Is anyone found Advocare?

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  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    swall0810 wrote: »
    I eat a compleatly normal diet and always have! I don't restrict anything and eat 1560 calories a day. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but bashing something you have never tried and know absolutely nothing about is absurd.

    Not everyone is able to work out (like myself) I had cervical spinal fusion and discs replaced in my neck. So for me the products have helped my metabolism and all around make me feel better. One day when I CAN work out again I will STILL use products because they have helped me in more ways than 1!

    You claim that this product raises metabolism? Any actual science to back this up?
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    swall0810 wrote: »
    I'm a distributer and life style coach...

    I'm curious - I get the "distributor" part, but what training does Advocare administer that qualifies you to call yourself a "lifestyle coach"? Did you take classes in basic nutrition and/or physiology, or fitness/training? Any behavioral science classes which assist you in helping people develop healthy habits? I'm interested in the level and depth of training an Advocare "coach" undergoes to earn that title. Or is it like BeachBody, where you pay your $39.95 to become a salesperson and you're automatically endowed as a "coach" in an effort to make you appear more credible to the people you're selling to?

    I'd think that a "coach" should be able to, at a bare minimum:

    1) Educate their customers on appropriate calorie intake and dietary macro composition, taking salient parameters into consideration (age, height/weight, activity level, etc.).

    2) Assist their customer in developing the framework of a good meal/eating plan (and that doesn't mean "drink this shake I'm selling, it revs up your metabolism, detoxes your toxinzzz, cures cancer and does all kinds of wonderful things to your body!")

    3) Ascertain their customers' goals and limitations and develop an intelligent, appropriate fitness routine - including progression, intensity cycling and deloading as appropriate.

    4) Instruct their customers on proper exercise form and safety to avoid/minimize injuries.

    If a coach can't do those four simple things, then IMO they don't have the qualifications to be called a "coach". They may be a salesperson or distributor, but they're not a coach.


    I have a problem with diet/supplement companies which endow undeserved titles. It diminishes the credibility of actual coaches/trainers, many of who have spent years (and a lot of money) earning their title and reputation. It would be like a person being able to go to a college, pay them a few thousand dollars and have the title of "Doctor/PhD" bestowed upon them without ever having to attend any classes.

    Nice post.
    Point two is my fav

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