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Originally Posted by ivey
Do you approach the training of your clients with generalizations, also?
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Hell yes. It's the only way to go. I don't try to reinvent the wheel on a daily basis.
I constantly employ huge generalizations such as the SAID principle, progressive overload, variability, etc...
Every conclusion obtained by a perfectly controlled research study is a generalization. Generalization is to cognition as breathing is to life.
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Originally Posted by ivey
Your post before this said that "you'll never get a bodybuilder or the skinny teen that wants to bulk up." Well..I've had the skinny teen that wanted to bulk up. I've had the bodybuilder - he actually approached me on the floor because he said he'd been watching me and liked the way I trained, and wanted me to write a program for him.
You're correct that most of the people you're going to be training are those that just want to "lose weight and tone." But through constantly pushing their education and getting results by doing smart training, you can change their focus. It's fun when you see that shift, and they start getting excited about their training.
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I don't want to give false impressions to people who are looking to get into this industry. You're right that it's possible to change people's focus, but only after they've been with you for a while and have gained significant results.