We have asked the question: Are Your Clients Ready? We have taken essential steps to get our Clients Internally Motivated. We know how to help our Clients Make SMART Goals Now we will start discussing the obstacles/excuses our clients have for not starting our for quitting and exercise program….and how you can help them overcome…
Motivation and the Process of Change: Step 3
We have asked the question: Are Your Clients Ready? We have taken essential steps to get our Clients Internally Motivated. Now it is time to discuss goals. We know that helping client set goals and keep those goals is a big part of our jobs, but how do you really make those goals stick….and work?…
Motivation and the Process of Change: Step 2
I am sure many of you are busy working with potential new clients, current clients working on new goals and past clients that have decided to start working with you again. It IS a busy time of year and a great time to learn to help your clients dig deep to find true and lasting…
Motivation and the Process of Change: Step 1
We have interacted with clients who succeed easily and others who struggle tremendously. The sad fact is seven out of 10 people who start an exercise or nutrition program drop out within a few months. If you know people who have been among those drop-out stats, the problem may not be with them– it may…
Managing Menopause
We recently hosted a Fitness & Training Conference at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland OR and flew in the international presenter, Hayley Hollander, from Chicago, IL. She spoke on a variety of topics sharing cutting edge health and fitness info and I thought I’d share some of her tips on, managing menopause. She pointed…
Recommend Barefoot Running?
Barefoot running has become very popular. Do you have clients that have tried it? Do you recommend barefoot running? While I believe in the importance of strengthening our feet and letting our toes spread out like they were designed to do…we have to be careful when recommending that our clients start running “barefoot.” The bottom…
Personal Training Client Performance Assessments
We require our trainers to conduct performance assessments with their clients three times per year. The months that these performance assessments will take place are listed in our yearly marketing plan that we share with our staff at the beginning of each year. Our personal training manager sends out reminders to our personal trainers explaining…
Lean Clients in 2016
Help your clients stay lean in 2016 with this simple and effective workout. This is a great suggested workout for when clients find themselves too busy to exercise. Pass this on to clients this week and wish them a happy new year! You can complete this workout 2-3x this week on alternating days. It is…
Help Clients Set and Keep Goals in 2016
It is that time of year when clients are going to start wanting to set goals for 2016. How will you help them set goals that they will really keep? Here is what I do and what I suggest that my clients do. These steps really seem to work when setting goals and when trying…
Info To Send To Personal Training Clients
Looking for some interesting information on fitness and exercise to share with your clients? Here is a recent blog post that I wrote for my clients that I thought you might want to share with yours! “Do you want to learn a technique for getting more bang for your buck?! Well, Neuromuscular Facilitation can definitely…