3 Fitness Myths That Your Client's Probably believe
As personal trainers, we might believe that some of these myths seem
like obvious bs but you have to remember that not everyone is up to date
with the latest news. We have to fight the fake news online and the
misconceptions people get from friends and family.
Science and
facts get results, not hearsay. It's your job to offer fact-checked
guidance to help your clients get the best results.
#1 - "Eat a lot less and exercise a lot more"
This is the same as the past diet fad saying "calories in vs calories
out". It's hard to argue against this but it's also an oversimplification
of how to get lose weight. Even trainers might tell their clients this but
it deserves a better explanation.
Debunk: Talk to your client and find out what is the ONE thing they
can do, such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or
unnecessary. Work on one issue at a time. Do they eat too much sweet? Not
constant with their workouts? Not enough strength training? Not enough
sleep?
Work on ONE problem at a time and your client will have a better
chance of reaching their fitness goal.
#2 - "Detox diets"
All detox diets work, but not because of the detox your buying into.
You lose weight because you don't eat!
Debunk: If your client constantly does detoxes they are wasting their
money on expensive juice programs. If you have a bad day or weekend or week
don't torture yourself by going on a detox diet, just get back on track by
eating healthy, and work out the next day. You can't undo a night of
drinking or eating an entire cake but what is an effective way of handling
this hiccup is by taking control of what you do today and
tomorrow.
#3 - "I don't' need to program my workouts, I'll just figure
it out when I get there"
Unfortunately, many trainers still have this mindset, No program, No
long-term plan, No assessments to see progress. Your clients hire you to
give them the best chances of getting them to their fitness goal. Yes, a
workout is better than no workout and a workout with a personal trainer is
usually better than whatever they come up with. But this is not the optimal
way to get results.
Debunk: Set goals, build goal-orientated training programs, and
progress or regress exercises depending on the performance.
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