Fitness Lifestyle Coaching - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[fitguru]

I would like to introduce this topic to trainers and clients alike.
By Allan Fine

For many personal training clients the challenge is to actually get done what they are told or what they co-create with their coach. What is the difference between the millions of people who know how to lose weight or get in wellness and those who actually do it. People say they want to lose weight, get in shape, have more health and wellness but, they are missing something. This is called their "Critical Gap" and also referred to their blind spots. Clients try and try to lose weight and get in shape . They lose weight and then gain it all back. They are very motivated and then their motivation wanes. They need coaches and they need YOU!!.

Fitness Professional s encounter clients who don't stay committed on their own. Lets face it most clients have 20 + years of negative conditioning from growing up and society. Parents who feed their children sugary sweet cereals that often grow up to be obese adults with very poor eating choices. Personal trainers often encounter clients who can't seem to keep a food log or do any assigned exercise on their own. They continue to make unhealthy food choices, often citing a busy, stressful week as the reason. Ultimately, your goal is to move the client towards self-responsibility. That's where lifestyle coaching plays a key role. Many fitness industry leaders predict lifestyle coaching will greatly impact the industry and prepared fitness professionals will flourish both personally and financially.
What is Lifestyle Coaching?
Lifestyle coaching focuses on creating positive results by building self-awareness, supporting positive action and facilitating a deepened understanding that opens the door to new possibilities and choices. In a coaching context, lifestyle addresses the whole person, including physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing, depending on the client's needs. Lifestyle coaching's goal is to help individuals create healthy, productive and purposeful lives.

Lifestyle coaching enables clients to take responsibility for their actions outside of personal training sessions or the gym. One of the most profound benefits clients obtain is clarity about their ultimate goals and what they are willing to do to reach them. Many clients know where they are when they start exercising (e.g., overweight, tired, frustrated) and can see where they want to be (e.g., slim, healthy, energetic), but get distracted by obstacles and daily responsibilities. A major concern of personal trainers is that although clients don't ear properly, are stressed out and have lives that don't support their fitness goals, they still expect results.
How Does Coaching Work?
During each coaching session, the client chooses the focus of conversation while the coach listens and contributes observations and questions. This interaction creates clarity and moves the client into action. Coaching accelerates the client's progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice. The key word here is choice. When a client is stuck in a pattern of dieting or engaging in the same workout routine he or she gave up last year due to lack of time, personal boundaries or an overabundance of stress, simply starting the process again won't work. Without creating a structure to support the client's fitness goals, his or her efforts will lead right back to where he or she started. A lifestyle coach helps clients change the way they think about their goals, which allows them to realize they have more choices. From this point, clients choose the right path for them. Lifestyle coaching helps individuals create a life that will enable them to maintain a healthy lifestyle on their own terms.

I would like to hear you questions and views.

[Christina]

Hi Allan and welcome to the forum. I definitely believe in fitness lifestyle coaching. In fact, I am working on a fitness coaching certification through Wellcoach. I think fitness/lifestyle coaching is something that every trainer should be doing with their clients!

I think this new approach to personal training will be seen a lot in the future.

Christina

[fitguru]

Dear Christina:
Thank you so much for the warm invite. I am so dedicated to this topic I have decided to put on the very first high power LIVE certification in Calgary. If you are enrolled to helping me get the word out I may be able to get you in for free or at a substantial discount.
Have a truly great day , everything is possible!
Allan Fine / Fitness/ Lifecoach
Fitness Lifestyle Coaching Corporation
support@fitnesslifestylecoaching.ca
Phone: 403-246-7386
Mountain Standard Time|
http://www.fitnesslifestylecoaching.ca/
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