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Online Coaching vs an In-Person Personal Trainer

Francesco Zen, founder of ZTraining · Last updated June 19, 2026

Why this fits executive schedules specifically

Executives are time constrained, often with a schedule that changes day to day. Online coaching is the only way to build real flexibility into that, rather than fighting it. Showing up to a gym at 5pm, day after day, regardless of what the day has actually looked like, simply doesn't survive contact with a demanding job.

Why this is the work I chose

Coaching executives was the right call for me from the start. Since I was a child, what I genuinely enjoyed was optimising things: building something and improving it over time. Executive coaching is mentally engaging precisely because it demands finding high impact solutions and embedding them into an already high performance lifestyle.

"The simpler we sort a problem, the higher the value. I love that part of the work."

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Francesco Zen is the founder of ZTraining and ZLIFE, with 18 years of coaching experience working with executives across the UK, US, and UAE. He built Mr Z, an AI coach trained on his methodology to bring the same approach to a wider audience.

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