What Kind of Coach are you Looking for?

A few days ago, i just taught a personal training session to a client and colleague (he is also a coach). He is ranked top 15 triathlete in Singapore and he can do it without special training.

He wanted improve core strength as well as improve strength in his glutes, hamstrings etc.

So after finding out his current condition, training program etc, it is obvious he knows how to train. But he does not do prehab or rehab except foam rolling once a week. Ok great, so my role is to teach him prehab and rehab.

We did Intu-Flow and some jumping technique.

After the session he told me that though he liked the session and found it useful, it is not what he expected. And one advice he gave me was other clients may not like it and continue the training. As usual, people usually ask for fat loss, strength training etc, if you give them mobility, they may not continue the training. Business suffers.

One the other hand (he speaks from experience), if you give them what they want and some time along the way they find that things are not working as expected, then you tell them about mobility, prehab and rehab and chances are they are more willing to listen to you and continue the training.

From my own experience as a trainee, when i took up Circular Strength Training, i wanted to learn Prasara Yoga and Joint Mobility. At that time i was not interested in Clubbell Swinging, since i was already doing kettlebell sport training. Anyway for the sake of passing the cert i just went through everything required.

At that time i did not know there were three rings of CST, and all the other theories that makes CST what it is.

It wasn't what i expected, but looking back, i was glad i went through all those. CST is only complete with Clubbell swinging as it is an extension of the joint mobility movements to weight swinging in 6 Degrees of Freedom.

Anyway i am going to revamp my programs: bootcamp classes would be available to the public but technique classes (include prehab and rehab) would be available only for personal training. Let's see if it improves my business.