One of your biggest fitness coaching challenges may be that not all clients are motivated or easy to work with, so it might be time to fix your mindset as a coach.
Every coach dreams of having self-motivated clients, but it can be challenging when that’s not the reality, which can be quite often in the fitness industry.
In this episode, I present some comments from coaches that I’ve seen made on various social media platforms; these coaches are frustrated with clients who need a lot of hand-holding or don’t seem to “put in the work.” I unpack the reasons for this disconnect and offer expert advice on how to handle working with clients who need more support so you can foster stronger relationships and help them succeed.
If you’re dealing with clients who won’t stick to the plan and you wish they would just try harder, you’ll want to get your hands on my 5 FREE lessons in behavior change and mindset.
These evidence-based lessons will help you coach your clients to overcome all-or-nothing thinking and fixed mindset, stop self-sabotage, develop more self-control, and increase motivation and follow-through.
Episode Highlights
>>(3:33) The biggest issue with fitness professionals and their training.
>>(7:35) Your job as a fitness coach is to encourage clients to find motivation (not BE the motivation).
>>(11:42) Your responsibility to your clients to help them achieve their goals.
>>(13:06) The key to maintaining consistent client success and improving client retention.
>>(13:52) An indicator that a fitness coach has a fixed mindset.
>>(16:06) The mistake fitness professionals make is marketing themselves as a product rather than a service.
>>(17:59) The challenges fitness coaches face when dealing with overly needy clients.
>>(23:27) The mindset of “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink” and why it’s problematic
>>(27:20) Thoughts on the coaches who complain about clients who don’t follow the prescribed protocol.
Listen to the full episode to hear the shit fitness coaches are saying on the internet and how you can become a better coach if you’re dealing with similar struggles.
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Links From the Podcast
Episode 20: The ABCs of Behavior Change
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