It’s been a while since I posted on this site, so I thought I should get back into it. Although this summer has been quiet at the gym, with a lot of clients on holiday, I’ve still been very busy.
The last couple of months were taken up with training for and then racing at the Norseman Ironman in Norway. You can read more about that here on my triathlon blog http://www.thetriathloncoach.com/blog/
Having a few clients away on holiday meant that they were “flying solo”. By that I mean that they weren’t coming to the gym on a regular basis so there was no regular anchor point for them, no one to answer to.
When clients “fly solo”, one of 2 things can happen.
1. They do no training and forget all about the good lifestyle and nutrition habits we’ve been working on for months. The end result is they lose fitness, gain weight and go back to square 1
2. They keep up the training, maintain the good habits and return to the gym in good shape and ready to move to the next level.
#1 is probably the most common situation and the one most trainers dread. After all they only have to worry about two situations with their clients - What they do when they are with them in the gym (which they can control) and what they are doing when they are not in the gym (which they can’t control).
Given that the second example probably represents 99% of the week, then as a trainer this is the bit I try to work on the most (the lifestyle and nutrition habits I mentioned earlier).
Exercise alone won’t help you to get your body into shape (well it will but not if you only do a couple of sessions per week in the gym). To be truly successful in achieving your goals you need to take personal responsibility and look at your whole lifestyle I.e. what you do in the 99% of time when you are not at the gym.
A trainer can only guide you in a certain direction - like SatNav. Its up to you to drive the car to your destination. And I’d be willing to bet that no one has successfuly avoided prosecution by saying “it was the SatNav wot did it!”
So if you’ve come back from your holidays overweight & ot of shape. Don’t blame your trainer. Take personal responsibility then take action
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