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I always find it interesting to see how other FitPros advertise what they offer.
One thing I’ve seen mentioned a lot recently is ’24 hour access’.
As in that Personal Trainer or Coach can be contacted 24 hours a day with any questions, etc.
Surely that’s not true.
These guys sleep no?
If they’re advocating 8 hours a day of sleep then they should be offering 16 hour access at most.
Quick Maths as Big Shaq would say.
A greater point though, in my opinion, is that a good coach shouldn’t need to be that contactable.
Effective personal training
A good coach teaches their clients to fish rather than providing them with fish all the time.
A good coach upskills their clients.
To help them make their own decisions within a framework that will still get them results.
Effective personal training gives them the tools to fend for themselves.
If my clients were constantly having to ask me the same questions about what they “can” or “can’t” eat or what they “should be doing” then I’d think I’d failed them somewhat – something wasn’t quite right in what I’ve done with them up to that point.
Being too reliant on somebody else means if quickly falls apart when they can’t be contacted.
If you’re not sure about something, please do still ask, of course.
Most importantly, that will help us fill any gaps in what we do.
But remember, the key to long term success is that “learning to fish” (check the details of RISE in Macclesfield if you’d like to finally get that ‘ability to fish’ that all our success stories have gained on their journey).
Much love,
Jon ‘Jack Bauer’ Hall and Matt ‘7’ Nicholson
P.S. Yesterday’s middle names were, as I’m sure we all know, lyrics from ‘Man’s Not Hot’ by Big Shaq
P.P.S. Another bonus point for today’s 🙂
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