I actually secured a 2nd job today. I know hole 2 positions in 2 separate gym facilities. My 2nd job knows about my first, but I cannot disclose that I work for them to my first job or vice versa.
So, I have 2 free memberships going on. The bigeest plus is that. Unfortunately, I now work 7 days a week. That's going to take some getting used to.
I was talking to others in the fitness industry about how as coaches/trainers, we become a therapist -- Unwanted for the most part. I hear so much that I don't need to hear. The transference in this industry is much like massage. Because we are helping people, they feel the need to open up to us more so.
I had an unforunate incident of training a new member, who is very overweight. She seemed very non committal from the start. And I actually told her that if she wanted to take a day or 2 to think about the membership, then she should. She went ahead and signed up. I scheduled her first workout... She comes late, but she shows up, non-the-less. I take her through a circuit that took no more than 30 minutes. I had her stretch at the end and told her that she would probably be sore later on. She asks "We do you say that?" I then go into the whole "Working out muscles that you haven't worked out...." gambit. I told her that was a good thing. She then says her legs feel like jello. I told her about protein shakes, etc, to help her recovery. I ask her to set up a second workout. She does.... She never shows up.
This is the 2nd time I've had this happen. I don't think I push too hard, but there are those people who fear the pain of sore muscles. I can't want it more than they do. It's sad because the 2 that didn't come back, need it more than others who show up on a day to day basis. I understand that this is a process and that there needs to be a full commitment on their part.
If I call, the messages go unanswered. Some people give up on themselves because they do not like change, at all.
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