The current client and the referral want to train together as a 2 to 1. The session is scheduled for 5:30 tomorrow afternoon. What are the best templates, routines, methodologies, etc. that you guys prefer when training more than 1 client at a time?
Such as have one do a push movement while another pulls? Or one can do upper body while the other does lower?
The thing is I have trained a 2 to 1 before on 3 occasions and it felt kind of hectic to me, (due to lack of experience I am sure), and I would like to get a confident and sure-fire foundation for training multiple clients.
Take a deep breath. It's easier to train groups because you cut out a lot of chit chat.
I would set up a few mini-circuits of 3-5 exercises. There are several options from here... Have on start the first set, then when he finishes he moves on to exercise #2 and client#2 starts exercise #1, or you can just have both start at the same time on different exercises and they both just slide sequentially to the next set in the circuit.
I find that I prefer the second option unless there is a reason that I have a specific order to the exercises. Example:
A1 push-ups
A2 RDL
A3 DB Row
B1 Lunge
B2 Cable cross-chop R
B3 Cable cross-chop L
B4 Static lateral hold
It doesn't really matter where in the circuit that they start. Have them do 2-4 circuits, maybe have them do it for time instead of for a specific number of reps (depends on what their goal is I suppose).
Don't be nervous. You'll kick ass. Go in smiling, work their butts off, keep on them for good form, don't cut them slack, and remember that you just leveraged your time and are making more on that hour than you normally do. In other words, get more of these going and you will start to make real money at this.
Outside of online training (which is usually more injury related) I only train groups. Right now my biggest group is 7 ... my space is rather limited, but what I do is exactly what JP suggested. I have a circuit of 8-10 exercises ... they each start on a different exercise, and we go for TIME instead of reps. They know to keep track of their reps so that they can progress session to session (building more exercise density into that work session). I don't build in any rest per se, but they get rest while they are switching exercises. Seems to work great. We do a group dynamic warm-up, and a group cool-down. They go through the circuit twice. Then, depending upon time, we might also do some focused core work, or modified Tabatas, yoga flows (sun salutation variations), or just static stretching.
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JP and Julie, you guys are great. MUCHO thanks. Even though I didn't have time to implement your ideas before the workout, it gave me more joy going into the session knowing I have a better blueprint to work from from now on.
Thanks again and I will stay in touch here. Thank you both for going through the effort to do this... GRIFF in ATLANTA...
Julie's suggestion is excellent. In fact, that is exactly how I ran my boot camps. That is perfect for bigger groups, which is the ultimate use of your time.
Every workout contained a push, a pull, a twist, a bridge, a locomotion drill (sled dragging, band drills, etc), and some sort of hip/quad movement (squats, box squats, lunges, etc). For fun after the workout I would have bonus exercises that would be lightly competitive (tire flips, snake body drills, hill sprints if we were outside).
I would plan my workouts for the most part a full month in advance so I could map out how I wanted the group to progress. I also did it for time, not reps.
Just have fun with them... They'll do well and they will have so much fun that they will bring their friends in by the droves.
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