How Do You Stay Fresh As A Fitness Coach?

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Whether you are a fresh graduate or an aspiring professional, it’s never a bad idea to choose a prolific career as a health and fitness professional. However with multiple avenues and directions to choose from, it becomes pretty difficult, for even the most clever professionals, as to which direction to head on to. The most commonly asked questions include: Should I get certified? Should I get an apprenticeship under a trained fitness professional? Should I sign up for more courses or do something entirely different?

How Do You Stay Fresh As A Fitness Coach?

 
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This article explores different aspects of establishing your career and progressing through the various stepping-stones that can help you with your fitness business.

Once you have set the direction of your interest or goals, be prepared to take on the onus of responsibilities to help you steer forward. Start off by creating a Buyers Persona, and a clear Marketing Plan. I f you aren’t clear on who your target market is in the beginning, you could waste a lot of time and money marketing to everyone. Pick a niche. Is it new mothers who want to lose the baby weight? Would you like to focus on professional executive men who work long hours? You can see how those 2 markets are completely different. If you will be marketing to the mothers, you would join parenting groups on FB, visit the library during Mom and baby sing along time, or perhaps bring a stack of flyers to a baby clothing store, where as if you were targeting the executives, those places wouldn’t apply. There would be hundreds if not thousands of ways to market to a particular niche and millions of places to market if you were;’t focused on a particular niche, which could be overwhelming and have less of an impact because the material you would have to produce would say different things and have different images as well. Decide, what your niche will be and exhaust every platform that niche hangs out in, then you can focus on the next niche if you want to expand. Use this FREE Buyers Persona to get very clear on who you are going to target, and let me know if you have any questions in the comments below. 

 

Train Yourself – and then Prepare Others for the Training

It requires you to become a role model yourself, so that you can inspire your followers with your story or partner with someone who has a story. 
 

Get the Knowledge You’ll Need

Rather than going back to school or a college and spending a couple of years in earning a degree, I would advise you to get a certification or enroll in some fitness course online where you could possibly learn more about fitness on an on-going basis. It may not seem as credible as a degree, but then, if you have the skill set to convince others with your knowledge, there’s no reason why they won’t show up.

There are multiple certifications available, based on who you ultimately want to be. Visit CPTN’s website for details.

As a secondary option, I collaborated with some of my colleagues in the industry and started working as an assistant with them.  It gives you the practical exposure to help you get started and acquaints you with the dynamics of the industry.
 

Just Start!

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I do this all the time! I have no idea what I’m doing half of the time and just go and search and learn and implement along the way. I have the philosophy that it doesn’t have to be perfect, although, that’s a hard thing for me to overcome. If you saw my earlier posts and what my blog looked like when I first started…Oh my! What a disaster! But, it doesn’t matter. I was making $100/month with my disastrous blog, just sitting there doing nothing most of the time and I posted here and there and wasn’t very serious about it. The point is, once you start gaining the momentum, invest your energy and enthusiasm into your setup. Yes, your personal setup! Though you may feel just a bit reluctant in the beginning, with a little confidence, things can turn out fine. Start with a small studio. It doesn’t matter how small it may be. As along as you are convinced that you can improve the lives of the people whom you train and impart your knowledge, it would be worth the ride. For even less of an investment up front, you could train people in their homes, parks or in local gyms.
 

Put A Cherry On Top

You can be sure that exercise and rigorous sessions cannot just drive people to your fitness business. You’ll need something more than that.  You need a POV through which you can attract people to your business and retain the stickability for a longer period of time. Read more on THE SECRET OF HAVING A GOOD POV FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS  here

Nutrition can be an added bonus, and can be another aspect of attracting the clients to your business. If you can’t do that, you can save a lot of time and money on POV by partnering with someone who specializes in that. It can be a win/win because you can refer people to them and they can refer people to you. In the same way, how receptive you are to your customers can help you gain a lot of candid feedback and more money. Read more about how to generate leads here.
 

Keep Learning

Last, but certainly not the least: Make sure you stay updated with the latest in fitness. You can thrive with your customers if you’re innovative – and in turn, back it up with the knowledge that you have gained, so that both of you benefit from the process. People can go to a gym any time, but if you can give them creative options to keep them motivated, they’ll keep coming back to you and tell their friends.

Good luck!

In between, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me over the social sphere. Alternatively, you can subscribe to my blog in order to download a free template of Buyers Persona by filling in the form below. Don’t worry; it’s free and absolutely confidential. Plus I will give you the latest tips on how to grow your business and great, healthy recipes you could pass on to your clients to give them added value.

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3 Simple Work Outs That Take ALMOST NO TIME!

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Heya!

I’m hoping you are doing awesome!

Did you know that staying seated for long periods of time could lead to dying an early death? And although I am guilty of doing this day in and day out, I’ve been making a great effort to move around more.

Activity= Life… although…

Do you ever think that it seems as though there isn’t ample time in the day to get everything you want done? Or is it only me? I figure most people go through this so I wanted to share 3 Simple Work Outs That Take ALMOST NO TIME!

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In my own day-to-day routine it is hard to find the time to get in any vigourous activity. I find myself squeezing in squats while I brush my teeth and running around the block after dropping my son of at daycare before I start my day…on the sofa…(oops!). I figure 2 minutes of a little something is better than nothing right? 

Is this the same for you too?

If you do feel similar, you may also be worried about having enough activity in your life that could make a difference in your way of life….

Here I will reveal why it’s important and how to get enough…

Initially, I will point out that I’m certainly not alone in feeling that activity is necessary regarding living a longer healthier life.

The thing is, that The World Health Organization, combined with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advise that people get, at the very least, 150 min. of aerobic exercise per week.

My friend, that’s only about 20 min/day. Not a HUGE commitment. Believe me, I’m not pointing a finger at you, I’m pointing it at myself. I eat really healthy, but I lack in this department.

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If you break it down like that, it doesn’t seem like that much does it?

At this point we see and hear all the time that sitting for an abundant amount of time, or not getting your heart rate up at all, can lead to greater chances of heart problems, cancer, diabetes as well as dying.

Without a doubt sitting = loss of life.

Wouldn’t you say that’s quite serious?

Just what exactly do we do about it?

Although additional exploration is required to credit precisely what is the connection, I’ve got some sort of hint it might have something do to with how our metabolism processes and decreases if we are resting or inactive, as well as what happens to the health of our cells once we remain in one spot for a lengthy stretch of time, plus, our NUTRIENTS can’t reach our cells adequately either.

Additionally, through not making major muscle groups work hard for prolonged intervals of time, it could make us at risk of a number of conditions… for example poor posture, soreness, pain, as well as immobility.

We run on an easy to use principle:  USE IT or LOSE IT!

Long Story Short: Move.

Here are 3 Simple Work Outs That Take ALMOST NO TIME!

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Consider using a stand-up workstation (I’m not sure were this would fit in my home). This gets you off of your backside in addition to on your feet. 

Weight-bearing routines assist in keeping muscles as well as bones solid. This is more important in keeping your bones strong than calcium is.

A different alternative could be to change out your seat for a balance ball. Being seated on the ball makes you activate your core so that you won’t tumble. (This is more feasible/realistic for me… and I just happen to have one of these balls that I used for birthing my son! Is that TMI?) This also minimizes strain on your lower back.

When you feel like taking a 5 min. break you could use the ball to do squats by rolling it between your back and the wall, plus push-ups and stretches.

An excellent strategy to get those 20min. in each day, hey?

In case you don’t possess any of these, think about changing your positions more frequently. Get up and walk to get water, then you’ll probably have to get up more often to go to the bathroom too. Lol!

2. Look at your kids (Hint,hint).

Hide some sort of jump rope or resistance band in a convenient place like your desk drawer, purse, bag or briefcase.

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Little time to go to the gym? No worries – simply jump rope for 5-10 minutes to get your pulse up along with getting your blood flowing.

Instead of going for that cup of coffee when yo feel that lag coming on around 3pm, why not pump up your body and mind with 5-10 minutes of jumping? 

Don’t forget various activity is crucial, therefore, in case you can’t jump rope or run in place for 5 -10 min. there are always alternatives. Here are a few more suggestions:

10 prisoner squats (hold the back of your head with both hands and squat down as low as you can go) 
10 push ups
10 reverse lunges
10 second plank

Or, head out and tell someone in the office how thankful you happen to be for their efforts/friendship/smile/energy/smell of their cologne. 

And make it a  daily routine 

3.     Resist, resist, resist.

Pick up some sort of tension band and carry it wherever you go.

They are so light and compact you can slip them into your purse or keep it in the car, drawer, bag, everywhere! Then maybe set a timer to remind you to grab it, stick it under your feet to do bicep curls, stretch it apart to work your back, overhead to work your triceps. There are hundreds of Youtube videos that you can stream on your phone to get inspiration and to see the correct ways on how to do exercises anywhere with these tension bands.

4 Hour Body Girl Extra: It’s also possible to simply change one thing to add more activity into your life… take the stairs instead of the elevator. It might not seem considerable at first, but it can add up as time passes. Once you find that becomes too easy, you could start running up the stairs. That could become your adrenaline rush instead of tons of coffee.

Now you guys (and I) don’t have any excuses for lack of activity throughout the day. 

Get going!

Of course, if you still don’t know about the one thing I drink everyday before my breakfast that revs me up and keeps me healthy check this out =>  Drink This For More Energy (My Happiness Drink)

Let me know if you have any quick heart raising activities that you do that take little time in the comments below.

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