Yes I 100% agree with filming for form purposes and it's something I will be making all of my clients do but at least communicating with them that it's just shared between us and if I want to put it online I will most definitely be getting their permission!My coach has a rule that he’ll always repost videos that we tag him in, but won’t post what we WhatsApp/text him or what he films in sessions. I’ve got a bad habit of hurting my back or being scared to hurt my back when my deadlifting so he does film them a lot so that I can see what I’m doing wrong but he doesn’t show them to anyone. He also doesn’t stand there filming he out the phone on the shelf/floor and actually concentrates on us rather than the film
I am indeed! Central belt resident
Aberdeen girl here! (not currently living there, just my roots )
So did she not even keep you on the price she started you on when the prices increased? Coaches these days I tell you... I think I'm doing the industry a favour by coming back in!The only coach I really enjoyed and happy to name is Marguerita. I dropped so much weight, I felt amazing, I was never hungry. The workouts where on point and her responses were great. She ended up putting her prices up, I couldn’t go any higher and every other pic was an ad. For her clothing range, her boyfriends, skinny something. Everyone could pay £30 for a hoodie and I couldn’t. I’ve always been so tempted to go back to her and pay the price she’s now asking. The other coach was a male. I only enquired with him, ended up on WhatsApp and then handed over £100 that day for him to tell me he couldn’t do my plan for another week or so. Then proceeded to give me really high carbs and it was making me swell and feel poorly, I complained so he wiped them out completely but upped my fibre to a point of where I slept alone! The belly pain and noises were out of this world. He was the one who copied and pasted my plan. A few IG stalls of his clients and I found the girl who had my exact meal plan. Another coach again male, just disregarded my whole being. My illnesses can leave me in so much pain but it wasn’t recognised. My meals where stripped back and it was unpleasant.
Is it mad I’m now on IG on the hunt for a coach again? I’m in a new job and work 13 hour days. I eat every thing I can. Had a donut this morning. I keep trying calorie counting, but like last night I had food cooked for me and found out after I ate it, it had oil/fat. High cals. The whole meal I guesstimated to be around 900/1000cals. On top of what I took to work. I keep getting bigger and bigger. I love it when someone tells me what to do, when to eat, what to eat. Just how i function well I suppose. Im given a plan, I pay for the plan and I follow the plan.
If you want, pop me a message and we can have a little chat - this feels weird and I hope it doesn't breach some sort of rule but honestly I want to make up for the piss poor services you've experienced and at least have a chat! You sound like my ideal client I won't lie haha!
Fake positivity literally grinds my gears. I have been fortunate enough to grow my social media following (excluding my coaching) based on being real, authentic & vulnerable (cringe) so my people at least know all they get from me is tough loveI wouldn’t want someone who is full of fitness jargon or constantly being fake upbeat because it would put me off and I would get rid of you
YES YES YES! I am huge on cross-referring. For instance I don't usually work with clients that have big weight loss goals (30lbs+ to lose) as it isn't my area of expertise, so I am more than happy to refer on. Again, it's having that client first focus!I'm a coach and I think it's really important to stay in my own lane: I cross-refer to physios, sports massage therapists, other trainers etc, and am totally happy to accept my own limitations. I've been in the business for around 10 years, and I'm not interested in selling any merch or supplementary crap. I think that definitely adds to your credibility as a coach. I don't run any instagram or facebook pages, don't post any of my clients on social media, and write individual programmes for everyone. I don't even post my fitness stuff on the internet anymore, but instead rely on word of mouth and recommendations to gain business. Perhaps it's not the most modern or efficient way of conducting an online fitness business (especially given the last year where I had to teach all my big classes online!) but it's worked for me and I think has given me a better reputation in the area.
I really appreciate your input and it's good to know that there are others out there doing it, and doing it WELL without the need for social media. Big respect for that.
A major, major thank you to everyone that has generated discussion & added their input to this thread. Yesterday I went live with my coaching business!
I have taken on board all of the advice and insights you've offered & can happily say that it sounds like I'll be doing considerably better than many coaches out there.
SO much love to you all, I'm so glad I reached out and sought advice on here
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