Keeping your clients engaged and accountable is one of the most essential components to a successful online coaching business. Coaching is more than just writing and dishing out programs. It’s crucial you provide the accountability, motivation, and support needed to help your clients thrive and see incredible results. Your online coaching business is an extension of your in-person coaching business. If you’ve …
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How TrueCoach Makes Me a Better Coach
You don’t know what you don’t know. And that’s part of the evolution of coaching and gaining experience. My hope here is that I can expedite your coaching by learning through my experience rather than having to learn the hard way. When it comes to coaching, you really need to realize that your identity is much deeper than the word coach. In order to reach your goals in this industry you also need to adopt the …
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Online Evaluation
Online evaluations are an entirely different ballgame than in-person. The high stakes of building a good first impression are still there, but for not-so tech savvy people, like myself, the online aspect can pose as a barrier. Don’t be afraid of online evaluations. Here are 5 simple steps to follow. These steps not only will help you get the most out of your evaluation, but also will help you enhance it in ways …
5 Lies You Tell Yourself Why You Aren’t Creating And Sharing Content
You’re holding back your thoughts and ideas. Your desire to create is stifled because you’re lying to yourself. These lies protect you from being vulnerable. You think they protect you from the judgement and criticism you fear if you put your work on display for the world to tear down. You’re also safe from being loved, shared, and from positively affecting someone’s life. Share for the people who support you and …
Ditch the Quick Fix: 1% Rules
Being a coach is so much bigger than helping someone achieve narrow fitness goals. We want to inspire clients to be the best version of themselves inside and outside the gym. The connections we build with clients are far more important to their overall success than their grasping the science behind what we do. It is through these connections that we build buy-in, belief, and trust, all key for long-term …
Prime The Body To Perform Better
Whether it’s playing a sport, going for a jog, or training in the gym, we all want to perform at our best. Leaving performance gains on the table is something that most people who enjoy training do not want to do. However, implementing proper strategies to get the body moving and feeling better prior to your activity has become a hot topic to discuss as many are looking at figuring out ways to gain a competitive edge …
Things to Consider When Picking Continuing Education
First and foremost, I believe the coach is the steward of the client’s dreams. Which means as a coach, it’s not about you. While I believe most coaches have good intentions it can be easy to get caught up in programming or coaching for an athlete based on what you like or want to coach. Instead, I challenge you to change the way you think and start asking yourself one question: What is best for my client? When …
5 Tactics to Get Your Clients More Engaged with their Program Design
While some clients are easy—they’re 100 percent committed and their compliance with their training program reflects this—these people are the minority. Most people need your help to be more compliant and feel more connected to their program. Here are five ways to help you do this as a coach: 1. Consistency is key The long and the short of it is, “the delivery of program design should be consistent,” …
The Best Coaches Do These 3 Things When Coaching Virtually
If you’re reading this article, it’s safe to assume you’re coaching virtually. If you’ve made it that far, congratulations. Maybe you’ve been doing it for 5+ years or maybe you just started this week. Either way, how you manage your communication matters; because when you’re coaching virtually, your client doesn't get the added benefit of feeling your physical presence and reading your body language like they do with …
Creativity in Exercise: How to Make You and Your Programs Unique
Creativity is everything in the fitness industry. However big or small, a specialized niche is necessary to start, grow, and maintain a fitness business. Unfortunately, our brains are hardwired to produce what they already know and have seen. This can make generating a unique and creative idea seem like an impossible task. The good news is that creativity can be simplified. David Eagleman and …