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A powerful reason = great results

JimHM
Posts: 24 Member
Hi all Im Jim, a qualified fitness instructor, ex-military (Airborne), bodybuilder and fitness author.
Why am I here?
I have been a personal trainer and fitness instructor and had clients that paid me a lot of money week after week in the hope that their 1 – 2 hour weekly training session would help them to get in the best shape of their life.
I know a lot of other trainers would just let this happen and take the money in exchange for a few words of encouragement and a bit of time.
But this was something that really frustrated me to the point that potential clients would come to me looking to be a part of it and I would put them off. I found that many people would see a personal trainer as a “Magic pill”.
I learned that you could have the best trainer in the world but if you didn’t put in the work, you wouldn’t get the results. I also learned that if someone wants a fitness goal bad enough, they just need a bit of guidance.
As a coach, you cannot give someone a reason powerful enough to make them succeed; this has to come from the client. I believe that I wanted some of my clients to get good results more than they did.
This is why I now specialise in self-help. Over the last year I decided to start writing books on fitness and fat loss for beginners.
This is a great community and I have noticed that everyone is very positive and supportive so I’m here to offer my support and share my experiences.
So feel free to add me, I’m a friendly guy and always willing to help out where I can.
Good luck all
Why am I here?
I have been a personal trainer and fitness instructor and had clients that paid me a lot of money week after week in the hope that their 1 – 2 hour weekly training session would help them to get in the best shape of their life.
I know a lot of other trainers would just let this happen and take the money in exchange for a few words of encouragement and a bit of time.
But this was something that really frustrated me to the point that potential clients would come to me looking to be a part of it and I would put them off. I found that many people would see a personal trainer as a “Magic pill”.
I learned that you could have the best trainer in the world but if you didn’t put in the work, you wouldn’t get the results. I also learned that if someone wants a fitness goal bad enough, they just need a bit of guidance.
As a coach, you cannot give someone a reason powerful enough to make them succeed; this has to come from the client. I believe that I wanted some of my clients to get good results more than they did.
This is why I now specialise in self-help. Over the last year I decided to start writing books on fitness and fat loss for beginners.
This is a great community and I have noticed that everyone is very positive and supportive so I’m here to offer my support and share my experiences.
So feel free to add me, I’m a friendly guy and always willing to help out where I can.
Good luck all
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Rock on! Sending you an add!0
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Hi Jim, thank you for offering professional support. I'd like to add you0
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Add inc0
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I also added you..message included.0
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That is the light bilb moment I had 10 kilos ago that it was me who had to want the weight loss not anybody else. Will add you0
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Yeah, the "Light bulb moment"! I (Like that) :-) is where the major weight loss success stories come from, these are the ones that I really love to see and almost 100% of them are the result of realising that:
"You have to want and you have to own"
haha, I’m a big fan of pinning up motivational quotes when I’m training or dieting for something, really awesome tool in my opinion
Good to meet you all, thanks for the adds!0 -
I do agree with that! powerful reason=great result or should I also say Powerful motivation=result0
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