Let’s be honest. If our goal is to get our clients stronger and more resilient, doing 3 sets of 10 with a theraband forever isn’t going to cut it. That doesn’t mean programming 3 sets of 10 and utilizing a theraband is necessarily a bad thing like it’s made out to be, however the issue lies when clients are doing the same exercises with the same set and rep scheme for weeks and weeks without change. In this case they …
If you’re reading this, you’re a coach who loves working with people and you’re looking to build your online business. The problem is you don’t know where to start. Deciding which services you should provide online is a lot like choosing your favorite ice cream at Baskin Robbins. With so many options, it can be an overwhelming task. While there’s no “blueprint” or “one-size-fits-all” prescription when it …
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 …
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,” …
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 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 …
Training the core (midsection) muscles isn’t as complicated as most make it out to be. Let’s start by first saying that your spinal column was designed to bend, rotate, flex, extend and move, in general. Some seem to have a train of thought that disallows spinal flexion or fear mongers when an athlete extends their spine. None of these movement patterns of the spinal column are dangerous or harmful for long-term …
If you took a snow globe and shook it up, you would not expect the individual, very small flakes to land in the same exact place they laid a few seconds ago. The figurine in the center would remain still, yet everything around them would be displaced. Similarly, if a person’s life was shaken up from the way it was earlier in 2020, you wouldn’t expect many pieces of their lives to be the same. They’d be …
Let me start by stating the obvious: training in an online format is a whole lot different than training in-person. But that doesn’t mean you should skip any steps, and it certainly doesn’t give you permission to leave any stones unturned. TrueCoach has been the special sauce—the je ne sais quoi—that has positioned each coach in the driver’s seat on the path to success. The TrueCoach platform has helped athletes …
For the majority of us, gyms have reopened and we’re able to get back to a more normal form of strength training with ourselves and our clients. Unfortunately, this is a “more normal” training environment—not the “normal” training environment. With the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the safety guidelines put in place, we are presented with some unique and unprecedented constraints within …
