things.
​
Until I realised that moment never came.
​
That's when I understood:
​
I wasn't struggling because the business was growing.
​
I was struggling because I was the bottleneck in every part of it.
​
Once I built systems to handle lead qualification, client onboarding, and check-in processing:
​
Sales calls were only with people ready to buy
​
New clients onboarded themselves while I slept
​
Check-ins took an hour instead of a full day
​
Because I stopped doing work systems could do for me.
​
If you know you need to free yourself from admin, let's chat.

​Book a free discovery call here​

Henry

CoachFlow

Me and my team save online fitness coaches 10 hours/week on client admin, using AI automation. Subscribe for weekly time savings tips πŸ‘‡πŸ»

Read more from CoachFlow

Most online fitness coaches think they have systemsThey don't.They have scattered information held together by effort.Client info in Google Drive.Notes in Apple Notes.Check-ins in email.Invoices in Stripe.Programming in spreadsheets.Nothing talks to anything.So you become the system.You're the one remembering who's due for check-in.You're the one chasing late payments.You're the one copy and pasting data between apps.You're the glue, and it's exhausting.This is why admin never shrinks.You add...

What if there was a way to improve your ChatGPT responses by 300%? This is possible, if you use the right prompts. Most online coaches are talking to it like a best mate, not a powerful computer. This leads them to try refining the message 5 times. Google "best prompts" Or type out an essay. And still get messy answers. Ive put together a video that outlines exactly how to structure your prompts. Including a secret element that almost no coach is using right now. Check it out below: Speak...

Most coaches think AI will save them time this year. But when done wrong it creates more chaos, and you end up busier than before. I just recorded a video showing the exact tools you need in 2026 to make your business an β€˜AI first’ system. Check it out below: