The Naked Client

You really never know who you're going to meet on the Internet when it comes to attracting new clients for your personal training business.  Especially on Craiglist…
 
A few years ago, I got an e-mail from someone who had seen an ad of mine. It was a guy asking all about my training, what kind of results he'd get, where the gym was located, and so on.

Then he said that he was gay, and asked if I'm okay with that. I responded saying, I am completely fine with that, as long as he's okay with the fact that I'm straight. He responded back saying he was and he thought that was 'hot". I should have known better at that point.

He sent a series of four or five e-mails trying to find out more about the training, he would ask questions like, "do you have a shower facility", "what hours are you open", and whole bunch of little questions one e-mail at a time.

Now being as I was really busy at that time, I didn't have time to go back and forth with a bunch of little e-mails. So I basically gave him the bottom line: "Do you want to schedule an appointment or not?"

He responded back to me saying, "Yes, I do. Is it okay if I show up in my underwear? "

That guy still e-mails me about once every six months to see if I'm training. I never e-mail him back.