YOUR FITNESS AND LIFESTYLE COACH
Both professional and personal relationships are vital in this life change process. They are key to making lifestyle changes that are sustainable over the long haul. A professional helping relationship with a fitness coach is important because the stronger the coaching relationship is, the better results you will get as a client. After all, isn’t that the reason you hire a coach or a trainer? To get results you weren’t able to attain on your own.
A fitness professional that is invested in your change process will come from a place of empathy, compassion and being non-judgmental. Think back to a teacher, coach or mentor in your life that had a significant impact on how your life was shaped. My guess is that those people came from a place of deep compassion, caring and empathy.
Often times the forgotten component of a lifestyle transformation is the spiritual aspect. By working with a faith based fitness coach or personal trainer it ensures that a holistic approach is taken. Working towards a goal of weight loss is great, but for a transformation to be sustainable and successful it has to go much deeper than that. Getting stronger spiritually, physically and mentally can help you have more energy, better health, and a more powerful and joyful life.
Working with a faith based personal trainer or fitness coach can help you go deeper beyond the number on a scale. Deep health comes from a balanced diet of real whole foods. It comes from getting an adequate amount of movement every day. It comes from having healthy relationships in our life. Ultimately, it comes from living a life of purpose and loving God and loving others. I want to encourage you to intentionally choose a fitness professional that will make spiritual and mental training as big a part of your transformation as the physical training.
A big part of what I do as a fitness and lifestyle performance coach and personal trainer is to provide support and accountability in a caring and compassionate environment. My clients know that I will hold them accountable to what they told me they want to accomplish. I will provide tough love if I need to ensure they are giving their best and working towards accomplishing all of their goals and dreams. Without this level of accountability and support it is very easy to fall into a certain level of complacency. A great coach will continually find ways to get the best out of their clients by believing in them more than they believe in themselves.
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