Are you being trained or coached?

Are you being trained or coached?

Personal Trainer = someone who works with a client to plan or implement an exercise or fitness program.

Coach = someone who gives instruction, advice or direction.

As defined by Webster’s Dictionary.

Much has been discussed about my use of the term ‘Coach’ in favour or the word ‘Trainer’ when describing myself and our coaches.

And I have been asked many times why I have such a strong inclination towards the one versus the other.

Re-read the definitions above and you should be able to figure it out for yourself.

The Art of Coaching information I provide in our coaches operational manual is both a great source of pride for us here at the Results Weight Loss, but also serves as a strong differentiating factor in terms of our company versus other personal training companies in this industry.

Programming, training, exercise selection…

These are the sciences of our work.

Communication, coaching and instruction…

These are the arts.

Understanding how to reach each and every one of your member’s goals in a manner that they will hear and respond to is perhaps the single greatest challenge facing personal trainers.

We must be chameleon. We must accept the fact that understanding the specifics associated with learning and communication are every bit as important, maybe more so, than creating and implementing effective and developmentally-sound training programs.

Our staff are not trainers

Our staff are coaches.

Our staff are mentors.

We prepare my our members for the greatest results, in life and in every capacity possible.

We become a friend. A shoulder to cry on when need be.

I espouse the importance of education, school and how to value a strong,
connected relationship with family.

A recent and very memorable moment this past year was seeing Kerrie, one of our members being interviewed by a national magazine about her past year and health.

Under a year ago, Kerrie decided to take action and join our Skinny Jeans Challenge.

She was passionate, happy and very much a forward positive person back then.

And she still is today.

Kerrie recently appeared in the magazine.

Now our coaches take no credit for the extraordinary woman Kerrie has become.

But our coaches never ‘trained’ her.

We very much coached and mentored her.

And when she shown me this article and she mentioned
of her journey we were one of many that helped with her life, it made me smile with pride.

Training your clients can get the job done.

But Coaching them will have an impact on their lives forever.

And ours.

To see the article please go here It was actually the Top Sante Magazine.

So the questions is 'are you being trained or coached?'

February 2010

The Skinny Jeans Challenge – drop 1-2 jeans sizes in February
Start Date: Monday 1st February 2009
Price: £129 (cash or cheque paid on the start date)
Venue: Greens Health and Fitness.
PLACES LIMITED - To book your place or for more information please go here

Look forward to seeing you at the events!.