Why a Fitness Coach ?
You can get in shape at home by yourself, so why do you need a personal trainer? There are a LOT of reasons. Your trainer will:
- talk to you about your current fitness situation and help you identify what your goals are and then how to reach them. You may know you want to look good before bathing suit season, but a trainer can help you determine what that actually means and create a plan to get there
- provide accountability to make sure you are sticking to your plan
- provide you with the support and motivation you need to get through the bumps in the road.
- show you the right way to do an exercise
- answer all of your questions like “Are my arms lined up correctly when doing my burpees?” or “What should I be feeling with this exercise?”
You can also read self-help books by yourself, so why would you need a life coach? A life coach helps do the same thing a personal trainer does for you but works in the areas of your life that require sound mental health. Your life coach will:
- help you examine your current life/work situation and determine what you would like your life to look like in the future. She will guide you in formulating your vision.
- help you gain clarity on the changes you need to make in order to make that vision a reality.
- help you determine the path you need to be on to achieve your vision.
- help you learn to recognize and track your successes.
- help you learn from failure to create better future outcomes.
- guide you to prioritize and schedule your day to allow time for all that creates the change you are looking for.
How a life coach fits into your health and wellness plan
Multiple studies have found that personal trainer clients that work with life coaches are more likely to stick with their fitness goals. If physical health is the only area you are focusing on you will eventually become out of balance and run into challenges that you don’t know how to face.
For example, think of what a busy day looks like. It could involve waking up early to get ready for work, lunches packed and the kids on the bus in time. Then, you race off to the office where you are surprised with a project you are unaware of. This causes you to work through lunch and stay a little longer at work than normal. When you leave you have to rush off to pick up the kids and get them to their practices. You spend the next several hours running around to make sure everyone is where they need to be. When you get home all you want to do is eat and crash. How do you make wise food decisions and get your workout in? That’s where a life coach can help.
For example, think of what a busy day looks like. It could involve waking up early to get ready for work, lunches packed and the kids on the bus in time. Then, you race off to the office where you are surprised with a project you are unaware of. This causes you to work through lunch and stay a little longer at work than normal. When you leave you have to rush off to pick up the kids and get them to their practices. You spend the next several hours running around to make sure everyone is where they need to be. When you get home all you want to do is eat and crash. How do you make wise food decisions and get your workout in? That’s where a life coach can help.
The Lifestyle Fitness Coach Level I
The Lifestyle Fitness Coach Level I combines the personal training skills of exercise management with lifestyle coaching skills of counseling, communicating, motivating and educating in order to develop the effective dialogues that are critical to influencing more people to begin and maintain a healthy and fit lifestyle.
