"HE THAT IS GREATEST AMONG YOU SHALL BE YOUR SERVANT" JESUS
Beyond understanding the different training approaches that relate to specific goals, Joe stresses that you need to have philosophy or set of principles that help guide your approach in the bigger sense of what it means to be a trainer.
Beyond understanding the different training approaches that relate to specific goals, Joe stresses that you need to have philosophy or set of principles that help guide your approach in the bigger sense of what it means to be a trainer.
The following are Joe's Ten Commandments of being an effective personal trainer:
- Professional/Role Model (punctual, communicative, healthy, well-kept)
- Personable (you need to be likable, engaging, good listener, sense of humor)
- Flexible (adapt to changing schedule and client circumstances)
- Education/Experience (learn through experimentation, mentors and study)
- Empowerment (assign homework, encourage clients to do their part)
- Attentive (your focus should be on your clients safety and effort)
- Custom (training should be customized to the goals/needs of your clients)
- Corrective (programs should seek to correct structural imbalances/limitations)
- Progressive (programs should follow a safe, effective progression)
- Assessment/Evolution (All of the above should result in evaluation and growth)