As a health and fitness professional, what are your top 5 pet peeves when training a client or potential client’s?
- When some say they can’t do something before they even try.
- Letting excuses get the best of you Lack of confidence
- Lack of mobility
- Laziness
- After training someone they go back to their old habits.
- Having a million excuses.
- Less talking during a workout session and more putting in the work.
- Having clients tell you how they worked with their last trainer and expect the same type of training.
- A naive person who thinks they can get quick results but slack at putting the work in.
- When telling someone what to do to achieve their goal and they not do it and then complain about not reaching their goal.
- Letting fear get in the way of training
- Complaining about things being difficult
- Talking instead of working out or trying to distract me
Solutions
- Have more confidence in yourself. Be your biggest
- Just try. Don’t make any excuses just do it.
- Get up and move(workout, take a class, go for a walk, Set goal and get organized, chase the kids)
- Set goal and get organized
- Follow-ups
- Positive affirmation and reinforcing the importance of exercise
- If you’re a talker, your not serious and no longer will work with them
- Explain all trainers aren’t the same Hold slackers accountable