coachable

[dreahere]

Trainers: what would the phrase "must be coachable" mean to you? What type of client would you consider non-coachable?

[Rap_Rocky]

A client that is coachable to me, is someone that is open minded, willing to give it a try, listens, and is critical of themselves.

Uncoachable? Procrastinator, stubborn.

[FLChamp]

A client that is coachable to me, is someone that is open minded, willing to give it a try, listens, and is critical of themselves.

Uncoachable? Procrastinator, stubborn.

I'd like to add "quitter" to that list. I'm not a PT yet (I'm taking my exam in a few weeks), but if people quit before they even start getting trained, they're not worth anyone's time, I say.

[dreahere]

Thanks, guys. These answers are more benign that what I was imagining.

Anyone else?

[jessen.brett]

To me I think it would be someone who thinks you can get your dream body with just a personal trainer, meaning they expect the PERSONAL TRAINER to get them the perfect body and don't think that they have to do anything, I'm making sense in my head, hopefully everyone gets what I'm saying haha

[kneedragger85]

I'd like to add "quitter" to that list. I'm not a PT yet (I'm taking my exam in a few weeks), but if people quit before they even start getting trained, they're not worth anyone's time, I say.

Some people shut down because they are nervous or afraid. It isn't alway quitting because they won't do it...sometimes anxiety makes it so they physically can't. Your job as a trainer is to work them through this and build their confidence slowly.

Anyone is coachable if you are capable of being their coach. Anyone can work out and be taught to succeed. Not every coach can figure out how to inspire that. It is very easy to blame the client when the solution may lie in you changing your approach.