Eventually they learned to template it somewhat, “but still, we were going through every single client, 120 plus, doing one off programs, all the time,” said Wilson, the owner of Results by Design Fitness in Louisville, Kentucky,

In 2020, Wilson started looking into programming software. He and Thoma tried a few different options on the market, but none were all that efficient for programming for their Semi-Private Training model.

Until they found Semi-Private Pro in October 2023, an app built specifically for their business model.

The app immediately solved all their programming woes as owners, all the while making their coaches' lives easier, and delivering better programs to their clients. 

Now, programming involves writing a master program, so to speak—the gym’s director writes the master program and spends about 15 minutes a week writing it— and then the app works its magic to personalize the program for each individual.

➡️ Step 1: When a new person joins their gym, they undergo a thorough movement assessment to gather information about how they move.

➡️ Step 2: They receive scores on each movement pattern between -3 and +3, scores that are stored in the app.

➡️ Step 3: When the master program is entered into the app, thanks to Semi-Private Pros trademarked Movement Matrix, the app assigns appropriate progressions and regressions for the day’s training session to each individual client based on their individual movement pattern scores and overall abilities.

This, of course, means that Wilson and Thoma no longer have to go through the time-consuming process of going through each client’s program one at a time, and they have peace of mind that the system they have in place works for delivering appropriate programs for each client. 

It meant "coaches had to hold a lot of information in their heads about a lot of different clients, which created a lot of unnecessary stress,” Wilson explained, as they were constantly trying to come up with innovative progressions or regressions for the client on the fly.

Thanks to Semi-Private Pro, they now have that cohesive system that they can easily scale to their coaches, one that also ensures coaches are able to deliver high quality coaching. 

“Semi-Private Pro has really allowed us to be a lot more efficient in scaling, and really just getting the coach up to speed with programming,” Wilson added.

“Its ability to progress and regress truly allows us to individualize a program to the client, which obviously is going to help them get to their goals quicker and safer,” Wilson said.

This is something the client really appreciates, he explained.

At their gym, each workout station has an iPad that loads each individual’s training session that day. 

“The idea of that iPad and having their name on it just kind of gives them a little bit of ownership and makes them feel like, ‘Oooh, that’s mine,’” he said. 

“Zach and Tim, they really looked at the industry, and they were actually in the trenches [as gym owners] instead of just developing software and saw what the problem was and created a solution. And this is the best thing that I have seen yet,” Wilson said. “It creates an efficiency that every other platform that we have tried lacked.”

He added: “Just the efficiency of it, the ability to scale with it, the time-saving aspect of…From a business perspective [and] from a client perspective, it’s a no-brainer.”

Scott calls Semi-Private Pro “a no-brainer”—it saved him 15 hours a week, simplified coaching, and improved client experience across the board.