Source http://www.theptdc.com/2016/08/why-you-should-stop-stretching-your-clients/
The opportunity to work with clients one-on-one is a luxury–not only for our clients, but also for us coaches and trainers. Clients pay a premium of $60-200 to have our undivided attention for an hour. In turn, we use this time to motivate, challenge, and educate our clients with the hope that our influence carries over into the other 23 hours of their day. It only makes sense, then, that we need to use every minute of that time with the client wisely and effectively.
In order to do so, I propose that we stop warming up and stretching with clients. Why? They’re a waste of time within the session, and not to mention, a waste of money.
When I used to work for other personal training companies, I would spend 10-15 minutes warming up with my clients in the beginning of the session, and then leave 5-10 minutes at the end of the session to stretch them. That’s almost 30 minutes of the session spent doing things that the client can do on their own. If all a client has is 60 minutes, 2-3 times per week, these warm-ups and stretches are eating up big chunks of their real workout time.
Whether we like it or not, the only exercise most of our cli…
Source http://www.theptdc.com/2016/08/why-you-should-stop-stretching-your-clients/
The opportunity to work with clients one-on-one is a luxury–not only for our clients, but also for us coaches and trainers. Clients pay a premium of $60-200 to have our undivided attention for an hour. In turn, we use this time to motivate, challenge, and educate our clients with the hope that our influence carries over into the other 23 hours of their day. It only makes sense, then, that we need to use every minute of that time with the client wisely and effectively.
In order to do so, I propose that we stop warming up and stretching with clients. Why? They’re a waste of time within the session, and not to mention, a waste of money.
When I used to work for other personal training companies, I would spend 10-15 minutes warming up with my clients in the beginning of the session, and then leave 5-10 minutes at the end of the session to stretch them. That’s almost 30 minutes of the session spent doing things that the client can do on their own. If all a client has is 60 minutes, 2-3 times per week, these warm-ups and stretches are eating up big chunks of their real workout time.
Whether we like it or not, the only exercise most of our cli…
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