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Originally Posted by Dan Fanelli
...There seems to be another notion out there, that more is better, and you have to be exhausted after a workout to get results. I was told by a manager to "destroy her during her workout". I have a problem with this, because it goes against my philosophy in every way, and if she gets injured, its going to come down on me. Im not a drill sargeant, im a personal trainer....
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This guy's an idiot. Your on the right track, and I can tell you care about your clients. Trust me, I have several clients of my own who were turned off, in the past, by a trainer who did try to destroy them - and lost a client in the process...
Also, I just wanted to say one final thing on this subject. You can't please everyone all the time. For whatever reason...chalk it up to lack of chemistry if nothing else...there are clients who just won't like you or your style. (This is assuming that you've fixed the communication pipeline and THAT's not the issue...) Sometimes it's just a personality thing. I don't know. Just know that it isn't necessarily anything YOU are doing wrong, in those cases. Once you build your "practice," you'll have a better handle on this, and won't take it personally when the odd client doesn't work out....
- J