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BeInspired · 12-06-2008, 06:20 PM

Several of my clients want to lose fat. We talk in depth about nutrition, habits, feelings about food and body, goals...

They are still not compliant, but they are fine with it. They are not upset with me for not making better progress.

Online, I see a lot of trainers say they demand compliancy and their clients show incredible results. When I speak to trainers I know, they tell me their clients are similar to mine - they don't want to work hard and they are fine with the results they get.

On one hand I feel like it is my job to push them to work hard because on some level they actually want that. On the other hand, I think that a lot of clients would actually quit all together rather than make drastic changes to their lifestyle and something is better than nothing - so if they are happy then I am happy.

What do you think the 'real life' best scenario is?

12-06-2008, 06:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
BeInspired Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 10	How hard do you push compliance? Several of my clients want to lose fat. We talk in depth about nutrition, habits, feelings about food and body, goals... They are still not compliant, but they are fine with it. They are not upset with me for not making better progress. Online, I see a lot of trainers say they demand compliancy and their clients show incredible results. When I speak to trainers I know, they tell me their clients are similar to mine - they don't want to work hard and they are fine with the results they get. On one hand I feel like it is my job to push them to work hard because on some level they actually want that. On the other hand, I think that a lot of clients would actually quit all together rather than make drastic changes to their lifestyle and something is better than nothing - so if they are happy then I am happy. What do you think the 'real life' best scenario is?