Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth - 3 PART TRAINER SERIES BONUS EP - Episode 1 Successful Trainer Mindset

Episode Date: May 20, 2025

3 Part Trainer Bonus Series – EP 1: Successful Trainer Mindset What makes a successful trainer mindset? (1:31) Defining what a successful trainer is. (2:10) 5 Steps to Develop a Successful Trainer Mindset #1 – Love people as much or more as you love fitness. (5:00) #2 – Have to be growth minded. (10:03) #3 – Be purpose driven. (17:24) #4 – Health is a priority. (21:40) #5 – Loves to share what works with other trainers. (23:39) Mind Pump Trainer Oath #1 – YOU are responsible for your clients’ successes and failures. (27:59) #2 – NEVER make false promises. (29:20) #3 – PRIORITIZE your client's health over their aesthetics. (30:28) #4 – ALWAYS meet your clients where they are. (31:05) #5 – ALWAYS aim for sustainability over speed. (32:27) Related Links/Products Mentioned Trainer the Trainer Webinar Series Mind Pump #2515: How to Become a Successful Trainer in 2025 Mind Pump #2172: Five Commandments For Successful Personal Trainers Online Personal Training Course | Mind Pump Fitness Coaching ** Approved provider by NASM/AFAA (1.9 CEUs)! Grow your business and succeed in 2025. ** Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube Mind Pump Free Resources  

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. Mind pump with your hosts, Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. Welcome to our three part series for trainers and coaches. This is part one, we're gonna talk about the successful trainer mindset. Part two, diet and exercise strategies

that people love that actually work, and then part three, of course, the most valuable assessment you can do. It's a three-part series just for trainers and coaches, but everybody can watch this. It's free for everyone. By the way, if you go to trainerwebinar.com, on June 3rd, I'm gonna be teaching trainers and coaches

how to close deals. I'm gonna teach you how to sell training in the most effective way possible. But right now, let's go to close deals. I'm gonna teach you how to sell training in the most effective way possible. But right now, let's go to part one. Let's talk about the most effective, the best successful trainer mindset. Let's go. All right, so we're here.

This is the first of a three part series we're making for trainers and coaches only, or people who wanna be a trainer or a coach. And the first one, which we're gonna to talk about today is the successful trainer mindset. It's the first one because it's the most important. By the way, all of these are coming out today, right? So if you see this one, you can watch the next two. And then next week on the 27th at 4 p.m. live, I'm going to be doing sales training. I'm going to teach you how to

sell training, how to do it effectively and how to close deals. This is something a lot of trainers struggle with and I'm going be doing sales training. I'm gonna teach you how to sell training, how to do it effectively, and how to close deals. This is something a lot of trainers struggle with, and I'm gonna teach you foolproof ways of doing this. But today, we're gonna talk about the mindset. What makes a successful trainer mindset? Would you include a health practitioner, acupuncture, chiropractor? Why not?

Sure. It's all related. I think if you're in the health, wellness, service-based space, I think that... This all applies. Yeah, so I don't want to just even isolate this to just trainers and aspiring trainers. I think that if you're a... any of those things I listed off, acupuncturist, chiropractor, physical therapist... You're improving people's health, and you're a health practitioner, I think absolutely 100%. So this goes out to all of them.

So let's first identify what a successful trainer is because some people might have a different definition than others, but the way we define a successful trainer is a trainer or a coach or a health practitioner who has built a career, they can support themselves, they do well, they love what they do, they change lives. They have a consistent business that works, that runs. They love it, they wake up every morning,

they go to work, they absolutely love it. It's stable, it's stable, it's consistent, and they're improving people's lives. That's a successful trainer. They have successful clients, and they themselves also are able to support themselves I think the if you if you have one it kind of leads into the other right if you are If you haven't if you're successful enough to have a full schedule of training people or helping people any of the services I listed off you're probably pretty good. Yeah, I'm trying to do something right for sure

I'm trying to rack my brain right now on how many full time, full schedule type trainers I knew that weren't very good. Well, I said stable in there because I think- That's a huge component of stability. Yeah, because you'll find some coaches and trainers that they figured out how to sell their services, but they get those highs and lows, and they start to burn out. They start to burn out, and they can't figure out how to make it stable.

Like, a successful trainer or coach, you have a stable career. You're supporting yourself and your family, and it's not like every month I gotta figure out how to make this work type of deal. Yeah, and getting there takes a lot of effort in terms of figuring out your systems and figuring out how to really

just replicate what you've done proceeding with these other clients and then also how to gain new clients. And so this is just a constant thing that you're working on every single day. Do you think the reason for the really high turnover rate in this field is because of the mindset going into it. Do you think that there is this misconception that, oh I'm gonna be, because I like helping people and I like working out and this will be a good fit and then it's like oh shoot I think how do I get these clients. You know it's funny

Adam, you and I have had this discussion before because we we both in our careers have hired lots of trainers. Early in my career like you, you've told me the same thing, I hired off a resume. And it wasn't until later that I figured out I need to hire based off of character, which is what we're gonna talk about, mindset. The people who had the right mindset, the success rate was through the roof.

The right resume, wrong mindset, fail every single time. So that's why this is the core, this is the root of success. There's other things that are gonna contribute to your success, but this is the most important thing. By the way, this isn't just, this can be your natural mindset, but more often than not, you develop this and you work on this, and you understand this, because not everybody,

most people don't have the right 100% mindset, they just gotta kind of figure it out. So the first point, or the first thing that goes into this is, you should definitely love fitness Because I think I think that makes sense. I think most people who want to become trainers and coaches Love fitness. I don't think anybody who decides to do this doesn't love fitness I don't think that exists for the most part they love fitness, but you probably should love people as much or more Yeah, I don't even think that's a probably I think that's a must

Yeah, and the reason why that's a must is because even think that's a probably I think that's a must yeah and the reason why that's a must is because you you're gonna train you're gonna help they're gonna service whichever profession you're in plenty of people that you don't see eye to eye with that have different views on the world and ideologies and beliefs and morals and if, if you don't love people in general, then you have a really hard time connecting and servicing and helping people that you don't necessarily like or see. So you have to have this, like, I just love people in general. I love the differences and how unique,

all of us are. You have to have kind of an appreciation for that or curiosity. That's it. Because I think I was curious, right? So I, this was something that I didn't know about myself until I got in the profession and I realized like, oh, I really like this. And I remember unpacking, like, what was it? It's like, man, I just, I like learning about other people. And I actually liked when people disagreed with me or Viewed the world different me because I felt I could learn from their perspective and I hear them out and go like oh, that's interesting I've never thought about the world like that I've always been taught this way and you need to have a love or appreciation or

Curiosity like that or else this will take its toll on you. Oh yeah it's that humility and flexibility part of it like if you're a real control freak like I really don't think this is a job for you because you're around people so much you have to be able to adapt and and change your messaging and be able to really peer into to your clients needs and their personality and how to keep them coming back. Yeah, no, I think the most important word that I heard is curiosity.

This is what I mean by love people. Like, when I say love people, everybody's like, well, I love people. Well, there's people that you love and people you don't like. I think if you're curious and people are interesting to you, this is a great job, because you're gonna meet so many different people,

and if you like talking to people and like figuring out what makes them tick, and you're curious and like to ask questions, and wow, that's interesting, why is that? This is a great job for you. If that's not you, you're gonna die, because if, let's just paint the picture. Let's just say you're a trainer that's successful.

You're training 40 sessions a week. That means eight people a day. That's eight different personalities every single day. By the way, they're gonna come in if you're doing a good job for a long time, which means sometimes you're gonna be in a bad mood, they're gonna be irritable, they're gonna put it on you, they're gonna be quiet, sometimes they're gonna be hyper,

whatever, if you're curious about people and you enjoy people, this is gonna be great. It's great to see all those differences. If you're not, oh my God, will this burn you out really fast. By the way, if you're nodding your head that this is you, this can be a superpower if you lean into it. So if you're going like, oh yeah, I'm totally like that,

like lean into that. Since a lot of the job is communication and talking to others and learning to have conversations and ask questions, a lot of the job is communication and talking to others and learning to have conversations and ask questions a lot of times when you meet somebody like and They say oh, I really like that person and then you kind of scratch your head That's interesting you because they really didn't talk much They just asked a lot of questions and so that's a that's a superpower of a good trainer good trainer That's curious about people and knows how to ask people a lot of questions and be genuinely curious about it and come off genuine, it really serves you in this field to be able to do that. And of course if it's genuine and you really are that way,

it'll come off that way. And so if you know that about yourself, lean into that. This will provide a lot of success. And just to dig a little deeper with the curiosity, I think trainers and coaches expect to ask questions related to fitness and health, right? We think, well I need to know their fitness history, I need to know their diet history. That's the obvious. Right, but ask questions about everything. There are things you will learn about an individual

that have nothing to do with fitness and health that will impact how you coach them, dramatically. You'll find out what makes them tick. You'll find out the things that excite them, the things that they're interested in. You'll learn about their kids. You'll learn about all these different things that then can help you coach this person

in an extremely effective way. So that curiosity, that love for people is number one, allows you to do this because that's what you're doing all day is working with people. But number two, allows you to do this, because that's what you're doing all day, is working with people, but number two, it makes you damn good. I mean, if you're curious about somebody and you work with them twice a week for a year,

by the end of that year, you are gonna be extremely effective at guiding them towards improving their life through health and fitness. So it's an absolute, it's absolutely important. Next up is you need to be growth minded. You have to be growth minded. You have to continue to learn and I'm gonna tell you something right now. You could be extremely educated. You could have a PhD in a related field but people are so different that if

you're not growth minded you're gonna you're gonna fail. You have to be growth minded and you have to be willing and enjoy the process of learning. Not only is it gonna make you a better trainer and coach, but when I learn something new, I'm always excited to apply it. It kept what I did as a coach and trainer fun and exciting. If you wanna do this.

Keep the energy there. Yes, if you wanna do this as a career, it'll get boring after 10 years if you're not learning. It'll get boring if you want to do this as a career, you know, it'll get boring after 10 years if you're not learning. It'll get boring if you don't learn new methods, if you don't learn new things about the human body, if you don't learn things about human psychology, if you don't learn things that can really help your clients or even ways of conversing better. And every time, you know, if you lead with that mentality, you learn something new, there's just

random opportunities where it applies. And you just never know when that's gonna happen. And when a client comes in, they have all these very unique variables that you're trying to solve and you're trying to really dig into. And to continuously take on education and inform yourself in various directions related to health and fitness. It's such a powerful tool to have.

Again, this can be another superpower. If you know this about yourself, don't worry about what level of experience and education you have right now, so long as you are growth minded and you're open to this. In fact, be honest about where you're at and what you know because it's I don't care how smart you are If you have a PhD how many national search how many years experience you're gonna get to this day I still run into things where I go. I don't know I haven't seen that or let me ask a friend or let me look that up And so the more comfortable you get with that and open to growing and learning again and be a superpower. So it's like I'd always get these young trainers that have this

imposter syndrome. I'm like you have imposter syndrome because you're trying to pretend that you are something that you're not. Just be yourself. Be okay when you're gonna because you're going to run into something you've never helped before. Forever. Yeah forever. No matter how good, how long you've been doing this, you will forever do that. So when you do get comfortable with it and go like, oh wow, I'm not sure, but I tell you what, I'll look that up and I'll find out. And if you have that curiosity, you have that growth minded, you run into that situation that I can, I can recall so many nights like this of having a client getting stumped by something going like, I didn't even know what that was, or I didn't know

what that meant. And then going home and searching and reading and figuring it out and then learning and then having the tools to come back and apply that to that client, man, as long as you're okay and you like that, or if that sounds like something appealing to you, man, you could be really good at this. Growth mindset's also essential when you fail a lot,

which you will as a trainer or a coach. You will fail a lot. Now what I mean by fail a lot is, you will, as a trainer or a coach. You will fail a lot. Now what I mean by fail a lot is, if you do a good job with your clients, you're gonna get, if you're excellent, half of them, half of them to adopt a health and fitness lifestyle for the rest of their life. And that's if you're the top.1% of coaches and trainers.

That means half the time you fail. And the only way you get to that point is if you're the top.1% of coaches and trainers. That means half the time you fail. And the only way you get to that point is if you're growth-minded enough to say, how can I get better? How can I improve? How can I improve? And this person is not adhering. They're not changing their diet. And I've already kind of pressed a little bit.

Okay, what can I do? And how do I be more patient? How do I communicate this in the most effective way possible? You have to be growth minded to be effective. To give another example of this, there's a word that is a bad word to trainers and coaches. Sales. Like you say sales to a trainer or coach. I don't want to sell. I just want to help people. That right there is by the way a red flag for me is that you're not open minded to say, well, why do I need sales skills? Well, obviously I need to sell training, so I need that. But why else do I need sales skills?

Because you're selling every session. Not selling more packages of training or more sessions, but rather, you're selling them ideas every day. Every time you see them, you're selling them on how to improve their health. So sales skills is extremely valuable for a coach and trainer, and you need to be open and growth-minded to that as well

even though a lot of trainers bristle at the thought of doing sales. It's always funny because I used to give the trainer, I'd always ask him, are you in a relationship? Yeah, yeah, no, I have a girlfriend with that. Oh, so do you eat out where she wants to eat all the time and always go watch the movies that she wants to watch? Are you that type of guy?

That's what you do, do everything she wants to do? Well no, no, so okay, well well then guess what you closed her on that okay? That whatever dinner you had that you wanted to have, the movie you wanted to see, that's it's happening all the time. It's just effective communication and for some reason you're very comfortable to do that. So learning to be comfortable with that with your clients is a important skill. You're gonna have to convince them to eat a certain way. You have to convince them to eat a certain way. You're gonna have to convince them to exercise a certain time. You're gonna have to convince them to make their sleep a priority. You're gonna have to convince them to make some

sacrifices in order to live a healthier lifestyle. That's all sales. And if you can't get comfortable with learning how to do that, you're not gonna be successful at this. You're not gonna be good. Forget the fact that you have to sell them on personal training and have to sell yourself. That's a whole other thing. But if you're going to be an effective trainer, you've got to sell them on your ideas. And if you are uncomfortable with that or you're turned off by that idea, then this is not for you. Well, it's so strange to me because the expectation from the client coming in is that there's a transaction. It's like they're not like oblivious to that fact that if

I'm going to do this, I'm going to have to pay money to do this. And so it's all self-driven. It's all this insecurity towards having the confidence in your own skill set and believing in your own value. And I think that's a lot of it is that. And the other dirty part of it is that it's like they want to think that we're just helping people so therefore I don't want to take from them, but it's just a commitment. It's a commitment and it's an agreement. Yeah, look, here's the other thing too is that people often accept help when they feel like they've also offered you value in return.

And so the data on this is pretty clear. People that pay for a service are more likely to take that service seriously. Oh yeah. Okay, so. By the way, I learned this the hard way and I would charge family. Yeah. So my early part of my, and people think, and I still to this day, it's not a lack of I need the money, okay. It's literally, there's times where I'm like, and I tell them this, I'll tell my family, I'm going to charge you. Obviously not because I need the money from you, but it's because I know it's the only way you'll commit to it the most if I chose ever That's right

If I do it for free and I don't charge you then I know you won't you're not serious But you don't care enough you need that you need to have to sacrifice something to show me that you care enough Otherwise, you'll just end up wasting my time in your time And so I even do that with family for that reason and anybody who's been a trainer for a long time can relate to that. If you're a new trainer listen that you're like oh my god I can't believe he charges his family that's because you haven't been training very long. You train long enough and everybody asks you for free information and stuff they never follow through and if you're if your desired outcome is truly to help people then actually

getting them to pay is probably the best way to get this the best way to help them. Absolutely oftentimes that's true., so next up is you need to be purpose driven or you are purpose driven in this field and not money driven. Now, this is not because you can't make money doing this, but this is because if you're just money driven, there's other careers that are gonna be better for you if you just want money.

You have to be purpose driven with this because otherwise this job is gonna suck This careers gonna be so difficult if all you care about is the money because you're dealing with people You're dealing with their challenges. You're dealing with people who are not gonna do what you want to say They're not gonna want to change their habits. It's gonna take sometimes years to get somebody to adopt healthier lifestyle habits and if you have a purpose behind that, if you really believe and really feel that your purpose is to help people improve their lives through health and fitness, you're gonna stick to this. It's gonna feel important to you. You're gonna wake up every morning and feel like, yes,

I can't wait to do this thing. The best trainers and coaches of the world are driven by this purpose. Now they understand how to make money, they know business, they know all the great stuff about how to make this successful, but it's the purpose that drove them in the beginning and it's the purpose that continues to drive them. This is such an interesting point for me to hear you say and to reflect on because if I'm being completely honest when I was in my teens and early 20s I was very money-driven because I didn't my teens and early 20s, I was very money driven because I didn't have any. And it was something that I thought was going to make my life better and secure

and I needed it. And obviously driven from insecurities of my childhood. And so deep down I fell in love with personal training, but I was always driven by the money. The irony was that I reached that money thing that I thought this dollar amount later on, and that's why I left the field for a couple years. And when I left the field to go do something else, reached the dollar amount, realized I was unhappy and asked myself, okay, well, I don't need money now. What do I want to do? Well, God, I really loved helping people. And I want

to go back for that. I enjoyed that all the things we're talking about, I had already connected those dots, yet I still didn't have the money. So when I let go of the money thing, went back for purpose, then comes the most money I've ever had in my life, which was so wild and interesting for me to come full circle like that. And so I think the most important takeaway from this is not that you, not that you can't make a lot of money in this. We proved that, right? It's more so the reason why you're doing this.

It can't be that because you're going to have a really hard time achieving that. If you do it for the right reasons and you in your, your heart is right. And that's where you go. Ironically, you end up making the money. Absolutely. Well, the purpose itself provides sort of that So it doesn't feel like work. So it's yeah, you know the dredgery of work. Sometimes we get into The phase if you're in it long enough, it just feels like ah, you know

I got it. I got to kind of do the same thing today and you know It becomes kind of like you dread it to where the purpose itself always really takes you out of that I you I think that is one of the most important points to be made Justin like whenever I talk to a young person Who is searching for purpose the I always ask them? What do you do it? What do you do at 10 o'clock at night when everyone else is falling asleep? Like what are you googling? What are you looking up? What kind of articles? What are you reading like maybe that gives you insight and and why that's so important in this field is just back to the earlier points. You're going to run into things you don't know. You've got to be constantly

open to grow and learn. And so if it excites you to be on your phone reading an article about gout or doing things about learning about blood pressure and learning about all these different things at night After you just had a problem or a challenge in the day When you've got home and you're not getting paid anymore that excites you to do that and you like to do that You're probably gonna do really well If you dread doing that or you have the attitude of as soon as I leave the gym or I leave wherever I work at You clock out you're done. You have no like if I'm not getting paid, I'm not doing shit, you're going to have a really hard time

in this. And you can't tell me that clients don't feel it. When you have a trainer or coach that is driven by purpose, the client knows. They feel it and they want to work with you versus one that's just running a business. Very, very different. Next up, obviously a successful trainer, health is a priority. It's a priority to them and it's a priority in life because this is part of your philosophy.

Part of your philosophy as a trainer or coach is I'm trying to get people to improve their life through this method that I'm an expert in or through this method that I know, which is fitness, nutrition, sleep, that's health. And so if you don't prioritize health, I think you're lying to yourself that this is something that you want to do. Now I don't think this is a common problem, but if this is not a priority for you, you

probably want to look somewhere else. Yeah, I would say this is probably one of the easiest. I think most people... I don't think you'd last long. You, you don't. If you don't... I mean, I guess I've seen... I'm trying to... I was trying to rack my brain. How many people have I had that failed because they didn't have health as their priority? I've seen it. I have seen it. I remember I went through a phase one time where I was like trying to hire like all different types.

Like I went through the early phase that you talked about where hired from the application, like the highest degree, the most experienced, like that failed, failed that didn't work then I went all like completely other ways like who cares if they even work out much and stuff like that it's like if they had the right characteristics I would do that then I realized well health is still have health is like a major priority and so I remember learning that too so you're right like but for most part I think fitness has impacted their life and their health. And that's why they're probably, and that's probably why you want to be a part. I mean, it's one of my favorite parts is the accountability piece to it. I already want to be healthy.

I love working in the field because it's like a constant accountability piece. It's like, you want to model it. Yeah. I'm out here talking about all day long therefore. I've got to live this and I like that I like that accountability and so you probably need if you find that like pressure and you don't like it And it's then maybe it's not for you But you should probably like that accountability piece if you care that much about now last up This one's gonna sound weird at first, but I'll break it down and explain it to you But a successful trainer is somebody that loves to share what works with other trainers.

And I've seen this time and time and time again. Now why is that the case? Well, number one, if you're somebody that enjoys sharing with other trainers what works for you, sharing potential competitors what works with you, you know what you don't have? A scarcity mindset. And a scarcity mindset is a killer.

A scarcity mindset in a trainer, you're gonna fail 100%. This is the person, this is the trainer, it's like, the clients are only for me, there's not enough to go around, it's totally flooded, the market is saturated with trainers, I can't share any of my secrets with anybody else. You learn a new cert, you don't tell anybody

what you learned from that. You are gonna tank, you're gonna fail. Okay, so that's number one. I admit to that exercise. It is a very strong tell when a trainer learns something and goes to another trainer and says, let me teach you this awesome thing. Let me tell you about this cool thing that I just learned.

Right away, no, you don't have a scarcity mindset. That's good, but here's the second reason. We tend to learn better when we share and teach. This is a fact. Anytime you learn something, if you really wanna cement it, go teach somebody else. And it really turns it into a skill that you develop. This is a fact, the science shows it,

it's truly effective. So when you learn something, share with other trainers and coaches. Immediately after you learn it. If you don't do it to help and serve others, at least to do it selfishly to better yourself. Right. Because honestly, that's where it came from,

a selfish place originally for me. I hacked into that. I realized I didn't know shit. I was gonna constantly run into clients with problems and things I wasn't aware of. I was excited to go home and learn. I would go home and learn. Then I realized teaching it to my client

and teaching it to my peers, then it became mine. Whereas if I held onto that one, like I just had to go study for that one client that I was gonna see on next Tuesday. And if I didn't go practice what I had read the night before, I had those type, unfortunately I'm not like sour, I can read one thing and then now it's mine forever. It's like I have to like read it, write it,

say it a couple times, and then thing and then now it's mine forever. It's like, I have to like read it, write it, say it a couple times and then finally I've formulated it as mine. And so that was quick. I would do that at night. I would read, learn whatever it was that I needed to for the client that I just ran into a problem. The next day, every trainer I talked to, I would, did you know this?

Like I was just reading this last night. Like, did you know that already? Like, and I would go and like share and converse about it Because the more I did that in that day and then was like, okay, I got it now I've said that now five times the five different trainers. We've had conversation about it. Like I've now completely memorized that I'm on to the next Thing learning like that's it's funny. I mean when I was an independent trainer I was I'd hop around different gyms because of rent and I've experienced like every different scenario of that in terms

of like people being real protective and guarded of their certain systems or what they learned from their certifications and you know what they do with their clients versus like one of the one gym. I remember distinctively how it was so cool because each trainer would go off and they'd learn a certification to come back. We would literally run like our own little seminars amongst their own trainers. It elevated everybody. Everybody got a lot more clients as a result of that and then it built a better reputation and so it's just one of those

things. It's just everybody wins. Yes, I'm so glad you pointed that out because a good percentage of trainers and coaches will be training alongside other trainers and coaches. And if you don't think your relationship with those other trainers and coaches in the gym isn't gonna impact your business, you're stupid. It will greatly impact your business. And having a good relationship with other trainers and coaches is imperative,

not just for you, but for your clients who come in. So teach other trainers and coaches, communicate what you've learned, elevate everybody, it will also elevate you. Now one thing that I noticed in the trainer space, or one thing that we've talked about, is there isn't this like, this ethos or this towel, right? There's no like, this standard that trainers should follow.

This code, and so what we've done here is we've come up with a trainer oath, almost like a Hippocratic oath that you see in the health fields. And this is the oath that we believe is incredibly important for trainers to have a long-lasting successful and lucrative career. And it starts with this, that you are responsible for all your clients' successes and failures. You are. Now this doesn't mean you have the answers. Because often times you won't have the answers.

You just take on the responsibility and you think to yourself, the answer's out there, I just haven't figured it out yet. A trainer that understands this is gonna constantly be working to be better for their clients. So this means you take ownership of all those things. So if your client didn't lose weight

or they got weaker or they got hurt or whatever, even if it wasn't with you, you gotta ask yourself, okay what could I have done? Is there anything I could have done? And maybe I don't know, let me see if I can figure this out. That's the first rule of leadership right there is everything is my fault. So no matter what, do not defer blame to your client. Oh she didn't follow the meal plan or oh they didn't show up to their appointments. It's like what did I do as the leader of this team? What did I do for them not to show up

or not follow the meal plan? And if you have that mindset, which you will, you will definitely have those clients that you fail for those reasons, and you have to be in that mind, this is back to the growth mindset, willing to figure out, what could I have done better? What will I do next time when that same type of a client I get that client again?

And if you have that mindset going into it You will continue to improve if you have the mindset of like when that happens you go Oh, it's cuz she doesn't show up Oh, it's because she doesn't follow the mail meal plan and that's how you answer that that you're you're not gonna be very successful No, next up is you never make false promises This is a huge mistake and sometimes it's a bit alluring for a trainer to promise the world to a client to get them to hire you. Especially in the internet world. This is a terrible idea. One of the best things you could do as a trainer, one of the

best things you could do is under promise and over deliver. That's right. So be as realistic as possible. Someone comes to you says I want to lose 30 pounds in six months and you say well, well yeah, we can do that, but the odds are it's probably not going to happen in six months. It's a lot harder than you think and it's going to take a lot slower, but we will see some progress. And then they see 30 pounds in six months, you are amazing. And if they don't, you already told them. You already told them what's going to happen. So don't ever make false promises. In fact, people know you're honest right out the gates when you communicate with under-promising.

People have been around the space long enough to know what the fake false promises looks like. And when you come out and say, eh, you know, I know they tell you that you can do this and this time, I'm here to tell you, it's probably not gonna happen. Most clients have already experienced that and have failed before.

And so if you come in and you give them an honest answer, it's refreshing. It is. Next up is that you prioritize your clients' health above their aesthetics. They're going to prioritize their aesthetics over their health, oftentimes. You as the trainer, you prioritize their health because you know if their health improves, so will their aesthetics. And you also know if their health fails, their aesthetics go down the window. So out the window.

So you know this. Now, this doesn't mean you always sell this to your clients. Sometimes they don't want to hear it. They're going to tell you, I want to look a particular way. Sometimes the conversation is not, well, I know you want to look that way, but I care about your health. Sometimes they're like, they don't want to hear that. So say no problem, we'll make that happen, but you're prioritizing their health with

your approach. Very important. Next up is always meet your clients where they are. Not where you think they should be. This is huge. Where they are. So what does that mean? Well, maybe the first step they can take is adding a glass of water a day. That's it. That's all they could do for their diet. That's where you're starting. Don't try to pull them somewhere they're not because that is a surefire way to get that client to fail and then be disappointed and then not want to ever. Most times it's the trainer that gets restless about this.

Yes. And it's a really hard thing to swallow, but yeah, you have to really regress and start where they are. And this goes back to being that genuine, curious person, right? Like I think that the more curious you are, the more questions you ask and peer into this person,

the more you learn about their behaviors, their patterns, the, what they have done before pursuing diets and fitness and gives you insight. Like if this person has this habit of, you know, going all in on this diet and all in on this training all the time and they never stick to it, then they weren't successful. Even though they, and a lot of times they think they were, oh, that one time I lost 30 pounds, I did this challenge.

It's like, it wasn't successful because you gained all the weight back and some, so that's not successful. So we have to find a better way to go about it. Maybe instead of us challenging yourself to do all these crazy things, why don't we commit to like one thing that we know you can do that you like doing, that you can be consistent with, and then we'll build on that. Learning how to do that is really important

to helping everybody. Yeah, so it literally means look at where they're at and you start there, you don't start anywhere else. And then lastly, and you kind of touched on this, Adam, which is you as a trainer will always aim for sustainability over speed with your clients' progress. They will want the speed you need to aim for sustainability because if it's not sustainable, it doesn't matter.

Your success with your clients is defined by their ability to maintain their results. It is not defined by how fast you got them results. Any moron trainer can get a client super fast results. It takes a real good coach or trainer to get somebody forever results. Any moron trainer can get a client super fast results. It takes a real good coach or trainer to get somebody forever results. All right everybody, that was part one. Let's get to part two, that's next,

where we talk about diet and exercise strategies that work, that clients love. Remember, there's three parts to the series for trainers and coaches. Also, let me remind you, go to trainerwebinar.com. I'm gonna be teaching trainers and coaches, this is a free webinar, it's happening on July, I'm sorry, on June 3rd.

So June 3rd, I'm gonna teach you how to close deals, how to sell personal training. All right, we'll see you for part two. Thank you for listening to Mind Pump. If your goal is to build and shape your body, dramatically improve your health and energy, and maximize your overall performance, check out our discounted RGB Super Bundle

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